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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
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing
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

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
Building and Safety
Public Facility Health Inspection

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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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
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing
Issues permits for sign; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, and all city zoning services.

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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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City Government Departments/Offices
Fire Services
City/Town Clerk Offices
Building and Safety
Responsible for the issuance of building, demolition, plumbing and zoning permits. Enforces City nuisance, building, zoning and rental housing codes. Manages various grant programs including Brownfields, HUD Lead Based Paint Program and HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
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
Consumer Complaints
Pest Control Services
Environmental Beautification
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
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.

Issues permits for sign and billboards, construction of buildings including 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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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Personal Service Health Inspections
Public Facility Health Inspection
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Building and Safety

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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Food Handling Permits
Public Facility Health Inspection
Environmental Hazards Information
Building and Safety
Water Well Construction/Maintenance/Abandonment Regulation
Lead Poisoning Screening
Conducts hotel/motel inspections in Cerro Gordo County every year. Each facility is inspected for health-related issues including room inspections, bathrooms, and outside and inside facilities including the lobby, halls, storerooms, closets, and housekeeping rooms. The inspections identify deficiencies and require compliance when necessary.

Conducts inspections in tattoo establishments in Cerro Gordo County. Inspections are conducted to protect the public from diseases that may be transmitted from one person to another through unsanitary or unsafe conditions. People who get tattoos and their future contacts are at risk for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, other blood borne pathogens, and infections if proper procedures are not in place. During inspections, inspectors check sterilization equipment and records, facility and equipment sanitation and condition, artist procedures and sanitary measures that are used during the tattooing procedure, facility records, and after-care instruction and education. The tattoo operators are charged an inspection fee of $250.

Inspections are conducted for public swimming pools and spas at hotels, municipal facilities, fitness centers, apartment complexes, and other publicly used pools and spas. Inspections are conducted to protect the public from recreational water illnesses, swimming accidents, and drowning. Inspectors check pool records and signage, personnel certifications, water chemistry and sanitation, pool design, maintenance and construction, safety procedures, and equipment. Swimming pool and spa operators are charged a fee for the inspection. The fee is based on the type and size of the pool or spa.

Conducts inspects on over 350 food establishments in Cerro Gordo County. There are two to three inspections per year for most food operations in Cerro Gordo County. Inspectors look at the physical conditions of the establishment as well as the food handling practices of the employees. In addition, the department investigates food service complaints and conducts food sanitation training. Licenses are required for all food establishments.

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Building and Safety
Provides housing inspections, code enforcement. Conducts comprehensive inspections of rental property every five years.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
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
Oversees zoning ordinances and building permits for the county.

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Building and Safety
County 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
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing

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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Building and Safety
Pool Sanitation
Home Sanitation Enforcement
Consumer Complaints
Public Facility Health Inspection
Radon Testing
Provides private water well inspections and new well permits within Hamilton County. Services include testing private wells for bacteria and nitrates, new sewer inspections, nuisance investigation and septic permits. Also may provide grants to assist in the cost to close abandoned wells and cisterns.

Provides permits for signs, construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety
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.

Categories

City Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety

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


Categories

Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Personal Service Health Inspections
Public Facility Health Inspection
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Building and Safety
Provides septic review and septic permits.
Oversees planning functions and administrates county zoning ordinances, including building permits, conditional use permits, variances, re-zonings, subdivision plats, mining permits, and appeals.

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Building and Safety
County Government Departments/Offices