5 rules for unincorporated Mariposa County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Mariposa County Code Chapter 8.36 requires owners and occupants to store all solid waste safely and sanitarily. Garbage must go in nonabsorbent, watertight, vector-resistant containers with tight-fitting lids. Containers handled by collectors must be 10 to 33 gallons and not exceed 60 pounds loaded.
Mariposa County is entirely unincorporated, so the County handles blight directly. Junk, debris, partially burned structures, abandoned vehicles, and substandard or unsafe buildings are the most common open code-compliance cases. Complaints are filed as a Request for Investigation (RFI) with the Planning Department's Code Compliance program.
Mariposa County Code Section 8.36.030 makes owners of vacant property responsible for safe, sanitary storage of waste, the same as occupied property. There is no county grass-height ordinance, but state Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible-space vegetation clearance around structures.
We found no Mariposa County ordinance specifically permitting, limiting, or requiring a permit for residential garage or yard sales. Occasional personal-property sales by a resident are generally treated as an incidental household activity, not a regulated home occupation or business, in the county's rural and residential zones.
Mariposa County does not publish a specific weed- or grass-height ordinance. Dry vegetation is controlled by California Public Resources Code 4291, which requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures. CAL FIRE enforces this state law across the county's State Responsibility Area lands.
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