Property Maintenance in Sacramento County, CA (2026)

5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 7 cities in Sacramento County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Sacramento County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply — see the city list below.

Trash Bin Storage

Sacramento County Zoning Code requires trash and recycling carts to be stored out of public view except on collection day. Front-yard cart storage is a code enforcement violation.

Property Maintenance: Trash Bins

Some Restrictions

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Property Blight

Sacramento County Code Title 6 declares blighted conditions a public nuisance. Junk, graffiti, inoperable vehicles, and dilapidated structures can trigger abatement liens.

Property Maintenance: Property Blight

Heavy Restrictions

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...

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Vacant Lot Maintenance

Vacant lots must be kept free of weeds, trash, and combustible debris. County weed abatement program clears lots and records liens for noncompliance, with inspections starting each spring.

Property Maintenance: Vacant Lots

Some Restrictions

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Snow & Sidewalk Clearing

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.

Property Maintenance: Snow Sidewalk Clearing

Few Restrictions

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...

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Garage Sale Rules

Residential garage sales allowed in unincorporated Sacramento County without a permit, limited to a reasonable number per year with state sales-tax exemptions for occasional sales.