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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
Chapter 21
PARKS AND RECREATION*
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*   Charter References: Department of parks and recreation, ch. XXXI.
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Art. I.   Operation and Regulation of Parks, §§ 21-1--21-18.1
Art. II.   Randolph Park Golf Courses, §§ 21-19--21-37
Art. III.   Reserved, §§ 21-38--21-50
Art. IV.   Gene Reid Park Zoo Admittance Fees, §§ 21-51--21-54
Art. V.   Reserved
Article I. Operation and Regulation of Parks
Sec. 21-1.   Definitions.
Sec. 21-2.   Operation of parks under director; fees.
Sec. 21-3.   Regulations regarding park use.
Sec. 21-4.   Permits, licenses and reservations.
Sec. 21-5.   Regulation of activities in areas adjacent to or affecting parks.
Sec. 21-6.   Enforcement.
Sec. 21-7.   Penalties.
Sec. 21-8.   Consumption of spirituous liquor.
Sec. 21-9.   Adult sports; fees; rosters; minimum number of players per sponsor team; disposition of fees.
Sec. 21-10.   Fees--Tennis courts.
Sec. 21-11.   Handball courts.
Sec. 21-12.   Swimming pool admission, swim lesson, competitive swimming program, and synchronized swimming program fees and rental rates.
Sec. 21-13.   Recreational classes.
Sec. 21-13.1.   Program registration fees KIDCO.
Sec. 21-13.2.   Fees--Senior trip programs.
Sec. 21-14.   Use of equipment – fees.
Sec. 21-14.1.   Use of recreation centers and their facilities; fees.
Sec. 21-14.2.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-14.3.   Hi Corbett Stadium Use.
Sec. 21-15.   Non-city resident rates.
Sec. 21-16.   Use of certain meeting rooms; reservation fee for ramadas, reserved park areas, special interest areas, sport fields, volleyball courts, bandshells, outdoor performance centers, rodeo grounds, park special events, and fees for special maintenance.
Sec. 21-17.   Authorization to waive or discount fees and charges.
Sec. 21-18.   Wasting or abusing athletic facility lighting; fines and penalties.
Sec. 21-18.1.   Administrative fees.
Article II. City Municipal Golf Courses
Sec. 21-19.   Damaging, defacing property.
Sec. 21-20.   Selling, soliciting on courses.
Sec. 21-21.   Permit to play required.
Sec. 21-22.   Rates for city carts; rental agreement required.
Sec. 21-23.   Rates for use of private carts.
Sec. 21-23.1.   Driving range golf ball rental fees.
Sec. 21-24.   General regulations.
Sec. 21-25.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-25.1.   Regular greens fees.
Sec. 21-25.2.   Special golf rates/green fees.
Sec. 21-25.3.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-25.4.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-25.5.   Fees for shotgun start tournaments.
Sec. 21-25.6.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-25.7.   Authorization to discount golf rates.
Sec. 21-25.8.   Authorization to establish food, beverage and merchandise prices.
Sec. 21-25.9.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-25.10.   Authorization to establish reservation policies.
Sec. 21-25.11.   Authorization to establish frequent user discount policies.
Sec. 21-26.   Collection of fees.
Sec. 21-27.   Violations, penalty.
Sec. 21-28.   Reserved.
Sec. 21-29.   Reserved.
Secs. 21-30--21-37.   Reserved.
Article III. Reserved
Secs. 21-38--21-50.   Reserved.
Article IV. Gene Reid Park Zoo Admittance Fees
Sec. 21-51.   Schedule.
Sec. 21-52.   Reserved.
Secs. 21-53, 21-54. Reserved.
Article V. Gene Reid Park Zoo Improvement Fund
Sec. 21-60.   Gene Reid Park Zoo improvement fund.
ARTICLE I.
OPERATION AND REGULATION OF PARKS*
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*   Editors Note: Ord. No. 4610, § 1, adopted Jan. 10, 1977, specifically amended the Code by repealing §§ 21-1--21-8. Those sections, which contained general provisions, had been derived from 1953 Code, ch. 18, §§ 40a, 47a--49, 58, and Ord. No. 2369, § 1, adopted Nov. 19, 1962. Section 2 of Ord. No. 4610 revised the title of art. I and added new §§ 21-1--21-7 as herein set out.
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Sec. 21-1. Definitions.
   In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
   Sec. 21-1(1). Camping means the placement of any tent, temporary shelter or structure, blanket, cloth, or other sleeping implements on park property for the purpose of protection from the elements for any persons remaining in the park.
   Sec. 21-1(2). Director means the director of parks and recreation.
   Sec. 21-1(3). License means a permit for more than a one-time event.
   Sec. 21-1(4). Park means any public park or recreation or playground area within or outside the corporate limits of the city, that is established, operated or administered by the city as a public park or public recreation or playground area.
   Sec. 21-1(5). Park ranger means a city employee under the supervision of the director, authorized by his commission to enforce all park rules and regulations and all criminal and traffic laws within a park.
   Sec. 21-1(6). Permit means authority issued by the director granting a named person or persons permission to perform a specified activity in a parks and recreation department facility or any portion thereof.
   Sec. 21-1(7). Pollution means the contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of park waters, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity or odor of the waters, or discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid radioactive or other substance into any park waters as will or is likely to create a public nuisance or render park waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, recreational or other beneficial uses, or to wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.
   Sec. 21-1(8). Reservation means authority issued by the director for named persons to use a parks and recreation department facility or any portion thereof for a specified time and purpose.
   Sec. 21-1(9). Resident is hereby defined as any person who is in possession of a valid proof of residency within the Tucson city limits pursuant to the rules and regulations established by the director of parks and recreation. Persons qualified as residents as set forth shall be permitted to use any city-owned parks and recreation department facility and fee based programs upon payment of the resident fee, proper identification as determined by the director of parks and recreation.
   Sec. 21-1(10). Vehicle means any wheeled conveyance, whether motor-powered, animal-drawn, or personally propelled, including any trailer in tow of any size, kind or description. Not included are baby carriages, vehicles in the service of the city, and vehicles authorized and properly equipped for emergency duties.
(Ord. No. 4610, § 2, 1-10-77; Ord. No. 9850, § 1, 5-12-03; Ord. No. 12144, § 1, 2-4-25)
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