Environmental Code Enforcement
Environmental Enforcement enforces and investigates code, ordinance, state statute and administrative code violations committed in Escambia County. The Escambia County Environmental Enforcement Division operates under Chapter 162 of the Florida Statutes and Chapter 30 of the Escambia County Code of Ordinances. Escambia County is broken into three separate areas: north, central and south. The south area is the largest area by population and has approximately eight officers and two lead officers. The central area has four officers and one lead officer. The north area is the largest per square mile, but smallest in population. It has four officers and one lead officer.
The following codes/laws are enforced by Environmental Enforcement:
- Nuisance Conditions
- Land Development Code
- Public Health and Safety
- Environmental Crimes
- Unsafe Building Structures
The division will also respond to the following nuisances:
- Overgrowth
- Inoperable Vehicles
- Trash and Debris
- Land Clearing
- Fences
- Signs
- Mandatory Garbage Collection
- Mosquito Breeding Grounds
- Abandoned Tires
- Dumping
- Unsafe Structures