Your home is probably your biggest investment. You want to keep the property value as high as possible. While some of these ordinances seem to be unimportant they all add up to keeping our neighborhood as nice as possible. When someone is not in compliance with these ordinances they are sent a friendly reminder. It is our hope that the reminder will be enough and that other more severe penalties will not be needed.

This is a partial list of some of the most common problems people may face regarding city and neighborhood code violations. For a complete list visit San Antonio Code of Ordinances

PETS
All pets, cats, dogs and all others, must be kept on a lease when in the front yard or street. Please do not let your pets run loose. No one wants their landscaping damaged or wants to clean up after someone else’s pet.

The City of San Antonio ordinances require that dogs and cats be licensed annually, that they be current on their annual rabies vaccination, and that they not be allowed to roam free. The City’s animal Control Facility will pick up roaming animals and take them to their holding pens at 210 Tuleta (behind the zoo in Brackenridge Park). With few exceptions, animals without identification are generally held for two full working days after pickup, and then euthanized. If your pet is missing, or if you have problem with animals in your area, call the Animal Control facility at 207-6650. For a missing animal, you will actually have to visit the facility and try to spot yours, but a telephone call will give you their hours of operation.

To file a complaint for code compliance either call 311 or go to the San Antonio Code Compliance website.

TRASH PICK-UP DAYS/RECYCLING
Trash cans and grass cuttings/leaf bags are to be placed on curbside on the mornings of pick-up (Tuesday and Friday). The empty cans are to be put away as soon as possible. Gardeners should not leave grass/leaf bags on the curb for pickup; they must be stored out of sight until the morning of pickup. Tuesdays are recycling days. Please put all recyclable material in the green bin provided to you by the solid Waste Division of the City of San Antonio. To request a recycling bin, call Solid Waste at 522-8831.

Note: New city ordinances allow garbage collectors to not pick up your trash if the following guidelines are not met:

Sec. 14-10. Receptacles for residential refuse collection.

The following types of receptacles are authorized:

(1) Re-usable: Re-usable receptacles shall be of nonabsorbent materials, watertight and each such receptacle shall have a tight closely-fitting cover or lid and two (2) outside handles and shall not exceed thirty-two (32) gallons in capacity or weigh greater than a total weight (container and its contents) of forty (40) pounds.

(2) Disposable: Disposable receptacles may be of the following types:

a. Plastic bags. Plastic bags shall meet National Sanitation Foundation criteria and shall have a minimum film thickness of one and five-tenths (1.5) mils. When placed for collection they shall be securely tied with wire, twine, tape, or ends fashioned into a knot. Broken bottles or other sharp items are not to be placed into these containers.

b. Paper bags. Paper bags shall be of two-ply kraft and have a wet strength of forty (40) pounds. When placed for collection they shall be securely tied with wire, twine or tape. These containers must at all times be able to maintain their structural integrity when lifted.

c. Cardboard boxes. Cardboard boxes may be used as receptacles for cardboard, paper, and other inoffensive wastes, provided they are securely closed to prevent blowing, spilling and scattering of the materials contained therein, and provided that boxes used for this purpose are able to maintain their structural integrity when lifted and of a size and type that can be readily handled by one (1) man when placed in the garbage vehicle. Such boxes shall not exceed four (4) feet in greatest dimension or weigh more than a combined weight (container and its contents) of forty (40) pounds. When cardboard boxes alone are placed for collection they shall be broken, flattened and tied in bundles not exceeding four (4) feet in greatest dimension.

d. Other nonstandard receptacles: Other receptacles may be used for lawn trimmings, leaves and small brush cuttings, provided they are of sufficient strength to permit handling and loading without spill, can be readily handled by one (1) man, and shall not exceed four (4) feet in greatest dimension or not weigh greater than a total combined weight (container and its contents) of forty (40) pounds.

PARKING IN STREETS
Boats, boat trailers, trailers, recreational vehicles, motor homes, inoperable vehicles, and any vehicle with commercial advertising signs or insignia, cannot be parked or stored in the streets, in front yards, or driveways. Refer to the association declaration for a listing of prohibited vehicles.

Dilapidated structures or playground equipment-Legal remedy for this problem may be addressed by reporting such items to the City of San Antonio Code Compliance Department (210) 207-7080, who will investigate the problem.