5 rules for unincorporated Tulare County, California.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated Tulare County, every occupied premises must have fly-tight, waterproof, covered garbage cans (or an approved fly-tight pit) that are emptied weekly. County Code section 4-03-1130 requires cans to be removed from the street within 24 hours after emptying, and they may not be left in a County or public right-of-way.
In unincorporated Tulare County, visual blight is a public nuisance under the Public Nuisance Ordinance (County Code Chapter 4-1). Accumulated junk, trash, debris, scrap, inoperable vehicles, and abandoned appliances on a property can be ordered abated, with costs liened against the parcel if the owner does not comply.
Unincorporated Tulare County does not have a stand-alone vacant-lot ordinance, but vacant parcels are covered by the Public Nuisance Ordinance (Ch. 4-1) and the Fire Hazardous Weeds and Rubbish Ordinance (Ch. 4-11). Owners must keep lots free of accumulated junk, illegally dumped waste, attractive nuisances, and fire-hazard weeds and rubbish.
Unincorporated Tulare County has no fetched stand-alone garage-sale ordinance setting a permit fee or a fixed number of sale days. Occasional residential yard sales are treated as an incidental residential use; sales must not create blight, dumping, or signs that become a public nuisance under County Code Chapter 4-1.
Unincorporated Tulare County regulates weeds by fire hazard, not by a fixed inch-height. County Code Chapter 4-11 declares weeds, grass, rank growth and combustible rubbish that create a fire hazard a public nuisance. The County Fire Chief can order abatement, and uncorrected hazards become an infraction with abatement costs liened to the parcel.
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