Mountain View, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Sec. 05 states the article's purpose is to provide procedures for the abatement of buildings deemed to be a danger to the life, limb, health, property, safety and welfare of the general public, and Sec. 10 adopts the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings by reference, with a copy on file in the Building Division of the Community Development Department. Sec. 20 authorizes the building official, or a duly authorized representative from the fire department, building division or city attorney's office including code enforcement, to enforce the code and issue interpretations.

Sec. 25 lets the health officer, fire marshal and building official inspect dangerous buildings, and Sec. 50 requires the notice and order to be served personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address on the last equalized county assessment roll or, if unknown, posted at the building itself; failure to receive the notice does not invalidate the proceeding. An owner may appeal a notice and order through the procedures in Article I, Division 3 of the chapter, but Sec. 60 makes clear that failing to file a timely appeal constitutes a waiver of the right to an administrative hearing and adjudication of the notice and order or any portion of it.

Sec. 40 requires that fees or fines tied to a dangerous building case be paid according to the city's master fee schedule adopted by council resolution or the administrative penalty fees published by the city attorney's office, both subject to periodic amendment, and Sec. 45 designates the development services fund as the city's Repair and Demolition Fund for cost recovery.