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Mesa City Code

NOTE: The Mesa City Code, included here in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF format, was last updated to include all Ordinances passed and adopted up to December 31, 2011. More recent Ordinances, not yet reflected in the updated Code Book below, are listed in red beneath the Title/Section they amend. The dates that these ordinances were passed and adopted by City Council, as well as their effective dates, are also indicated. Please note that, in an effort to save space, some shorter sections have been consolidated into one document. If you have any questions, please call the Mesa City Clerk's Office at (480) 644-2099.

Table of Contents

City Charter (PDF)

Code Book Index (PDF)                                                    Entire Code Book (Searchable PDF)
                                                                               (Does not include the Zoning Code - link to Title 11 below)
                                                                            

Title 1 - Administrative

        1.        Adoption of Official Code (Word / PDF)
        2.        Saving Clause (Word / PDF)
        3.        City Limits (Word / PDF)
        4.        Corporate Seal (Word / PDF)
        5.        The Council (Word / PDF)
        6.        Council Committees (Word / PDF)
        7.        City Magistrates (Word / PDF)
        8.        Qualified Electors (Word / PDF)
        9.        Records (Word / PDF)
      10.        Publication of Proceedings (Word / PDF)
      11.        Recall (Word / PDF)
      12.        Courts and Procedures (Word / PDF)
      13.        Property Improvement Assessment Sales (Word / PDF)
      14.        Emergency Powers of Mayor (Word / PDF)
      15.        Salaries (Word / PDF)
      16.        Bonds of Officers (Repealed by 1070) (Word / PDF)
      17.        Clerk (Word / PDF)
      18.        City Treasurer (Word / PDF)
      19.        Attorney (Word / PDF)
      20.        City Manager (Word / PDF)
      21.        City Purchase of Tangible Personal Property (Word / PDF)      
      22.        Building Inspector (Repealed by 727) (Word / PDF)
      23.        Plumbing Inspector (Repealed by 727) (Word / PDF)
      24.        Health Officer (Repealed by 727) (Word / PDF)
      25.        Holidays (Repealed by 2610) (Word / PDF)
      26.        General Penalty (Word / PDF)
      27.        Civil Code Violations (Word / PDF)
      28.        Claims and Demands Against the City (Repealed by 2905) (Word / PDF)
      29.        Deputy City Manager (Word / PDF)
      30.        Executive City Administrator (Repealed by 1611) (Word / PDF)
      31.        City Auditor (Word / PDF)
      32.        Collection of Delinquent Amounts Owed to the City (Word / PDF)
               

Title 2 - Boards and Commissions

        1.    Planning and Zoning Board (Word / PDF)
        2.    Human Services Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
        3.    Judicial Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
        4.    Library Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
        5.    Merit System Board (Word / PDF)
        6.    Civil Defense Disaster (Repealed by 706) (Word / PDF)
        7.    Parks and Recreation Board (Word / PDF)
        8.    Transportation Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
        9.    Design Review Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
      10.    Plumbing, Mechanical, and Solar Energy Advisory Board (Repealed by 4207)(Word /  PDF)
      11.    Board of Appeals (Word / PDF)
      12.    Human Relations Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
      13.    Electrical Advisory Board (Repealed by 4206) (Word / PDF)
      14.    Solicitation and License Appeal Board (Repealed by 2383) (Word / PDF)
      15.    Human Services Advisory Board (Repealed By 3220; see above) (Word / PDF)
      16.    Museum and Cultural Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
      17.    Self-Insurance Program Board of Trustees (Word / PDF)
      18.    Personnel Appeals Board (Word / PDF)
      19.    Crime Prevention Advisory Board (Repealed by 3945) (Word / PDF)
      20.    Downtown Development Committee (Repealed by 4960) (Word / PDF)
      21.    Economic Development Advisory Board (Word / PDF)
      22.    Historic Preservation Committee (Word / PDF)
      23.    Mesa Housing Services Governing Board (Word / PDF)
      24.    Housing Advisory Board (Word / PDF)

Title 3 - Departments

      1.    Police Department (Word / PDF)
      2.    Fire Department (Word / PDF)
      3.    Utilities Department (Word / PDF)
      4.    Development Services Department (Word / PDF)
      5.    Reserve Police Officers (Word / PDF)
      6.    Unarmed Police Aides and Traffic Investigators (Word / PDF)
      7.    General Services Department (Word / PDF)
      8.    Parks, Recreation & Commercial Facilities Department (Word / PDF)
      9.    Financial Services Department (Word / PDF)
    10.    Electric Department  (Repealed by 3455) (Word / PDF)
    11.    Airport Department (Repealed by 3168) (Word / PDF)
    12.    Neighborhood Services Department (Word / PDF)

Title 4 - Building Regulations

      1.    Mesa Administrative Code (Word / PDF)
      2.    Mesa Building Code (Word / PDF)            
      3.    Mesa Residential Code (Word / PDF)            
      4.    Mesa Lighting and Electrical Code (Word / PDF)
      5.    Mesa Plumbing Code (Word / PDF)            
      6.    Mesa Mechanical Code (Word / PDF)            
      7.    Mesa Fuel Gas Code (Word / PDF)            
      8.    Mesa Existing Building Code (Word / PDF)
      9.    Mesa Energy Code (Word / PDF)           

Title 5 - Business Regulations

      1.    Special Event License (Word / PDF)
      2.    Group Home for the Handicapped and Supervised Living Facility License (Repealed by
             4844)  (Word / PDF)
      3.    Park and Swap Operations (Word / PDF)
      4.    Sale of Jewelry at Public Auction (Repealed by 4313) (Word / PDF)
      5.    Going Out of Business Sales (Repealed by 4314) (Word / PDF)
      6.    Handbills and Circulars (Word / PDF)
      7.    Auctioneers, Pawnbrokers, Scrap Metal Dealers, and Secondhand Dealers (Word / PDF)
      8.    Peddlers, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants (Word / PDF)
      9.    Regulating the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages (Word / PDF)
    10.    Privilege and Excise Taxes:
             -  Tax Code and Regulations Index (Excel / PDF)
             -  Tax Code (Word / PDF)
             -  Tax Regulations (Word / PDF)
    11.    Teenage Dance Halls (Word / PDF)
    12.    Massage Establishment Operations (Word / PDF)             
    13.    Residential Development Tax (Word / PDF)
    14.    Natural Gas Regulations (Word / PDF)
    15.    Charitable Solicitations (Repealed by 2383) (Word / PDF)
    16.    Use Tax (Repealed by 2175) (Word / PDF)
    17.    Development Impact Fees (Word / PDF)            
    18.    Transient Occupancy Tax (Repealed by 3175) (Word / PDF)
    19.    Fortune Telling (Word / PDF)
    20.    Payments in Lieu of the Residential Development Tax (Repealed by 3502) (Word / PDF)

Title 6 - Police Regulations

      1.    General Offenses (Word / PDF)
      2.    Graffiti (Word / PDF)
      3.    Aircraft Regulations (Word / PDF)
      4.    Animal Control Ordinance With Leash Law (Word / PDF)
      5.    General Regulations Relating to Animals (Word / PDF)
      6.    Curfew (Word / PDF)
      7.    Registration of Convicted Persons (Word / PDF)
      8.    Prevention and Suppression of Riots (Word / PDF)
      9.    Banners and Signs on Poles (Repealed by 1654) (Word / PDF)
    10.    Public Park Regulations (Word / PDF)
    11.    Smoking Regulations and Healthier Smokefree Environments (Word / PDF)
    12.    Offensive, Excessive, and Prohibited Noises (Word / PDF)
    13.    Abandoned Motor Vehicles (Repealed by 2568) (Word / PDF)
    14.    Fair Housing (Word / PDF)
    15.    Alarm Systems (Word / PDF)
    16.    Sexually Oriented Businesses (Word / PDF)
    17.    Tattooing and Body Piercing (Word / PDF)
    18.    Contested Property Disputes (Word / PDF)
    19.    Recovery of Costs for Police Services (Repealed by 4942) (Word / PDF)
    20.    Operating a Moving Vehicle on Unpaved Surface (Word / PDF)
    21.    Fireworks (Word / PDF)           
    22.    Convenience Stores (Word / PDF)
    23.    Hotel Registration and Records (Word / PDF)

            
Title 7 - Fire Regulations

      1.    Fire Prevention Standards (Word / PDF)
      2.    Fire Code (Word / PDF)            
      3.    Fire Calls Outside City Limits (Word / PDF)
      4.    Fire Investigators (Word / PDF)

Title 8 - Health, Sanitation, and Environment

      1.    Back Flow Protection (Word / PDF)
      2.    Environmental Protection (Word / PDF)
      3.    Solid Waste (Word / PDF)
      4.    Sanitary Sewer Regulations (Word / PDF)
      5.    Storm Water Pollution Control (Word / PDF)
      6.    Public Nuisances, Property Maintenance, Neighborhood Preservation, and Animal
             Regulations (Word / PDF)
             (5030 - Passed and adopted February 28, 2011.  Effective date is 30 days after adoption.)
      7.    Health Officer (Repealed by 1628) (Word /  PDF)
      8.    Sweeping of Refuse on Sidewalks Or Streets (Repealed by 2568) (Word / PDF)
      9.    Accumulations of Litter Prohibited (Repealed by 2568) (Word / PDF)
 

Title 9 - Public Ways and Property

      1.    Right-of-Way Permits (Word / PDF)
      2.    Obstruction of Street (Word / PDF)
      3.    (Repealed by Memo, 6 -11-86) (Word / PDF)
      4.    Parade Regulations (Word / PDF)
      5.    Primary Vehicular Access Alley Regulation (Word / PDF)
      6.    Subdivision Regulations
              -  Regulations (Text in Word)
              -  Regulations (Images in PDF)
      7.    Community Antenna Television Systems (Word / PDF)
      8.    Off-Site Improvement Regulations (Word / PDF)
      9.    Falcon Field Airport (Word / PDF)
    10.    Disposition of Unnecessary Roadway and Easements (Word / PDF)
    11.    Floodplain Regulations (Word / PDF)
    12.    Customer Responsibilities in the Mesa Public Library (Repealed by 3803) (Word / PDF)
    13.    Foreign Trade Zone (Word / PDF)
    14.    Telecommunications Service (Word / PDF)

Title 10 - Traffic

      1.    Bicycles and Skateboards (Word / PDF)            
      2.    Parking Meters (Repealed by 5024) (Word / PDF)            
      3.    Traffic (Word / PDF)
      4.    Speed Limits (Word / PDF)            
      5.    Parking Lots and Garages (Word / PDF)
      6.    Off-Street Parking Areas (Repealed by 2189) (Word / PDF)
      7.    Civil Traffic Violations (Word / PDF)
      8.    Penalty for Refusal to Furnish Information or Sign Civil Traffic Citation (Word / PDF)
      9.    Private Parking Areas (Word / PDF)
    10.    Temporary Traffic Control (Word / PDF)            

Title 11 - Zoning
            

Title 12 - Transit

      1.    General Regulations Relating to Public Transit Vehicles (Word / PDF)
 

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