Redondo Beach, CA Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing officer
- Building Officer
- Notice before removal
- 10-day mailed notice, § 4-18.08
- Low-value exception
- Under $200, no motor/wheels/tow
- Appeal window
- 5 days to City Council
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, § 4-18.15
Summary
Redondo Beach Municipal Code Chapter 18 declares an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle on private or public property, other than a highway, a public nuisance, and lets the Building Officer order it removed after a mailed 10-day notice and hearing, with removal and maintaining such a vehicle both charged as misdemeanors.
The accumulation and storage of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles, or parts thereof, on private or public property, not including highways, is hereby found to create a condition tending to reduce the value of private property, to promote blight and deterioration, to invite plundering, to create fire hazards, to constitute an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors, to create a harborage for rodents and insects, and to be injurious to the health, safety, and general welfare. Therefore, the presence of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle, or part thereof, on private or public property, not including highways, except as expressly permitted by the provisions of this chapter, is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance which may be abated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
01 finds that abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts left on private or public property, not including highways, reduce property values, promote blight, invite plundering, create fire hazards, attract minors into danger, and harbor rodents and insects, and it declares such a vehicle a public nuisance abatable under the chapter. 05 and may enter property to examine a vehicle or determine its identity. 03 exempts vehicles fully enclosed in a building out of public view and vehicles lawfully stored on the property of a licensed dismantler, dealer, or junk dealer.
00, is an immediate safety threat, and the owner has signed a release, in which case the 10-day notice is not required. 11. 13. 5, with the same priority as other city taxes.
Violations & Fines
Refusing to remove an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle after being ordered to abate it, or owning, leasing, or maintaining property with such a vehicle on it, is a misdemeanor under § 4-18.15. Unpaid administrative and removal costs are assessed directly against the property under § 4-18.14 and collected with the same priority as city taxes, on top of any criminal penalty.
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