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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*
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 2-1. City office hours.
Sec. 2-2. Absences of appointive officers and heads of office and vacancies in appointive officers and heads of office positions.
Sec. 2-3. Compensation of senior officers acting as department heads.
Sec. 2-4. Residency requirement for specified city officers and employees.
Sec. 2-5. Building safety division; chief inspector.
Sec. 2-6. Sale of property for nonpayment of district assessments.
Sec. 2-7. Statute of limitations on unpaid warrants.
Sec. 2-8. Mayor's expense account.
Sec. 2-9. Reserved.
Sec. 2-9.1. Reserved.
Sec. 2-10. Civil liability of city; notice of defective condition required.
Sec. 2-11. Reserved.
Sec. 2-12. Reserved.
Sec. 2-13. Salary of employee during injury or sickness; salary paid to supplement workers' compensation; lien.
Sec. 2-14. Reserved.
Sec. 2-15. County health officer to enforce health, sanitation, food regulations; obstructing, resisting health officer.
Sec. 2-16. Authority of city manager to execute certain utility rights-of-way.
Sec. 2-16.1. Authority of city manager to administer the city real estate program.
Sec. 2-17. Acceptance of dedications.
Sec. 2-18. City fixed route, regularly scheduled bus system called Sun Tran and modern streetcar system called Sun Link; fares; eligibility and prohibited activity.
Sec. 2-19. City curb-to-curb barrier-free transportation service called Sun Van, the complementary paratransit service; fares; eligibility and prohibited activity.
Sec. 2-20. Transit system rules and regulations.
Sec. 2-21. Promotional discount fare program for the Sun Tran fixed route bus and Sun Link modern streetcar systems.
Sec. 2-22. City Sun Tran, Sun Link and paratransit service systems fare subsidy program for low-income individuals; fare subsidies; eligibility and prohibited activity.
Sec. 2-22.1. False information or refusal to provide information to obtain or retain low income assistance.
Sec. 2-23. Permits for use of community center.
Sec. 2-24. Fees chargeable for background check before transfer of handguns.
Sec. 2-25. Authorization.
Sec. 2-25.1. Fingerprint clearance and criminal history check.
Sec. 2-25.2. Parks and recreation department.
Sec. 2-25.3. Housing and community development department.
Sec. 2-25.4. Public safety communications and fire department.
Sec. 2-25.5. Information technology.
Sec. 2-25.6. Public resources and emergency management.
ARTICLE II. MAYOR AND COUNCIL
ARTICLE III. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND INTEGRATED PLANNING*
ARTICLE IV. RESERVED*
ARTICLE V. BONDS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES*
ARTICLE VI. CITY CLERK RECORDS MANAGEMENT*
ARTICLE VII. RESERVE POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM
ARTICLE VIII. SPECIAL DUTY POLICE SERVICES PROGRAM
ARTICLE IX. DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY AND MONEY BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
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. 2-7. Statute of limitations on unpaid warrants.
No warrant to the director of finance for payment shall be paid from any fund, deposit or account, nor shall any legal action be brought on said warrant, unless it has been presented to said director of finance for payment before the close of the second fiscal year next after the fiscal year in which it shall have been issued.
(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17e)
Sec. 2-8. Mayor's expense account.
Beginning July 1, 1955, and each year thereafter, the mayor of the city shall have an annual two thousand dollar ($2,000.00) expense account which may be drawn upon and spent for any public purpose; a public purpose shall include entertainment of public guests, commemorating events of a public interest and advertising the advantages and resources of the city. All demands from this fund shall be accompanied by a statement from the mayor of the purpose for which the money has been or is to be used and that the expenditure was or is for a public purpose.
(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17f; Ord. No. 3759, § 1, 12-13-71)
   Editors Note: Ord. No. 3759, § 1, reenacted the provisions codified as § 2-8. The title of the ordinance provided for the elimination of provisions for entrance passes to Tucson Community Center events for present and former mayors and city councilmen.
Sec. 2-9. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 2-9, requiring the filing of rules and regulations of commissions, boards and departments, derived from 1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17g, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 7018, adopted Sept. 6, 1988. See § 10A-136 et seq.
Sec. 2-9.1. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Section 2-9.1, specifying that nonattendance by numbers of governmental bodies be grounds for removal, derived from Ord. No. 3570, § 1, adopted Dec. 14, 1970, was repealed by § 1 of Ord. No. 7018, adopted Sept. 6, 1988. See § 10A-134 et seq.
Sec. 2-10. Civil liability of city; notice of defective condition required.
No civil action shall be maintained against the city for damages or injuries to person or property sustained in consequence of any street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, grading, opening, drain, or other public facility or building being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed, unless at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the occurrence resulting in such damage or injuries, written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous, obstructed condition of such street, highway, bridge, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, grading, opening, drain, sewer, or other public facility such as parks and playgrounds, public buildings or any other city- owned property whatsoever, specifying the particular place and condition existing, shall have been filed in the office of the city clerk and there was a failure or neglect to repair, remedy or remove the defect, danger, or obstruction within a reasonable time after the filing of such notice.
(1953 Code, ch. 24, § 39)
Sec. 2-11. Reserved.
   Editor's note – Ord. No. 4825, § 1, adopted June 5, 1978, specifically amended the Code by repealing § 2-11, which had pertained to written notice of claims. Said section had been derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 24, § 40.
Sec. 2-12. Reserved.
   Editor's note – Ord. No. 10904, § 3, adopted June 28, 2011, renumbered this section as § 18-11.
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