any way they can if it puts money in their pocket.

since they could fail and adversely affect the adjacent property, but what part of the building code prescribes that the trim on the structures must have fresh paint?

Trimming the trees and bushes are also part of regular property maintenance so if they are encroaching public areas such as the sidewalks or streets then again I understand why it is a violation.

Fix what you can, but if they are code enforcement officers are persistent then you may have to leave. I hope that you at least have the ability to take the flippers to the cleaners and find a better and less irritable place to live.

(which is a half acre and the cars sit way back and out of site from the road)...
he and the rest of this area call city planning and ask.."Where are our street lights and sidewalks?"
That keeps them away..they don't want to put the money into this part of town.

We live near what is very much a bedroom community but we here have acreage instead of tract lots.
The city doesn't want to widen the road into this area, either.

Have someone snoop around city planning and find out if there are any projected plans for your area.
See if there is any improvements other parts of the city get, like street maintenance and infrastructure, that they don't provide to you all's area.

Hold their feet to the fire..

Good Luck..
Tikki

Could you contact a local reporter to look into your city's practices enforcing code violations? If there's something nefarious occurring, you might find a journalist interested in what could be a pretty compelling story.

On the other hand, could you and your neighbors collectively hire a lawyer to protect your property rights? If the city is targeting your neighborhood, there may be some sort of class-action that you could take.

Good luck!

Its a developer that wants to buy the homes, level them and build new ones. By reporting "code" violations they are probably hoping to get the homeowner to sell cheaply. My suggestion is to call one of the local television stations consumer reporter's and have them check it out.

I had a call tonight from a man who would not identify himself asking if I would "entertain" an offer on our home. I said no. Haven't talked with any of my neighbors to see if they had a similar call. It was on my land phone, not my cell, so I didn't get the number.

The break in our retaining wall is about ten years old, happened during big storm, a tree fell and broke the corner of the wall. It is off the street not in the way at all. Never had a complaint about it before. There are codes to not let your tree limbs hang over the street. We abide by those codes. Every single person on both sides of our street got violations of some sort, never heard of this before.