Chino, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

040 then lists what counts as a nuisance in four groups. Property-maintenance nuisances (subsection A) include dead or diseased vegetation, bare dirt exceeding six square feet visible from a public street, landscape debris or construction refuse left more than seven calendar days unless screened by a five-foot wall or opaque fence, and gardening equipment stored in a front or street-side yard past seven days. Building nuisances (subsection B) cover unpainted or untreated exposed material, damaged trim or wall coverings exceeding ten percent of trim surfaces or five percent of a wall plane, structurally unsafe roofs, and garage doors too broken to open or close.

Supplemental-element nuisances (subsection C) include cracked, weed-choked driveways, damaged fences or mailboxes, and "attractive nuisances" such as hazardous pools, polluted water, graffiti left more than seventy-two hours, and unsecured vacant buildings. Vehicle nuisances (subsection D) bar storing an inoperable vehicle or vehicle parts in a required front yard or driveway for more than seventy-two hours; no more than two inoperable vehicles may sit in a side or rear yard, and only if screened by a five-foot wall or fence, while vehicles under repair must be registered to the property address.

130: the Director of Community Development investigates, serves a written "Notice and Demand for Abatement" giving ten calendar days to correct the violation, and the recipient has ten days to appeal to the Director, with a hearing set within ten days of the appeal. 130, with a further fifteen-day right to appeal the assessment to the city council.