Code Compliance Division works to eliminate public nuisances including unclean premises. Article II, Section 2.02, B. of the Nuisance Chapter states the following:

“Any public or private property, any yards, lots, alleys, stables, animal pens or enclosures for animals which become offensive to persons of ordinary sensibilities due to objectionable odors or accumulation of waste and fecal matter, cellars, vaults, drains, pools, wells, cisterns, privies, sewers, grounds, premises, or buildings of any character, containing accumulations of litter, limbs, unsanitary matter of any kind, refuse, garbage, rubbish, junk, dead carcasses, decaying flesh, fish, fowls, vegetables, stagnant water or other stagnant or unsanitary liquids or unsanitary water on the ground or in a vessel, flammable liquids, slops, trash, or other deposits or substances of any and every character, which are likely to or do become unwholesome, filthy, unsightly, offensive, or unsanitary or likely to create or engender disease. Unclean Premises shall also be areas or conditions that harbor rodents or parasitic insects, or promotes mosquito breeding; or with dilapidated fences, or poison oak or poison ivy or other poisonous plant within 50 feet of a structure or fence line.”

Read the Ordinance

• Nuisance Chapter, Article II, Section 2.02, B.

• Amendment to the Nuisance Ordinance No. 07-045

Individuals who fail to maintain a clean property can pay up to a $2000 fine in municipal court per citation. Citations can be issued daily. In certain situations, the city may abate the nuisance and bill the property owner for the cleanup of the property.

Report a Concern

Report a code violation online or by calling the Action Center at 817-459-6777. In case of emergency call 9-1-1.