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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quality code enforcement is a problem many municipalities face. Because of that, Chautauqua County officials are looking at helping improve the process. Chautauqua County’s Housing Work Group and its ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

If you have thoughts about San Antonio's code enforcement procedures, now's your chance voice them to city officials. How? By attending any of eight upcoming public forums seeking feedback. The public ...