Community Safety
Our Services
The Community Safety Division is responsible for ensuring compliance with city codes and ordinances relating to the use of property, zoning, sanitation, and housing. Other duties include conducting searches of deed records to locate property owners as necessary, testifying in municipal court proceedings, and verifying that businesses within the city limits have proper occupational tax certificates (Business license).
Common issues addressed
- Overgrown yards
- Abandoned or junked motor vehicles
- Heavily littered property generated by the existence of open and vacant structures
- Substandard Houses
Mission
The Community Safety Division strives to improve our community's standard of living by proactively ensuring compliance with the latest edition (as adopted, amended, and revised by the Department of Community Affairs) of the International Property Maintenance Code and by eliminating structures that are hazardous, unsafe or unsanitary through rehabilitation or demolition.
Other Information
Each Marshal is assigned to a specific area. To submit a complaint please contact our office and provide an address so you can speak directly to the Marshal for that area. Click here to view a map of the City Marshal zones.
For questions about a Business License (Occupational Tax Certificate) please call 229-259-3520 or visit Customer service located at 102 N. Lee St. Valdosta, GA 31601.
If you have a concern/complaint about a property in Lowndes County, please call Lowndes County Code Enforcement at 229-671-2730.
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Valdosta City Hall Annex
300 N. Lee Street, 1st floor
Valdosta, GA 31601