Lodi enforces property maintenance through LMC Title 8 (Health and Safety) and Title 17 zoning standards. Common violations include accumulated junk and rubbish, household appliances/furniture visible from the street, overgrown vegetation, and inoperable vehicles in driveways.
Lodi's Community Improvement Division enforces a property-maintenance program under LMC Title 8 and Title 17. The published common-violations list includes accumulated junk and rubbish; discarded appliances/furniture that must be stored out of public view; overgrown grass (over 12 inches); shrubs/trees not maintaining 10-foot clearance over sidewalks or 13-foot clearance over streets; recreational equipment such as basketball hoops in the right-of-way; inoperable vehicles missing tires, engines, or registration; and vehicles parked on unimproved surfaces or front lawns. Notices give a stated period to abate, after which the city can pursue administrative citation and, for severe nuisances, abatement at the owner's expense recorded as a lien.
Property-maintenance violations are enforced as infractions through administrative citations beginning at $100 ($200 second, $500 third within one year). Severe or unabated nuisances can result in city abatement and lien recordation.
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Vehicles parked on Lodi streets for more than 72 hours without moving are subject to towing under California Vehicle Code §22651(k). Inoperable vehicles (mis...
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Lodi enforces the California Swimming Pool Safety Act and California Building Code Appendix V for residential pool enclosures, adopted through LMC Title 15 (...
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Lodi regulates fences under LMC 17.14.100 (Fences and Walls) within the Development Code. Fences up to 7 feet on residential side and rear property lines are...
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Lodi allows limited backyard fowl in residential zones under LMC Title 6 (Animals), Chapter 6.12. Roosters and crowing fowl are restricted, and large livesto...
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Lodi adopts the California Residential Code through LMC Title 15 and requires hard-wired, interconnected smoke alarms in all new dwellings and during permitt...
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Lodi allows artificial turf as a water-conserving landscape material in residential yards, consistent with California's drought-response measures. Standard f...
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