code enforcement

The Code Enforcement Department is a department within the Community Development Division.  Our mission is to assure compliance with city housing and zoning ordinances in order to protect the environment and the health and safety of the community, maintain property values and maintain an esthetically pleasing environment.

The Code Enforcement Department makes a number of forms available online:

Our Complaint Forms:

• Housing Complaint Form (for tenant-landlord complaints)
• Zoning/Building/Site Plan/Land Use Complaint Form and Brochure
• Housing Code Enforcement Brochure List of Services

Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

Have bedbugs?  Not sure how to file a complaint?  Wondering when you can put out your garbage?  Please read our FAQs prior to filling out a complaint form.

•  Our Frequently Asked Questions

Other Helpful Information and Links:

•  Nashua Revised Ordinances - (Refer to Chapter 182: Housing Standards)
•  Residential Land Use and Building Restrictions
•  Signage
•  NH Legal Advice and Referral Center - (Info on security deposits, evictions, tenant rights, etc.)
•  Land Use Code - (See Planning for zoning info, etc.)
•  Legal Service Programs in NH
• Mandated Property Owner's Information Per State RSA and City Ordinance

 FY 2010 Department Annual Report

Violation Examples: