The department that receives and responds to complaints about nuisances and dangerous structures shall henceforth be known simply as the Austin Code Department. Department Director Carl Smart unveiled the new name at Tuesday’s budget briefing. The department is expecting to investigate 19,000 complaints this coming year. In 2013, the department investigated 17,779 complaints, and the projected number for 2014 is 18,500. In the coming year, Smart said, the department intends to establish a program for enforcing the universal recycling ordinance and will continue to expand the multifamily inspection and repeat offender programs.
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