Huntington Beach, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

050 lists dozens of specific conditions the City Council has designated as a public nuisance. Subsection I covers buildings that are abandoned, boarded up, partially destroyed or left unreasonably in a state of partial construction. Subsection BB targets any building left boarded up more than 10 days without a valid demolition or building permit on file with the Community Development Department. Subsection CC reaches buildings used for dwelling, storage or similar purposes that, due to dilapidation, decay, damage or faulty construction, are unsanitary, unfit for human habitation, or likely to injure occupants.

3, incorporating the state's substandard-housing standard directly into local nuisance law. 040, any premises meeting these definitions must be abated by cessation of the activity, rehabilitation, demolition, removal, repair, or other appropriate remedy following the chapter's notice-and-hearing procedure. The Director of Public Works documents the nuisance, the property description, ownership, notices given, and any hearing before the City Council orders the work. 5, collected like ordinary county taxes and subject to the same delinquency penalties, with the City retaining the right to sue the owner separately to recover costs.