City staff reports 303 code cases in 2025, emphasizes proactive inspections and 'empathy' approach
Upper Arlington code officers told council the department opened 303 non-grass code-enforcement cases in 2025, outlined a two-pronged complaint-driven and proactive inspection strategy and said a two-year inspection cadence is the staff goal to preserve property values and neighborhood aesthetics.
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City staff presented the annual code enforcement report, saying the department opened 303 code-enforcement cases in 2025, separate from 95 grass-and-weeds complaints. Mike Morris, the city’s code and compliance officer, told council that the department distinguishes complaint-driven work from a proactive inspection initiative and aims for a two-year cycle to inspect all zones.
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