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24-HOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT HOTLINE!
Call 626-570-3230 for questions/concerns.
A staff member or voice message recorder will answer depending on the time of your call. Leave the location and a description of the violation, which can be done anonymously. However, if you would like a call back, please leave your name & telephone number. All
reports are handled confidentially. Code Enforcement staff investigate and enforce city codes and state statutes. Violations can result in a warning, citation, fine and even legal action. If the violation involves a potential emergency, officers will respond immediately. Otherwise, complaints are generally followed up within one working day by visiting the site of the alleged violation, and if necessary beginning the process of correcting the situation.
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The mission of Code Enforcement is to promote community awareness of, and encourage voluntary compliance with Alhambra's Municipal Codes, thereby enhancing our neighborhoods and economic conditions so that Alhambra is a good place to live, raise a family, work and retire.
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HOME & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE MATTERS HANDLED BY CODE ENFORCMENT
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Common home and property maintenance issues handled by Code Enforcement include:
- Landscaping issues, such as lack of acceptable ground cover in its green or natural color, or which is dry or dead (For additional information, click here.)
- Trash containers left in the city parkway or within public view
- Trash, junk and debris discarded or stored on private property
- Vehicles, inoperable on private property
- Vehicles, front yard parking only
- Vehicles, auto repair on city streets
- Lack of exterior weatherization, paint peeling or deteriorated
- Building address numbers missing or not clearly visible for public safety
- Temporary holiday lighting not removed
- Vacant or abandoned unsecured buildings
- Graffiti on private property only
- Signs - Temporary advertisements illegally posted on city trees or utiilty poles
- Garage / yard sales
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ITEMS NOT ADDRESSED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT
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24-hour Hotline 800-252-4613 or 818-563-3070
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Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control
562-940-6898
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Building & Zoning Complaints (includes illegal interior or exterior construction, garage conversions, canopies on private property, illegal business signs or banners, disrepair of property or fence/wall construction
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Building & Zoning Complaint Hotline 626-300-1585
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Car repairs on private property
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Construction or remodeling issues
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Home-based business (residence or garage)
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Illegal activity or ongoing nuisance
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Parking - residential zone - commercial vehicles on private property only
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Satellite dishes
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Unsecured swimming pool - no fence or gate
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Development Services
626-570-5034
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Development Services
626-570-5034 and/or
Housing Rights Center
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Development Services Planning/Building
626-570-5034 and/or
LA County Health Dept.
and/or Housing Rights Center)
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Development Svcs. Building Div. 626-570-5034 or Alhambra Fire Dept. 626-570-5190
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Finance Department
626-570-5020
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Finance Department
626-570-5020 and
Alhambra Police Department
626-570-5168
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Alhambra Fire Department
626-570-5190
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Alhambra Police Department
626-570-5168
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Parking - residential zone - commercial vehicles on the street only
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Alhambra Police Department
Traffic Division 626-570-5119
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Public Works Department
626-570-5067
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Utilities Department Environmental Compliance
626-570-5080
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Swimming Pools - dirty or mosquitos
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SGV Mosquito &
Vector Control District
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Private tree branches overhanging and growing onto a neighboring property
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No ordinance - civil matter
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