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Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare, registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety

Provides public safety through the enforcement of Federal, state, and local codes governing construction. Staff reviews plans, issues building permits, and performs inspections to ensure Code compliance related to aspects of life-safety, structural integrity, handicap accessibility, and electrical, plumbing, fuel gas, heating and air conditioning systems.

Offers environmental health services including well water testing, septic permits, well closure or alternation reimbursement. Checks for lead poisoning, follows up on nuisance complaints. Provides food service inspections and licensing and more.

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Lead Poisoning Screening
Public Facility Health Inspection
Water Well Construction/Maintenance/Abandonment Regulation
Food Handling Permits
Building and Safety
Environmental Hazards Information
Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.
Enforcement of property maintenance codes and coordination of efforts to achieve compliance with the city's blight and nuisance abatement programs.

City government offices.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Street Maintenance
Building and Safety
Weed Abatement/Brush Control
Home Rehabilitation Programs

Offers testing of private wells, well and septic system inspection, radon testing and correction advice. Also provides swimming pool, spa, tanning bed, and tattoo parlor inspections.

Complaints: Receives and investigates complaints dumping and other garbage issues, illegal burning, and animal bites. When possible, works with tenant complaints regarding rental home conditions.

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Public Facility Health Inspection
Pool Sanitation
Home Sanitation Enforcement
Radon Testing
Building and Safety
Consumer Complaints

Enforces codes and ordinances related to the construction, alteration, maintenance, change of use, and fire prevention of buildings and other structures located within the City. Specific information on city codes are on the website.

Issues permits for sign, billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare, registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Communicable Disease Control
Building and Safety
Tap Water Testing
Provides septic review and septic permits.

Helps to prevent disease and improve the quality of life in Jo Daviess County. Programs include:

-- Food protection.

-- Potable water supply.

-- Private sewage disposal.

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Pollution Control
Illegal Dumping Reporting
Building and Safety
Licensing/Certification/Accreditation
Weed Abatement/Brush Control
Public Facility Health Inspection

Programs include permitting for restaurants and other food establishments, permitting for wells and septic systems, and surveillance for West Nile Virus.

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Communicable Disease Control
Public Facility Health Inspection
Building and Safety
Neighborhood Inspection Division has three primary responsibilities; rental inspections, the oversight of condemned buildings and the abatement of junk and debris which includes junk vehicles. Other services include:

Can also help with:

Sound permits
Transient Merchant - Application
Transient Merchant - License Information
Sign permits
Land use questions
Abandoned Wells
Animal Waste Complaints
Graffiti
Illegal Businesses
Garage sales
Illegal Dumping
Illegal Parking in Front Yards
Interior Unsanitary Conditions
Mosquito Control
Noise Ordinance Enforcement
Nuisance Odor Ordinance
Rat Control
Renting a house without a certificate
Septic System and Sewer Line Failure
Voluntary Impounds

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Public Facility Health Inspection
Graffiti Removal
Building and Safety
Pest Control Services
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Consumer Complaints
Environmental Beautification

Issues permits for the following, signs, billboards; construction of buildings, repairs, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration, family daycare registration, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices

Works to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Services include:
- Food-borne illness investigations
- Sanitation referrals to Illinois Department of Public Health
- Septic and water well inspections and permitting
- Tanning facility inspections
- Tattoo and body art facility inspections
- Smoke-Free Illinois inspection and enforcement


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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Public Facility Health Inspection
Building and Safety
Personal Service Health Inspections
Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement

Samples residential private water wells for coliform and nitrates upon request of the property owner and refers clients to private labs for more complex well testing. Conducts on-site evaluations of private sewage systems for homeowners. Also licenses private sewage system installers and permits the installation and modification of private sewage systems.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Building and Safety
Tap Water Testing
The Housing Inspections Division is part of the Building Services Department and is located in the City Services Center. The Housing Inspections Division is responsible for inspections of all residential rental properties within the City of Cedar Rapids as well as investigating rental property complaints.

The Housing Inspections Division uses the International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments as the adopted Housing Code for the City of Cedar Rapids.

The intent of the Housing Code is to ensure public health, safety and welfare insofar as they are affected by the continued occupancy and maintenance of structures, heating equipment, electrical equipment, sanitation, life safety, and other hazards associated with the premises. Minimum levels of health and safety shall be maintained by the owner, owner's authorized agent or operator as required by the Code.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Communicable Disease Control
Building and Safety
Tap Water Testing
The City of Des Moines Permit & Development Center is open to Des Moines residents that need a building or construction permit. Permit & Development Center staff are happy to answer questions pertaining to building code requirements and can help with permit applications, reviews, issuances and inspections.
Issues permits for signs, billboards, construction of buildings, repair, additions, and demolitions. Also issues permits for moving housing structures, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration, family daycares, registration and licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices

Provides city government services to residents of West Des Moines.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Fire Services
City/Town Clerk Offices
Issues permits for sign, billboards, construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, and tower registration. Can also issue permits for family daycares, registration, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Inspects all residential rental properties within the City and investigates rental property complaints.

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Communicable Disease Control
Building and Safety
Tap Water Testing