Arizona Title 9 - Cities and Towns
Chapter 1 - FORMATION
Article 1 - Incorporation, Disincorporation and Reincorporation
- §9-101 Incorporation; definition
- §9-101.01 Incorporation, urbanized area
- §9-101.02 Alternate method of incorporation for certain areas; definition
- §9-101.03 Alternate method of incorporation for an area containing a sanitary district and four road districts; definition
- §9-102 Disincorporation
- §9-103 Reincorporation of existing municipalities; effect of change
- §9-104 County services for newly incorporated city or town
Article 2 - Consolidation of Towns
- §9-121; Version 2 Consolidation of towns
- §9-121 Consolidation of towns
- §9-122; Version 2 Unification of a city and a town
- §9-122 Unification of a city and a town
Article 3 - Incorporation, Annexation and Operation of a City or Town in More Than One County
- §9-131 Incorporation; definition
- §9-132 Disincorporation
- §9-133 Reincorporation
- §9-134 Annexation
- §9-135 Relations with county
- §9-136 State or county collected taxes
- §9-137 Powers and duties
Chapter 2 - FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Article 1 - Government in Cities and Towns Not Organized Under This Chapter
- §9-201 Elective officers in cities and towns of less than six hundred voters; duties
- §9-202 Appointive officers; compensation
- §9-203 Vacancies; bonds
- §9-204 Officers in cities and towns of six hundred to eight hundred fifty voters; terms of office; elections; removal
Article 2 - Board of Trustees Government After Disincorporation
- §9-211 Disincorporation and reincorporation by board of supervisors
- §9-212 Disincorporation; petition; notice; publication
- §9-213 Order for election; election officers; oath
- §9-214 Election; ballots; procedure
- §9-215 Qualifications of electors
- §9-216 Determination of election results; establishment of new corporation
- §9-217 Trustees; appointment; terms; oath; bond
- §9-218 Election of trustees and officers; vacancies
- §9-219 General powers of trustees; publication of ordinance; sale of property
- §9-220 Taxing power
- §9-221 Transfer of books and records; classification
- §9-222 Clerk; salary; duties
- §9-223 Marshal; deputies; oath; bond; compensation; duties
- §9-224 Treasurer; term; oath; bond; compensation; duties
- §9-225 Registration of voters; special elections
- §9-226 Effect of dissolution on existing rights
Article 3 - Town Incorporated Under Common Council Government
- §9-231 Common council; date of election
- §9-232 Council; qualifications of members; oath; selection of mayor
- §9-232.01 Salaries
- §9-232.02 Permitting town councilmen to hold office for four‑year staggered terms
- §9-232.03 Alternative procedure for mayor to be directly elected by electors
- §9-232.04 District system as alternative organization
- §9-233 Council meetings; quorum; adjournment
- §9-234 Power of council to regulate proceedings; records
- §9-235 Vacancies in council
- §9-236 Mayor; duties
- §9-237 Appointive officers
- §9-238 Duties of appointive officers
- §9-239 Council powers relating to appointive officers
- §9-240 General powers of common council
- §9-241 Purchase and sale of property
- §9-242 Hospitals
- §9-243 Construction of streets and sidewalks; default of property owner; abatement of assessment; appeal; definitions
- §9-244 Levy of taxes
- §9-246 Publication of financial statement
- §9-247 Claims, warrants, substitute checks and vouchers
- §9-248 Warrants, substitute checks and vouchers; payee; form
- §9-249 Warrants, substitute checks and vouchers; presentment; payment; registry; definitions
- §9-250 Violation of provisions relating to warrants; classification
- §9-251 Survey and recording of town plats
- §9-252 Acknowledgment and filing of maps
- §9-253 Recording of maps and plats; preservation of originals
- §9-254 Title to streets
- §9-255 Unlawful act of officer; liability of council
Article 4 - Change From Town to City Organization
- §9-271 Procedure for change; city officers
- §9-272 Classification of councilmen for purposes of election; terms of office
- §9-272.01 Alternative procedure for mayor to be directly elected by electors
- §9-273 District system as alternative organization
- §9-274 Powers of council; salaries
- §9-275 Applicability of certain provisions to specified cities
- §9-276 Additional powers of cities
Article 5 - Adoption of Charter Government by City
- §9-281 Adoption procedure; board of freeholders; election
- §9-282 Proposed charter; publication; election; approval by governor
- §9-283 Approval of charter; recording and filing; amendment
- §9-284 Effect of charter on inconsistent laws
- §9-285 Expenses of board
Chapter 3 - OFFICERS
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §9-301 Terms of office
- §9-302 Bonds of officers
- §9-303 City or town manager
- §9-304 Compensation of alderman or councilman; failure to comply; classification
Chapter 4 - GENERAL POWERS
Article 1 - Purchase, Sale or Lease of Property
- §9-401 Acquisition of land by city; extent and notice of city jurisdiction
- §9-402 Sale and disposition of property; advertising for bids; publication; donation; easements
- §9-403 Sale of real property valued at more than five hundred thousand dollars; special election; sale at auction
- §9-404 Payment of outstanding taxes, penalties and interest on acquiring property
- §9-405 Sale, lease or exchange of surplus property to federal government
- §9-406 Sale, lease or conveyance of land by city or town incorporated pursuant to congressional enabling legislation
- §9-407 Exchange and sale of real property; notice of intent
- §9-408 Home equity conversion program; authorization; use of proceeds
- §9-409 Condemnation actions; interest
Article 2 - Public Library
- §9-411 Tax levy for library purposes
- §9-412 Receipt of gifts for library
- §9-413 Library fund
- §9-414 Trustees; terms; compensation
- §9-415 Trustees; organization; appointment of librarian
- §9-416 Powers of trustees
- §9-417 Audit and payment of claims
- §9-418 Annual reports by trustees
- §9-419 Regulation of library use; use of land for library
- §9-420 Contracts between city or town and the Arizona state library; expenditure of public monies
Article 3 - Remote Municipal Property as Water Source
- §9-431 Finding of statewide concern; preemption of city charter
- §9-432 Remote municipal property as water source; payments in lieu of property taxes required to transport water
- §9-433 Voluntary contributions; payment; interest on delinquent payments
Article 4 - Housing Development
- §9-441 Definitions
- §9-441.01 Public purpose; declaration of housing development area by local governing body
- §9-441.02 Powers of municipalities
- §9-441.03 Issuance of bonds
- §9-441.04 Additional security for bonds
- §9-441.05 Construction of bond provisions
- §9-441.06 Certification of bonds by attorney general
- §9-441.07 Use of municipal revenue powers to provide monies for project
Article 5 - Cemeteries
- §9-451 Procedure for vacating cemeteries
- §9-452 Conveyance of title to vacated cemetery
- §9-453 Cemetery maintenance fund
Article 6 - Municipal Planning
- §9-461 Definitions
- §9-461.01 Planning agency; powers and duties
- §9-461.02 Planning commission; creation; limitations
- §9-461.03 Planning department
- §9-461.04 Financing
- §9-461.05 General plans; authority; scope
- §9-461.06 Adoption and amendment of general plan; expiration and readoption
- §9-461.07 Administration of general plan
- §9-461.08 Authority, scope of specific plans
- §9-461.09 Procedure for adoption of specific plans and regulations
- §9-461.10 Administration of specific plans and regulations
- §9-461.11 Extraterritorial jurisdiction; development plans
- §9-461.12 Joint action; cooperation with state agencies; land and facilities use
- §9-461.13 Prohibited urban growth management requirements
Article 6.1 - Municipal Zoning
- §9-462 Definitions; general provisions concerning evidence
- §9-462.01 Zoning regulations; public hearing; definitions
- §9-462.02 Nonconformance to regulations; outdoor advertising change; enforcement
- §9-462.03 Amendment procedure
- §9-462.04 Public hearing required
- §9-462.05 Enforcement
- §9-462.06 Board of adjustment
- §9-462.07 Extraterritorial jurisdiction
- §9-462.08 Hearing officer
Article 6.2 - Municipal Subdivision Regulations
- §9-463 Definitions
- §9-463.01 Authority
- §9-463.02 Subdivision defined; applicability
- §9-463.03 Violations
- §9-463.04 Extraterritorial jurisdiction
- §9-463.05 Development fees; imposition by cities and towns; annual report
- §9-463.06 Standards for enactment of moratorium; land development; limitations; definitions
Article 6.3 - Open Space Conservation
Article 6.4 - Building Permits
Article 7 - Extension of Corporate Limits; Platting Adjacent Subdivisions
- §9-471 Annexation of territory; procedures; notice; petitions; access to information; restrictions
- §9-471.01 Dates of signatures on petition; time limitation for validity of signatures
- §9-471.02 Deannexation of land from one municipality and annexation to another municipality
- §9-471.03 Return of certain land to county; procedures
- §9-472 Annexed territory as part of adjoining district
- §9-473 Redistricting; representation
- §9-474 Subdivision plats; projection of street and alley lines; approval; survey
- §9-475 Filing of map; hearing; approval; recording
- §9-476 Amendments to plat
- §9-477 Subdivision name; limitation; title to streets
- §9-478 Acceptance of plat by recorder
- §9-479 Conveyance by reference to plat; restriction; violation; penalty
Article 7.1 - Audit Provisions
Article 8 - Miscellaneous
- §9-491 Unpaid license taxes; recovery
- §9-492 Investment of sinking funds and surplus or idle funds of municipality
- §9-493 Appropriation for advertising
- §9-494 Parks; tax for parks within reclamation projects
- §9-495 Tax levy for municipal band; authorization
- §9-496 Expenditures in federal areas
- §9-497 Authority to procure liability insurance covering officers, agents and employees
- §9-498 Authority for county to furnish services to city or town
- §9-499 Removal of rubbish, trash, weeds, filth, debris and dilapidated structures; removal by city; costs assessed; collection; priority of assessment; definitions
- §9-499.01 Powers of charter and general law cities
- §9-499.02 Standards for curb ramps
- §9-499.03 Participation in medical clinics
- §9-499.04 Animal control officers; appointment; authority; powers and duties
- §9-499.05 Authority to set rates for private towing carrier; notice of parking violations; violation; classification; definition
- §9-499.06 Fire insurance premium tax revenues; cities and towns and fire districts utilizing private fire companies
- §9-499.07 Prisoner work, community restitution work and home detention program; eligibility; monitoring; procedures; home detention for persons sentenced for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- §9-499.09 Indigent defendants; appointment of counsel; fee
- §9-499.10 Infill incentive districts
- §9-499.11 Lighting standards for municipal buildings; life cycle costing; evaluation standards; shielding
- §9-499.12 Municipal social workers; exemption
- §9-500 Authority for providing for tax deferred annuity and deferred compensation plans for employees
- §9-500.01 Arson investigators; duties; powers; limitation
- §9-500.02 Emergency medical aid; assistance to other public bodies; limitation on liability
- §9-500.03 Maintenance and protection of parks; park rangers
- §9-500.04 Air quality control; definitions
- §9-500.05 Development agreements; public safety; definitions
- §9-500.06 Hospitality industry; discrimination prohibited; use of tax proceeds; exemption; definitions
- §9-500.07 Recycling and waste reduction
- §9-500.08 Enforcement of water conservation plumbing requirements
- §9-500.09 Fair housing
- §9-500.11; Version 2 Expenditures for economic development; requirements; definitions
- §9-500.11 Expenditures for economic development; definitions
- §9-500.12 Appeals of municipal actions; dedication or exaction; excessive reduction in property value; burden of proof; attorney fees
- §9-500.13 Compliance with court decisions
- §9-500.14 Use of city or town resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition
- §9-500.15 Referral of public transportation questions to voters
- §9-500.16 Clean burning fireplace ordinance
- §9-500.17 Acceleration agreements; loan repayment agreements
- §9-500.18 School district construction fees; prohibition
- §9-500.19 Vehicle refueling apparatus
- §9-500.20 Outside emergency services; costs
- §9-500.21 Civil enforcement of municipal ordinances
- §9-500.22 Prosecution diversion programs
- §9-500.23 Authority to provide fire protection and emergency services outside corporate limits
- §9-500.24 Federal patent easements; city and town abandonment
- §9-500.25 Work centers; aliens; prohibition
- §9-500.26 Authority to regulate the entry of minors into Mexico; exemption from liability
Chapter 5 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 1 - Franchise by Municipality
Article 1.1 - Cable Television Systems
- §9-505 Definitions
- §9-506 Authority to issue license; limitations
- §9-507 Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions
- §9-508 License required before construction; provisions existing systems
- §9-509 Municipal ownership
- §9-510 Control of programming
Article 2 - Municipal Ownership
- §9-511 Power to engage in business of public nature; outside water rates; right of eminent domain
- §9-511.01 Water and wastewater business; rates; procedures
- §9-511.02 Utility user fees; lien enforcement; procedures; definition
- §9-511.03 Outside waste or garbage collection services; requirements
- §9-512 Issuance of bonds; service rates
- §9-513 Lease of privately owned utility
- §9-514 Authority to engage in utility business
- §9-515 Purchase of existing utility plant and property; valuation; appeal
- §9-516 Declaration of public policy; eminent domain
- §9-517 Exception to purchase requirement
- §9-518 Compensation for taking public utility; procedure for determining
- §9-519 Common carriers; duplication of service prohibited
- §9-520 Provision of electric generation services; competition; definitions
Article 3 - Municipal Bonds for Financing Utilities
- §9-521 Definitions
- §9-521.01 Recreational facilities
- §9-522 Power to issue bonds
- §9-523 Bond election
- §9-524; Version 2 Election order and call; publication; posting
- §9-524 Election order and call; publication; posting
- §9-525 Registration of voters
- §9-526 Form of ballot
- §9-527 Canvass of votes
- §9-528; Version 2 Application of election laws
- §9-528 Application of election laws
- §9-529 Form of bonds; payment and call; interest; sale; bids; interim receipts; rates and procedures; definition
- §9-530 Service charges; taxation and budgeting; computation
- §9-531 Provisions of resolution for bond issue; covenants
- §9-532 Utility receipts and bond proceeds; handling and disposition
- §9-533 Validity of bonds
- §9-534 Certification of bonds by attorney general
- §9-535 Prior lien of bonds
- §9-535.01 Refunding bonds and revenue‑producing undertaking; refunding utility purchase contracts; form; sale and investment of proceeds; limitation on amount issued
- §9-536 Payment of bonds
- §9-537 Supplemental nature of article
- §9-538 Validation of prior bonds
- §9-539 General powers of municipality under article
- §9-540 Validation of prior acts and proceedings; criterion for compliance
Article 4 - Industrial Gas Pipelines
- §9-551 Definitions
- §9-552 Authority to issue license
- §9-553 Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions
- §9-554 License required before construction
Article 6 - Financial Assistance from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
- §9-571; Version 2 Wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment facilities and nonpoint source projects; financial assistance loan repayment agreements; definitions
- §9-571 Wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment facilities and nonpoint source projects; financial assistance loan repayment agreements; definitions
Article 7 - Charges for Use of Public Highways by Telecommunications Providers
- §9-581 Definitions
- §9-582 Taxes and other charges; telecommunications facilities; limitations
- §9-583 Issuance of license or franchise; use of public highways; limitations
Chapter 6 - CONVENTION CENTERS
Article 1 - Arizona Convention Center Development Fund
- §9-601 Arizona convention center development fund; purpose
- §9-602 Fund operation
- §9-603 Use of fund monies
- §9-604 Eligible cities
- §9-605 Eligible projects
Article 2 - Development
- §9-621 Authority to receive and spend distributions
- §9-622 Certification of completion of construction
- §9-623 Certification of satisfaction of annual obligations
- §9-624 Request for state lease purchase
- §9-625 Tax exemption
- §9-626 Construction progress reports; auditor general performance measures
Chapter 7 - ORDINANCES AND CODES; PUBLICATION; ELECTIONS AND VOTERS
Article 1 - Enactment of Code or Public Record by Reference
- §9-801 Definitions
- §9-802 Procedure for adoption by reference
- §9-803 Limitation on enactment of penalty clauses
- §9-804 Ratification of certain enactments by reference
- §9-805 State uniform plumbing code
- §9-806 Wildland-urban interface code
Article 2 - Publication of Proceedings and Ordinances
- §9-811 Publication of record of proceedings of governing body
- §9-812 Publication of notices and ordinances
- §9-813 Posting of penal ordinances
Article 3 - Elections and Voters
- §9-821 Law governing municipal elections
- §9-821.01 City and town elections; optional procedure
- §9-822 Qualifications of voters
- §9-823 Registration of voters; change of registration
- §9-824; Version 2 Registration for elections
- §9-824 Registration for special elections
- §9-825 Election boards; appointment
Chapter 8 - POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Article 1 - Minimum Wages
Article 2 - Police Pensions
- §9-911 Definitions
- §9-912 Police pension fund
- §9-913 Administration of fund; police pension board; membership
- §9-914 Election of departmental members of board
- §9-915 Terms of departmental members
- §9-916 Vacancies in departmental membership
- §9-917 Oath of office
- §9-918 Compensation of pension board members; liability on bonds
- §9-919 Organizational meeting
- §9-920 Meetings of pension board
- §9-921 Powers and duties of the board; audit
- §9-922 Annual report of board
- §9-923 Contents of fund; choice of method of payment by municipality
- §9-924 Payment of pensions
- §9-925 Computation of pension upon voluntary retirement or upon mandatory retirement; limitation
- §9-926 Computation of pension upon permanent or temporary retirement for injury or disease
- §9-927 Benefits to dependents upon death of member
- §9-928 Effect of service as public officer upon pension
- §9-929 Fund requirements precedent to payment of pensions
- §9-930 Payments from fund
- §9-931 Exemption of pensions from process; prohibition on assignments; exception
- §9-932 Physical examination of active or temporarily retired member
- §9-933 Effect of military service
- §9-934 Inapplicability of article
Article 3 - Fire Fighters' Relief and Pension Fund
- §9-951 Disposition of fire insurance premium tax proceeds; composition of fund
- §9-951.01 Definition
- §9-952 Disposition of fire insurance premium tax
- §9-953 Fire districts or departments; certification by state fire marshal
- §9-954 Board of trustees of fund; membership
- §9-955 Officers of board; meetings; procedure for disbursements
- §9-956 Annual audit; report of secretary; sanction
- §9-957 Powers and duties of board; investments; review of decisions
- §9-963 Grant of temporary relief by board; procedures for immediate pension relief
- §9-965 Termination of benefits
- §9-967 Pension for volunteer fire fighter
- §9-967.01 Paid fire fighters who are also volunteers; eligibility for pension benefits
- §9-968 Exemption of pension from process; prohibition of assignments; exception
- §9-969 Applicability of workers' compensation law
- §9-970 Effect of military service
- §9-971 Reinstatement after military service
- §9-972 Inapplicability of article
- §9-973 Disability insurance for volunteer fire fighters
Article 4 - Alternate Pension and Benefit Plan
Article 5 - Fire Fighters' Training
Chapter 10 - TOWNSITES
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §9-1101 Entry at federal land office of land for townsites
- §9-1102 Trustee's bond; keeping of accounts and records
- §9-1103 Survey and plat of townsite; approval; recording
- §9-1104 Notice of entry of land as townsite; statement and filing of claims to land
- §9-1105 Financial statement of trustee; disposition of funds
- §9-1106 Index of claimants and property
- §9-1107 Limitations on claims of land
- §9-1108 Proof of nonconflicting claims; execution of deed
- §9-1109 Referral to court of conflicting claims; trial; appeal
- §9-1110 Payment of purchase price by claimants
- §9-1111 Trustee as claimant
- §9-1112 Selection and conveyance of sites for public purposes
- §9-1113 Execution of deed to cemetery association
- §9-1114 Rights of lienholders
- §9-1115 Claims against trustee or municipality
- §9-1116 Obtaining funds to pay expenses
- §9-1117 Disposal of unclaimed lots
- §9-1118 Accounting by trustee to successor
Article 2 - Sale of Lands Acquired Prior to Statehood
- §9-1131 Disposal of unclaimed lots acquired prior to statehood
- §9-1132 Procedure to establish right of preference
- §9-1133 Disposition of proceeds from sale
Article 3 - Subdivision of Private Lands in Townsite
Chapter 11 - PROTECTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §9-1201 Definitions
- §9-1202 Protected development right; establishment; plan requirements; variance
- §9-1203 Duration of a protected development right; termination
- §9-1204 Subsequent changes prohibited; exceptions
- §9-1205 Protected development right; exercise; agreements