Regional Code Enforcement Office Locations Where Do I Call? ( ** By Appointment Only) COMPLAINTS: Call Riverside County Code Enforcement, file online at http://www.rctlma.org/ce/ or through the RivCo Mobile app. Complaints that represent an immediate health or safety hazard will be given West County Office ** Mid-County Office ** priority. If you have a specific problem, please call: COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE 17650 Cajalco Road 581 S. Grand Avenue CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT Perris CA 92570 San Jacinto, CA 92582 (951) 955-2004 (951) 955-2004 Abandoned Vehicles on Public Streets ........................... CHP For the communities of: For the communities of: ~Inland Dispatch Center (W. County) ............. (951) 637-8000 Aguanga Mountain Center ~Indio Dispatch Center (E. County) ................ (760) 772-8900 Air Force Village West Horsethief Canyon Anza Murrieta* A GUIDE FOR BETTER Alberhill La Cresta Banning* Murrieta Hot Springs Building & Safety Department Coronita La Sierra Cabazon N. Palm Springs (Plan check, const./grading/BMP permits & inspections) RIVERSIDE COUNTY De Luz Lake Elsinore * Calimesa* Nuevo ~West County ................................................. (951) 955-1800 El Cariso Village Lake Mathews Cherry Valley Pine Cove ~East County .................................................. (760) 863-8271 COMMUNITIES El Cerrito Lakeland Village Colton* Pine Meadow Planning Department Gavilan Hills Mead Valley Eden Hot Springs Pinyon Pines (Uses permitted, zoning & approvals) Glen Ivy Orangecrest French Valley Poppet Flats ~West County ................................................. (951) 955-3200 Good Hope Perris * Garnet Rancho California ~East County .................................................. (760) 863-8277 Highgrove Temescal Canyon Garner Valley Reche Canyon Home Gardens Woodcrest Gilman Hot Springs Romoland County Authorized Landfills (Dumps) .............. (951) 486-3200 (Find one near you) Green Acres San Jacinto* Hemet* San Timoteo Flood Control .................................................. (951) 955-1200 Homeland San Gorgonio (Storm drains, flood channels & preparedness) East County Office Idyllwild Soboba Hot Springs Graffiti Removal Hotline ................................. (866) 732-1444 77588 El Duna Court Juniper Flats Twin Pine Lanes Palm Desert, CA 92211 Lake Riverside Vail Lake Hazardous Materials Disposal ........................ (800) 304-2226 (951) 955-2004 ▪ (760) 393-3344 Lake Perris Valle Vista Inoperable Vehicles on Private Property ......... (951) 955-2004 For the communities of: Lake Skinner Whitewater Lakeview Winchester Mobile Homes ................................................ (951) 782-4431 (Alterations, repairs & registration) Bermuda Dunes Mesa Verde Moreno Valley* Windy Point Blythe* North Shore Recycling ........................................... (800) 366-SAVE (7283) Cahuilla Hills Oasis * Unincorporated areas only Roadside Rubbish .......................................... (951) 955-8982 Chiriaco Summit Painted Hills (Trash dumped in the public right of way) Coachella* Palm Springs* Transportation Department ............................. (951) 955-6899 Desert Center Ripley (General info, public road repairs or encroachment permits) Desert Edge Sky Valley Code Enforcement Junk, Trash and Debris on Private Property .... (951) 955-2004 Desert Hot Springs* Thermal Administration Office Eagle Mountain Thousand Palms 4080 Lemon Street, 12th Floor Vector (Rodent) Control .................................. (951) 340-9792 Indio* Valerie Jean Riverside, CA 92501 (Northwest Riverside County) Indiio Hills Vista Santa Rosa (951) 955-2004 County Vector Control………………………….(951) 766-9454 Mecca (Fly, mosquito, rodent etc.) Weed Abatement ............................................ (951) 943-0640 (Fire hazard reduction) Mid-County Office ** MOST COMMON CODE VIOLATIONS* JUNK, TRASH, & OUTSIDE STORAGE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES The most difficult part of Commercial businesses must be located in the [COUNTY ORDINANCES] a project is the final proper zoning classification. All commercial cleanup. Property businesses must have the approval of the Planning owners often put off Department in the form of a permit before opening Our neighborhoods are the environment in which we DANGEROUS OR SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES throwing away leftovers the doors to the public. Both onsite and offsite live and play. Recognizing how important it is to our A safe neighborhood or straightening up, but improvements may be required before you can open community to keep our neighborhoods healthy, hap- garbage, trash, your business. If you do not have the necessary py, and attractive, the County of Riverside has certain means the buildings on our property (homes, appliances, old furniture, approvals from the Planning Department, you may be county ordinances or laws to safeguard this valuable or scrap material which asked to close your business. Please contact the environment. Protecting the environment for our garages, sheds, barns, etc.) are structurally is a visual blight to the Planning Department for additional information at homes can help keep our neighborhoods safe and neighborhood, must be (951) 955-3200. pleasant. sound and in good repair. Buildings that are removed from the property and taken to the local abandoned often landfill. Sometimes the things that look like junk to one person, are valuable materials for someone GARAGE SALES CARS AND TRUCKS become targets of vandalism including graffiti. All property owners else’s next project; lumber, salvage materials, Garage and yard sales are fun and help with that In the unincorporated including absentee property owners must ensure that fixtures, appliances, furniture, barrels, scrap metal, spring cleaning, but they should not be a continuous communities of Riverside all the buildings on their property are kept up to and other such materials must be stored away from operation. No person, firm, association or corporation County, cars and trucks building code standards. You may be asked to repair public view and/or removed from the property. shall conduct more than three garage sales during that are dismantled, deteriorating buildings, obtain a building permit for an Rubbish is not allowed. Outside storage of usable any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, nor wrecked or otherwise not unpermitted room addition or accessory building, or materials allowed depends on zoning and lot size. shall more than three garage sales be conducted in running condition, must replace dangerous plumbing or electrical wiring. Contact Code Enforcement or Planning for additional upon any lot or parcel of land during any period of be stored inside of a Please contact your local Code Enforcement office for information. twelve (12) consecutive months. No garage sale shall completely enclosed and additional information. be conducted between the hours of eight p.m. to permitted building such as eight a.m. or be conducted for longer than three a garage. If you have cars ANIMALS consecutive days. (Ord. 593 § 4, 1982) or trucks that are not in running condition and they are FENCES The keeping of dogs and cats are regulated by the stored on the street in front of your house, in your Riverside County Animal Control division. Please driveway, front, side or back yards, you may be Unless otherwise prohibited, you can install a fence contact Animal Control, at (951) 358-7387, for IT MAY COST YOU... required to remove them from your property. Minor on your property not exceeding 7 feet in height, using information regarding the number of dogs and cats Consequences for non-compliance: repairs may be allowed for one car or truck for a very common fencing materials (chain link, wire or wood) you are allowed to keep as well as information short period of time only. Please consult with your without a building permit. If you are considering 1) Your property may be subjected to the County's pertaining to dog kennel and cattery permits. abatement process.** local Code Enforcement office for more information. installing a block wall on your property, please contact your local Code Enforcement office for The keeping of non-domesticated animals such as 2) A Notice of Noncompliance or Notice of Pendency additional information. horses, cows, sheep, goats, and pigs are regulated may be recorded against your property which may CAMPERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES by the Riverside County Land Use Ordinance No. interrupt the sale of your property or the re-financing 348. The type and quantity of animals you are of existing loans attached to the property. Unless otherwise allowed to keep is dependent upon the zoning and 3) You may be subjected to administrative citations prohibited, campers and If installing a block wall on the acreage of your property. You may be asked to with penalty assessments ranging from $100.00 to recreational vehicles must your property, reduce the type and number of non-domesticated $500.00 per violation. be stored off of the street contact your animals being kept on your property. Please contact 4) You may be subjected to a misdemeanor citation in an area designated on local Code your local Code Enforcement office for additional your property for vehicle Enforcement with fines up to $1000.00 and imprisonment in a office for information. County detention facility for up to 6 months or both. storage. This may include additional your driveway or yard information. areas. Campers and recreational vehicles may **Certain violations may be subject to the County Abatement process. These violations