Municipal Enforcement

7/29/2024.  Everyone must be involved so the City of Chickasaw is never less than what it should be.  Establishing and maintaining a clean, healthful, and attractive community can be accomplished with sustained and active involvement.  The City of  Chickasaw promotes safe, welfare and public health.    The City of Chickasaw’s Code Enforcement ensures compliance with the City’s Codes and Ordinances Relating to; but not limited to the following:

1. Abandoned/Junk Vehicles – Residential Vehicle Parking & Storage
   Everyone must be involved so the City of Chickasaw is never less than what it should be.  Establishing and maintaining a clean, healthful, and attractive community can be accomplished with sustained and active involvement.   “Abandoned vehicles are a serious issue.

    

   Abandoned vehicles contribute to blight while also creating a safety hazard.   We are asking all citizens to voluntarily relocate abandoned cars before their vehicle is towed and they are issued a fine.    Parking for more than seven days and leaving damaged or wrecked vehicles for more than six hours is an ordinance violation, according to the City of Chickasaw Code – It shall be unlawful and an offense against the city and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to park or leave standing on any public street or sidewalk in the city or its police jurisdiction, any car, bicycle, automobile, truck, wagon, cart or other vehicle of like kind or nature for a period in excess of seven (7) days. It shall be unlawful and an offense against the city and shall constitute a nuisance, for any person to park or leave standing on any public street, sidewalk, alley or other public place in the city or its police jurisdiction, any damaged or wrecked vehicle, not in use, for a period in excess of six (6) hours. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting a person from parking his vehicle in the street adjacent to the curb in front of his premises when such parking is not otherwise prohibited, if the vehicle is moved from time to time as convenience directs, the purpose of this section being to prohibit the abandoning of a vehicle on a public street or sidewalk.

2. Dangerous Buildings
   Within the City of Chickasaw, there are vacant and unimproved properties that have become unsafe or constitute a public nuisance. Much of this property is vacant or in such a state of disrepair as to constitute a blight on the surrounding neighborhood and a threat to public health, safety, and welfare. Many of these properties are tax-delinquent and have been abandoned by the owner of the record because the amount due in back taxes exceeds the value of the property.This economic reality is compounded by title problems. Typically, such properties do not have clear ownership, in addition to the cloud on the title caused by the outstanding tax lien. Given the physical condition of the properties, the title problems, and the outstanding liens, it is often economically impossible for a private citizen or entity to purchase and rehabilitate the property. Thus, the blighted properties impede economic and residential development and revitalization of distressed neighborhoods.

    

   The City of Mobile was successful in passing legislation, Ala. Code § 11-70-1, which may address the title problems encountered with redeveloping tax-delinquent and abandoned properties. Employing Ala. Code § 11-70-1, the NRP will file an Expedited Quiet Title and Foreclosure Action (hereafter “Quiet Title Action”) against abandoned, tax-delinquent properties. A successful Quiet Title Action will result in the City’s ability to convey marketable title, free and clear of any outstanding liens, to a new owner who will redevelop the properties

3. High Vegetation/Weeds – Grass or weeds above 12”
4. Minimum Housing Standards
5. Litter & Trash – Dead Trees
   Re ec. 98-3. Removal of dead or diseased trees.
   The city council hereby finds and determines that some dead or diseased trees, whether situated on public or private property, pose a hazard to the public health, safety and welfare due to potential collapse, harboring of insects, or disease capable of spreading to other trees or foliage, and thus constitute nuisance trees. Any such trees situated on public property shall be cut down or appropriately trimmed promptly. Any such trees situated on private property shall be cut down or trimmed by the property owner within 60 days following notice in writing by the city to do so. Removal of dead or diseased trees . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Obstructions of Street & Sidewalks / Easement
7. Zoning issues –
8. Illegal businesses – Unauthorized Home Businesses