Neighborhood Code Compliance

Overview

The Neighborhood Code Compliance works in partnership with the citizens of Augustus to promote and maintain a safe and desirable living and working environment. Staff handles community and neighborhood code issues, including illegal dumping, abandoned or inoperable vehicles, graffiti, weed-abatement, and zoning violations.

Neighborhood code compliance improves the quality of life in our neighborhoods through awareness, education and enforcement, including:

• Abandoned Vehicles – considered one of the top code compliance complaints in neighborhoods 
• Graffiti – aimed to wipe out graffiti and clean up crime
• Junk and Debris – removes illegal dumped debris, accumulated trash and junk, abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private properties, etc. 
• Weed Abatement – reduces the fire danger associated with neglected lots. 
• Housing and Dangerous Buildings – enforces city and state mandated codes on residential and commercial structures that are dangerous, vacant, substandard or blighted. 
• Vacant Buildings - properties that are vacant and neglected can be cited as a public nuisance after 30 days.

Abandoned Vehicles

To report an abandoned vehicle on a public street in your area, please call 3-1-1 or 555-555-5555.

Or:

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Vehicle Abatement

The Vehicle Abatement Program is designed to abate vehicles that are a public nuisance. Nuisance vehicles include abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, unregistered (in excess of 6 months), and/or unmoved for more than 72 hours. Abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, and inoperative vehicles can create conditions that promote blight, attract crime, create hazardous conditions to the public, and reduce the value of real property.

What to expect once a complaint is filed with the City of Augustus regarding an abandoned vehicle?

1. The complaint is assigned a code enforcement case number;
2. The complaint is investigated by a code enforcement officer;
3. The vehicle is tagged with a notice advising the registered vehicle owner of the Vehicle Code requirements if found in violation. The registered vehicle owner is provided 72 hours to move the vehicle before it is towed. Please Note: Vehicles parked on the street and found in a hazardous condition or with expired registration (in excess of 6 months) will be towed immediately without notice to the registered vehicle owner.
4. Upon re-inspection, if the vehicle has been removed from the area or it is driven the case will be closed. However, if the vehicle is unmoved it will be towed.

What if your vehicle is towed by Code Enforcement?

The registered owner of a towed vehicle may request an administrative review within 10 days of the date appearing on the "Notice of Stored Vehicle," which is mailed to the registered owner and legal owner of record, or their agents. The post-storage review will be conducted within 48 business hours of the request, if all information is provided, excluding weekends and holidays. Administrative reviews are conducted by a Code Enforcement supervisor.

You must provide the following when requesting an administrative review:

• Your name;
• Contact number;
• License plate of the vehicle towed and;
• Code enforcement case number

To request an administrative review/tow hearing:
You may request an review by calling 555-555-5555 or by emailing codeenforcement@augustuscity.gov

Anti-Graffiti Program

To report a code compliance issue in your area, please call 3-1-1 or 555-555-5555. To better assist with your complaint, please provide a specific address of the reported graffiti.

Or:

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The City is working to keep neighborhoods clean and attractive through various activities including abatement programs, educational outreach, community involvement and police enforcement.

Services Offered

We will assist residents within City limits by:

• providing, free of charge, one of four standardized paint colors for residents to utilize in graffiti removal on their own property
• providing custom color matched paint up to one gallon on a one time basis for the property owner to abate their own property
• abating graffiti on any City structure located near or around their property or neighborhood
• providing anti-graffiti information and referral services. We will abate graffiti on private residences whose owners fail to comply with the City of Sacramento's current anti-graffiti ordinance. These property owners are subject to a service fee and clouded property title.

To Request materials please contact the Code Liaison at 555-555-5555 or by email at codeenforcement@augustuscity.gov

Junk and Debris

Junk and debris can affect the quality of life of a community and have negative perceptions on neighborhoods, affects safety and property values. 

To report junk and debris on property or see illegal dumping, please contact us at 3-1-1, or report it online. If you witness illegal dumping in progress, note the license plate, vehicle make and model, and description of violator and report it by calling or online.

Weed Abatement

The Weed Abatement Program exists to address enforcement and safety issues and is not provided as a service. Each year, approximately 7,400 property owners are notified to keep their property clean of weeds, rubbish, refuse and dirt. Property owners need to follow and meet the standards and guidelines by their own effort or by hiring a private contractor. The properties that do not comply with the standards will be subject to City enforcement and abated by a City contractor at the owner's expense.

The weed abatement standards are not a one-time observance. A property owner will likely need to have their property addressed more than once during the year in order to meet the standards. Although required throughout the year, it is extremely critical that properties be maintained during the high fire months, usually from April through October.

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