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Code Enforcement Contact Information
 
Telephone numbers are answered by personnel, or have voice mail available; those marked with an asterisk (*) are answered weekdays only. (All numbers listed are in the 408 area code.) For General Inquiries about Code Enforcement, please call 615-2460*.
 

Specific Complaint Department/Agency
Responsible		 Phone Number
Abandoned vehicles Police 615-4778
Animal control: dogs running at large (daytime), licensing and vaccination of dogs, dead or injured animals Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority 764-0344
Animal control: barking dogs, poisoning of animals, possession of fighting animals Police/Dispatch 615-5580 (24 hr.)
Animals: too many, unsanitary conditions Planning & Inspection 615-2411*
Buildings, dangerous or substandard
Substandard housing
Planning & Inspection 615-2411*
Car canopy front yard Planning & Inspection 615-2460*
Door to door solicitation without a permit Police/Dispatch 615-5580 (24 hr.)
Fire hazards
Emergency 		Fire 615-4970*
9-1-1 (24 hr.)
Garbage - illegal dumping Planning & Inspection
Street 		615-2460*
615-3080*
Garbage - overflowing containers (residential) Planning & Inspection 615-2460*
Garbage - overflowing dumpsters at restaurants or grocery stores County Health Department 299-6060*
Garbage - overflowing dumpsters at apartments Planning & Inspection
Street 		615-2411*
615-3080*
Garbage cans not returned to side or back yard after pick-up Street 615-3080*

Graffiti
Graffiti Watch Hotline

 Street
Police 		615-3080*
241-9495 (24 hr.)
Hazardous Waste - Residential Commercial/Industrial
Emergency (residential, commercial/industrial) 		Countywide HHW
Street
Fire
Fire 		299-7300
615-3080*
615-4960*
9-1-1
(24 hr.)
Home Business Complaints or questions Planning & Inspection 615-2460*
Noise abatement
After work hours 		Planning & Inspection 615-2460*
615-5580 (24 hr.)
Odors, chemicals or smoke
Natural gas 		Fire
Fire 		615-5580 (24 hr.)
9-1-1 (24 hr.)
Shopping carts, abandoned Street 615-3080*
Signs, illegally posted Street
Planning & Inspection 		615-3080*
615-2460*
Smoking in buildings Fire 615-4970*
Storm drains - illegal dumping
After work hours 		Street
Fire 		615-3080*
615-4960*
615-5580 (24 hr.)
Street trees - trimming or removal Street 615-3080*
Trees in power lines Electric/Silicon Valley 615-5600*
After work hours Power 615-5640 (24 hr.)
Vegetation blocking sidewalk, obstructing signs, or obstructing vehicle sight lines Engineering 615-3000*
Vehicles, illegally parked on private property Police 615-4778
Vehicles, illegally parked on public streets Police 615-5580 (24 hr.)
615-4778
Weed abatement Fire 615-4970*
Zoning Ordinance questions Planning & Inspection 615-2460*
Other (for referral to the correct department) City Manager's Office
Complaint Ombudsman 		615-2219*
 
Code enforcement complaints for City departments can also be submitted via email. Make sure to provide sufficient detail and your name and telephone number so that we can contact you if we need more information. Email is monitored on weekdays. Email addresses for City departments mentioned above are:

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