Property Maintenance in San Diego County, CA (2026)

California Vehicle Code § 22660 (local authority to adopt ordinances for the abatement and removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles as public nuisances)

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...

San Diego County Code § 68.703

No person shall accumulate junk, or permit junk to be accumulated on a lot that is used for residential purposes or on a vacant lot that is adjacent to a lot used for residential purposes, except in accordance with all of the following regulations: (1) The accumulation shall be stored in sturdy, vermin-proof, closed containers, or on platforms elevated not less than 18 inches above the ground; ...

California Streets and Highways Code § 5610 (Improvement Act of 1911 — adjacent property owners' duty to maintain abutting sidewalks)

5618] ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79. ) 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 en...