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Property Maintenance in Folsom, CA (2026)

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

Verified from official government sources

Property Blight

Folsom prohibits property blight under FMC Chapter 8.42, including accumulation of junk, inoperable vehicles, overgrown vegetation, graffiti, and deteriorated structures. Violations trigger administrative citations and abatement liens recoverable against the property.

Property Maintenance: Property Blight

Some Restrictions

Cal. Veh. Code Sec. 22660 (Local Abatement of Abandoned, Wrecked, or Inoperative Vehicles)

22660. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts thereof from private or public property, and for the recovery, pursuant to Section 25845 or 38773.5 of the Government Code, or assumption by the...

Vacant Lot Maintenance

Folsom requires every nonresident owner of a vacant lot to appoint a resident agent responsible for keeping it free of litter, and the city can clean an unmaintained lot itself and bill the owner under Municipal Code Section 8.34.028.

Folsom Vacant Lot Litter Maintenance

Some Restrictions

Folsom, CA, Municipal Code Sec. 8.34.028(D), (E) (Keeping property clean)

D. It shall be the duty of every nonresident owner of a vacant lot or other vacant property to appoint a resident agent who shall have responsibility for keeping that lot or other property free of litter. E. If, after reasonable warning, an owner, agent, occupant or lessee fails to remove litter from any private property, the city code enforcement department is authorized to serve written notic...

Snow & Sidewalk Clearing

Snow is extremely rare in Folsom given the Sacramento Valley/foothill climate. Folsom has no sidewalk snow-clearing ordinance. Property owners are, however, responsible for sidewalk maintenance and repair fronting their property under California Streets & Highways Code §5610.

Property Maintenance: Snow Sidewalk Clearing

Some Restrictions

California Streets & Highways Code §5610

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 co...

Looking for Sacramento County county-wide rules?

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

Property Maintenance in Sacramento County