General Public
Year after year Code Enforcement Divisions receive (in many cases) thousands of complaints from various sources such as the general public, police and fire departments, building and planning departments, state and other local governmental agencies and other departments and divisions regarding past or current code related violations throughout their respective venues.
For each of these violations there is a resident, property owner or business owner that will be effected by a process that will be implemented and that has been designed to obtain some measure of compliance.
For each of these complaints there will be a response by the Code Enforcement Division in determining the viability of any given complaint and to what degree compliance is necessary.
The process (for less than imminently dangerous conditions) usually starts with a knock on the door, an informal notice (door hanger), a phone call, a formal notice or (quite possibly) an Administrative or Court Citation. In any case, receiving such contact from a governmental agency may result in an array of reactions such as surprise, shock, anger or (in some cases) relief.
Regardless of any of the above reactions, one would think that immediate compliance would be the rule of thumb (so to speak) and compliance would be the obvious response to what the jurisdiction has deemed to be a "public nuisance", however this is not necessarily the case. If this response was true, there would be no need for a code enforcement division in any jurisdiction.
Before I go on I would like to say one thing. The general public "In General" are reasonably minded, hard working and lawfully compliant individuals who already have a lot on their plate such as life in general, families, jobs and finances and other responsibilities that keep them busy enough as it is and DO (in most instances) comply within the time given with little contact from the agency or without ever directly contacting the agency. This is a fact that I understand without compromise. My objective in this section is to help you when you have a question, when the issues are unclear, when you need direction, and when problems arise when you have contacted an agency.
With that said, the truth of the matter is receiving such as advisory can be troubling and may provoke one or more of the various reactions I have mentioned.
Dealing with a governmental agency can be a simple experience depending on the situation resulting in the advisory, however in my experience I have witnessed a simple situation exploding into a "mole into mountain" response because of the reaction chosen by the recipient or the presentation of the officer handling the case.
One would have to take into account the mindset, philosophy, beliefs and temperament of the person receiving the message and how that person reacts to how the messenger delivers the news. There is no doubt that much of how people react to various advisories often depends on how they were brought up, their experiences with governmental authority and how emotional they are in stressful or non-stressful situations.
Much of what I said above can be said for the messenger (officer) as well, as he/she verbally presents the situation and varying details associated with the situation. An officer can tactfully address the issue in a way that will result in a common sense approach to the situation or cause the mountain to grow by complicating the situation with an unnecessary "talk at" delivery and faceless nonprofessional attitude. Unfortunately, both "worse case scenarios" are much more common that one would like to believe.
CodeEnforcementHelp.com is here to help in any case where there is problems that cannot be resolved between the agency and the recipient.
What CodeEnforcementHelp.Com offers is;
If you have problems relating to code enforcement issues please click on the "Contact Us" page and leave your contact information and concern.
For each of these violations there is a resident, property owner or business owner that will be effected by a process that will be implemented and that has been designed to obtain some measure of compliance.
For each of these complaints there will be a response by the Code Enforcement Division in determining the viability of any given complaint and to what degree compliance is necessary.
The process (for less than imminently dangerous conditions) usually starts with a knock on the door, an informal notice (door hanger), a phone call, a formal notice or (quite possibly) an Administrative or Court Citation. In any case, receiving such contact from a governmental agency may result in an array of reactions such as surprise, shock, anger or (in some cases) relief.
Regardless of any of the above reactions, one would think that immediate compliance would be the rule of thumb (so to speak) and compliance would be the obvious response to what the jurisdiction has deemed to be a "public nuisance", however this is not necessarily the case. If this response was true, there would be no need for a code enforcement division in any jurisdiction.
Before I go on I would like to say one thing. The general public "In General" are reasonably minded, hard working and lawfully compliant individuals who already have a lot on their plate such as life in general, families, jobs and finances and other responsibilities that keep them busy enough as it is and DO (in most instances) comply within the time given with little contact from the agency or without ever directly contacting the agency. This is a fact that I understand without compromise. My objective in this section is to help you when you have a question, when the issues are unclear, when you need direction, and when problems arise when you have contacted an agency.
With that said, the truth of the matter is receiving such as advisory can be troubling and may provoke one or more of the various reactions I have mentioned.
Dealing with a governmental agency can be a simple experience depending on the situation resulting in the advisory, however in my experience I have witnessed a simple situation exploding into a "mole into mountain" response because of the reaction chosen by the recipient or the presentation of the officer handling the case.
One would have to take into account the mindset, philosophy, beliefs and temperament of the person receiving the message and how that person reacts to how the messenger delivers the news. There is no doubt that much of how people react to various advisories often depends on how they were brought up, their experiences with governmental authority and how emotional they are in stressful or non-stressful situations.
Much of what I said above can be said for the messenger (officer) as well, as he/she verbally presents the situation and varying details associated with the situation. An officer can tactfully address the issue in a way that will result in a common sense approach to the situation or cause the mountain to grow by complicating the situation with an unnecessary "talk at" delivery and faceless nonprofessional attitude. Unfortunately, both "worse case scenarios" are much more common that one would like to believe.
CodeEnforcementHelp.com is here to help in any case where there is problems that cannot be resolved between the agency and the recipient.
What CodeEnforcementHelp.Com offers is;
- Practical "non-legal" advise related to your situation,
- Contact (on your behalf) with an initiating agency for details or clarification,
- A letter or letters to an agency discussing your case,
- Handling your case as your representative/agent,
- Assistance in preparing your case to an ad-judicial hearing or court (acting as a non-attorney,
- Representing you (as your agent) in an ad-judicial hearing or court proceeding (Southern California Only unless otherwise agreed)
If you have problems relating to code enforcement issues please click on the "Contact Us" page and leave your contact information and concern.
