Tigard, OR Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)

Tigard Municipal Code § 1.16.140 requires the code enforcement officer to give the recipient or respondent a specific timeline to cure or abate the alleged infraction. Subsection B sets the floor and ceiling: not less than 24 hours for a notice of violation, or five days for a letter of complaint, and not more than 30 days, except where compliance is voluntary and the officer deems a voluntary compliance agreement appropriate. Subsection C lets the officer grant additional time if compliance within the 30-day timeline would be a significant hardship or other significant mitigating circumstances exist. Section 1.16.105 directs the City Manager to adopt administrative rules on how the time allowed is determined.

When the clock starts depends on service under § 1.16.170. A notice of violation delivered in person or by telephone starts the abatement period immediately. A mailed notice is complete three days after mailing for an in-state address and seven days after mailing for an out-of-state address. A notice affixed to the main door of the property is complete three days after it is affixed.

The deadlines do not bind the city when the danger is immediate. Section 1.16.150 allows the officer to require immediate remedial action where the infraction presents an immediate danger to public health, safety or welfare, or where continuing it would let the respondent profit from the violation or would otherwise be offensive to the public at large. The city can then abate and charge the cost back after obtaining a warrant. If the danger is an emergency threatening immediate death or physical injury, the city can abate without a warrant when the delay would increase the risk.

A responsible party who disputes an administrative order to abate must file a written protest before the abatement date or within 10 days of the notice under § 1.16.420. The officer must schedule a hearing within 10 days of receiving the protest, to be held within 30 days of receipt.