Property Standards & Conditions
Minimum Housing and Property Maintenance Code is a minimum standard that all rented housing must meet. Some of the items the Property Maintenance Inspectors handle include:
- Trash in yards
- Tall grass and weeds
- Failure to remove snow from the sidewalk
- Erosion problems and graffiti
- Inoperable cars and front yard parking issues
The Housing Inspectors' duties include the items listed above and also include all aspects of building maintenance and requirements, such as:
- Peeling paint
- Deteriorated porches
- Siding, chimneys and roofs
- Broken windows and damaged doors
- Plumbing and electrical violations
- Inadequate heat
- Broken locks on doors and windows
- Holes in walls
- Deteriorated floor coverings
- Missing and defective smoke alarms.
Want to learn more? Download the Exterior Property Enforcement Guide (PDF)
Last Updated: 05/22/2012
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A-Z Services
- A
- Additions to a Home - One & Two Family Residential
- Attic - alterations or conversions
- B
- Basement - alterations or conversions
- Bathroom - alterations
- Beekeeping
- C
- Central Air Conditioner - install
- Chickens (Raising)
- D
- Deck - build
- Demolition of Structures
- Development Services Center
- Door Replacement
- Dwelling Units, Change Number of - 1 & 2 Family Residential
- Dwelling Units, Change Number of - Other Residential
- E
- Electrical Work, All
- Exterior Building & Property Complaints
- F
- Fence - install or replace
- Furnace - install
- G
- Garage - build or replace
- Garage - demolish
- Graffiti Enforcement
- H
- Home Heating and Cold Weather Safety
- Hot Tub, Whirlpool, Spa - install
- Hourly Living Wage
- House (1 & 2 Family) - New Construction
- Housing Complaint
- I
- Interior Property Complaints
- J There are no listings.
- K
- Kitchen - alterations
- L There are no listings.
- M
- Multi-Family Residential - New Construction
- N
- Non-Residential - New Construction
- O
- Occupancy Standards
- P
- Parking Lot
- Plumbing
- Q There are no listings.
- R
- Rent Abatement
- Rental Property Emergency Contact
- Roofing - Reroof your house or garage
- S
- Screened Porch
- Security Deposits and Rent Credits
- Shed - build or replace
- Shed - demolish
- Siding - replace on house or garage
- Signs & Street Graphics
- Snow Enforcement
- Snow Sidewalk Clearing
- Solar Energy System - install
- Street Occupancy
- Swimming Pool
- T
- Tavern Capacities
- U There are no listings.
- V There are no listings.
- W
- Water Heater - install
- Water Softener - install
- Weights & Measures, New Business
- Windows & Frames - replace
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- X There are no listings.
- Y There are no listings.
- Z There are no listings.
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