City of Albany, Oregon - Code Enforcement Team, Nuisance, Compliants, Dogs, Buildings

The City of Albany Code Enforcement Team investigates complaints of possible violations of the Albany Municipal Code or Albany Development Code that relate to dangerous buildings, fire and life safety, and nuisance conditions. Since 1999, the team has used the City codes to repair, clean up, or otherwise abate such buildings or problem properties.

Team members include representatives of the Police and Fire departments, Building Inspection, Planning, the City Attorney’s Office and the City Manager’s Office. The team meets monthly to review complaints, set priorities for investigating them, and to make progress reports. They compile formal reports for the City Council four times a year.

Code Enforcement currently has a $30,000 annual budget, which comes from property taxes. The budget includes money to pay occasionally for property clean-up; for title searches; and for prosecution of serious cases in Albany Municipal Court or Linn County Circuit Court. The budget does not include the time spent by Fire Department investigators, police officers who assist in inspecting or documenting violations and serving citations, team members attending the monthly meetings, or preparation of quarterly reports.

These pages provide some information about the most common complaints that the Team receives, with the relevant sections of the Municipal and Development codes that apply. If you have a question about code enforcement in general, or want to report a possible violation in your neighborhood, send e-mail or call Team Administrator Marilyn Smith at (541) 917-7507.