Automated License Plate Reader Ordinance

At a glance

• What: A new Article VI in Chapter 26 of the City Code on automated license plate readers (ordinance O2026.46), described in the record as a broad prohibition.
• Where it stands: Passed on second hearing 6-1 on October 15, with Vice Mayor Chin opposed to the broad prohibition. First hearing was September 24.
• Next: Nothing pending in the record read; effective date and any follow-up were not read.

Details

• Built from the City's posted agendas and legal action summaries as read; regular-session Council minutes are not posted, and agenda packets were not read, so debate is not recorded.
• Two virtual public information sessions on the proposed ban were held before the hearings (YouTube, about 28 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIfAnOJanQ; about 20 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jGHnf8fl4); their content was not read.
• The September 10 Axon fleet camera contract record notes the cameras are not plate-reader enabled (Axon Fleet Camera Contract).
• The September 24 first-hearing discussion was not read.

Sources

• Agendas and minutes portal: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline
• City website: https://www.tempe.gov

Log

2026-09-10 - City Council

Axon contract record notes fleet cameras are not plate-reader enabled.

2026-09-24 - City Council

First hearing on the new Article VI in Chapter 26.

2026-10-15 - City Council

Second hearing: ordinance O2026.46 passed 6-1; Vice Mayor Chin opposed the broad prohibition.