Provide professional code and ordinance administration and enforcement with the highest standards of performance and ethics. Work cooperatively with the City's diverse citizenry and neighborhood groups to establish confidence in the quality of life in established neighborhoods. The Division of Property Standards ensures that all environmental nuisances in residential neighborhoods are eliminated and that substandard and deteriorated structures become compliant with minimum property maintenance code requirements. Property Standards staff also work closely with neighborhood groups and concerned citizens by acquainting them with City ordinances and helping them monitor their own neighborhoods to prevent deterioration. Property Standards inspectors serve as a stabilizing presence in neighborhoods that are stricken with blight and deterioration.
Inspectors address items such as high weeds, deteriorated houses and unlicensed or inoperable cars.
If you would like to register a complaint, you may call into our office, or use the appropriate form provided on the our web site. In order to provide the best level of service through the most accurate information, please provide a direct street address. Services Provided The Division of Property Standards responds to public inquiries and complaints regarding property maintenance violations. The City administers a rental licensing program. Rental apartment buildings having two or more units are subject to an annual inspection to assure code compliance.