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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. 2-25.4. Public safety communications and fire department.
   (a)   Public safety communications and fire department positions with access to criminal justice systems and motor vehicle or driver's license records will be classified as sensitive positions. Prospective and current employees, contract employees, volunteers, and interns filling these positions shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the city to conduct a criminal history check for purpose of determining whether the person has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the person's fitness and suitability.
   (b)   Public safety communications and fire department positions requiring contact with children or vulnerable adults or emergency management responsibilities will be classified as sensitive positions. Prospective and current employees, contract employees, volunteers, and interns filling these positions shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the city to conduct a criminal history check for purpose of determining whether the person has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the person's fitness and suitability.
(Ord. No. 11756, § 1, 6-9-20)
Sec. 2-25.5. Information technology.
   (a)   Prospective and current employees, contract employees, volunteers, and interns who have access to: criminal justice programs, systems, and records including the Arizona Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS), secured areas, facilities, or equipment that processes highly sensitive information and data, or systems or equipment used for the purpose of managing public resources and emergency management shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the city to conduct a criminal history check for purpose of determining whether the person has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the person's fitness and suitability.
(Ord. No. 11756, § 1, 6-9-20)
Sec. 2-25.6. Public resources and emergency management.
   (a)   Positions in the city's water department, department of transportation & mobility, environmental and general services department with essential functions related to public health and welfare or critical to emergency management shall be classified as sensitive positions. Prospective and current employees, contract employees, volunteers, and interns filling these positions shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the city to conduct a criminal history check for purpose of determining whether the person has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the person's fitness and suitability. Positions shall be classified sensitive if essential functions require:
   (1)   Access secured areas, internet, equipment, or systems that processes, stores or manages highly sensitive information or data; or, systems or equipment used for the purpose of managing public resources and emergency management.
   (2)   Contact with or access to children or vulnerable adults.
(Ord. No. 11756, § 1, 6-9-20)
ARTICLE II.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Sec. 2-26. Date, time, and place of meetings; to be public.
   Sec. 2-26(1). Except as otherwise specified by mayor and council in an ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection 2-26(2) below, the first, second, third and fourth Tuesdays of each calendar month are established as the meeting dates of the mayor and council. The meetings shall be held in the City Hall, or in such other public place within the corporate limits of the city as the mayor and council shall designate.
   Sec. 2-26(2). On or before December 31 of each year, the mayor and council may, by ordinance, approve a schedule of meeting dates for the next calendar year. The ordinance shall schedule a regular meeting during the first full week of each month, as required by Tucson Charter Chapter IX, Section 2, and such additional regular meetings during any month as the Mayor and Council deem necessary or desirable. As used in this section and Tucson Charter Chapter IX, Section 2, the "first full week of each month" begins on Sunday, ends on Saturday, and has all seven days within that month.
   Sec. 2-26(3). The meetings shall be held at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise specified in the notice of the meeting.
   Sec. 2-26(4). If any meeting date in the first week of a calendar month, or its preceding Monday, falls on a legal holiday, that week's meeting shall be held on Wednesday at the same time and place.
   Sec. 2-26(5). All meetings shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law.
(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 1: Ord. No. 2277, § 1, 3-12-62; Ord. No. 2848, § 1, 2-7-66; Ord. No. 3071, § 1, 1-2-68; Ord. No. 5076, § 1, 12-3-79; Ord. No. 5540, § 1, 4-5-82; Ord. No. 6532, § 1, 9-15-86; Ord. No. 9922, § 1, 1-5-04; Ord. No. 9953, § 1, 4-19-04; Ord. No. 10072, § 1, 10-25-04; Ord. No. 10232, § 1, 12-20-05; Ord. No. 10352, § 1, 12-5-06)
   Charter References: Authority to establish times and places for council meetings, ch. IX, § 2.
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