
The City of Monroe Code Enforcement Division works to help keep our city safe and beautiful. Our aim is to eliminate unsafe dilapidated structures, reduce blight, prevent illegal dumping and improve property maintenance throughout the neighborhoods.
Be Generous and Help Keep Our Community Clean & Safe! Let’s Eliminate Blight!
YARD SIGNS WILL BE PLACED ON BLIGHTED PROPERTIES NOTATING “THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN INSPECTED” BY CODE ENFORCEMENT
Remove all litter and trash and place it in an approved receptacle and/or taken to the landfill.
Trash Do's and Don'ts (pdf)
Dilapidated Structures are unsafe, they are blight and a nuisance that must be abated by repair, rehabilitated to current city codes or demolished.
Inoperable vehicles are also blight! These vehicles must be made operational with current stickers and tags or placed in an enclosed building and/or removed from premises.
All premises must be cleared of all high grass, weeds, noxious growth and any abandoned ordiscarded items; thereafter premises must always be maintained.
llegal Dumping is unlawful, and this offense can be considered criminal. Please follow all codes for Garbage and Trash to avoid any citations.
Code Enforcement Office investigates complaints from citizens, Monroe Police Department, Monroe Fire Departments and other similar agencies such as - Elderly Protective Services, Health Department, Home Health agencies, etc.
A summons is issued notifying property owner(s) of said violations and given instruction on how to meet compliance and when to appear in Environmental Court. Re-inspection is made if the property owner advises that they have met compliance or the day before their court appearance and if at anytime prior to the court date compliance has been met the case will be cleared and dismissed.
The Code Enforecement Division holds Environmental Court Hearings once a month at 9:00am at Monroe City Hall in the Council Chambers. These hearings will be held on all cases that do not meet compliance within the allotted time frame given by the Code Enforcement Office.
Code Enforcement Office sends a certified notice to the property owner which contains violations and orders the property owner to bring the property up to current City codes, secure it or demolish it within 30 days upon receipt of certified card.
A re-inspection occurs at the end of the 30 days to verify if the property meets compliance. If the property meets compliance the case is closed. If the property fails to meet compliance the case is forwarded to the City Attorneys Office for condemnation.
Condemnation hearings are held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday every month during the City Council meeting.
File a complaint online by clicking the following link. Complaint Form (pdf)
Once complete, email the form to code.enforcement@ci.monroe.la.us
Follow the status of your case online by clicking the following link. https://monroe-la.tolemi.com/