Tulsa's residential-use codes were passed
to preserve property values and to guard the health of residents and the safety of residential
property.
Title 24, Chapter 1, Section 101 covers "Nuisances Affecting
Health".
Enforcement. The city
agency to report such violations to is the Department of Public Works
Neighborhood Inspections Section 596-7698 or to the Mayor's Action Center
(596-2100)
- Trash cans at curb.
Paragraph 16 prohibits: Garbage cans or any trash containers which are
not fly-tight or are kept or stored within 12 feet of a curb, or edge of paving
where there is no curb, in excess of 24 hours.
- Yard maintenance. Also
prohibited are weeds and other rank growths on private property or adjoining
parking, including poison sumac, or vegetation taller than 12 inches, except
healthy trees, shrubs, or produce for human consumption grown in a tended and
cultivated garden. Report mowing violations to Mayor's Action Center
(596-2100)
- Trees and shrubs. It is
illegal for their density or location to block motorists' view around street
corners or to create a fire hazard or interfere with the mowing of weeds and
grass; to harbor, conceal, or invite deposits of refuse or trash; to harbor
rodents or vermin; or if they give off unpleasant or noxious odors; or if they
are dead or diseased.
- Trash, junk and debris.
Such items may not be left in the yard and must be disposed of,
including auto parts, appliances, indoor furniture, tires, trash, tree
trimmings, etc
- Inoperable vehicles.
These must be stored within enclosed structures, unless they appear to
be operable and capable of being legally operated. Expired tags don't
count but flat tires and missing parts do. They can't be used for storage or
parked in the yard, street or driveway.
- Parking. Vehicles may not be left parked in the
same spot on the street longer than 24 hours. Call the Mayor's Action Center
(596-2100) to report same. Police will "red-tag" the vehicle, marking it
for tow unless it is moved in 24 hours. No vehicle can be parked in the yard at
any time, and no commercial equipment--semi trucks, dump trucks, wreckers--may
be parked in residential neighborhoods.
- Outdoor storage. Only
things normally stored outdoors may be kept outdoors-- firewood, grills, lawn
furniture, hoses, play equipment for children and lawnmowers.
- Illegal fences. Front
yard fences may not exceed 4 feet and backyard or side-yard fences may not
exceed 8 feet in height. Most neighborhoods have restrictive covenants limiting
backyard fence height to 6 feet.
- Animals running looseThe City of Tulsa has a
current animal ordinance and requires adherence to the leash law.
The Tulsa Animal Shelter at 669-6299 handles complaints and will
pick up stray or injured animals. . The shelter staff will help you to
work with neighbors on “pet” problems. Please refer to the Tulsa
Animal Shelter website for more information: www.tulsa-animalshelter.org.
- NOISE ORDINANCES-Tulsa’s noise ordinance declares as nuisances
"all loud or unusual noises and annoying vibrations which offend the
peace and quiet of persons of ordinary sensibilities." — Tulsa City
Ordinances, Title 24, Chapter 1, Section 103 part F
- Mufflers- "Every motor vehicle shall at all times be
equipped with a muffler in good working order . . . to prevent excessive
or unusual noise and annoying smoke, and no person shall use a muffler
cut-out, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on any street or
highway. No person shall modify the exhaust system of a motor vehicle in
any manner which will amplify or increase the noise or sound emitted
louder than that emitted by the muffler originally installed on the
vehicle." — Tulsa City Ordinances, Title 37, Chapter 7, section 721