Code Enforcement

Programs

The Code Enforcement Division is part of the Community Development Department with the City of Riverside. Code Enforcement receives requests for service each year for property maintenance and health and safety concerns. The Code Enforcement Division has a comprehensive program which protects a property owner's investment, promotes public health and welfare, and enhances the quality of life in our neighborhoods.

One of the goals of Riverside’s Code Enforcement Division is to bring to the attention of property owners any existing code violations. Through voluntary compliance, conditions which create code violations can be eliminated or reduced. Working together with the community, the program will succeed in making the City of Riverside an even better place to live, work and play!

Foreclosed or Vacant Properties

To report a vacant home in your City of Riverside neighborhood that is not being maintained, please contact the (dial 311). Just tell us the address of the vacant, neglected home and we will send an Officer out to address the complaint.

Neglected Property Team

Code Enforcement actively addresses vacant, neglected and foreclosed homes through a comprehensive enforcement program aimed at eliminating the blight associated with these properties and working with property owners to have properties rehabilitated and re-occupied.

Neighborhood Livability Program
In conjunction with other City departments, Code Enforcement coordinates and investigates neighborhood livability concerns related to illegal group homes, parolee boarding houses, unlicensed massage parlors, unpermitted homeless encampments and other severe public nuisance violations in the community.

Warrants, Abatements, Receiverships, Demolitions (WARD)
Code Enforcement Officers on the WARD Team specialize in obtaining warrants, conducting abatements, coordinating receivership actions, and demolishing hazardous structures.

University Neighborhood Enhancement Team (UNET)
Code Enforcement investigates all code violations surrounding the University of California Riverside (UCR) and specializes in Student Housing and tenancy related concerns.

Code Action Team (CAT)
Code Enforcement Officers responds to priority calls for service that require a same day response.

Weed Enforcement Abatement Team (WEAT)
Code Enforcement investigates, notices, abates, and invoices properties. The City is generally surveyed twice per year for weed growth.  (Read More . . .)

Riverside Employment Services and Educational Training Program (RESET)
The RESET program was developed by the City Council in 1995 for young adults between the ages of 18-23 to develop marketable job skills. RESET staff support both office and field operations

Area Code Enforcement Officers

Area Code Enforcement Officers respond to calls for service and address violations of the Riverside Municipal Code.

Support Staff

Administrative support staff assist the community by answering questions, receiving requests for service and providing administrative support to the division.