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Code Enforcement

Code Compliance By the Numbers

451

code compliance cases in 2024

99%

closed case success rate

1500

minutes of staff time removing graffiti

Thank you for taking the time to report a potential nuisance violation in your neighborhood. The City has switched to Cloudpermit, an online tracking system, for reporting code violations and graffiti. Please click the Report a Violation button to be redirected to the Cloudpermit website. Once reported, we will review and confirm the violation. If there is an actual violation, we will take the necessary steps to have the problem corrected. Please do not hesitate to contact us at (503) 667-6211 or code@woodvillageor.gov with any questions.

You can now report code violations in both English and Spanish using the new Cloudpermit system. To switch languages, click or tap the globe icon (🌐) next to the drop-down arrow in the top right corner of the Cloudpermit page. This feature is available on both the desktop and mobile browser version.
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Common Violation Issues

Parking

Parking or storage of vehicles on grassy or bare soil surfaces

The parking or storage of vehicles that appear to be junked, inoperable, or abandoned

Parking too close to a fire hydrant, stop sign, or intersection

Parking in a No Parking zone adjacent to a red-painted curb or other sign

Brochures:

Outdoor Home Maintenance

The accumulation, collection, or storage of solid waste, dirt, sand, gravel, or chunks of concrete.

Solid waste includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, fill dirt, sewage sludge, street refuse, demolition and used construction materials, abandoned vehicles or parts, discarded home or industrial appliances, and other discarded solid materials.

The outdoor storage or display of indoor furniture.

Uncontrolled or uncultivated growth of weeds, brush, or grasses over 10 inches in height.

Brochures:

We strive to keep Wood Village a graffiti-free city by removing it from public property as quickly as possible. As a reminder, graffiti on private property is the responsibility of the property owner.

Vandalized Property

If your property has been vandalized by graffiti, please consider checking out one of the City’s free Graffiti Removal Toolkits. The toolkits can be checked out from the City Hall and Civic Center for up to a week.

Nuisance Violation Procedure

Outreach

The City of Wood Village seeks to help improve the quality of life for all community members through a fair and efficient code compliance program that focuses on outreach and community education.

The City’s top priority is to work with our community members to ensure the quickest and best solutions. If you are unable to easily and quickly resolve a violation yourself, please reach out to our City Code Specialist at (503) 489-6861 or email us to find a solution.

East County Resolutions is a free resource for Wood Village community members to resolve neighbor-to-neighbor or tenant-landlord conflicts through an impartial mediator. Learn more about ECR by clicking here.

If you are a Property Manager or HOA member, the resources below can be distributed to tenants/community members for information on common code issues.

Parking Brochures:

Outdoor Maintenance Brochures:

Residential Permits Brochures:

Conflict Resolution Tipsheets:

Parking Notices

Beginning October of 2022, the City of Wood Village began issuing yellow Parking Notices on vehicles found in violation of City Code. These notices are a new first step to resolve common parking violations quickly and without enforcement from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department.

If you receive one of these Parking Notices, please:

  • Resolve the violation by the date included on the notice, or;
  • Contact our City Code Specialist at (503) 489-6861 or email us.
parking notice on car

Vehicles found in violation after this initial notice period may be removed by the Sheriff’s Department (WVMC 10.24.230).

Retrieval of the removed vehicle from the Sheriff’s Department will be at the cost of the owner (WVMC 10.24.270).

Letter Notices

The City will issue an informal notice in an attempt to quickly resolve issues. Secondary and final notices will be delivered to the property owner via mail and posted on the physical property.

If you receive a violation notice from the City, contact the number listed on the notice so we can discuss the nature of the violation and the options for correction.

Notices will include a period of time for abatement not to exceed 30 days.

In cases where the final notice period has expired, the City reserves the right to pursue abatement action where costs involved may be the responsibility of the property owner (WVMC 8.16.290).

For full terms on Nuisance Enforcement and Abatement, view the Wood Village Municipal Code Chapter 8.16.