Mission
Code Compliance protects property values and promotes quality of life by ensuring that maintenance and safety standards are uniformly enforced through proactive community surveys, systematic inspections, and concentrated efforts at problem properties.
Our goal is to obtain voluntary compliance through education and appeals to civic duty. In most cases, an inspector’s first course of action is to issue written notice to the owner or person in control of the property in violation. Citations are issued as a last resort and are easily avoided through responsible action.
We Administer Ordinances Pertaining To:
- Business sign placement and usage
- Mobile home and RV usage and locations
- Natural resource management
- Parking of trucks, trailers, and commercial vehicles
- Proper sanitation (prohibiting health nuisances, harboring, breeding, and illegal dumping)
- Property and structure maintenance
- Property rehabilitation and conservation
- Safety of existing properties — both residential and commercial
- Stormwater discharge and water quality
- Zoning violations and land use issues
Other Services
- Commercial and residential inspections
- Regulation of home-based businesses
- Inspections for rubbish, debris, junk vehicles, and substandard structures
- Response to reported complaint
How to File a Complaint
You can help in our investigation by reporting the correct and exact address of the violation and clearly stating the problem including as many specific details as possible. Once your complaint is received, our Code Compliance Officer will follow up with you as soon as possible.
Citation Information
Code violations are Class C Misdemeanors, which result in fines only. Violators cannot be jailed for these infractions alone. However, failing to make an appearance in court, as instructed in the citation, can result in a "Failure to Appear" charge and a warrant for the defendant’s arrest. An individual can be found guilty of failing to appear even if found innocent of the initial violation in which he or she was charged. Ordinances carry fines up to $2,000.00.
Citations or tickets are issued when an individual fails to comply with an ordinance. The individual may plead no contest or guilty and pay a preset fine or may plead not guilty and request a court date. Defendants may choose a trial by judge or by jury.