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City reports 2,700 code violations in 2025 and staffing changes to patrol neighborhoods
Summary
Development Director Wes Morrison told the council that staff found about 2,700 code violations in 2025, has reassigned officers to three-per-zone patrols, and expects roughly 2,800 annual cases going forward; he also reported increases in Tier 1 inspections and abatement costs of roughly $44,000 last year.
Development Director Wes Morrison gave council a data-heavy code-enforcement update focused on staffing, inspection tiers and abatement activity.
Morrison said neighborhood services now includes property maintenance, long-term rental registration, short-term rentals and multifamily registration. He said the city reassigned patrol coverage and now dedicates three officers to each zone, plus two officers focused on housing and one officer assigned to commercial property maintenance. "We opened... we found 2,700 code violations among the city in 2025," he said, and reported that Tier 1 inspections rose from 15 in 2025 to 18 so far in 2026.
Morrison outlined the city's abatement procedures: officers open a case, staff expects initial contact within seven days and reinspects; continued noncompliance can lead to abatement or court. He gave aggregate enforcement figures for 2025: about 155 registered long-term rentals, 32 short-term rentals (down from 35), roughly 205 citations or court summonses, 83 properties abated and an abatement cost of approximately $44,000 with about $8,800 recovered in abatement payments. Morrison and council members agreed to provide a midyear follow-up showing how multifamily properties landed across tier classifications and a code-case breakdown year over year.
Council asked for details on specific apartment complexes affected by recent fires and asked for a clearer year-over-year case breakdown in future updates. Morrison said staff will provide that information in the next update.
