Public Works and Planning

The purpose of the Neighborhood Services Division is to implement a number of programs and provide services at the neighborhood level that enhance and maintain a high quality of life for the citizens of Grand Junction. The primary functions include:

Affordable Housing and Energy Conservation
Code Enforcement	Neighborhood Programs
City Code Violations Graffiti Abatement Temporary Use Permits Weed Abatement	Downtown Strategic Plan North Avenue Corridor Plan Redevelopment Plans
Community Development Block Grant	Historic Preservation

Grand Junction citizens enjoy mild winters with light snowfall, which keeps snow shoveling to a minimum. When we do get a taste of winter, keeping the snow, ice and debris off the sidewalks is necessary for assuring a safe and enjoyable winter walk.

Grand Junction Municipal Code Section 32-9 requires that sidewalks adjoining your home and/or business must be cleared of snow, ice and debris within 24 hours after a snowfall.

Be Neighborly - Be aware of your neighbors who are unable to get out and clear the walk and extend a neighborly hand in helping them meet this code requirement.

Need Assistance? To report a sidewalk in need of maintenance, please call Neighborhood Services at 244-1593.

With the temperatures dipping below freezing there is nothing nicer than curling up next to the fireplace or tossing an extra log in the wood stove.

Although the Mesa County Health Department has a voluntary "no burn" program, City Council passed Ordinance No. 2981 to assist in improving air quality in the City of Grand Junction. The ordinance has implemented a mandatory "no burn" requirement prohibiting the use of uncertified solid fuel buring devices on days of high pollution in the City.

There are two exemptions for this ordinance. The Code Enforcement Officer can issue an exemption if an owner makes application to the Code Enforcement Officer and takes an oath or affirms that such owner is a person whose sole source of heat for the home is a wood stove(s). Also, if the wood stove you own or opertate is EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) certified then you are able to burn on "no burn" days.

If you own or operate a wood stove or fireplace, it is your duty to be aware of any declaration of a high pollution (red) day by the Mesa County Health Department. Any wood burning device can be used on low pollution (blue) days. For Air Watch Advisory please call 248-6990 or check online at http://health.mesacounty.us/environment/air/airadvisories.cfm.

This page updated Friday, December 4, 2009

Affordable Housing

Code Enforcement

City Code Violations
Graffiti Abatement
Temporary Use Permits
Weed Abatement

Community Development Block Grant - CDBG

Amendment to the Consolidated 2008 Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant - Recovery Program

Historic Preservation

Neighborhood Programs

Downtown Strategic Plan
North Avenue Corridor Plan
Redevelopment Plans