5 rules for unincorporated Glenn County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Glenn County requires anyone whose property generates garbage or rubbish to keep it in a covered, leak-proof container approved by the hauler serving the premises. Hand-collected containers may not exceed 80 pounds filled, and crews are not required to service containers over 32-gallon capacity unless designed for mechanical emptying.
Glenn County Code § 7.08.460 (Size and weight of container)
As a health and safety measure, no collector shall be required to service containers of over thirty-two gallon capacity and shall not exceed eighty pounds weight when filled for removal, except when such container or containers are designed for mechanical emptying pursuant to regulations prescribed by the County.
In unincorporated Glenn County, an owner or person in control of private property must keep the premises free of litter at all times, and accumulated grass, weeds, rubbish, refuse, or materials dangerous to neighboring property are declared a public nuisance that the County can abate and bill back to the owner.
Glenn County Code § 7.08.190 (Litter—Owner to maintain premises free of litter)
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain the premises free of litter. Provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized private receptacles for collection.
It is unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property in unincorporated Glenn County, whether or not you own it. Vacant lots are also subject to the Weed Control chapter, so accumulated weeds, dry grass, brush, and rubbish that create a fire or nuisance hazard can be ordered abated at the owner's cost.
Glenn County Code § 7.08.200 (Litter—On vacant lots)
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the county whether owned by such person or not.
Unincorporated Glenn County does not have a dedicated garage-sale or yard-sale ordinance. No review of the County Code's general-provisions and health-and-safety titles found any chapter requiring a permit, fee, or limit on the number of residential garage sales. Sellers should still avoid creating litter or signage nuisances that the County can abate.
Glenn County's Weed Control chapter (Title 7, Chapter 7.28, shown online as Chapter 280) declares uncontrolled grass, weeds, brush, and noxious vegetation on lots in the unincorporated county a public nuisance. After mailed or posted notice, the enforcing officer can require removal and, if the owner fails, abate it and impose the cost as a lien.
Glenn County Code § 07.280.010 (Weed Control — Authority; Ord. 586 § 1, 1974)
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority of Sections 14930 and 14931 of the Health and Safety Code of the state of California, wherein it is provided that the board may enact ordinances to compel the owners, lessees, or occupants of buildings, grounds or lots in the unincorporated areas of the county to cut and remove hazardous weeds, rubbish, refuse and noxious vegetation from such pr...
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