Fresno, CA Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)

The weeds list sits inside Section 10-605, the core public-nuisance declaration of Chapter 10, Article 6. It names, as its own subsection (d), six specific plant conditions the City Council has already decided count as a nuisance without further findings: weeds bearing downy or wingy seeds; sagebrush, chaparral or other brush and weeds that grow large enough to menace neighboring property when dry; weeds that are otherwise noxious or dangerous; puncture vines and tumbleweed; poison oak and poison ivy grown to the point of menacing public health; and dry grass, or grass likely to dry out, along with stubble, brush, litter or other flammable material that creates a fire hazard under the Uniform Fire Code adopted at Chapter 10, Article 5.

Because Section 10-605 opens by making it unlawful for any person, corporation or other entity owning, leasing, occupying, directly controlling or having charge of any property in the city to keep, maintain or deposit any public nuisance, any one of those six weed conditions exposes the property's owner, lessee or occupant to the same enforcement track as trash, junk vehicles or blighted buildings under the rest of Article 6, a notice of violation, a notice and order, summary abatement, or an administrative citation, at the Director's discretion under Section 10-606.