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Pinal County Community Development, Code Compliance Division is responsible to our property owners and residents to ensure that our neighborhoods and properties are well-kept to enhance the overall image of our community as a whole. As a means of ensuring that property values are maintained and citizens are afforded the quality of life they desire, our Code Compliance Division works with our residents to prevent unsightly, unsafe, and unhealthy conditions by ensuring that all properties meet the code requirements and are not left to deteriorate and become unsightly.
Often, violators are unaware that they are in violation of county requirements pertaining to general property maintenance and zoning. The goal of the division is to promote and encourage voluntary compliance with county codes, before enacting strict compliance.
Supervisor Pete Rios is sponsoring a proactive information approach to code compliance, to better enable our citizens to improve their neighborhoods with voluntary compliance; believing better informed citizens will lead to better communities.
This article will focus on questions regarding vehicles according to county code:
2.185.050 Vehicle parking.
A. Unless otherwise prohibited or restricted in this chapter, vehicles may be parked on residential or rural property provided said vehicles comply with all the following requirements:
1. Vehicles must be owned or leased by the current resident/occupant of the parcel.
2. Vehicles shall not be up on jacks, blocks or other similar equipment.
3. Vehicles shall not have deflated tires, nor have the chassis, engine, body parts, wheels or tires removed.
4. Said vehicles shall not be parked in such a manner as to block access to sidewalks or driveways/entrances to any other property.
5. Vehicles must have a current, valid registration affixed to the license plates. The lack of a current license plate and/or license tag or an expired license tag affixed to a vehicle shall constitute proof that a vehicle does not have a valid and current registration.
6. No more than two personally owned vehicles may be offered for sale at any one time.
7. Vehicles must currently be operable.
Question #1
My son who is away at college has his vehicle stored at our house. Is it in violation?
Answer:
As long as the vehicle is licensed with current tags and currently is operable it is not in violation. Your son’s main residence is still with you even though he is in college.
Question #2
I do not take my vehicle off my property but do not want to put current tags on it, am I in violation?
Answer:
Yes, you are in violation. The code ordinance does not allow any vehicle to be on private property without current tags and currently be operable, regardless of whether you take it off property. If you store the vehicle in an enclosed garage, shed or barn you will not be in violation.
Question #3
I block up my vehicle and take off the tires, am I in violation?
Answer:
Yes, you are. As the ordinance states “must currently be operable” this means you must keep drivable tires on it.
Question #4
My vehicle is being repaired by me, am I in violation?
Answer:
The county understands that vehicles do need repairs, and as long as it is your registered vehicle and it is repaired in a reasonable timeframe (under 30 days) you are allowed to keep it on your property until it is operational.
There is a voucher program sponsored by Supervisor Pete Rios and information guide to free waste disposal in Eastern Pinal County. Please contact the District 1 office at 116 S. Catalina, Mammoth, for the information about the voucher program and brochure.
For more information, please contact:
Paula Mullenix
Code Compliance Officer (Dudleyville Area)
Office 520/866-7874
Cell 520-251-0588
Please visit our Code Compliance website at: http://1.usa.gov/1ynOMUn.
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