City of Oroville - Neighborhood Improvement

N E I G H B O R H O O D I M P R O V E M E N T

Mission Statement

The Community Development Department goal is to enhance the quality of life within the Oroville City Limits by improving, or maintaining the resident's expectations, providing proactive service to the general public and preparing for necessary growth.

PLAYING BY THE RULES

Neighborhood Improvement "My goal is to clean up our town!"
          stated a City Officer.

      Code Enforcement deals mainly with complaints that people have about property in their neighborhood.

      The City's first step is to send a courtesy notice to people whose property is in violation of the public nuisance ordinance and a date for reinspection.

      If the property is not cleaned up by the reinspection date, then a notice of violation is sent by certified mail and the property is posted. At that point, the property owner is fined $45 (Step 2). Other steps can follow, and eventually, if the property owners do not respond with a cleanup, the fees (reinspections, hearings, etc.) can total as much as $300-$400.

      "We do everything we can to work with the people who will work with us," he said. The Code Enforcement program was initiated early in 1996 and has an excellent success rate. The program averages 200+ cases a year, and better than 75% of those comply after receiving the courtesy letter. "By January 1, 2001, over 1000 properties had been cleaned," he summarized. "We are very proud of that record."

City of Oroville • 1735 Montgomery Street • Oroville, CA 95965

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