5 rules for unincorporated Trinity County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Trinity County's Title 8 solid-waste chapter (Chapter 8.08) makes improper disposal and accumulation of solid waste a nuisance. For County curbside customers, the Solid Waste Department requires trash to be bagged, tied and secured with no loose trash, in containers no larger than 33 gallons and no more than 50 pounds each. Most residents self-haul to County transfer sites.
All of Trinity County is unincorporated, so the County Code governs everywhere. Blight is reached mainly through Title 8 (Health, Safety and Nuisances) plus Title 1 enforcement, not a single omnibus blight ordinance. In 2025 the Planning Commission began consolidating Title 1/Title 8 blight sections and adding a cost-recovery fee because current abatement tools are limited.
Trinity County has no standalone 'vacant lot' ordinance. Neglected parcels are reached through the Title 8 nuisance and solid-waste rules (no dumping or accumulation of waste) and, for fire safety, through California's PRC 4291 defensible-space law — the entire county is a CAL FIRE State Responsibility Area requiring 100 feet of clearance around structures.
No countywide garage- or yard-sale permit, fee, or frequency cap was found in Trinity County's published code for the (all-unincorporated) county. Sales are treated as generally permitted, subject to nuisance rules (don't let leftover goods pile up) and California's state tax rule that genuinely occasional sales of used personal property don't need a seller's permit.
Trinity County sets no cosmetic lawn-height limit; weeds and brush are regulated as a wildfire hazard. The whole county is a CAL FIRE State Responsibility Area, so California PRC 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures, with dead grass kept to about four inches. CAL FIRE and the County enforce.
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