Pico Rivera treats weeds as public nuisances under its property-maintenance chapter (PRMC 8.16, Ord. 1178). Yards must be kept substantially free of weeds, and weeds likely to harbor vermin or create a fire hazard can be abated by the City with the cost charged back to the owner.
Weed control in Pico Rivera is handled through PRMC Chapter 8.16 (Property Maintenance, Nuisance and Administrative Citations), amended by Ordinance No. 1178. Section 8.16.010 declares a public nuisance to include '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; or that encroaches into the public right-of-way so as to interfere with pedestrian or auto traffic.' The general property-maintenance provisions require yards and setback areas to be 'permanently maintained in a neat and orderly manner and substantially free of weeds, debris and dead, diseased or dying vegetation,' with foliage mowed, groomed and trimmed. Any dead or
Weedy, overgrown or fire-hazard vegetation is a public nuisance under PRMC 8.16.010. Owners receive a notice to abate (dead/dying vegetation replaced within 60 days); failure leads to administrative citations and City abatement, with the cost recovered as a special assessment
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