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Code Enforcement
Mission
The primary mission of the Code Enforcement Division is to enforce the City's codes and ordinances through education, information and voluntary compliance. Our goal is to promote a high quality of life for our residents and visitors to live, work and play. Code Enforcement is governed by Florida State Statute 162 which is very specific in requirements for enforcement and notification.
Responsibilities
Code Enforcement is a Division within the Development Services Department. The Code Enforcement Division is "proactive," meaning Code Enforcement Officers actively look for code violations as part of the normal course of their duties and take a proactive approach in addressing minor infractions before they become active violations.
Additionally, the Code Enforcement Division does also receive and act on complaints from a variety of sources including citizens, businesses, and outside agencies.
Code Enforcement Officers inspect and investigate every complaint to determine whether a code violation exists. If it is determined that a violation exists, the Code Enforcement Officer will begin taking the necessary steps to attain compliance. Those steps can involve both an informal and/or formal process. Cases that are not voluntarily brought into compliance may be presented to a Special Magistrate (judge) at a formal Public Hearing (court). The Code Enforcement Division always strives for Voluntary Compliance!
City Parking Citations
The City of Oviedo Police Department issues local parking citations. Any person having been issued a City of Oviedo Police Department Parking Citation may contact the Code Enforcement Division at 407-971-5785 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to request a hearing to contest or appeal the citation.
Special Magistrate & Hearing Schedule
Violations of City Codes and Ordinances that are not voluntarily corrected may be presented to a Special Magistrate at a Public Hearing. The Special Magistrate serves in the same capacity as a judge and has the power and authority to impose fines and issue orders having the force of law.
Special Magistrate Hearings are scheduled at 1 p.m. in the City Hall City Council Chambers on the fourth Thursday of the month from January to October. There is no Hearing scheduled in November and the December Hearing date is generally held the first Thursday in December.
Anonymous Reporting
Florida Senate Bill 60: County and Municipal Code Enforcement
County and Municipal Code Enforcement; Prohibiting code inspectors designated by boards of county commissioners from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors from initiating enforcement proceedings for potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code enforcement officers from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors designated by governing bodies of municipalities from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; requiring persons who report potential violations of codes and ordinances to provide specified information to the governing body before an investigation occurs, etc.
REPORT A CONCERN
If you see a potential code violation, you can use your phone or computer to report it. You can upload photos and describe what you see. Please provide an address or location.
FIX IT FORM
Most Common Code Violations
Sec. 22-173. Overgrown nuisance lots
It is prohibited and unlawful to allow uncultivated vegetation in excess of 18 inches in height from the soil level or grass in excess of 12 inches in height from the soil level to occur; or allow debris to accumulate on any developed lot, tract or parcel of land to the extent where such constitutes or may reasonably constitute a public nuisance.
Overgrown nuisance lots
It is prohibited and unlawful to allow uncultivated vegetation in excess of 18 inches in height from the soil level or grass in excess of 12 inches in height from the soil level to occur.
Signs
Signs may never be placed within the public rights-of-way. Signs in violation may be removed without warning by City works. It is prohibited and unlawful for any person to erect, construct, alter, display, locate, or relocate within the city, any sign without having first obtained a permit.
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Sec. 50-47. - Definitions.
Large vehicle means a boat trailer (or any portion thereof), boom truck, dump truck, camping trailer, recreational vehicle, semitrailer, motorbus, temporarily living quarters (whether motorized or non-motorized), truck camper, travel trailer, single-unit truck or any other vehicle(s) exceeding a width of eight feet or a length of 20 feet is prohibited in residential areas for parking or storage purposes.
Prohibited Accessory Uses The following activities are prohibited in residential districts:
Parking outside a substantially enclosed structure of any boat trailer, boom truck, dump truck, camping trailer, recreational vehicle, semi-trailer, temporary living quarters, trailer, travel trailer, truck camper, truck-tractor, truck trailer, wrecker, single-unit truck or motor home between the front building line of the principal building and the street on any lot used for purposes that fall within the following principal use classification: 1.1 through, and including, 1.6.
Open storage prohibited
The keeping, dumping, storing, placing or maintaining of any garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, can, bottle, box, container, paper, tire, appliance, mechanical equipment or part, building or construction material, tool, machinery, wood, motor vehicle part, aircraft part, farm machinery or equipment or junk upon any uncovered premises or uncovered portion of premises, is prohibited unless they are deemed necessary items associated with an approved permit for the site or lawfully authorized in connection with the operation of an approved business enterprise or storage facility.
UNLICENSED OR INOPERABLE VEHICLES
Violations include any of the following
- Flat tires
- Undergrowth (grass/weeds)
- Dismantled
- No license plate
- Expired tags
Residential buildings or structures which are unsafe, unsanitary, and/or unfit for human habitation, which constitute a fire hazard, are otherwise dangerous to human life are considered unsafe structures and subject to demolition.