Manteca, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Covers
- Deteriorated, unpainted, blighted buildings
- Notice period
- 20 days before council hearing
- City power
- Repair, demolish, or remove
- Cost recovery
- Lien, treble costs for repeats
Summary
Manteca's property maintenance code lets the city declare a deteriorated or blighted building a public nuisance and force repair, demolition, or removal through a formal abatement process.
Property otherwise maintained in such a blighted condition, or in such condition of deterioration or disrepair, that the same causes appreciable diminution of the property values of surrounding properties or is materially detrimental to adjacent properties and improvements.
S. It is found and expressly declared that the existence of airborne sand, soil or dust traveling from one property to a neighboring property to such a degree as to result in visible deposits on neighboring property is dangerous and injurious to neighboring property and to health and welfare of residents of the vicinity. Therefore, all property within the city shall be kept and maintained in such a condition so as to prevent the airborne transportation of sand, soil or dust from their property being deposited in visible quantities on neighboring properties.
T. Any public nuisance known as common law or in equity jurisprudence. (Ord. 1584 § 1, 2016)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4829770; v11 updated 2026-04-21).
Full Breakdown
Manteca Municipal Code § 8.17.090 lists building conditions that count as a public nuisance, including buildings left unfinished, abandoned, or boarded up for more than 180 days with worn-off paint, deteriorated stucco, siding, or roofing that invites decay, and any property "maintained in such a blighted condition...that causes appreciable diminution of the property values of surrounding properties" (§ 8.17.090(O), (P), (R)). Enforcement runs through § 8.17.040(E): the city manager or code enforcement officer can order summary abatement for an imminent hazard, or set a city council hearing (twenty days' notice) that can order rehabilitation, repair, or demolition, with noncompliance abated by the city and billed as a lien on the property.
Violations & Fines
Owners get a notice and hearing before the city council; failure to rehabilitate, repair, or demolish lets the city abate the nuisance itself and recover costs as a lien, with treble costs for repeat violations within two years.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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