The mission of the Code Compliance Division is to promote and maintain a safe and desirable living and working environment.

Code Enforcement activities include:

• Neighborhood Code
  • Handles community and neighborhood code issues, including illegal dumping, abandoned or inoperable vehicles, graffiti, weed abatement, and zoning violations.
• Housing and Dangerous Buildings
  • Enforces City and State mandated codes relating to residential and commercial structures that are dangerous, substandard, blighted, or vacant. This division also enforces codes related to pests and mechanical noise through our environmental health section.
• Business Compliance
  • Issues permits and licenses, and enforces state and local codes and ordinances. This group also makes business inspections to ensure code compliance and to help maintain public health, safety, and welfare of Sacramento residents.
• Graffiti Program
  • Works to keep neighborhoods clean through various activities including abatement programs, educational outreach, community involvement, and police enforcement.
• Landscaping/Weed Abatement
  • Enforces the maintenance of residential properties yards (mowed, trimmed, and/or maintained) as often as necessary to prevent overgrowth and blight.
• Code Liaison Officer Program
  • Provides immediate access to a code enforcement officer.
• Tenant Protection Program
  • Assists residential tenants with increasing rental rates by establishing limits on annual rent increases and providing protection from unwarranted lease termination.

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