NEW DUST CONTROL REQUIREMENTS - City of Glendale

Too much dust can be unhealthy,
so we all need to work together to
reduce dust pollution.
State law requires that the city of Glendale, along with other
cities and towns, and Maricopa County, adopt and enforce
new dust control ordinances to help make the air cleaner for
our community.
It is the property owner’s responsibility to control dust on
their property. Although this brochure does not cover all
compliance responsibilities, it is intended to help those
responsible understand and comply with the new city
requirements. It also includes general information on state
and county requirements.
NEW DUST
CONTROL
REQUIREMENTS
ENFORCEMENT
The city of Glendale, Maricopa County, and the state of
Arizona each have rules and regulations for dust control.
• The city enforces the dust control requirements as
outlined in its city fugitive dust ordinance. The city’s
ordinance is found in the City Code Book, website:
www.glendaleaz.com/codebook/.
• Maricopa County’s dust regulations and ordinances
can be found at: www.maricopa.gov/aq.
• The Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality enforces state requirements that have
not been delegated to the cities or the County.
State environmental regulations can be found
at: www.adeq.gov. State laws pertaining to the
environment can be found at: www.azleg.state.az.us/
ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp.
For more information on the city’s requirements
or for enforcement call the Code Compliance
Department at: (623) 930-3610.
For enforcement specifically involving moving
vehicles that are creating dust call the Police
Department at: (623) 930-3000.
Code Compliance Department
(623) 930-3610 • Fax: (623) 915-2692
5850 West Glendale, SB42
Glendale AZ 85301
08171 04/08

New Dust Regulations and Effective Dates
Conditions City Fugitive Dust Regulations Notes
Unpaved parking areas serving industrial
and commercial facilities and residential
buildings with more than four units
No property owner shall allow parking,
maneuvering, or an entry/exit areas that
serves commercial, industrial or more
than four residential-units unless the
surface is permanently maintained with
a dustproof method.
Effective date for enforcement:
October 1, 2008
FUGITIVE DUST REMINDERS AND HELPFUL HINTS
Drivers, when driving a motor vehicle on dirt roads:
• Reduce your speed to 15 mph.
• Stay on public or private roads, and lawful easements.
• Beware of additional restrictions during High Pollution
Advisory Days.
• Do not park on unpaved surfaces (dirt shoulders and vacant
lots) that have not been stabilized.
Unpaved parking areas serving residential
buildings with four or less units
Vehicle parking or use on vacant land
Vehicle use on unpaved surfaces closed by
landowner
Leaf-blowers
No property owner shall allow parking,
maneuvering, or an entry/exit area that
are 3,000 sq. ft. or greater in size and
that serve residential buildings with
four or less units unless the surface is
permanently maintained with a dust
proof method.
No person shall park or use a vehicle on
an unpaved vacant lot unless the surface
actually utilized is an excepted property
or is permanently maintained with a
dustproof method.
No person shall operate a vehicle on any
unpaved surface that is closed by the
landowner by rule or regulation of a federal
agency, the State of Arizona, Maricopa
County, the city or by proper posting of a
private land owner.
No person shall use a leaf-blower to move
landscape materials into a public roadway
(street) at anytime.
This regulation also prohibits the use of
leaf-blowers by city of Glendale employees
and contractors working for the city on
high pollution advisory days issued by the
state. (Leaf-blowers used while in vacuum
mode is acceptable).
Effective date for enforcement:
October 1, 2009
Effective date: March 31, 2008
A vehicle is a motorized device, including
motor vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and
off-road vehicles.
Effective date: March 31, 2008
In addition, the state and county prohibits
the use of leaf-blowers on surfaces that
have not been stabilized with asphalt,
concrete, hardscape, soil stabilizers,
gravel, crushed granite, grass or other
vegetative cover.
Effective date: March 31, 2008
Property Owners:
• Post proper “No Trespassing” warning signs on your vacant
property.
• Use berms, gates, and fences to keep trespassers off your
vacant property.
• Stabilize unpaved surfaces used by vehicles (private roads,
parking areas, driveways and easements).
• Beware that if you allow vehicle use on your property, you are
responsible for dust control.
• Beware that there are wood-burning restrictions during high
Pollution Advisory Days (Maricopa County).
Stabilization methods include:
• Paving with concrete/asphalt.
• Gravel/decomposed granite.
• Vegetation (grass cover).
• Watering.
• Applying and maintaining dust suppressants/stabilizers.
Leaf-blower, restrictions include:
• Never blow landscape debris or dirt onto public roads at any
time (city of Glendale).
• Never use leaf-blowers (except on vacuum mode) during a
high pollution advisory day (city employees and contractors
working for the city).
• Never use leaf-blowers directly on an unstabilized dirt
surface at any time (Maricopa County).
Farms and Croplands:
• Farm operations are subject to state dust control
requirements.