PowerPoint Presentation (updated 10/6/2023)

Glendale City Code 
Revisions
City Council Workshop October 10, 2023

Glendale City Code Revisions
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We are seeking Council consensus 
on proposed language to improve 
city codes.

ARS 9-500.04 A 8
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Requires cities to adopt codes that restrict 
parking on vacant lots
GCC 24-65 (b)
No person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle, including, but 
not limited to, semi-tractors, semi-tractor trailers, or limousines on any 
property or vacant property except where the parking of such vehicles 
is customary and incidental to the principal use of the property and in 
accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Glendale, 
Arizona.  No semi-tractor, semi-tractor trailers, or limousines shall be 
parked on a property in a residentially zoned district.

Supporting Code
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GCC 25-102 (d) reads:
No person shall park or use a vehicle on an unpaved vacant lot 
unless the surface actually utilized is excepted property or is 
permanently maintained with a dustproof method.

Parking Code
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•Rear yard is not visible
•Requiring different aggregate creates 
a hardship
GCC 24-68 (e) (1) 
All visible vehicles shall be parked, stored or maneuvered on a 
dustproof surface such as concrete, pavers, asphalt, or crushed rock 
or aggregate that is a minimum of three (3) inches thick.  All crushed 
rock or aggregate shall be distinctly different than any adjacent 
landscaping groundcover through material type and/or color and shall 
be contained by a permanent border.  Permanent borders for asphalt 
surfaces are recommended.  All dustproof surfaces shall be 
maintained and kept free from weeds, grass, or other vegetative 
growth.

Examples
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Redundancy
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•Delete redundant code
•GCC 24-68 (e) (1), (2), (3), (4) and (7) 
cover the restrictions
GCC 24-68 (e) (9) 
Vehicles shall only be stored in a garage or on a dustproof surface 
within a side yard or rear yard area located behind a six (6) foot wall, 
fence or gate, or landscaping.  No vehicle storage is allowed in the 
front yard or unscreened, street side yard.

ARS 9-499 Abatement
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•Clean and Lien Program
•ARS mandate “not less than 30 
days”
GCC 25-37 (a) 
If the owner or occupant of any property within the city does not 
remove or abate such public nuisance from said property within a 
reasonable period after written notice has been served by the city, 
said reasonable period being a maximum minimum of thirty (30) days, 
or less if the interests of public safety or health so necessitate, the 
city may at the expense of the owner or occupant, remove or cause 
the removal thereof and the record owner shall be liable for all costs 
incurred.

Alley Issues - $3,000+ Each
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Alley Maintenance
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•New Code
GCC 25-27 Responsibility for streets, alleys and sidewalks.
a. The owner and any responsible party in control of any land 
abutting a sidewalk, alley, or street must maintain the sidewalk, 
alley, or street free from:
 
1. The accumulation of solid waste and vegetation over six inches 
 
(6”);
 
2. Trees, shrubs, or brush impeding pedestrian or vehicular traffic; 
 
and
 
3. Other conditions that present a health, fire, or safety hazard.

Alley Maintenance cont.
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b. The areas required to be maintained pursuant to this section are:
1. Any portion of a street, that has been opened for public use, 
between the curb line and the abutting property line including 
sidewalks.
2. One-half the width of abutting alleys from the property line to the 
centerline of the alley.

Interior Codes from IPMC
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•Improved language
29.1-19(b) Interior surfaces. All interior wall and ceiling surfaces shall 
be maintained in good repair and free from loose plaster or sagging 
drywall or other defective surface conditions that may cause injury.  
Every interior wall, cabinet, appurtenance, ceiling, and floor shall be 
maintained in a safe and structurally sound condition, free from 
defective surface conditions that may cause injury, and capable of 
supporting the imposed loads. Every existing floor covering shall be 
maintained in a safe condition.

Interior Codes from IPMC
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29.1-19 (e) Interior Doors. Every interior door shall fit reasonably well 
within its frame and shall be capable of being opened and closed by 
being properly and securely attached to jambs, headers or tracks as 
intended by the manufacturer of the attachment hardware. 
29.1-19 (f) Pests.
1. Single occupant.
The occupant of a one-family dwelling or of a single-tenant 
nonresidential structure shall be responsible for pest elimination on 
the premises.

Interior Codes from IPMC
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2. Multiple occupancy.
The owner of a structure containing two or more dwelling units, a 
multiple occupancy, a rooming house or a nonresidential structure 
shall be responsible for pest elimination in the public or shared 
areas of the structure and exterior property.  If infestation is caused 
by failure of an occupant to prevent such infestation in the area 
occupied, the occupant and owner shall be responsible for pest 
elimination.
3.  Occupant.
The occupant of any structure shall be responsible for the continued 
rodent and pest-free condition of the structure.  EXCEPTION: where 
the infestations are caused by defects in the structure, the owner 
shall be responsible for pest elimination.

Glendale City Code Revisions
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We are seeking Council consensus 
on proposed language to improve 
city codes.