Garden Grove requires property owners to maintain landscaping including regular mowing, pruning, and removal of overgrown vegetation. Dead, diseased, or hazardous growth constituting an unsightly appearance or danger to public safety must be removed.
Under GGMC Section 9.18.120, landscaping maintenance includes pruning, cultivating, weeding, fertilizing, replacing plants, and watering on a regular basis. Property owners must prune or remove overgrown vegetation that is likely to harbor rats, vermin, or other nuisances, or that causes detriment to neighboring properties. Dead, decayed, diseased, or hazardous trees, weeds, and debris constituting an unsightly appearance, danger to public safety, or detriment to neighboring property values must be removed. While the code does not specify a maximum grass height in inches, overgrown and unkempt vegetation is enforceable as a nuisance. Code Enforcement addresses complaints about property maintenance violations at (714) 741-5351.
Landscape maintenance violations are enforced through Code Enforcement with notices to correct. Continued non-compliance may result in the city abating the nuisance at the property owner's expense plus administrative fines.
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Garden Grove establishes specific decibel limits under Chapter 8.44 of the Municipal Code. Residential exterior noise may not exceed 55 dBA during daytime (7...
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Garden Grove regulates leaf blower use through its general noise control ordinance in Chapter 8.47. Leaf blowers are subject to the same residential quiet ho...
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Garden Grove prohibits amplified music and sound-producing devices in residential areas between 10 PM and 7 AM under GGMC Section 8.47.060. During daytime ho...
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Garden Grove prohibits parking or storing commercial vehicles on properties used exclusively for residential purposes. Commercially registered vehicles rated...
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