Minimum Property Standards

The minimum property standards for all buildings and structures within the City of Columbia are regulated by the Property Maintenance code. This code is intended to provide requirements addressing public health, safety and welfare as they relate to the use and maintenance of existing structures and premises. This code requires that existing structures and premises which do not meet the code be altered or repaired. All repairs, materials and installations must be executed in a skilled manner that allows the performance intended and anticipated by the code to be achieved, and must meet the criteria of the definition of workmanlike in the code. Repairs or alterations required by the code are to be done in the fashion as for new construction as required by the building codes.

A property maintenance code checklist is linked below:

• Property Maintenance Code Checklist
• Neighborhood Response Team Information