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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*
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 20-1. Definitions.
Sec. 20-2. Civil traffic violations.
Sec. 20-3. Penalties.
Sec. 20-4. Applicability to public employees.
Sec. 20-5. Applicability to pushcarts, animals, animal-drawn vehicles.
Sec. 20-6. Reserved.
Sec. 20-7. Office of traffic engineer created; general powers, duties.
Sec. 20-8. Enforcement duties of police.
Sec. 20-9. Police authorized to direct traffic; emergency authority.
Sec. 20-10. Authority of officers of fire department.
Sec. 20-11. Reserved.
Sec. 20-11.1. Appointment of park rangers as special policemen.
Sec. 20-11.2. Jurisdiction of special policemen.
Sec. 20-11.3. Authority of special policemen.
Sec. 20-11.4. Status of special policemen.
Sec. 20-11.5. Compensation of special policemen.
Sec. 20-11.6. Revocation of authority.
Sec. 20-11.7. Appointment of community service officers.
Sec. 20-11.8. Authority of community service officers.
Sec. 20-11.9. Appointment of civilian volunteer police assist specialists.
Sec. 20-11.10. Authority of civilian volunteer police assist specialists.
Sec. 20-12. Impounding vehicles--When permitted.
Sec. 20-13. Same--Notice.
Sec. 20-14. Same--Redemption or sale.
Sec. 20-15. Truck routes established.
Sec. 20-15.1. Driving vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) pounds on streets not designated as truck routes prohibited; exceptions.
Sec. 20-15.2. Exceptions to truck route restrictions.
Sec. 20-16. Special permission required to use streets not designated for trucks or to operate or move vehicles, loads or mobile homes exceeding state limitations; exemptions; permit and fee structure; violation a civil infraction.
Sec. 20-17. Districts where loading, unloading large vehicles prohibited; variances.
Sec. 20-18. Governmental vehicles exempt from truck route and loading or unloading provisions.
Sec. 20-19. Driving on property of another prohibited without permission.
Secs. 20-19.1, 20-20. Reserved.
Sec. 20-21. Driving in parks and playgrounds.
Sec. 20-21.1. Reserved.
Sec. 20-22. Driving on city-owned property.
Sec. 20-23. Reserved.
Sec. 20-24. Reserved.
Sec. 20-25. Boarding, alighting from moving vehicles.
Sec. 20-26. Opening vehicle doors into traffic.
Sec. 20-27. Unlawful riding.
Sec. 20-28. Roller skating, skateboards, coasting, toy vehicles, prohibited on roadways; skateboards prohibited in central business district areas and all library property and facilities within the Tucson-Pima Library System; exceptions:
Sec. 20-29. Requirement for helmet use; Bicycle renters and sellers; civil penalties; waiver of fine.
Sec. 20-30. Operating motorized skateboards and motorized play vehicles; definitions; prohibitions; penalty.
Secs. 20-31--20-39. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE III. PEDESTRIANS
ARTICLE IV. TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES*
ARTICLE V. OPERATION*
ARTICLE VI. ONE-WAY STREETS AND STOP STREETS
ARTICLE VII. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING*
ARTICLE VIII. TAXICAB REGULATIONS*
ARTICLE IX. TROLLEYS
ARTICLE X. TRAFFIC MEDIANS
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. 20-19. Driving on property of another prohibited without permission.
It is unlawful for the driver of a motor vehicle to drive a vehicle in or upon property of another without having in his possession the written permission of the person legally entitled to possession of the property. However, no person charged with violating this section shall be found responsible and such charge against him shall be dismissed, if he subsequently produces in court the aforesaid written permission.
(1953 Code, ch 17, § 23; Ord. No. 4115, § 1, 12-10-73; Ord. No. 5391, § 5, 8-3-81; Ord. No. 5931, § 6, 12-19-83)
Secs. 20-19.1, 20-20. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 20-19.1, prohibiting parking on property of another without permission, derived from Ord. No. 5391, § 6, adopted Aug. 3, 1981, and § 20-20 providing for impounding and redemption of motor vehicles parked on property of another, derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 17, § 23, were both repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 5931, adopted Dec. 19, 1983. See now § 20-223 for these provisions.
Sec. 20-21. Driving in parks and playgrounds.
It is unlawful to drive a motor vehicle in or upon the parks and playgrounds of the city except on streets or roads designated for vehicular traffic.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 23a; Ord. No. 5391, § 7, 8-3-81)
Sec. 20-21.1. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 20-21.1, regulating parking in parks and playgrounds, derived from Ord. No. 5391, § 8, adopted Aug. 3, 1981, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 5931, adopted Dec. 19, 1983. See now § 20-224.
Sec. 20-22. Driving on city-owned property.
It shall be unlawful for a driver of any motor vehicle to drive a motor vehicle in or upon city-owned property, other than public streets or alleys, when signs prohibiting or regulating driving have been placed thereon by the director of transportation, or the director's designee, as authorized by this chapter, unless in compliance with such erected signs.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 23b; Ord. No. 5931, § 7, 12-19-83; Ord. No. 10418, § 2, 6-12-07)
Sec. 20-23. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 20-23, prohibiting parking for purpose of sale on unpaved lots, derived from Ord. No. 4968, § 1, adopted June 11, 1979, and Ord. No. 5391, § 9, adopted Aug. 3, 1981, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 5931, adopted Dec. 19, 1983. See now § 20-226.
Sec. 20-24. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 20-24, prohibiting clinging to moving vehicles, derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 17, § 13, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 5931, adopted Dec. 19, 1983.
Sec. 20-25. Boarding, alighting from moving vehicles.
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 14)
Sec. 20-26. Opening vehicle doors into traffic.
It shall be unlawful for any person to open any door of a vehicle on the street side thereof when other moving vehicles are so close thereto as to constitute a hazard.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 15)
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