ARS 13-3613

A. A person who by any act, causes, encourages or contributes to the dependency or delinquency of a child, as defined by section 13-3612, or who for any cause is responsible therefor is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

B. The procedure and prosecution shall be the same as in other criminal cases.

C. When the charge concerns the dependency of a child or children, the offense for convenience may be termed contributory dependency, and when the charge concerns the delinquency of a child or children, the offense for convenience may be termed contributory delinquency.

• Definition of Delinquency: According to ARS § 13-3612, "delinquency" refers to any act that tends to debase or injure the morals, health, or welfare of a child. This includes encouraging a minor to engage in unlawful activities or behaviors detrimental to their well-being.

• Examples of Contributing to Delinquency: Common examples include providing alcohol or cigarettes to minors, encouraging truancy, or engaging a minor in illegal activities.

ARS 13-2908

A. A person commits criminal nuisance:

1. If, by conduct either unlawful in itself or unreasonable under the circumstances, such person recklessly creates or maintains a condition which endangers the safety or health of others

2. By knowingly conducting or maintaining any premises, place or resort where persons gather for purposes of engaging in unlawful conduct.

B. Criminal nuisance is a class 3 misdemeanor.

ARS 13-2917

A. It is a public nuisance, and is no less a nuisance because the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted is unequal, for anything:

1. To be injurious to health, indecent, offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property that interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood or by a considerable number of persons.

2. To unlawfully obstruct the free passage or use, in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, river, bay, stream, canal or basin, or any public park, square, street or highway.

B. It is a public nuisance for any person to sell, offer to sell, transfer, trade or disseminate any item which is obscene as defined in section 13-3501, within two thousand feet, measured in a straight line, of the nearest boundary line of any of the following:

1. Any building used as a private or public elementary or high school.

2. Any public park.

3. Any residence district as defined in section 28-101.

C. The county attorney, the attorney general or the city attorney may bring an action in superior court to abate, enjoin and prevent the activity described in subsections A and B of this section.

D. Any person who knowingly maintains or commits a public nuisance or who knowingly fails or refuses to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of a public nuisance is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

ARS13-2904

A. A person commits disorderly conduct if, with intent to disturb the peace or quiet of a neighborhood, family or person, or with knowledge of doing so, such person:

1. Engages in fighting, violent or seriously disruptive behavior; or

2. Makes unreasonable noise; or

3. Uses abusive or offensive language or gestures to any person present in a manner likely to provoke immediate physical retaliation by such person; or

4. Makes any protracted commotion, utterance or display with the intent to prevent the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering or procession; or

5. Refuses to obey a lawful order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, a hazard or any other emergency; or

6. Recklessly handles, displays or discharges a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.

 B. Disorderly conduct under subsection A, paragraph 6 is a class 6 felony. Disorderly conduct under subsection A, paragraph 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 is a class 1 misdemeanor.

ARS 13-2906

A. A person commits obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare if the person, alone or with other persons, does any of the following:

1. Having no legal privilege to do so, recklessly interferes with the passage of any highway or public thoroughfare by creating an unreasonable inconvenience or hazard.

2. Intentionally activates a pedestrian signal on a highway or public thoroughfare if the person's reason for activating the signal is not to cross the highway or public thoroughfare but to do both of the following:

(a) Stop the passage of traffic on the highway or public thoroughfare.

(b) Solicit a driver for a donation or business.

3. After receiving a verbal warning to desist, intentionally interferes with passage on a highway or other public thoroughfare or entrance into a public forum that results in preventing other persons from gaining access to a governmental meeting, a governmental hearing or a political campaign event.

1. Subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor. 

2. Subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section is a class 2 misdemeanor, except that a second or subsequent violation within a period of twenty-four months is a class 1 misdemeanor.

3. Subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section is a class 3 misdemeanor.

C. For the purposes of this section, "public forum" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-1861.

 ARS 13-1603

A. A person commits criminal littering or polluting if the person without lawful authority does any of the following:

1. Throws, places, drops or permits to be dropped on public property or property of another that is not a lawful dump any litter, destructive or injurious material that the person does not immediately remove.

2. Discharges or permits to be discharged any sewage, oil products or other harmful substances into any waters or onto any shorelines within this state.

3. Dumps any earth, soil, stones, ores or minerals on any land.

B. Criminal littering or polluting is punishable as follows:

1. A class 6 felony if the act is a knowing violation of subsection A in which the amount of litter or other prohibited material or substance exceeds three hundred pounds in weight or one hundred cubic feet in volume or is done in any quantity for a commercial purpose.

2. A class 1 misdemeanor if the act is a knowing violation of subsection A, paragraph 1 in which the amount of litter or prohibited material or substance is more than one hundred pounds in weight but less than three hundred pounds in weight or more than thirty-five cubic feet in volume but less than one hundred cubic feet in volume and is not done for a commercial purpose.

3. A class 1 misdemeanor if the act is not punishable under paragraph 1 of this subsection and involves placing any destructive or injurious material on or within fifty feet of a highway, beach or shoreline of any body of water used by the public.

4. A class 2 misdemeanor if the act is not punishable under paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this subsection.

C. If a fine is assessed for a violation of subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2, one hundred per cent of any assessed fine shall be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the fine was assessed. At least fifty per cent of the fine shall be used by the county for the purposes of illegal dumping cleanup.

• 13-3402 Possession and sale of peyote; classification

• 13-3403 Possession and sale of a vapor-releasing substance containing a toxic substance; regulation of sale; exceptions; classification

• 13-3403.01 Nitrous oxide containers; sale to minors; classification

• 13-3403.02 Selling or giving nitrous oxide to underage person; illegally obtaining nitrous oxide containers by underage person; classification; definition

• 13-3405 Possession, use, production, sale or transportation of marijuana; classification; exceptions

• 13-3406 Possession, use, administration, acquisition, sale, manufacture or transportation of prescription-only drugs; misbranded drugs; classification; definition

• 13-3407 Possession, use, administration, acquisition, sale, manufacture or transportation of dangerous drugs; classification

• 13-3408 Possession, use, administration, acquisition, sale, manufacture or transportation of narcotic drugs; classification

• 13-3409 Involving or using minors in drug offenses; classification

• 13-3411 Possession, use, sale or transfer of marijuana, peyote, prescription drugs, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs or manufacture of dangerous drugs in a drug free school zone; violation; classification; definitions

• 13-3415 Possession, manufacture, delivery and advertisement of drug paraphernalia; classification; civil forfeiture; factors; definitions

• 13-3453 Manufacture or distribution of imitation controlled substance; prohibited acts; classification

• 13-3454 Manufacture or distribution of imitation prescription-only drug; prohibited acts; classification

• 13-3456 Possession or possession with intent to use imitation controlled substance; violation; classification

• 13-3457 Possession or possession with intent to use an imitation prescription-only drug; violation; classification

ARS 28-873

A. Except if necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or if in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, a person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places:

1. On a sidewalk.

2. In a private driveway if any part of the vehicle or an attachment to the vehicle, including a hitch or trailer, blocks an area of a sidewalk and impedes continuous pedestrian use of the sidewalk in a manner that is not consistent with the Americans with disabilities act as defined in section 41-1492.  This paragraph does not apply if the vehicle is temporarily parked for the purposes of loading or unloading the vehicle.

3. In front of a public or private driveway, except that this paragraph does not apply to a vehicle or the driver of a vehicle engaged in the official delivery of the United States mail if both of the following apply:

(a) The driver does not leave the vehicle.

(b) The vehicle is stopped only momentarily.

4. Within an intersection.

5. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.

6. On a crosswalk.

7. Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

8. Within thirty feet on the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, yield sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.

9. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the director or a local authority indicates a different length by signs or markings.

10. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail or a railroad crossing or within eight feet six inches of the center of any railroad track, except while a motor vehicle with motive power attached is loading or unloading railroad cars.

11. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance when properly posted.

12. Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.

13. On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.

14. On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel.

15. At any place where official signs prohibit standing or stopping.

16. On a controlled access highway except:

(a) For emergency reasons. 

(b) In areas specifically designated for parking such as rest areas.

 

B. A local authority may allow motor vehicles providing a public entity's public transportation service to stop on a state highway or state route for the purpose of allowing passengers to enter or exit if all of the following apply:

1. The local authority that has jurisdiction over the location of the proposed stopping point conducts a traffic and engineering investigation to determine whether passengers are able to safely enter or exit public transportation vehicles at the proposed stopping point.

2. The local authority that conducts the traffic and engineering investigation pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection submits the results of the investigation to the director for review and approval of the proposed stopping point.

3. The driver does not leave the vehicle.

4. The vehicle is stopped only long enough to load and unload passengers.

5. The vehicle engages four-way hazard flashers.

6. The roadway has a posted speed limit that does not exceed fifty-five miles per hour.

7. The roadway has signed or signalized intersection controls within a jurisdictionally confined boundary.

8. The vehicle is clearly marked as a public transportation vehicle.

9. As determined by the director in conjunction with the local authority, the driver drives the vehicle into a pullout or uses any other available method that limits the vehicle from interfering with traffic on the roadway.

C. For the purposes of this section, "public transportation vehicle" means any vehicle that either:

1. Is owned or operated by a public entity.

2. Is operated under a contract with a public entity.

4-244. Unlawful acts; definition

It is unlawful:

9. Except as provided in paragraphs 10 and 11 of this section, for a licensee or other person to sell, furnish, dispose of or give, or cause to be sold, furnished, disposed of or given, to a person under the legal drinking age or for a person under the legal drinking age to buy, receive, have in the person's possession or consume spirituous liquor. This paragraph does not prohibit the employment by an off-sale retailer of persons who are at least sixteen years of age to check out, if supervised by a person on the premises who is at least eighteen years of age, package or carry merchandise, including spirituous liquor, in unbroken packages, for the convenience of the customer of the employer, if the employer sells primarily merchandise other than spirituous liquor.

4-244. Unlawful acts; definition

It is unlawful:

20. For a person to consume spirituous liquor in a public place, thoroughfare or gathering. The license of a licensee allowing a violation of this paragraph on the premises shall be subject to revocation. This paragraph does not apply to the sale of spirituous liquors on the premises of and by an on-sale retailer. This paragraph also does not apply to a person consuming beer or wine from a broken package in a public recreation area or on private property with permission of the owner or lessor or on the walkways surrounding such private property or to a person consuming beer or wine from a broken package in a public recreation area as part of a special event or festival that is conducted under a license secured pursuant to section 4-203.02 or 4-203.03.

It is unlawful for any person or entity owning, operating, or in control of any restaurant, hotel, dance hall, show, business, or any other place of public amusement, entertainment, or accommodation, to play or allow to be played or emitted any music or sound from musical instrument or instruments that: (i) is loud, unreasonable, excessive, or unreasonably offensive to the senses; (ii) unreasonably disturbs, disrupts, or interferes with the slumber of any person in a residence, hotel, or any similar place of accommodation; or (iii) unreasonably disturbs, disrupts, annoys, or interferes with the peaceful, comfortable, and quiet enjoyment of the life or property of any person. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

It is unlawful for any person or entity to play, operate, or use, or allow to be played, operated, or used, any sound amplification device, including without limitation a loud speaker, sound truck, radio, mobile device, computer, or any instrument or device of any kind or character that emits loud or unreasonable noise (collectively, “Noise Amplifying Device”) and is attached to or upon or in any vehicle or trailer unless the person or entity in owning, operating, or otherwise in charge of such vehicle or trailer shall have first applied to and received written permission from the Town Clerk or designee to operate any such Noise Amplifying Device. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

It is unlawful for any person or entity to do any of the following or allow any of the following to be done on property or in a business the person or entity owns, operates, or in any way controls:

A. Operate a motor vehicle that is not at all times equipped with an exhaust system that has a muffler that is in good working order, in constant operation, and prevents the emission of loud, excessive, or unreasonable noise from the motor vehicle.

B. Operate a motor vehicle or machinery equipped with any device or modification that eliminates or in any way diminishes the noise-inhibiting function of a muffler.

C. Operate a motor vehicle in such a manner as to cause any portion thereof to emit excessive or unreasonable noise. Violations of this provision include, without limitation, revving the engine of any motor vehicle for purposes unrelated to locomotion; causing a motor vehicle’s tires to screech or squeal due to excessive speed, rapid acceleration, or aggressive maneuvering unrelated to the avoidance of immediate danger; operation of a motor vehicle that backfires at regular or frequent intervals; honking of a horn or warning device affixed to the motor vehicle except as authorized by A.R.S. § 28-954; and deceleration through practices commonly known as engine braking and/or Jake braking.

D. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit any person or entity from servicing, repairing, or testing any portion of a motor vehicle in a manner that causes the motor vehicle to emit noise; provided, however, that the person or entity does so between the hours 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and in a manner that prevents the motor vehicle from emitting excessive or unreasonable noise.

Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

It is unlawful for any person or entity to cause or allow loud, unreasonable, or excessive noise to emit from real or personal property that the person or entity owns or controls, regardless of the instrument, device, or source of the noise, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., unless issued and operating in compliance with a Nighttime and Holiday Construction Permit (“NHCP”) by the Town in accordance with Section 7-1-4-10, or having met an exclusion or timeframe in accordance with Section 9-3-3 of the Town Code. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense and Section 9-6-10 shall apply to Repeat Violators as set forth therein.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, and in addition thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person without justification to make, continue to make, cause, or allow to be made or continued, any unreasonable noise that disturbs, disrupts, or interferes with the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or which causes discomfort or annoyance to any reasonable person of normal sensitiveness residing in the area. Factors that may be considered in determining whether a noise is unreasonable for purposes of this provision include, but are not limited to, the following:

A. The volume of the noise;

B. The intensity of the noise;

C. Whether the nature of the noise is usual or unusual;

D. Whether the nature of the noise is natural or unnatural;

E. The volume and intensity of the background noise, if any;

F. The proximity of the noise to residential sleeping facilities;

G. The nature and zoning of the area within which the noise emanates;

H. The time of the day or night the noise occurs;

I. The duration of the noise;

J. Whether the noise is recurrent, intermittent or constant;

K. Whether the noise is produced by a commercial or noncommercial activity; and

L. Whether it is an impulse noise.

Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

It shall be unlawful for any person or group of people in or upon a public street, alley, public place, place of public accommodation, or property used to conduct business, to make any loud, excessive, or unreasonable noise, or to scream, shout, or yell in a manner that disturbs the peace and quiet of any residential neighborhood or the residences therein. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

The following persons and entities shall be deemed responsible for any and all violations of this Article (the “Person(s) Responsible”):

A. Any and all persons or entities causing or creating the violative noise shall be deemed responsible for the same;

B. Any and all persons or entities allowing the violative noise to emanate from property the person or entity owns, occupies, manages, or controls shall be deemed responsible for the violative noise;

C. Any person in attendance who engaged in any conduct causing, facilitating, or perpetuating the violative noise shall be deemed responsible for the violative noise; and

D. If the person or entity causing or creating the violative noise does so upon property owned, occupied, managed, or controlled by another, the persons or entities owning, occupying, managing, or controlling the property shall also be deemed responsible for the violative noise after prior three (3) instances of the same or similar violative noise emanating from the property.

9-7-5 Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited

A. No person shall stop, stand, or park a conveyance, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of an authorized enforcement agent or traffic control device, either on public or private property, in any of the following places:

1. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.
2. In any area designated as a fire lane.
3. In any area designated as prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking.
4. In a marked school crossing zone designated by appropriate device, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as provided under section 11-3-7 of the town code.
5. In front of or within a public or private driveway or the entrance to an alley.
6. In any portion of a sidewalk, curb ramp, street, trail, or building entrance or exit that provides access to disabled persons pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
7. In a pedestrian crosswalk.
8. In a designated turn or bicycle lane.
9. On those roadways without curbs in a manner so as to force a pedestrian to walk in the traveled portion of the roadway.
10. In the traveled portion of a roadway, including an intersection and pedestrian crossing in a roadway median.

B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-9 Parking Near Curbs

A. Except as otherwise posted, a person who stops or parks a conveyance on a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall stop or park the conveyance with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb.

B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-10 Parking on Town Property and Public Right-of-Way

A. No person shall park any conveyance which is inoperable on any street, town property, or public right-of-way.

1. No person shall park any vehicle, truck, tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or other conveyance so as to block a lane of travel on a public right-of-way or otherwise interfere with the safe and efficient movement of traffic.
2. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-13 Obstruction of Public Property

A. Except for emergency reasons or where otherwise allowed by the town or state law, it is unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indirectly by itself or through another, to place or maintain upon town or other public property anything that obstructs or interferes with the free use of or passage upon such property, or which otherwise interferes with any lawfully conducted business in or upon, facing or fronting onto any such public property.

B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

 

9-7-5 stopping, standing, or parking prohibited

A. No person shall stop, stand, or park a conveyance, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of an authorized enforcement agent or traffic control device, either on public or private property, in any of the following places:

1. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.
2. In any area designated as a fire lane.
3. In any area designated as prohibiting stopping, standing, or parking.
4. In a marked school crossing zone designated by appropriate device, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway as provided under section 11-3-7 of the town code.
5. In front of or within a public or private driveway or the entrance to an alley.
6. In any portion of a sidewalk, curb ramp, street, trail, or building entrance or exit that provides access to disabled persons pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
7. In a pedestrian crosswalk.
8. In a designated turn or bicycle lane.
9. On those roadways without curbs in a manner so as to force a pedestrian to walk in the traveled portion of the roadway.
10. In the traveled portion of a roadway, including an intersection and pedestrian crossing in a roadway median.

 B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-9 Parking Near Curbs

A. Except as otherwise posted, a person who stops or parks a conveyance on a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall stop or park the conveyance with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb.

B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-10 Parking on Town Property and Public Right-of-Way

A. No person shall park any conveyance which is inoperable on any street, town property, or public right-of-way.

1. No person shall park any vehicle, truck, tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or other conveyance so as to block a lane of travel on a public right-of-way or otherwise interfere with the safe and efficient movement of traffic.
2. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

9-7-13 Obstruction of Public Property

A. Except for emergency reasons or where otherwise allowed by the town or state law, it is unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indirectly by itself or through another, to place or maintain upon town or other public property anything that obstructs or interferes with the free use of or passage upon such property, or which otherwise interferes with any lawfully conducted business in or upon, facing or fronting onto any such public property.

B. Violation of this section is a civil offense.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate in a place open to the public or exposed to public view, except by proper use of a toilet or other suitable facility provided for this purpose.

B. Violation of this Section is a Class 3 Misdemeanor.

C. In addition to the penalties proscribed in subsection B above, a person convicted under this Section may be ordered to pay restitution for any clean-up and other abatement costs incurred by the Town.

It shall be unlawful for any person or group of people in or upon a public street, alley, public place, place of public accommodation, or property used to conduct business, to make any loud, excessive, or unreasonable noise, or to scream, shout, or yell in a manner that disturbs the peace and quiet of any residential neighborhood or the residences therein. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

It is unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any litter in or upon any street, alley, public grounds, school grounds, church grounds or any other property, including without limitation:

A. Littering in violation of Section 10-3-3, 10-3-4, 10-3-5, 10-3-7, 10-3-10, 10-3-11, or 10-3-13 of the Town Code. Violation of this Subsection is a Class 3 Misdemeanor; and/or

B. Depositing Handbills in violation of Section 10-3-6, 10-3-8, 10-3-9, or 10-3-14 of the Town Code. Violation of this Section is a Civil Offense.

ARTICLE 10-3 LITTER; NUISANCES

1. Except where the context requires a different definition, the terms “Civil Offense”, “Civil Traffic Offense”, “Misdemeanor”, “Class 3 Misdemeanor”, “Class 2 Misdemeanor”, and “Class 1 Misdemeanor” shall have the same meaning, and penalties as set forth in Title 13 and Title 28 of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter, Town Code or in State Statute, any person who fails to comply with requirements of this Chapter or the Town Code, or violates any of their provisions, is guilty of a Civil Offense.
3. Except as otherwise specifically provided, Civil Offenses shall be punished by imposition of a civil penalty in the amount of $250.00 for the first offense; $500.00 for a second offense in a 12-month period, and $2,000.00 for a third offense in said 12-month period. A fourth violation after three prior findings of responsibility for a civil offense the violation shall be a Class 3 Misdemeanor. For purposes of calculating the 12-month period, such period shall be calculated by looking backwards from the last offense.
4. Except as otherwise provided, each day that the violation continues shall be a separate violation or offense.

1. Any Person(s) responsible for three (3) or more of the same or similar type of violation of this Article or Section 9-3-3 above within a three-month period shall be deemed a “Repeat Violator” for the ensuing twelve-month period following the date of the most-recent violation. Any additional violations of this Section by a Repeat Violator during that period shall be a Class 1 Misdemeanor, and the Repeat Violator shall also be subject to a civil penalty of at least $3,000 for each such violation.
2. A Repeat Violator, holding a license issued pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Town Code shall be subject to immediate revocation of the license. In lieu of revocation, the Lead Customer Service Representative or designee may in their discretion impose a lesser sanction, including but not limited to modifying the license, temporarily suspending the license for a reasonable time, or holding revocation in abeyance for the remaining term of the license conditioned on no additional violations of this Section, or such other conditions as the Lead Customer Service Representative or designee deems reasonable and appropriate.

In addition to any and all penalties and remedies available, repeated violations of the provisions of this Article and/or Section 9-3-3 above are declared to be a nuisance under Chapter 10 of the Town Code that are a threat to public health, safety, and/or welfare.

CHAPTER 10 HEALTH AND SANITATION