Inyo County's Title 22 Code Enforcement ordinance defines a nuisance to include any violation of the County Code or state law, and prohibits anyone from creating or allowing a nuisance on property they own or control in the unincorporated county.
Blight in unincorporated Inyo County is handled through Title 22 (Code Enforcement), adopted by Ordinance 1270 in 2021. Under Inyo County Code section 22.08.010, a 'nuisance' is defined broadly to include any violation of the Inyo County Code, the General Plan or area plans, any permit condition, any ordinance or resolution of the Board of Supervisors, any violation of state law (including the State Housing Law beginning at Health & Safety Code section 17910 and Civil Code section 3479), or the State Building Standards Code. Section 22.08.020 defines a 'public nuisance' as one that affects an entire community or neighborhood or a considerable number of persons at the same time. Section 22.08.030 states no person shall commit, create, or contribute to a nuisance, nor allow a nuisance to exist on property within their ownership or control. Inyo County does not publish a single numeric checklist of 'blight' conditions; instead it relies on this broad nuisance framework plus the more specific refuse, weed, and abandoned-vehicle chapters. The County's Code Compliance Officer investigates complaints, seeks voluntary compliance first, and may escalate to a Notice of Violation, citations, administrative fines, and abatement.
The Code Compliance Officer typically opens an investigation within about two weeks of a complaint and first seeks voluntary compliance. If the owner does not comply, the County issues a Notice of Violation with a compliance deadline, then may pursue citations, administrative actions, fines, and abatement under Title 22. Abatement costs can be charged to the owner.
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