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Environmental Maintenance
The section of the Environmental Services Department called Environmental Maintenance provides a number of services to Wichita and unincorporated Sedgwick County. This section consists of one supervisor and five field inspectors. Each field inspector has a portion of the City and County in which he carries out his duties. Environmental Maintenance is divided into seven programs according to the kind of service provided.
- Animal Maintenance Permits
- County Rabies Control
- Enforcement
- Municipal Mobile Home Park Inspections
- Municipal Swimming Pool and Spa Pool Inspections
- Premise Inspections (See Neighborhood Inspectors Announcement, below)
- Special Services
As you can see, Environmental Maintenance provides a number of services that are designed to help maintain our neighborhoods in a clean, safe, and, most importantly, healthy condition so that the quality of life can be enjoyed to its utmost.
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Neighborhood Inspectors - 2008 Announcement: |
As of January 1, 2008; the Environmental Services' Inspectors have moved to the Office of Central Inspection (OCI) at City Hall. Now known as OCI Neighborhood Inspectors, these inspectors take care of Neighborhood Blighting Issues such as those listed below, as well as sub-standard housing and residential zoning problems, please call 268-4481.
Examples of Blighting Factors include things like tall grass and weeds over 12 inches, dead trees, miscellaneous debris and scattered trash, inoperable or abandoned vehicles, parking in yards, graffiti, and standing water (not pools).
The following Blight Issues are Safety Issues as well:
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open buildings; which are an attractive nuisance to kids and provide hiding areas for drug and gang activity;
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open excavations, like basements that are not properly barricaded to prevent falls,
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most bulky waste and salvage material may pose safety risks to neighborhood children, who might be attracted to play around it.
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