Salem requires property owners to maintain vegetation and prevent overgrown conditions. Grass and weeds must be kept at a reasonable height to prevent nuisance and fire hazard conditions.
Salem's property maintenance standards require owners to keep vegetation maintained and prevent overgrown conditions. Grass and weeds exceeding 10 inches are generally considered a nuisance. Properties with excessive growth may receive code enforcement notices with a timeframe to correct the issue. Vacant lots are held to the same standards. The city conducts both proactive and complaint-based inspections. If owners fail to abate, the city may perform the work and assess the cost as a lien against the property.
Owners receive notice with a compliance deadline. Non-compliance results in city abatement with costs billed to the owner as a property lien.
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Salem Revised Code Chapter 93 prohibits operating sound-amplifying devices — including musical instruments, radios, and speakers — when plainly audible insid...
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Salem designates public parking spaces for electric vehicle charging. Those spaces are reserved exclusively for vehicles that are actively charging. Paying t...
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Salem Revised Code Chapter 102 prohibits vehicles from remaining parked on the same public street block for more than 24 consecutive hours. Overnight parking...
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Salem's Unified Development Code Chapter 800 restricts fence materials in residential zones. Barbed wire, electric wire, broken glass, spikes, and other bodi...
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Salem allows up to 12 domesticated birds (chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, quail, doves, pigeons, pheasants) per property for personal use. No permit required, ...
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Salem has no city ordinance setting a specific defensible-space distance (e.g., 30 or 100 feet). Tall grass, brush, and dead vegetation can be abated as a pu...
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