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Enforcement responsibilities for the municipal code

City departments responsible for code enforcement 

The municipal code contains numerous sections that are administered and enforced by various City departments. The following list identifies some of the major code sections and the departments that regularly oversee them.

Municipal Code Section

Enforcement

Building Code

NBD Inspection & Compliance Bureau

Building Construction - Plumbing

NBD Inspection & Compliance Bureau

Streets & Encroachments

DES Right of Way Permits

Fire Prevention Code

Fire Department

Noise

Police Department

Parking

Parking/Police Department/Inspection & Compliance (for situations involving front yard parking)

Parks

Recreation & Human Services

Property Code

NBD Inspection & Compliance Bureau

Refuse Code

DES Solid Waste Division

Snow Code/ Ice Code

DES Operations Bureau

Solicitors, Vendors, Skateboarders, etc

DES Right of Way Permits

Streets and Encroachments

DES Right of Way Permits

Vehicle & Traffic Code

Police Department

Zoning

NBD Inspection and Compliance Bureau

Once code violations are issued, many of the above code violations are adjudicated by the Department of Finance, Bureau of Parking and Municipal Code Violations.

For more information, visit the City Code Online