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Property Maintenance in Clovis, CA (2026)

3 verified property maintenance rules for Clovis, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Property Blight

Clovis requires owners of vacant residential, commercial, and industrial buildings to actively monitor and secure the property or it is deemed blighted and a nuisance. Broken windows must be boarded within 24 hours, trash removed within 72 hours, and graffiti removed within 48 hours under Municipal Code § 5.27.301.

Clovis Vacant Building Blight Rules

Some Restrictions

Clovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.301 (Vacant Buildings: Nuisance and Abatement)

Vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings and all yards surrounding the building must be maintained, actively monitored, and secured in accordance with the following standards or the property will be considered blighted and a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 28 of Title 5... (c) Broken windows. Board up broken windows within twenty-four...

Vacant Lot Maintenance

Clovis makes it unlawful for any owner or person in control of a lot to let weeds, rubbish, or overgrown vegetation become a fire, health, or vermin hazard. Weeds within 36 inches of a fire hydrant or growth over 14 feet above a street or 8 feet above a sidewalk are declared nuisances under Municipal Code § 5.27.102.

Clovis Weeds and Vacant Lot Nuisance Rule

Some Restrictions

Clovis, CA, Municipal Code § 5.27.102 (Weeds, Vegetation, and Rubbish)

No person, whether such person is the owner, agent, or person in control of any lot or parcel of land within the City, shall maintain, permit, or allow such premises, or adjoining public way, sidewalk, street and/or alley, to be maintained in any of the following conditions, which are declared to be a public nuisance... (d) Fire hazard: Fire hydrants. Weeds, rubbish, refuse, dirt, debris, or an...

Snow & Sidewalk Clearing

Not applicable. Clovis is in the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley) and does not receive measurable snowfall. No snow removal ordinance exists.

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Some Restrictions

Cal. Streets & Highways Code Section 5610 (Sidewalk Repair Duty of Adjacent Property Owner)

5610.   The owners of lots or portions of lots fronting on any portion of a public street or place when that street or place is improved or if and when the area between the property line of the adjacent property and the street line is maintained as a park or parking strip, shall maintain any sidewalk in such condition that the sidewalk will not endanger persons or property and maintain it in a ...

Looking for Fresno County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Clovis city rules.

Property Maintenance in Fresno County