Minimum Property Standards
As we age, we try to take steps to maintain and improve our health. The neighborhoods within the City of Pensacola also require maintenance to stay in good health as they age. Neighborhoods that are not maintained not only deteriorate but also cost residents more money. Property values fall, vandalism and crime occur more frequently, and neighborhoods become unattractive.
There is a simple solution to maintaining good neighborhoods: individual property owner responsibility. Unfortunately, some people are not responsible property owners. That is why residents band together to ask the government to create minimum standards for housing, yards, parking, etc. These standards are set in place to protect property owners and tenants who might otherwise suffer from substandard conditions.
To see Common Code Violations click the Common Code Violations (PDF).
Beats
Code Enforcement divides the City of Pensacola into four separate beat areas; these include, north, east, central, and west, with each beat having an assigned officer.
Beats allow officers to become familiar with their assigned area and allow citizens living in each beat to familiarize themselves with their assigned officer. This has been successful as it has allowed each Code Enforcement officer to speak regularly and meet with both citizens and neighborhood organizations while providing assistance with concerns about code violations that are within their assigned beats.
