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Administrative Inspections

Posted by [email protected] on Jan. 9, 2026  /    Subscribe 2

This came from Bill Sexton, Public Works Specialist/Code Enforcement, from Bondurant.

Hello All,

 I am looking for information regarding Administrative Inspections.  Particularly, do you do them and if so, how often?  Do you have verbiage in your code regarding their use?

 Our code discusses violations we may not be able to see from ROW.  I know the area around the property is considered curtilage and the owners right to privacy is protected by the 4^th amendment.  How do you all handle this?  Do you get an administrative inspection order to take a deeper look or something else.

 If you could link your code, that would be great!

 Thank you all in advance.

 Regards,

-billS

HOA's and nuisance abatement

Posted by [email protected] on Jan. 7, 2026  /    Subscribe 1

Hi Everyone, I just got a call from Zach (cc’d) in Iowa City with some questions about nuisance abatements, notices of violation, and general processes for HOA’s. For issues like nuisance vegetation or snow removal enforcement, they are sending notices of violation to the HOA owner/manager, the individual property owner, and the occupant. For one nuisance vegetation case, he could be sending dozens of notices. How are you all handling nuisance enforcement at HOA’s? Do you notice all parties or just the park ownership group? For what it’s worth, Des Moines is more or less in line with how Iowa City is currently handling it but if one of you has figured out a better way to handle these it’d be very helpful to hear about. Thanks, Dalton Jacobus

Grant Programs!

Posted by Hollie Burgus on Jan. 6, 2026  /    Subscribe 0

It's budget time. I'm wondering if anybody in the group takes advantage of any grant programs to help fund their nuisance abatement departments. If so, where are they applying? Any thoughts or insights?rnrn