Report weeds, trash, junked vehicles, and other code violations to the City's Environmental and General Services Department, which handles these types of violations.
Information re junked vehicles
The City of Tucson junked or inoperable vehicle ordinance is incorporated under Chapter 16 of Tucson Municipal Code (Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance).
It is a violation to store a junked or inoperable vehicle on private property unless it is completely enclosed within the side or rear yard and surrounded by an opaque fence or wall. It may also be stored within a carport and covered by an opaque car cover. Tarps, bed sheets, plastic sheeting, or similar materials do not meet the definition of opaque screening or cover.
Junked or inoperable vehicle means any vehicle, including any motor vehicle and any other device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn on a street, including, but not limited to, trailers and camper shells, but excluding devices moved by human power, that exhibits one or more of the following conditions:
- Wrecked
- Unable to be safely operated
- Stripped
- Scrapped
- Partially or fully dismantled
- Inoperative or inoperable
- Abandoned
Report a violation
Code violations are handled by the City's Environmental and General Services Department.