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ORDINANCE G-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PHOENIX CITY CODE
CHAPTER 24 PARKS AND RECREATION TO
ALIGN WITH THE PARKS CODE OF CONDUCT
AND IMPROVE CONSISTENCY IN ENFORCEMENT
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX as
follows:
SECTION 1. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, is amended as follows:
Sec. 24-32. PENALTIES.
A. WHEN A CRIMINAL VIOLATION OCCURS IN A PARK OR MOUNTAIN
PRESERVE PARK OR MOUNTAIN PRESERVE AREA, A PARK RANGER
OR POLICE OFFICER MAY ISSUE A TRESPASS NOTICE FOR UP TO
ONE YEAR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY
THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
B. CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 13-717, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, IN
ADDITION TO OR IN LIEU OF ANY SENTENCE IMPOSED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION, THE COURT MAY SENTENCE A PERSON TO PERFORM
COMMUNITY RESITUTION OR ORDER A TERM OF EDUCATION OR
TREATMENT.
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SECTION 2. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-36 is
amended as follows:
Sec. 24-36. Entering park areas closed to public use.
A. No person shall knowingly enter or remain unlawfully in any park except in
those areas designated as open to public use AND DURING POSTED
HOURS OF OPERATION. by the Board.
B. The Director shall provide public notice of the designation of areas as open
or closed to public use by publishing a map which shall be available for public
review and inspection at the City Clerk’s Office and the Department’s
administrative offices and by any of the following:
1.
Posting of appropriate signs or maps; or
2.
Establishing physical barriers, including, but not limited to, posts, branches or
rocks; or
3.
Any other means reasonably calculated to give notice to the public of areas
open or closed to public use.
C. The prohibitions of this section shall not apply to any person performing any
work or activity which is authorized by the Director or the Director’s
designees.
D. A person who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty
dollars and to perform not less than eight hours of community service under
the supervision of the Department. The Court shall not suspend any part or
all of the imposition or execution of any sentence required by this subsection.
SECTION 3. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-38 is
amended as follows:
Sec. 24-38. Spiritous liquor in parks.
A.
For the purposes of this section:
1.
Beer means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation, infusion or
decoction of barley malt, hops, or other ingredients not drinkable, or any
combination of them.
2.
Park means any park as defined in Section 24-31
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3.
Spiritous liquor means alcohol, brandy, whiskey, rum, tequila, mescal, gin,
wine, porter, ale, beer, any malt liquor or malt beverage, absinthe, a compound or
mixture of any of them or of any of them with any vegetable or other substance,
alcohol bitters, bitters containing alcohol, any liquid mixture or preparation, whether
patented or otherwise, which produces intoxication, fruits preserved in ardent spirits,
and beverages containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to consume or have in his possession any
spirituous liquor in a park except as provided in Subsection C of this section.
C.
The Director is empowered to issue permits authorizing the consumption and
possession of beer in a park and to adopt rules and procedures for the issuance of such
permits.
D.
A person who has obtained a permit pursuant to Subsection C of this Section
shall display the permit upon request. The permit holder and all persons covered by the
permit shall abide by the stipulations of use set forth in the permit. The permit may be
revoked for failure to comply with the requirements of this Subsection.
E.
This Section shall not apply to premises for which a license has been issued
pursuant to Title 4, Arizona Revised Statutes.
F. VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.
SECTION 4. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-42 is
amended as follows:
Sec. 24-42. Restrictions on smoking and fires in parks and mountain preserve areas.
A.
No person shall smoke or start a fire in ANY a park or mountain preserve area
where one or more signs are posted prohibiting such activity.
B.
The Director of the Parks and Recreation Department is authorized to post signs
prohibiting smoking and fires in parks and mountain preserve areas AT ANY TIME OR
when there is a risk of fire becoming uncontrolled due to dry vegetation or climatic
conditions.
C.
"SMOKE" OR "SMOKING" MEANS INHALING, EXHALING, BURNING, OR
CARRYING ANY LIGHTED OR HEATED CIGAR, CIGARETTE, PIPE, HOOKAH, OR
ANY OTHER LIGHTED OR HEATED TOBACCO OR PLANT PRODUCT INTENDED
FOR INHALATION, WHETHER NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC, INCLUDING
MARIJUANA/CANNABIS, IN ANY MANNER OR IN ANY FORM. “SMOKING”
INCLUDES THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE WHICH CREATES
AN AEROSOL OR VAPOR, IN ANY MANNER OR IN ANY FORM, OR THE USE OF
ANY ORAL SMOKING DEVICE.
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SECTION 5. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-48 is
amended as follows:
Sec. 24-48. Water activities: bathing, swimming or wading; boating; ice or water sliding;
fishing.
A.
No person may swim, bathe or wade in any body of water in a park or preserve,
except in a swimming pool that is open to the public or rented. NO PERSON MAY
BATHE IN ANY FOUNTAIN, OR AT ANY HYDRANT, DRINKING FOUNTAIN, SINK,
OR WATER AMENITY NOT INTENDED FOR SUCH USE AT ANY PARK OR
PRESERVE.
B.
No person may operate any boat, raft or other watercraft, including remote-
controlled watercraft, on any body of water in any park or preserve except in
accordance with rules promulgated by the Director.
C.
No person may use a block of ice, water, or other object to slide within any park
except in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director.
D.
No person may fish in any body of water within a park without a valid state
fishing license or urban fishing license issued by the Arizona Game and Fish
Department. No person may exceed the legal bag limit as determined by the fishing
regulations of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The taking of any fish for any
purpose from any body of water within a park by any means other than a fishing rod is
prohibited. Fishing is permitted only in bodies of water approved for fishing by the
Director and in accordance with rules promulgated by the Director.
E. VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.
SECTION 6. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-54 is
amended as follows:
Sec. 24-54. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; Order to leave park; unlawful failure to comply.
A. ANY PERSON MAY USE PARKS AND MOUNTAIN PRESERVE AREAS FOR
ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THE USE SHALL BE SUBJECT
TO COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE, RULES
AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
AND THE CITY, AND STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
B. The Director or designee may order any person who has violated any park rule,
regulation or stipulation of usage or any other Federal, State or Local Law to
immediately leave the park in which the violation occurred. No person may remain in a
park or return to such park on the same day after such person has been ordered to
leave the park.
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C. A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION OR CHAPTER IS SUBJECT TO A
TRESPASS NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CODE OR THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD OR
THE DIRECTOR.
D. THIS CHAPTER IS DECLARED TO BE AN EXERCISE OF THE POLICE
POWER OF THE CITY, AND ITS PROVISIONS SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED
FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,
PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
SECTION 2. Phoenix City Code, Chapter 24, Division II, Section 24-55 is
amended as follows:
SEC. 24-55. OBSTRUCTING PARK GUESTS OR AMENITIES
A. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO OBSTRUCT OR CAUSE AN
OBSTRUCTION, OR IMPEDE OR INTERFERE, WITH OTHER PARK GUESTS’
USE OF A PARK OR USE OF PARK AMENITIES, OR MAINTENANCE OF
PARK AND PARK AMENITIES BY CITY STAFF. THIS INCLUDES ENTRY AND
EXIT POINTS OF A PARK AND THE ADJACENT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY
AREAS OF A PARK.
B. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO USE PARK AMENITIES,
INCLUDING PICNIC TABLES, AND PLAYGROUNDS, OUTSIDE OF THEIR
INTENDED OR APPROVED PURPOSE.
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR.
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PASSED by the City Council of the City of Phoenix this 17th day of
December 2025.
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M A Y O R
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Date
ATTEST:
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Denise Archibald, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Julie M. Kriegh, City Attorney
By:______________________________
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REVIEWED BY:
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Ed Zuercher, City Manager
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