Who to Call?
Use the guide below to direct your call to the appropriate department or office.
Contact the Commerce Building Department at 248-960-7060 with questions or concerns regarding:
- Graffiti
- Garbage pick-up service or complaint, broken carts.
- Signs including business identification, entryway, sale or lease, garage sale, open house and grand opening
- Fences
- Weeds and unmowed lawns
- Dumpster or storage containers
- Litter and storage of trash receptacles
- Inoperable, scrap or unlicensed vehicle (on private property)
- Commercial vehicles parked in residential areas (on private property)
- Zoning violations
- Home occupations
- Recreational vehicle storage
- Public sidewalk snow removal
- Firewood storage
- Compost piles
- Outdoor storage of appliances, household furnishings or fixtures
- Excessive pets (More than (3) dogs or cats in a dwelling)
- Failure to pick up animal waste
- Soil erosion and runoff
- Open or unsafe structures
- Water and sewer issues
Contact the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department non-emergency number at (248) 858-4950 with concerns regarding:
- Traffic violations
- Barking dogs
- Walking of off leash animals
- Loose or dangerous animals
- Animal cruelty
- Inoperable, scrap or unlicensed vehicle (on public property)
- Dumping or littering
- Noise complaints or after hours construction activity
Contact the Commerce Township Fire Department at (248) 560-0051 with concerns regarding:
- Open burning
- Disabled fire suppression or alarm systems
- Blocked or locked emergency exits
- Overcrowded venues
Contact the Oakland County Animal Control at 248-858-1090 with concerns regarding:
- Novi PD should serve as the first point of contact since Oakland County Animal Control typically responds from Auburn Hills.
- Loose or dangerous animals
- Animal Cruelty
Contact the Oakland County Road Commission at 877-858-4804 with concerns regarding:
- Maintenance of County Roads and traffic devices
Contact the Oakland County Health Department at 248-858-1280 with concerns regarding:
- Restaurants
- Wells and onsite sewage disposal systems (drain fields, septic systems)
- Contact the Oakland County Health Department at 877-377-3641 to report dead birds (typically crows, blue jays or ravens) or regarding the West Nile Virus:
Additional information is available at www.michigan.gov/westnilevirus.