DEERFIELD BEACH — Plans to alter city code enforcement procedures have become a dead issue, since Police Chief Bill Neal last week declined to oversee the changes. Neal, a 28-year Police Department ...

Oak Creek officials are preparing to overhaul how the town handles code enforcement, shifting nuisance cases out of the political arena and into municipal court as part of a long-anticipated effort to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The city of Jacksonville is drafting new policy and procedures related to how code enforcement officers hold landlords accountable if they find violations that do not meet minimum ...

The last article showed how catastrophic fire events have led to the development of fire code requirements throughout history. In-depth studies of those significant events led to specific requirements ...

Shane Safrit’s mother, Karen Safrit, died in a house fire at their hundred-year-old family home in February 2025. The home ...

TOWANDA — Towanda Borough is preparing a new enforcement procedure for certain code violations that will hasten the borough’s ability to assess fines while lightening the workload on the local ...

Code enforcement has become extremely technical and requires code officials to have many skills. These skills include the understanding of codes and standards, communication, interpersonal, time ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With some of the oldest housing stock in the country, the Buffalo Common Council is proposing some changes to step up property maintenance and code enforcement. For Buffalo Common ...

FITCHBURG — In March, the city of Fitchburg Health Department began the implementation and enforcement of a city code that will provide inspectors with new enforcement tools to combat unhealthy ...