Code Enforcement

The goal of the Code Enforcement department is to improve the quality of life for our citizens in Granite Shoals by addressing property maintenance and nuisance issues.

If you have a complaint or question concerning a city code violation, please call the Code Enforcement Office at City Hall or the Code Enforcement Officers directly.

Common Code Violations

There is a progressive ladder of compliance that ranges from verbal warnings to written citations. The following is a list of examples of code violations:

  • Construction without a permit
  • No Address Numbers
  • Dilapidated Structures
  • Contractor Yards
  • Illegal dumping
  • RV Storage & Use
  • Illegal signs
  • Junk and accumulated rubbish
  • Junk vehicles
  • Running a business from home
  • High weeds and grass

If You Receive a Letter from Code Compliance, please respond by calling the Code Officer who signed your letter.

On behalf of the city, Kirk and Preston (Code Enforcement Officers) would like to thank each of you that have taken a proactive approach to making Granite Shoals a prettier, healthier, and safer place to live. We have a way to go, however, with each of us doing our part and maybe even helping a neighbor, the Clean Up Granite Shoals movement can be achieved sooner than one may think. You will more than likely see Preston and/or Kirk in the field going street by street/property by property, taking pictures and documenting city code violations.

This documentation will then be compiled into the formal letter and sent to the property owner as notice of the violation(s). These are the most common code violations that Kirk and Preston are observing: No address numbers, open storage, trash and debris, junked vehicles, unlawful RV use, tall grass and weeds, vacant and dangerous structures, contractor yards, and fence issues. If you were to receive such a violation letter from the city, please contact the enforcement officer listed in the letter (Kirk or Preston) within the 10 days noted in the letter to discuss a compliance plan. If you fail to do so, the case file will be forwarded to the court for further action. 

Ordinances Regarding Frequently Cited Property Maintenance Issues

  • 628 – Ordinance related to having a proper house number on your home
  • 605 – Ordinance on Junked Vehicles and Watercraft
  • 613 – Ordinance on Dangerous or Vacant Buildings