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Tucson, AZ Code of Ordinances
TUCSON, ARIZONA CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
PART I CHARTER*
CHAPTER I. NAME
CHAPTER II. BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER III. GOVERNMENT*
CHAPTER IV. POWERS OF CITY*
CHAPTER V. OFFICERS AND SALARIES*
CHAPTER VI. THE MAYOR*
CHAPTER VII. POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL*
CHAPTER VIII. VACANCIES*
CHAPTER IX. LEGISLATION*
Sec. 1. Mayor and council to exercise legislative power.
Sec. 2. Organization and meetings of mayor and council.
Sec. 3. Meeting of mayor and council to be public; journal required.
Sec. 4. Mayor and council to adopt rules of proceedings; substantive action to be by ordinance or resolution.
Sec. 5. Quorum for mayor and council; vote required except for procedural motions; signature, attestation of ordinances and resolutions.
Sec. 6. Form of ordinances and resolutions; enacting clause.
Sec. 7. Vote on motion to reconsider ordinance.
Sec. 8. Signing, attestation, effective date of ordinances, resolutions, franchises; emergency measures; publication and posting required.
Sec. 9. Manner of revising, amending, reenacting ordinances.
Sec. 10. Publication, effective date of ordinances.
Sec. 11. Manner of repealing or suspending ordinances.
Sec. 12. Minutes to be public.
Sec. 13. Right to petition mayor and council; consideration of petitions.
Sec. 14. Failure to vote.
Sec. 15. Exercise of powers under Charter when no procedure prescribed by law.
CHAPTER X. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS OTHER THAN MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL*
CHAPTER XI. CITY BOARD OF HEALTH
CHAPTER XII. CITY COURT
CHAPTER XIII. FINANCE AND TAXATION*
CHAPTER XIV. OFFICIAL BONDS*
CHAPTER XV. PROCUREMENT*
CHAPTER XVI. ELECTIONS*
CHAPTER XVII. FRANCHISES AND PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER XVIII. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES*
CHAPTER XIX. THE INITIATIVE*
CHAPTER XX. THE REFERENDUM*
CHAPTER XXI. RECALL
CHAPTER XXII. CIVIL SERVICE*
CHAPTER XXIII. PENSION FUND
CHAPTER XXIV. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, ETC.*
CHAPTER XXV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER XXVI. AMENDMENTS
CHAPTER XXVII. RESERVED*
CHAPTER XXVIII. RESERVED*
CHAPTER XXIX. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE*
CHAPTER XXX. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES*
CHAPTER XXXI. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
CHARTER COMPARATIVE TABLE
PART II TUCSON CODE
Tucson, AZ Unified Development Code
TUCSON, AZ UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE
ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL
TECHNICAL STANDARDS MANUAL
Tucson Administrative Directives
1-01 About Administrative Directives
1-02 General Administrative Directives
1-03 Strategic Workforce Plan
1-04 Intergovernmental Programs
1-05 Records and Reports
1-07 Capital Programs
1-08 Communications and Electronic Information
2-01 through 2-05 Personnel
3-01 through 4-05 Financial and Purchasing
6-01 through 6-03 Vehicles
7-01 Property - Public Art
8-01 Environmental Procedures - Environmental Services
Sec. 11. Manner of repealing or suspending ordinances.
No ordinance or section thereof shall be repealed or suspended except by ordinance adopted in the manner provided in this chapter.
Sec. 12. Minutes to be public.
Any citizen of the city may have access to the minutes, upon application to the clerk.
Sec. 13. Right to petition mayor and council; consideration of petitions.
Any citizen of the city may appear before the mayor and council at any regular meeting, and present a written petition; such petition shall be acted upon by the mayor and council in the regular course of business, within fifteen (15) days.
Sec. 14. Failure to vote.
No member shall be excused from voting except upon matters involving the consideration of his own official conduct. In all other cases a failure to vote shall be entered on the minutes as an affirmative vote.
Sec. 15. Exercise of powers under Charter when no procedure prescribed by law.
Wherever, by any provision of this Charter, it is prescribed that any power, duty or procedure shall or may be exercised, performed or adopted in the manner established by any law of the State of Arizona, and there be no procedure established by state law therefor, then the mayor and council shall by ordinance prescribe the procedure.

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