Pico Rivera treats overgrown vegetation as a public nuisance. Under the city's property-maintenance chapter (PRMC Chapter 8.16), grass over six inches in height is expressly called out as an example of prohibited overgrown vegetation, and yards must be kept mowed, trimmed and free of weeds.
The City of Pico Rivera regulates grass and vegetation height through its property-maintenance and nuisance-abatement chapter, PRMC Chapter 8.16 (as amended by Ordinance No. 1178). Section 8.16.010 declares that 'overgrown vegetation (such as grass over six inches in height), dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, weeds and other vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin or nuisances or which may be a fire hazard' constitutes a public nuisance. The same chapter requires that yards and setback areas be landscaped consistent with Chapter 13.90 (Water Efficient Landscaping) and 'permanently maintained in a neat and orderly manner and substantially free of weeds, debris and dead, diseased or dying vegetation,' with foliage mowed, groomed, trimmed, pruned and adequately watered. The six-inch figure is offered
Overgrown, weedy or dead yards are a public nuisance under PRMC 8.16.010. The City issues a notice to abate; unresolved conditions can lead to administrative citations and City abatement with the cost recovered as a special assessment against the property
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