Code enforcement aids in beautifying the City of Fort Atkinson; protects those who live, work, or visit and enhances the City's historic buildings. Citizens with questions or concerns about Code Enforcement should contact the City's Code Enforcement contractor, Municipal Code Enforcement at 262-249-6701 or email them at mcodeenforcement@gmail.com.
The primary duties of Code Enforcement are the prevention, detection, investigation, and enforcement of violations of laws regulating public nuisances, public health, safety, and welfare, public works, building standards, land use, or municipal affairs. Code Enforcement's primary goal is to gain voluntary compliance of violations of state and local laws. The City's contractor works with the Department of Neighborhood and Building Services Director to preserve neighborhood integrity, maintain safe living conditions, improve the physical, social and economic health of the community, and protect the environment through responsive enforcement. Abatement measures are navigated through coordinated and cooperative steps, with administrative penalties addressed to those who fail to comply with municipal and state laws.
The City's Code Enforcement contractor's vehicle will have the image below on the car, and residents can reach out to the Fort Atkinson Police Department's non-emergency number 920-397-9905 for clarification on license plate numbers if there is a concern.
- Vacant or abandoned properties
- Health & Safety violations
- Junk, debris, garbage in public view
- Overgrown vegetation
- Inoperable, abandoned vehicles on private property
- Unapproved parked vehicles on private property
- Graffiti abatement
- Business license enforcement
- Zoning violations
- Illegal dumping
- Illegal or unpermitted fences
- Illegal or unpermitted signs
- Animal nuisances
- Pet Licensing
- Snow and or Ice covered sidewalks
- Dead and or Hazard Trees on Private Property