Property Maintenance Inspectors (PMI) work in nine geographically defined code enforcement areas. In each area the inspectors are sensitive to the needs of the citizens, community groups and area commissions.  Each inspector is responsible for identifying code violations and working with the responsible parties to get the violations corrected.  Appropriate court action may be initiated when the violations are not corrected in the allotted time.  Violation types range from junk vehicles and scaling paint on houses to safety items such as inoperable smoke detectors.  Inspectors enforce the City's Housing, Zoning, Graphics, and Health, Sanitation and Safety Codes.  Inspectors are also responsible for enforcing specific sections of the City's Planning and Plotting, Streets, Parks, and Public Properties and Building codes.  

The Environmental Unit of the Code Enforcement section includes Environmental Blight Abatement, Solid Waste Inspection, and Weed and Solid Waste Abatement and demolitions.  The two administrative boards of Neighborhood Services include the newly created Safe Neighborhood Review Board and the Property Maintenance Board.

 The following are links to additional information regarding the code enforcement section:  

• Code Enforcement Areas
•  Common Code Violations
• Code Enforcement Process
• Board Meetings and Environmental Unit
• Related City Code Sections  

Inquiries or complaints can be directed to the Code Enforcement section by calling 645-3111.