San Luis Obispo County, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

5 if it shows any one of eleven conditions: fire, earthquake, wind or flood damage likely to cause partial or complete collapse; a foundation likely to fail; egress that is unsafe, blocked or non-conforming; construction so unsound it cannot resist one and one-half times its designed load; a dwelling made unsanitary or unfit for habitation by inadequate maintenance, light, ventilation or plumbing; or an abandoned structure that has become an attractive nuisance to children. 030 converts any of those findings into a declared public nuisance, abated by the Dangerous Building Code's own procedure rather than a generic nuisance action.

020(6). 020(8) lets the code official ask the Board of Supervisors for an order allowing the County to vacate, repair or demolish the building itself, sell salvage, and clean the lot, returning any surplus sale proceeds to the rightful owner. 040 then recovers cost: the code official keeps an itemized account, serves notice of the proposed assessment at least fifteen days before a Board confirmation hearing, and if the owner has not paid within fifteen days after that hearing, the Board can specially assess the parcel and record a notice of abatement lien with the County Recorder, at parity with property tax liens under Government Code Section 25845.