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Tucson, AZ Code of Ordinances
TUCSON, ARIZONA CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
PART I CHARTER*
PART II TUCSON CODE
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
Chapter 3 RESERVED*
Chapter 4 ANIMALS AND FOWL*
Chapter 5 BICYCLES AND SHARED MOBILITY DEVICES*
Chapter 6 BUILDINGS, ELECTRICITY, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL CODE*
Chapter 7 BUSINESSES REGULATED*
Chapter 7A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 7B COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 7C RESERVED*
Chapter 7D LOCATION AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Chapter 8 CITY COURT*
Chapter 9 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 10 CIVIL SERVICE--HUMAN RESOURCES*
Chapter 10A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 10B HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*
Chapter 10C RESERVED*
Chapter 11 CRIMES AND OFFENSES*
Chapter 11A GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 11B PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 12 ELECTIONS*
Chapter 12A BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Chapter 13 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION*
Chapter 14 LABOR ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION ELECTION PROCEDURE, MEET AND CONFER AND MEET AND DISCUSS*
Chapter 15 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 16 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION*
Chapter 17 HUMAN RELATIONS*
Chapter 18 SELF-INSURED RISK PROGRAM AND TRUST FUND*
Chapter 19 LICENSES AND PRIVILEGE TAXES*
Chapter 20 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Chapter 21 PARKS AND RECREATION*
Chapter 22 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT, GROUP INSURANCE, LEAVE BENEFITS AND OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS*
Chapter 23 LAND USE CODE*
Chapter 23A DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE CODE*
Chapter 23B UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE*
Chapter 24 SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL*
Chapter 25 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS*
Chapter 26 FLOODPLAIN, STORMWATER, AND EROSION HAZARD MANAGEMENT*
Chapter 27 WATER*
Chapter 28 TUCSON PROCUREMENT CODE*
Chapter 29 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 30 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION*
DISPOSITION TABLE - 1953 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Tucson, AZ Unified Development Code
Tucson Administrative Directives
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Sec. 1-4. Effect of repealing ordinances.
The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances in force before or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.
The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal, for an offense committed under the ordinance repealed.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 4)
Sec. 1-5. Severability of parts of Code.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the mayor and council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and words of this Code are severable; and if any word, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining words, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Code, since the same would have been enacted by the mayor and council without the incorporation in this Code of any such unconstitutional word, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 6)
Sec. 1-6. Provisions declared continuation of existing ordinances.
The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the same as those of ordinances existing at the effective date of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof and not as new enactments.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 7)
Sec. 1-7. Jurisdiction over areas owned or leased by city.
All ordinances of the city shall apply within land lying outside of the city limits that is owned or leased by the city, and any violation of an ordinance of the city occurring within the territorial limits of such land may be punished by the city to the same extent and with like effect as if the violation occurred within the corporate limits; however, this section shall not apply unless the mayor and council of the city authorize or ratify by motion the erection, at any point at which a public road enters such land, of a sign, not less than eighteen (18) inches by three (3) feet in size, containing a warning notice in bold letters that the area being entered is subject to the jurisdiction of the city.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 8)
   Cross References: Jurisdiction of city court over areas owned or leased outside city, § 8-1.
Sec. 1-8. General penalty; misdemeanors; civil infractions; continuing violations.
   Sec. 1-8(1). Except for those acts declared to be civil infractions, whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by a maximum of thirty-six (36) months probation or by such fine, imprisonment, and probation or combination thereof, in the discretion of the city magistrate. (Ord. No. 5716, § 2, 2-28-83; Ord. No. 7627, § 1, 5-6-91)
   Sec. 1-8(2). Except for provisions relating to civil traffic violations, whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city any act is made or declared to be a civil infraction, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision or ordinance shall be as set out in chapter 8 of this Code. (Ord. No. 5716, § 2, 2-28-83; Ord. No. 5929, § 1, 12-19-83; Ord. No. 8154, § 1, 11-8-93)
   Sec. 1-8(3). Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. No. 5716, § 2, 2-28-83; Ord. No. 5929, §§ 2, d, 12-19-83)
   Sec. 1-8(4). In this Code, when a fine is imposed or required, it is within the discretion of the judge or hearing officer to substitute community service in lieu of any fine. Except where a different rate is expressly provided in the Code section that has been violated, the rate at which community service shall be valued as a setoff against the fine shall be ten dollars ($10.00) for each hour of community service work performed. Participation in the City of Tucson's Work Alternative Program shall qualify as community service for purposes of this section. (Ord. No. 7781, § 1, 3-16-92; Ord. No. 10378, § 1, 3-6-07)
   Sec. 1-8(5). Where, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 8 of this Code, the city court orders the reimbursement of incarceration costs to the city, or imposes administrative fees, such reimbursement or fees are hereby declared to be cost recovery measures, administrative in nature, and shall not be construed as imposing a fine under subsection 1-8(1) above. (Ord. No. 8557, § 2, 8-7-95)
   Editors Note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 5716, adopted Feb. 28. 1983, effective July 1, 1983. repealed former §§ 1-8, 1-8.1, relating to penalties for Code violations, derived from 1953 Code, ch. 1, § 5; Ord. No. 4923, § 1, adopted Jan. 2, 1979; and Ord. No. 5391, §§ 1, 2, adopted Aug. 3, 1981. Section 2 of Ord. No. 5716 added a new § 1-8.
   Charter References: Violations of Charter and ordinances, ch. XXV, § 5.
   Cross References: Administrative hearing office to hear and decide violations deemed to be civil infractions, § 28-2(2).
Sec. 1-9. Imprisonment to be in city or county jail.
All persons sentenced to imprisonment or detained by the chief of police for the violation of any provision of the Charter, this Code or any other ordinance of the city, shall be imprisoned of. detained in the county jail, city jail or other appropriate detention facility in the discretion of' the city magistrate or the chief of police.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 10; Ord. No. 5897, § 1, 11-7-83)
   Charter References: Violations of Charter and ordinances, ch. XXV, § 5.
Sec. 1-10. Labor required of prisoners; classification as regular or trusties.
Not less than seventy-five (75) percent of all persons confined in the city jail annex or county jail for the violation of any provision of the Charter, this Code, or any ordinance of the city shall, upon demand by the chief of police, the city magistrate, or their duly authorized representatives, perform labor on the public works of the city. Such persons shall perform such regular prisoners.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11; Ord. No. 4151, § 1, 3-18-74)
Sec. 1-11. Persons deemed trusties.
Persons working on public streets, highways or doing any other work or service outside the city jail, city jail annex or county jail and without requiring armed guards, or who hold any other similar position of confidence and trust either within or without the city jail, city jail annex or county jail, shall be deemed trusties.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)
Sec. 1-12. Designation of trusties; supervision of working prisoners.
Persons to perform work or services as trusties shall be designated by the chief of police, the city magistrate, or their duly authorized representatives. Trusties who shall perform work or service upon public works shall be deemed to be under the direction and supervision of the director of public works, or his duly authorized representatives.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)
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