This week our Code Enforcement Unit held a coffee chat at the Community Center, talking about the work they do throughout Marysville and answering questions. Code Enforcement Officer Doug Lee outlined the team's role in maintaining public health, safety and neighborhood aesthetics in our city.

Here are some of the questions asked and answered during this week's session:

• What issues fall under code enforcement?
  • Code Enforcement investigates allegations that arise from citizen complaints and works with property owners to remedy these conditions. When a complaint is filed, city staff investigate to verify whether the condition violates code. If so, the responsible individual is asked to take corrective measures to comply. If compliance is not met by the specified deadline, penalties and enforcement actions may begin as outlined in MMC Chapter 4.02 (https://bit.ly/3s0AVvO).
• What should be reported to code enforcement?
  • Overall, our code enforcement officers deal with violations of Marysville City Code. Examples of this include accumulation of trash, discarded appliances and furniture, non-operational or junk vehicles on private property, overgrown vegetation, camping, open storage and non-maintained or abandoned structures. Our code enforcement team also handles reports of abandoned shopping carts (https://bit.ly/47cH1bJ) and reports of graffiti (https://bit.ly/402J5Ak). For details about what issues fall under code enforcement, visit https://www.marysvillewa.gov/808/Code-Enforcement.
• Do parking issues fall under code enforcement?
• MPD's Code Enforcement Unit does not handle on-street parking issues or complaints. To report animal and parking issues, please call 911 or the non-emergency line at 425-407-3999 to file a complaint.

You can file a report with our Code Enforcement Unit on our city website, by visiting https://www.marysvillewa.gov/FormCenter/Code-violations-8.