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The Department of Code Enforcement mainly focuses on
enforcing minimum housing, zoning, vacant building and health laws.
Primary
Services to the public include
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Minimum housing code enforcement includes maintaining an annual apartment
registry of approximately 10,000 rental dwelling units,
billing and collecting rental unit
registration fees, inspecting rental housing units,
enforcing minimum housing standards,
issuing certificates of compliance to landlords, and funding tenant and landlord
advocacy services
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Zoning enforcement includes issuing
Notices of Violation, civil tickets and seeking enforcement through the
Environmental Court and issuing zoning
certificates of occupancy when zoning permits have been fully complied with
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Vacant building enforcement includes maintaining a registry of vacant buildings
and issuing permits for those buildings, inspecting these buildings on at least
a quarterly basis and enforcing vacant building standards, and collecting vacant
building permit fees
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Health enforcement includes initiating public health actions as designated
deputy health officers and ensuring compliance with the pesticide ordinance
See
http://www.municode.com/ for links to the ordinances enforced by the Code
Enforcement Office.
The office's main responsibility is to enforce the
Minimum Housing Ordinance (Burlington Code of Ordinances (BCO) Chapter 18), the
Zoning Ordinance (BCO App. A), the Vacant Building Ordinance (BCO, Chapter 8,
Art. 3), Health ordinances and to issue Public Health Orders (BCO Chapter 17)
The office is designated as the enforcement agency for
several ordinances, including BCO §
17-9 (Pesticide applications), BCO § 21-5 (Signs in the greenbelt), and BCO ch.
26 (Stormwater control).
In addition, Code Enforcement works with the Department
of Public Works on illegal dumping of solid waste (BCO ch.s 14 & 27), the
Department of Parks & Recreation on maintenance of greenbelts (City Charter, §
211, 212) and the Police Department on illegal yard parking and nuisance
abatement (BCO § 1-9, 20-55, 21-19).
Burlington Code Enforcement
645A Pine St
PO Box 849
Burlington, VT 05402-0849
| FAX: |
(802) 652-4221 |
| Phone: |
(802) 863-0442 |
Click Here to Contact Code Enforcement via the Internet
Click Here for the Code Enforcement Personnel Directory
Page Updated 2009-12-30 10:25:17 AM (EST)
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