Code Enforcement Services Brochure

The Code Enforcement Division provides compliance services to San José residents, businesses, and property owners that support a safe, healthy and attractive community.  

Commonly requested compliance services are as follows:

Common Code Violations

• Blighted and unmaintained properties
• Hazardous or overgrown vegetation
• Unsecured vacant buildings
• Building Code violations
• Construction or change of occupancy without permits.
• Visible storage of junk and debris in the front of residential properties
• Disruptive and illegal businesses in neighborhoods
• Early setout of garbage and recycling
• Signs in the public right-of-way, that don't comply with code, or that lack a permit
• Inoperable or abandoned vehicles on private property
• Zoning requirement violations for structures and land use requirements, including the use of the structure, location, configuration and size.
• Parking violations on unimproved surfaces. Unimproved surfaces include but are not limited to: lawns, dirt, gravel, and plywood.
• Graffiti on private property
• Substandard housing conditions
• Smoking in bars and restaurant
• Smoking in unapproved outdoor areas

Issues that are NOT Code Violations

• Civil disputes between private parties
• Evictions
• Personal grievances
• Vehicles or RVs abandoned or illegally parked on the street.To submit a concern about an abandoned vehicle, report the abandoned vehicle through My San Jose.

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