Riverbank staff outline code enforcement duties, seek part‑time water‑conservation officer

Community Development Director Joshua Mann told the Riverbank City Council on March 25, 2025, that the city’s neighborhood preservation (code enforcement) division is primarily complaint‑driven and focuses on education, outreach and targeted enforcement.

Mann said the division currently includes a senior neighborhood improvement officer, Eric White, and a neighborhood improvement officer II, Pat McCulloch. He announced an open recruitment for a new part‑time neighborhood improvement/water conservation officer whose duties would include outreach and enforcement related to SB 1383 recycling requirements and state and city water‑conservation rules, and who would work a modified schedule to provide after‑hours enforcement.

Mann outlined common complaint types: abandoned or inoperable vehicles, 72‑hour parking violations, recreational‑vehicle parking that exceeds city limits, property‑maintenance issues, illegal signs, graffiti and trash accumulation. He cited specific city code provisions when describing enforcement thresholds, including the 72‑hour on‑street parking prohibition and the RV parking limits set forth in the city code. Mann emphasized that enforcement ordinarily follows a resident or business complaint unless the city encounters an immediate health‑or‑safety hazard.

A council member asked about garage‑sale signage limits; Mann acknowledged a limit exists in city code but said he did not have the specific timing language available at the meeting and offered to follow up with the exact code sections. The presentation also noted that Jolts Solid Waste provides each Riverbank household two free bulky‑item pickups per year.

Mann and the two neighborhood improvement officers remained available after the presentation to answer questions and to provide examples from recent enforcement work, including graffiti removal and responses to illegal cannabis‑grow sites in cooperation with the sheriff’s office.