Yolo County, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

13 amends Section 1101 of the Uniform Housing Code as adopted by the county. Once the Building Official inspects a building and determines it is substandard, subsection (a) requires proceedings toward repair, rehabilitation, vacation, or demolition. Subsection (b) sets out what the notice and order must contain: the property's address and legal description, the specific substandard conditions found dangerous under the code's Section 202, and the required action. If repair is ordered, all permits must be secured and work must physically start within 60 days of the order, finishing within a reasonable time the Building Official sets.

If demolition is ordered, the structure must be vacated within a reasonable time (not to exceed 60 days), permits secured within 60 days, and demolition finished within a reasonable period. The order must also advise the owner of a 30-day window to appeal in writing to the Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board, and that missing the window waives the right to a hearing. Subsection (c) requires service on the record owner and posting on the property; subsection (f) details service by both conspicuous posting on the building and certified mail to the owner of record and any deed-of-trust holder.

Subsection (d) gives a mortgagee or beneficiary of record 15 days after the owner's deadline lapses to step in and complete the ordered work themselves. 12, "Building Official" means the Director of Public Health or designee, and the "Enforcement Agency" is the County's Department of Public Health, so abatement in unincorporated Yolo County runs through Public Health rather than a separate code enforcement division.