Code Enforcement General Information

DeKalb County Beautification Unit

* CODE ENFORCEMENT * KEEP DEKALB BEAUTIFUL * ROADSIDE ENHANCEMENT * CLEAN COMMUNITIES CREW * FORECLOSURE AND VACANT REGISTRY *

Code Enforcement General Information

Code officers enforce codes/ordinances related to property maintenance, zoning, planning, special land use, signs and permits. Code Enforcement works closely with the Fire Marshal and Police Services.

• The Bureau of Code Compliance is responsible for the inspection and enforcement of residential and commercial properties that violate the DeKalb County code of ordinances.
• DeKalb County uses a criminal process and a civil process so that individuals no longer have to just be personally served. This has led to higher rate of convictions.

Properties are inspected for violations such as:

• unregistered and unlicensed motor vehicles
• high weeds and grass
• decayed/damaged leaking roofs
• open storage of trash and debris
• broken window glass; flaking/peeling paint
• units not supplied with water or adequate heat
• rodent infestation or unsanitary conditions
• overgrown, littered vacant lots
• junk/inoperable vehicles
• graffiti
• electrical hazards
• vacant and unsecured structures
• dangerous, uninhabitable and unfit buildings, and
• various other deficiencies which render properties substandard, or unsafe to its occupants or the general public

For a complete description of DeKalb County codes, please visit www.municode.com.