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Pinal County staff outline proposed county parking ordinance to regulate street parking in unincorporated areas
Summary
County engineer presented a draft ordinance that would allow the county to create no-parking zones, prohibit long-term inoperable vehicles and restrict heavy trucks/RVs in higher-density residential areas; staff proposed complaint-driven enforcement and a timeline for public hearing and adoption.
Pinal County Engineer Chris Wanamaker on Wednesday presented a draft county parking ordinance intended to regulate vehicle parking on public rights-of-way in unincorporated areas and give the county additional enforcement tools.
Wanamaker told the Board of Supervisors the county currently has no ordinance covering parking on public streets and that enforcement is “kind of a free for all,” with towing as the county’s only current remedy. He said the ordinance is being advanced in part because of a recent state statutory change stemming from House Bill 2,298 and cited “state statute, 33‑18‑18” as changing how homeowners associations may regulate parking on public streets.
The draft ordinance would: authorize the Board and the county engineer to designate no‑parking zones (including after engineering studies for traffic safety); create a resident petition process to establish a no‑parking zone on a street; prohibit heavy trucks (staff said the…
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