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Champion Great Neighborhoods

Goal 1: Foster Healthy and Attractive Neighborhoods
Objective 1: Gain Compliance of Property Maintenance, Health, and Animal Codes
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
CGN Code Compliance – First Perception of neighborhood problems Neighborhood Services (Code
1.1.2 Time Offender Program related to property cleanliness/maintenance Compliance)
Summary:

Milestones Estimated Percent
During FY 2018, Code Compliance plans to improve the Completion Completed
quality of neighborhoods by increasing property
Create class content and 7/15/2018 100%
maintenance education to residents who have received
materials
citations. This educational program option is intended
Update court and pre‐trial 7/31/2018 100%
to provide long‐term educational opportunities for forms; establish class
eligible residents, in lieu of paying a fine related to the schedule, pre‐trial
issuance of a citation. Elements of the new program will coverage; instructor
include: Recognizing common property code violations,
rotation
animal codes, property maintenance, introduction to Implement class availability 8/30/2018 100%
Code Rangers and an introduction to the Ask Arlington at Municipal Court Pre‐Trial
mobile application.
Hold first FTO Class 9/18/2018 100%
Update:
The First Time Offender Class option was made available
to defendants at the August Code Compliance Pre‐Trial
meeting. The first class was held on September 18, 2018,
in the Animal Services Community Room with three
defendants successfully completing the class resulting in
dismissal of their citations. The First Time Offender Class
will remain a permanent option at Pre‐Trial and will be
held every 2‐4 months depending on class volume.

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