Code Compliance Division

If you have witnessed a City of Ojai municipal code compliance violation:

• Establish whether the violation occurred in the City limits. Please view the Zoning Map (PDF). If the violation did not occur in city limits, please contact the County of Ventura.
• Please use the My Ojai App to file a written complaint. To make a complaint via telephone please leave a message for the code compliance officer, 646-5581 ext. 117. You may also download a copy our Code Compliance Complaint Form (PDF), fill it out and print.

View the My Ojai website.

The Code Compliance Inspector is responsible for enforcing the City’s Municipal Codes, responding to code enforcement inquiries from the public and staff, and tracking code enforcement cases.

Most Common Code Compliance Issues:

• Contractor's Construction Hours Violation: 5-11.05(c) (Work hours are 7 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, except holidays)
• Construction without a Permit: 7-1.206
• Storing Vehicles on Street: 3-2.1110 (on street) - Please call the Police Department at 646-1414
• Maintenance of front and street side yards: 10-2.804(e)(2) (Limitations on uses of setbacks)
• Leaf Blowers: 5-11.05(e) (Noise Ordinance)
• Gas Landscaping Equipment: Frequently Asked Questions handout (in English)
• Gas Landscaping Equipment: Frequently Asked Questions handout (in Spanish)
• Lighting Ordinance: 10-2.16.5 (Exterior Lighting Standards)
• Lighting Standards
• Noise: 5-11 (Noise Ordinance)
• POD/Auxiliary Buildings/Dumpsters: 9-7.07
• Plastic Bag Ordinance: 5-13.101-105 (Single-Use Carryout bags)
• RV Storage: 9-9.506 (Standards for recreational vehicles)
• Signs: 10-2.16 (Sign Standards)
• Styrofoam Ordinance: 5-14.101-106 (Environmentally acceptable packaging materials)
• Sub-standard Buildings: Uniform Housing Code 1001
• Tree Ordinance: 4.11.04 (Preservation, Cutting, Storage Under and Removal of Oak, Sycamore, Heritage and Other Designated Mature Trees)
• Walls/Fences/Hedges: 10-2.805 (Fences, Walls, Hedges, and Screening)