5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Tuolumne County, California.
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Tuolumne County does not have strict trash bin placement or storage timing ordinances for residential properties. Accumulation of garbage is addressed through code compliance as a nuisance or solid waste violation.
Tuolumne County Code Compliance addresses property blight through nuisance abatement under Chapter 1.10. Typical violations include illegal solid waste, junk accumulation, failed septic systems, and substandard housing conditions.
California Vehicle Code § 22660 (local authority to adopt ordinances for the abatement and removal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles as public nuisances)
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Tuolumne County's Hazardous Vegetation Ordinance requires vegetation maintenance on vacant and undeveloped parcels. The ordinance targets fire risk on vacant lots adjacent to roads and driveways throughout the unincorporated county.
Tuolumne County does not have a snow removal ordinance for sidewalks or private property. Higher elevation communities (Twain Harte, Long Barn, Pinecrest) receive significant snowfall but the county does not mandate private snow clearing.
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...
Tuolumne County does not have specific garage sale or yard sale regulations in unincorporated areas. No permit is required. The county's rural character means garage sales are a common and unregulated activity.
2 cities in Tuolumne County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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