Salinas has no city ordinance restricting residential lawn ornaments, statuary, or religious displays on private property. California Civil Code §4710 limits HOA bans on small religious door displays. Salinas property-maintenance and nuisance provisions apply only to dilapidated or blighted accumulations. Political signs receive First Amendment protections under the SMC Chapter 37 sign code.
The City of Salinas does not have a municipal-code provision restricting residential lawn ornaments, statuary, religious displays, or yard decorations on private property. Items may remain year-round. Decorations cannot block public sidewalks or encroach into the right-of-way under SMC Chapter 27 (Streets and Sidewalks), and cannot obstruct corner-visibility triangles under SMC Chapter 37 sight-distance rules for residential lots. The property-maintenance and nuisance provisions of SMC Chapter 5 and Chapter 19 may be invoked if decorations become so dilapidated, broken, or numerous as to create a blighted or unsafe condition. California Civil Code §4710 prohibits HOA bans on religious items affixed to entry doors smaller than 3 inches square (mezuzahs, small crosses), but broader yard displays are subject to HOA covenant authority under Civil Code §5975. Political signs on residential property receive First Amendment protection; Salinas' sign code in SMC Chapter 37 (Zoning) allows non-commercial signs in residential zones subject only to content-neutral size and placement limits. Some Salinas planned communities and condo associations impose architectural-review requirements for visible yard ornaments under their CC&Rs - those are civil obligations enforced by the association, not the city.
No direct lawn-ornament fines. Right-of-way obstruction or corner-visibility violations carry administrative fines under SMC Chapter 27. Property-maintenance citations under SMC Chapter 5 / Chapter 19 for blighted accumulations escalate for repeat violations. HOA covenant enforcement is civil and pursued by the association under California Civil Code §5975 with attorney-fee recovery available to the prevailing party.
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