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Code Enforcement Division

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Code Enforcement Division
(714) 667-2780
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Code Enforcement Division
20 Civic Center Plaza (M-19)
Ross Annex
Santa Ana, CA 92701
By appointment only:
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Alternating Fridays: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: closed

About the Code Enforcement Division

Santa Ana Code Enforcement officers work closely within the community to protect public health, safety and welfare, enforcing city codes related to nuisance and land use violations. Code Enforcement Officers examine properties either in response to a complaint or as part of ongoing proactive enforcement efforts. Businesses or property owners not in compliance are given an opportunity to correct the violations voluntarily. However, failure to comply with the municipal or adopted code can result in fines and legal action. It is our goal to educate and work cooperatively with the residents and businesses of the community we serve in order to meet the community’s standards and create a pleasant quality of life for everyone in the City of Santa Ana.

How can we help you?

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Submit a complaint online

To report a complaint about a building, land use, or other code violations in Santa Ana, please click on 'Submit a complaint online'.

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Residential Services

For information on Code Enforcement's Residential Response Team, Dangerous Abandoned Buildings, Property Maintenance Standards, and other resources, please click here.

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Business / Commercial Services

Code Enforcement is committed to maintaining and improving the quality of life throughout the community including working with business owners to educate and resolve code enforcement issues.

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Proactive Rental Enforcement Program

The Proactive Rental Enforcement Program (PREP) promotes public health, safety, and welfare through a systematic proactive code enforcement effort towards residential rental property throughout the City of Santa Ana.

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Methods of Enforcement

Code Enforcement inspectors utilize various methods to gain compliance when property owners and tenants are violating Municipal Codes.

Public counter assistance and services

All public counter assistance and services will be handled by phone, email, or via teleconference. However, Code Enforcement will still continue to provide the following:

  • Health & safety inspections
  • Responses to imminent and dangerous situations involving life and safety concerns
  • Non-life safety inspections, enforcements, and issues when they can be completed from the public right away. This may include QOLT and general property maintenance concerns, site survey, Santa Ana Police Department, and Orange County Fire Authority requests
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  • Enforcement and fines for non-life safety issues as deemed appropriate by a code enforcement manager

Planning and Building Agency News

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City Hall closed, no street sweeping on Veterans Day

Posted on November 7, 2024

In observance of Veterans Day on Monday, November 11, 2024, Santa Ana City Hall, Newhope Library, community centers and senior centers will be closed. There will be no street sweeping on Monday. Trash and recycling collection will be on the regular schedule. Normal City Hall hours will resume on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. # #...
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Santa Ana City Council unanimously approves historic $2.9 billion Related Bristol mixed-use urban village

Posted on October 15, 2024

The project includes 3,750 residential units, 200 senior living units, a 250-room hotel, 350,000 square feet of commercial space, and 13.1 acres of open space. SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Santa Ana City Council has approved the largest and most expensive mixed-use, master planned development in the city’s history, the 41-acre, $2.9 billion Related Bristol...

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Code Enforcement Events and Meetings

December Garage Sale weekend

Dec 7 2024

In the month of December 2024 the dates for the garage sales is 12/07/2024 to 12/08/2024. Garage sales for residential properties are permitted on the first full weekend of March, June, September, and December of each year. No permit is required.  For more information visit the Garage and Yard Sale page here.

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