Code Complaint Form

Please contact the County Sheriff's Office: 831-454-7602

For all animal concerns please review the Animal Keeping brochure or contact Animal Control: 831-454-7303 or Contact the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

Privacy concerns are typcially a civil matter that need to be addressed through the Sheriff's Department. 831-454-7602.

Views are not protected except for required coastal and scenic corridors. To be protected, views must be a condition of approval of a development permit.

The only trees protected by the Significant Tree Ordinance, SCC 16.34, are those located in the Coastal Zone or a designated Riparian Corridor and meet the definition of a significant tree. Please refer to the Tree Protection and Removal policy for more information. The California Department of Forestry (CDF) enforces timber harvesting and exemptions. 

The County does not guarantee the usability of private easements and rights-of-way. The titleholders of the easement or right-of-way must protect their own rights. Public easements or rights-of-way are maintained by the Department of Public Works.

• Report Problem

The neglected property ordinance, SCC 13.10.556, applies only to residentially zoned parcels. Commercial and Agricultural properties are regulated by commercial development permit conditions-of-approval.

• Chapter 13.10 ZONING REGULATIONS

Code Compliance only enforces the legality of a structure and does not enforce sub-standard housing complaints. These complaints should be directed to the Environmental Health Department. The County of Santa Cruz does not limit the number of people dwelling in a house or require that they be related.

• Substandard Housing

Leaking septic tanks, leach fields, and gray water issues should be reported directly to the Environmental Health Department.

• Make a Complaint
• Programs

Property line disputes are a private civil matter and cannot be addressed by Code Compliance. 

Contact your Local Fire Department which varies by district.

Drainage from one property onto another is a trespass issue. Code Compliance will only investigate if the drainage system is required as part of a condition-of-approval of a development or building permit and has been altered.

• Report Problem

The Sheriff's Department in accordance with SCC Chapter 8.30 handles general noise complaints. Code Compliance would only investigate if the noise was restricted by a building, development, or use permit.

• Contact your Sheriff's Office
• Filing a Complaint – Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

Code Compliance enforces only those parking requirements that are conditions-of-approval of development permits.

Contact the Cannabis Licensing Office

Contact the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control Division