Compliance
DPD staff respond to customer complaints pertaining to minimum housing standards, land use violations, shorelines, tenant relocation assistance, just cause eviction, and vacant and unfit buildings. DPD inspectors also address building code, site development, environmentally critical areas, and other technical code violations.
DPD's staff enforces codes and ordinances relating to:
- Land Use and Zoning
- Rental Housing Violations
- Noise
- Building Code
- ECA, grading, drainage and stormwater
If you think you know of a potential violation, you may report it in the following ways:
- Online Code Violation Complaint Form
- DPD Violation Complaint Line
- Visit Code Compliance in person
- Send a letter
Inspectors investigate reports of potential violations to determine if code or permit violations exist.
- Citation process
- Notice of Violation process
- Emergency vs. Non-Emergency Complaints