Attachment A - Ordinance Amending Chapter 23 Phoenix City Code.pdf

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THIS IS A DRAFT COPY ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE FINAL 
ADOPTED ORDINANCE 
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE II, SECTION 
30, CAMPING, OF THE PHOENIX CITY CODE. 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX as 
follows: 
SECTION 1. That Chapter 23, Article II, Section 30 is amended as follows: 
Sec. 23-30. Camping. 
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to camp in or on any PUBLIC STREET OR
ALLEY, SIDEWALK, RIGHTS OF WAY, park or preserve, or in any building, facility, or
parking lot or structure, or on any property adjacent thereto OR OTHER PUBLIC
GROUND that is owned, possessed, or controlled by the City, except as permitted in
paragraph D below..
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to camp ON OR within 500 feet of any property
boundary of a PARCEL WHERE A school, child care facility, shelter, or city park IS
LOCATED IF REASONABLE NOTICE OF THE CAMPING PROHIBITION IS
PROVIDED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED IN PARAGRAPH D BELOW.  provided
reasonable notice of the camping prohibition is posted.
C.
For the purposes of this section:
1. The term "camp" means to use real property in the City for living
accommodation purposes such as sleeping activities, or making preparations
to sleep, including the laying down of bedding for the purpose of sleeping, or
storing personal belongings, or making any fire, or using any tents or shelter or
other structure or vehicle for sleeping or doing any digging or earth breaking or
carrying on cooking activities. The above-listed activities constitute camping
when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that the
participants, in conducting these activities, are in fact using the area for living
accommodation purposes regardless of the intent of the participants or the
nature of any other activities in which they may also be engaging.
2. "Child care facility" has the meaning provided in Arizona Revised
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Statutes, section 36-881(3). 
 
3.“REASONABLE NOTICE” INCLUDES ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE 
NOTICE THAT CERTAIN CONDUCT IS PROHIBITED AND MAY BE 
ACCOMPLISHED BY REASONABLE POSTING OR VERBAL NOTICE 
PROVIDED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 
 
4. “School” means a place of general instruction including public and parochial 
schools, charter schools operating under a valid contract issued by the state or a 
state sponsored organization, institutions of higher education and private 
educational institutions offering a curriculum of general instruction comparable to 
public schools. 
 
5. “Shelter" means a facility or outdoor space, the primary purpose of which is 
to provide free or low-cost Temporary or transitional living accommodations or 
camping to homeless persons. 
 
D. The Director of the Parks and Recreation Department may, in accordance with the 
Parks and Recreation Department’s established procedures, issue special use permits or 
reservations to authorize youth organizations to camp or park vehicles overnight in a park 
or preserve. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to prohibit camping or overnight 
parking sponsored by the City of Phoenix. 
 
E. PENALTY: 
 
1. A person convicted of this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. for a 
first offense, notwithstanding ARS §13-802, any fine imposed must not 
exceed one hundred dollars. 
 
2. Consistent with ARS §13-717, in addition to or in lieu of any sentence 
imposed pursuant to this section, the court may sentence a person to 
perform community restitution or order a term of education or treatment. 
 
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become effective on November 2, 2024. 
 
 
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Phoenix this 2nd day of October 
2024. 
M A Y O R 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:____________________________ 
ATTEST:  
 
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Denise Archibald, City Clerk

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APPROVED AS TO FORM:  
Julie M. Kriegh, City Attorney 
 
 
By:_________________________ 
     _________________________ 
 
 
REVIEWED BY:  
 
 
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Jeffrey Barton, City Manager 
 
 
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