Gainesville code enforcement complaints
City desk. Not Alachua County.
Inside city limits, Gainesville code complaints go to the City’s Code Enforcement Division in Sustainable Development.
SNITCH is a private filing service, not the City. We file as complainant of record. Your name stays off the complaint.
Compliant with Florida SB 60.
Filed with Gainesville Code Enforcement under our name.
Fear of Retaliation
Gainesville puts it this way: “We do not accept anonymous complaints, you must submit your full name and address if you wish to file a complaint per Florida State Statute.” File it yourself and that record is public under Chapter 119.
Who Handles It
Inside Gainesville: Gainesville Code Enforcement. Unincorporated Alachua: Alachua County Code Administration. Other cities run their own desks.
Agent Filing Rules
We file under our name with the desk that owns the address. If that shop bounces a third-party complainant, that filing does not sit there.
"SNITCH cuts through red tape—handling your code complaints professionally, safely, and always in compliance with Florida law.
- Chaz Stevens, Chief Snitch
We file the real ones.
We reject the rest.
City code. Not a grudge.
Every submission is checked against the Gainesville code, including Chapter 13, Housing and Commercial Building Code; Chapter 16, Nuisances. Hearsay, neighbor wars, and junk filings do not go out. A false complaint is on the client.
Issues Gainesville highlights: over-occupancy, yard parking, rental housing permits, and commercial vehicles in residential areas.
FL SB 60
Why It Matters
SB 60 DID NOT END GAINESVILLE COMPLAINTS
Florida law requires a name and address before most code investigations start. File direct with Gainesville Code Enforcement and that name is public. SNITCH files as complainant of record.
Compliant filing. Our name on the paper.
See something. File it without becoming the file.
FAQS
Who handles code enforcement in Gainesville?
The City of Gainesville Code Enforcement Division, part of Sustainable Development. Call (352) 334-5030. Online, use myGNV (Report Online). Email: codes@gainesvillefl.gov.
Is my address Gainesville or Alachua County?
Gainesville handles addresses inside its city limits. Unincorporated Alachua goes to Alachua County Code Administration at (352) 374-5238. A Gainesville mailing address is not always inside the city.
How do I look up a Gainesville code violation?
Use PermitGNV (Search for Project > Cases) on the City’s website.
Does Gainesville regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb?
No. The city says that effective Oct. 1, 2021, rental units rented for less than 30 days are no longer regulated by the City of Gainesville.
Can I report a code violation in Gainesville anonymously?
Not to the city. Gainesville says: “We do not accept anonymous complaints, you must submit your full name and address if you wish to file a complaint per Florida State Statute.” SNITCH is not anonymous either: we file under our own name as complainant of record, so yours stays off the complaint.
What happens if a violation is not fixed?
Unresolved Gainesville code cases go before a Special Magistrate. The Special Magistrate meets the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. in the City Commission Auditorium, first floor of City Hall, 200 E. University Ave.
Is my name on the complaint? What if a desk will not take an agent filing? Our FAQs answer both.
Official Contacts
- City of Gainesville Code Enforcement Division: (352) 334-5030. Online: myGNV (Report Online).
- Case search: PermitGNV (Search for Project > Cases).
- Unincorporated Alachua: Alachua County Code Administration, (352) 374-5238. County hub: Alachua County.
Gainesville city limits.
How The Split Works
Gainesville: Gainesville Code Enforcement. Unincorporated Alachua: Alachua County Code Administration. We identify the desk and file there.
You document it. We file it under our name.
Built with Integrity
- SB 60 / Chapter 162 compliant
- Human review before filing
- Junk rejected. Real conditions filed.
SNITCH. Cleaner. Safer. Together.