§ City government · Code Enforcement

What Code Enforcement actually does.

Property-code compliance, inspections, liens, lien searches, and community cleanups — in plain language, plus reported FY 2024–2025 activity.

Public functions

• Property-code compliance
• Inspections
• Abatement
• Administrative and service liens
• Lien searches
• Community cleanup events

Activity · FY 2024–2025

Source: City of Lake Wales, FY 2024-2025 municipal report.

• 506

  Cases opened

• 449

  Cases closed

• 2,224

  Inspections completed

• 33

  Cases abated or invoiced

• 35

  Service liens recorded with the Clerk of Courts

• 47

  Administrative liens recorded

• 77

  Cases reviewed

• 1,791

  Lien searches processed

• $52,530.70

  Service liens placed on the county tax roll

Community cleanups

• Dump Your Junk
• Great American Cleanup

28 resident volunteers participated in the reported cleanup activities.