Pico Rivera requires every property to be kept clean, neat, orderly, and free of litter, weeds, graffiti, and debris. Chapter 8.16 sets minimum maintenance standards to protect neighborhood livability, and the city's Code Enforcement Division investigates blight and nuisance complaints citywide.
PRMC Chapter 8.16, 'Property Maintenance, Nuisance and Administrative Citations,' requires all properties to be kept clean, neat, orderly, and safe to occupants and passers-by. Owners must inspect at reasonable intervals so no litter, weeds, graffiti, debris, or material stockpiling collects on the lot. The chapter's intent is minimum maintenance standards protecting the city's livability, and it declares nuisance conditions—deteriorating buildings, overgrown vegetation, damaged property—injurious to public health and safety. Damage to onsite buildings must be abated within ninety days of discovery. Violations are enforced through administrative citations under Sections 8.16.200 through 8.16.290, and reinspection fees may apply if not corrected within twenty-one days. Report to Code Enforcement at (562) 801-4413.
Accumulated litter, junk, or debris; overgrown vegetation; graffiti; deteriorated or damaged structures; material stockpiling visible on the lot. Code Enforcement seeks compliance, then issues administrative citations and may charge reinspection fees.
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