6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 10 cities in Sacramento County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Sacramento County requires mandatory garbage, recycling, and organics service. Carts go to the curb no more than 24 hours before collection and must be returned to the property within 24 hours after pickup. Accumulating garbage or rubbish outside enclosed storage is a nuisance.
In unincorporated Sacramento County, accumulating junk, garbage, rubbish, inoperable vehicles, or storing materials that create visual blight outside a fully enclosed structure is a public nuisance enforced by County Code Enforcement under the Sacramento County Code.
Cal. Veh. Code § 22660 (Local Authority to Remove Abandoned 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 and foreclosed properties in unincorporated Sacramento County must be kept free of overgrown and dead vegetation, weeds, junk, and fire hazards. The fire district conducts dry-season weed inspections, and Code Enforcement handles vacant-property nuisances.
Snow is extremely rare in the Sacramento Valley. No county sidewalk snow removal ordinance exists. Owners must keep sidewalks free of debris and hazards under Streets and Highways Code 5610.
California Streets and Highways Code § 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 conditio...
Unincorporated Sacramento County allows up to 3 garage sales per year at the operator's residence, each lasting no more than two consecutive days. Signs may be placed only on your own property and cannot exceed 12 square feet total, per Zoning Code Section 3.9.3.M.
Unincorporated Sacramento County treats overgrown and dead weeds/grass as a nuisance when dead vegetation exceeds 12 inches over more than 50% of the visible yard. During the dry season the fire district also requires weeds cut to no more than one inch for fire safety.
10 cities in Sacramento County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
2 verified rules • Property Blight, Trash Bin Storage
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
2 verified rules • Property Blight, Trash Bin Storage
3 verified rules • Property Blight, Trash Bin Storage
5 verified rules • Garage Sale Rules, Property Blight
1 verified rule • Property Blight
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