Environmental Programs – Code Enforcement Activities

• Investigate illegal dumping (about 270 cases/year).
• Orchestrate clean-up of illegally dumped materials either by city staff, the person who illegally dumped the materials, or the property owner.
• Demolish substandard houses (10 this year).
• Investigate abandoned houses due to unsanitary conditions.
• Report over 20,000 code violations (clear trash, remove derelict vehicles, etc.).
• Report 100 cases of code violation to the nuisance board to get warrants.
• Conduct auto-related business inspections.
• Reduce the amount of high grass and weed-infested areas.
  

For additional information on the City of Grand Prairie's Code Enforcement Division, visit www.gptx.org/codeenforcement.