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Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing
Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare, registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
Inspects all residential rental properties within the City and investigates rental property complaints.

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City Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety
Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare, registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Iowa Division of Labor is responsible for enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to OSHA (Enforcement/Compliance) and OSHA (Consultation and Education), inspection of elevators and escalators, amusement rides, inflatables, wind turbines (towers) and boiler/pressure vessels. The Division of Labor also handles issues dealing with child labor, wage payment and collection, workers, contractor registration, asbestos licensing and licensing of professional boxing/wrestling/mixed martial arts events.

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Building and Safety
Labor and Employment Law
Occupational Health and Safety

Works to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Services include:
- Food-borne illness investigations
- Sanitation referrals to Illinois Department of Public Health
- Septic and water well inspections and permitting
- Tanning facility inspections
- Tattoo and body art facility inspections
- Smoke-Free Illinois inspection and enforcement


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Personal Service Health Inspections
Building and Safety
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Public Facility Health Inspection

Landfill Division has responsibilities for both active and closed landfills; Douglas County contracts with Waste Management for the general operation and maintenance of the active Pheasant Point solid waste landfill site at Highway 36 and 216th Street.

Landscape maintenance and snow removal for various county offices.

Noxious and nuisance weed monitoring and control as required. Provides field inspection services based on the complaints received and to areas that have a known history of noxious weed problems. Random inspections are also conducted throughout the County's area of responsibility.

Permits and Inspections Division issues building permits and performs all inspections to assure appropriate building codes and zoning regulations are within compliance for the rural Douglas County area and the City of Bennington.

Planning and zoning.

Stormwater permit administration.

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Land Use Planning and Regulation Services
Pollution Control
Sanitary Landfills
Building and Safety
Weed Abatement/Brush Control
Provides septic review and septic permits.

City government offices.

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Home Rehabilitation Programs
Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Weed Abatement/Brush Control
Street Maintenance

Offers testing of private wells, well and septic system inspection, radon testing and correction advice. Also provides swimming pool, spa, tanning bed, and tattoo parlor inspections.

Complaints: Receives and investigates complaints dumping and other garbage issues, illegal burning, and animal bites. When possible, works with tenant complaints regarding rental home conditions.

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Public Facility Health Inspection
Consumer Complaints
Building and Safety
Radon Testing
Home Sanitation Enforcement
Pool Sanitation

Samples residential private water wells for coliform and nitrates upon request of the property owner and refers clients to private labs for more complex well testing. Conducts on-site evaluations of private sewage systems for homeowners. Also licenses private sewage system installers and permits the installation and modification of private sewage systems.

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Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Tap Water Testing
Building and Safety
Issues permits for sign; billboards; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration; family daycare registration; licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

Works to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Services include:
- Food-borne illness investigations
- Sanitation referrals to Illinois Department of Public Health
- Septic and water well inspections and permitting
- Tanning facility inspections
- Tattoo and body art facility inspections
- Smoke-Free Illinois inspection and enforcement


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Personal Service Health Inspections
Building and Safety
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Public Facility Health Inspection
Issues permits for sign, billboards, construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, and tower registration. Can also issue permits for family daycares, registration, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices

Provides permits for signs, construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Issues permits for sign; construction of buildings, repair, additions, demolitions; move houses, street occupancy, and all city zoning services.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Oversees planning functions and administrates county zoning ordinances, including building permits, conditional use permits, variances, re-zonings, subdivision plats, mining permits, and appeals.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Building and Safety

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

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Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing

Environmental health services include:
- Private sewage disposal & water supply programs
- Food safety
- Food service sanitation program
- Vector control

Categories

Restaurant/Food Sanitation Enforcement
Building and Safety
Communicable Disease Control
Tap Water Testing
Responsible for the issuance of building, demolition, plumbing and zoning permits. Enforces City nuisance, building, zoning and rental housing codes. Manages various grant programs including Brownfields, HUD Lead Based Paint Program and HUD Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Inspections of the private sewage disposal system upon request from buyer, seller, or real estate company. Inspectors must have a Time of Transfer Certification from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (contact Health Department for list of inspectors). Private contractors can provide this service also.
Neighborhood Inspection Division has three primary responsibilities; rental inspections, the oversight of condemned buildings and the abatement of junk and debris which includes junk vehicles. Other services include:

Can also help with:

Sound permits
Transient Merchant - Application
Transient Merchant - License Information
Sign permits
Land use questions
Abandoned Wells
Animal Waste Complaints
Graffiti
Illegal Businesses
Garage sales
Illegal Dumping
Illegal Parking in Front Yards
Interior Unsanitary Conditions
Mosquito Control
Noise Ordinance Enforcement
Nuisance Odor Ordinance
Rat Control
Renting a house without a certificate
Septic System and Sewer Line Failure
Voluntary Impounds

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Pest Control Services
Environmental Beautification
Building and Safety
Consumer Complaints
Government Consumer Protection Agencies
Graffiti Removal
Public Facility Health Inspection
Issues permits for sign and billboards, construction of buildings including repairs, additions, demolitions, move houses, street occupancy, zoning services, tower registration, family daycare registration, licenses for electrical, heating, air conditioning, and plumbing.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices

Provides city government services to residents of West Des Moines.

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Building and Safety
City Government Departments/Offices
Fire Services
City/Town Clerk Offices