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The purpose of the Vestavia Hills Beautification Board is to encourage Vestavia Hills residents and businesses to actively participate in improvement and maintenance of property. Board members semi-annually judge and award recognition to yards exhibiting excellence in appearance in both winter and spring. The Board sponsors the annual Vestavia Hills Dogwood Luncheon and the Vestavia

Residents may request back door service to have garbage collected from a location near your home, generally near the “back door” of your residence. The collection days are the same as the regular curbside service for your location. NOTE: Back door service may or may not be collected by a smaller vehicle; it may be

Programs and services previously provided by Jefferson County Council on Aging (also known as Elder Foundation) and the Jefferson County Office of Senior Citizens Services are now provided through United Way of Central Alabama. For assistance, please call 800-AGELINE (800.243.5463).

Classes and lifelong learning programs are available through both Parks and Recreation and the Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest. In addition to the regular Library programming, The University of Alabama offers OLLI courses at the Library in the Forest. All of these programs are open to the public, but may require Vestavia Hills residency.

Key Box: Emergency Entry When emergency responders are sent to a residence, if the door is locked and no one inside can respond to open the door, they must break the door to gain entry. To avoid the cost and inconvenience of having a door broken, you may have a spare key placed in a

The City offers a volunteer Senior Transportation program which is coordinated through Parks and Recreation. The program is available on a first-come, first-served basis to seniors living independently in the City. For a nominal fee, rides are provided to area medical offices and to businesses within the City. For more information, call 205.978.0166. How the

The purpose of the Traffic Calming Policy for Residential Streets is to address safety concerns related to vehicular traffic in residential neighborhoods in Vestavia Hills. The Policy will outline a process by which citizens can request consideration of traffic calming measures and a set of criteria that, if met, will allow them to be installed. The Policy will

Commercial Permit Fees $9 per $1,000 of contract cost + $41 issuance fee Plan Review Fee Schedule $0-$50,000: $250 $50,000-$100,000: $500 $100,001-$500,000: $500.00 plus $1.25/$1,000 for each $1000 of the estimated value in excess of $100,000. $500,001-$1,500,000: $1,000 plus $0.80/$1,000 for each $1,000 of the estimated value in excess of $500,000. $1,500,001-$3,000,000: $1,800 plus .0012

Adopted Codes As the code documents listed below are copyrighted materials, we are unable to provide a link to content or copies of the codes. However, the code books are available for review during regular business hours of Monday-Friday, 7am-4pm at Vestavia Hills City Hall. Note that the codes are generally available for purchase through

Asbestos – www.mesothelioma.com, www.mesothelioma.net Code Officials Association of Alabama (COAA) – www.coaa.com Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – www.fema.gov Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders – www.birminghambuilder.com International Code Council – www.iccsafe.org Jefferson County Department of Health – www.jcdh.org Lead, Alabama Department of Public Health – https://www.adph.org/lead/ Lead, EPA – https://www.epa.gov/lead Lead, HUD – https://hud.gov