Pacifica, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

03(B) lists the conditions the City Council has declared public nuisances by definition. Item (2) covers buildings or structures that are abandoned, partially destroyed, partially constructed, or allowed to remain unreasonably in a state of partial construction or neglect. Item (3) separately reaches vacant or abandoned buildings with doorways, windows or other openings left open, unlocked, unsecured or otherwise easily accessible to trespassers, vagrants, vandals or unauthorized persons, closing the gap left by a merely deteriorated structure that is nonetheless still secured. 04, any property in violation is declared a public nuisance and may be abated by rehabilitation, demolition or repair, including summary abatement by City forces, without limiting the City's other civil or criminal remedies.

05 requires a written Declaration of Public Nuisance and Notice of Intent to Abate served on the owner and tenant by personal delivery or certified mail, giving no less than thirty calendar days to correct the condition, except in emergencies involving an imminent hazard. The owner or tenant may request review before a Public Nuisance Hearing Officer, an independent attorney with at least three years of State Bar membership, by filing with the City Clerk within ten calendar days of service. If the City abates the nuisance itself, materials removed are destroyed without regard to salvage value, and all abatement costs become a lien or special assessment against the property, recorded through the San Mateo County Assessor's last equalized roll for owner notice purposes.