Victorville, CA Landscaping Rules: Weed Ordinances (2026)
Key Facts
- Max height
- 12 inches above grade
- Coverage zone
- within 100 feet of any structure
- Enforcer
- weed abatement official (fire chief)
- Standard notice period
- 21 days
- Extreme fire hazard notice
- 72 hours
- Nonpayment remedy
- special assessment lien
Summary
Victorville caps weeds, grass and brush at twelve inches above grade within one hundred feet of any structure on improved lots. City Code Section 8.12.040(d) makes every owner, manager, tenant or occupant responsible for keeping growth below that height, and the weed abatement official, the fire chief or a designee, enforces the limit as a public nuisance citywide.
No person owning, managing, or having charge or control of or occupancy of any lot or private premises shall suffer or permit any weeds, grass rank growth or brush to grow or exist in excess of twelve inches above the grade in the area of growth on such portion of the lot or premises within one hundred feet of any structure. It is the duty of every such person to prevent such growth or existence. In any prosecution for violation of this section, it shall not be necessary to establish any facts excepting that the person accused owned, managed or had charge, control or occupancy of a lot or private premises whereon such condition existed to establish the guilt of such person.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 57).
Full Breakdown
020). 040(d) sets the operative numeric standard: no owner, manager or occupant may suffer or permit weeds, grass or brush to exceed twelve inches above grade within one hundred feet of any structure on a lot. 040(a) requires abatement of noxious weeds, tumbleweed, dead trees, rubbish and dirt from the lot and the adjacent sidewalk, parkway or road easement. 030(11)). 070 separately forbids letting grass or weeds accumulate on the abutting sidewalk from curb to property line, though ornamental plants and reasonable-growth shrubs are exempt unless the official finds them an obstruction.
040(d) states that in any prosecution the city need only prove the defendant owned, managed or occupied the lot where the overgrowth existed, not that the owner knew of it.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 8.12.080, the weed abatement official mails, personally serves or posts a notice to remove or abate; compliance is normally due within twenty-one days, or seventy-two hours if the fire chief finds an extreme fire hazard. Uncorrected violations let the city or a contractor clear the lot and record the cost plus an administrative charge as a special assessment lien on the property (Sections 8.12.080, 8.12.120). A property owner may appeal to the city council under Section 8.12.090 within the time set in the notice.
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