Buena Park, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Buena Park's Property Maintenance chapter (Buena Park Municipal Code Chapter 8.36) and the Property Maintenance and Use Standards in the city's Development Code declare that the lack of maintenance of residential landscaping and structures, including overgrown, dead or decayed vegetation and weeds, broken windows and fences, and the accumulation of rubbish and debris, are conditions injurious to public health, safety and welfare that contribute to deterioration of the city. The code makes it unlawful and a public nuisance for a responsible person to maintain, permit or cause property, including adjacent parkways, sidewalks or streets, to be kept with conditions visible from the street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way, including the exterior accumulation of weeds, dirt, litter, rubbish or debris to an extent that constitutes visual blight. The front yard and any side yard abutting a street must be kept free of construction and automotive materials, trash, refuse, debris, trash receptacles, inoperative motor vehicles, discarded materials, appliances, furniture and junk. Persistent violations may be declared public nuisances and abated under Chapter 15.28. The Code Enforcement Division proactively inspects properties through the Neighborhood Improvement Task Force; residents report blight to (714) 562-3642.