5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Monterey County, California.
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Unincorporated Monterey County requires every occupied home and business to have weekly solid-waste service under County Code Ch. 10.41. Carts are supplied by the County's franchised hauler, which sets container placement and removal rules - including keeping carts at the curb only on collection day and clear of obstacles.
In unincorporated Monterey County, blighted or unsanitary property is handled as a public nuisance under the County Code's administrative code-enforcement chapter. The County's Code Compliance Division investigates complaints, issues notices, and can escalate to administrative citations, abatement, and liens against the property.
Owners of vacant parcels in unincorporated Monterey County must keep them free of hazardous weeds, rubbish, and other nuisance conditions. The County enforces this through its Weed Control chapter (Ch. 10.46) and the general code-enforcement/nuisance chapter (Ch. 1.22), with abatement and liens for non-compliance.
Unincorporated Monterey County does not have a specific garage-sale or yard-sale permit ordinance in its zoning or property code. Occasional residential garage sales are generally treated as a normal residential activity, but sellers must avoid creating a nuisance, blocking the public right-of-way, or running an ongoing retail business from home.
Unincorporated Monterey County regulates hazardous weeds and combustible vegetation under County Code Ch. 10.46 (Weed Control). Property owners can be required to abate dry weeds and brush that pose a fire or health hazard; if they don't, the County abates and bills the owner. Specific grass-height limits are not set countywide.
1 cities in Monterey County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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