San Bernardino County Code Title 3 defines blight as debris, overgrown vegetation, inoperable vehicles, graffiti, or deterioration. Code Enforcement can abate with owner billed.
San Bernardino County Code Title 3, Division 3 and Development Code Chapter 83 address blighted properties as public nuisances. Blight includes accumulated trash or debris, overgrown weeds or grass, inoperable or dismantled vehicles, graffiti, broken windows, peeling paint, deteriorated fencing, abandoned structures, attractive nuisances (pools without fencing, open pits), and illegal dumping. The county uses a multi-step enforcement process: complaint receipt, inspection, Notice of Violation with compliance deadline (typically 10-30 days), re-inspection, administrative citation, and finally abatement by county contractors with cost billed to owner including 25% administrative fee. Unpaid abatement costs may become a property lien. Vacant High Desert lots frequently generate blight complaints due to illegal dumping and unauthorized storage. Contact Code Enforcement at (909) 884-4056 (Valley) or (760) 995-8140 (High Desert/Mountain).
Blight violation: $100 first citation, $200 second, $500 third within 12 months. Abatement by county: cost plus 25% administrative fee, property lien if unpaid.
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