Redondo Beach, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Building Official inspection finding
- Legal status
- Declared public nuisance
- Notice deadline to appeal
- 5 days after service
- Appeal body
- Board of Appeals
- Cumulative remedy with
- Chapter 11 Dangerous Buildings Code
Summary
A Redondo Beach building, structure, or parcel that the Building Official finds imminently hazardous after inspection is declared a public nuisance under RBMC Section 9-21.102 and can be ordered repaired, demolished, or vacated on an expedited timeline.
All buildings, structures and parcels of land or portions thereof which are determined by the Building Official, after inspection, to be imminently hazardous as defined in Section 9-21.104 are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, removal, regrading, excavation, shoring, recompaction or other work in accordance with the procedures specified in this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
RBMC Chapter 21, Abatement of Imminently Hazardous Buildings, Structures and Parcels of Land, gives the Building Official a faster remedy than the standard Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings in Chapter 11 when the danger to life, health, or safety is judged too imminent for ordinary procedures. 104 is declared a public nuisance and must be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, removal, regrading, excavation, shoring, recompaction, or other work as specified in the chapter. 104 defines an imminently hazardous building, structure, or parcel as one in a condition of structural weakness or instability that endangers life, health, or safety of the public or property, where the hazard is so imminent it requires summary or immediate action.
201 requires the Building Official to issue a written notice and order describing the address, the hazardous conditions found, and the required action, whether repair, vacation, or demolition, each on a deadline the Building Official determines reasonable. 209. Service on the record owner follows the civil-summons procedure of the Code of Civil Procedure, with mail and posted notice, plus newspaper publication in a Los Angeles County paper, as fallback methods if the owner cannot be located after diligent search.
Violations & Fines
Failing to comply with a Section 9-21.201 notice and order to repair, vacate, or demolish an imminently hazardous structure allows the Building Official to post the property to prevent occupancy and to have the work performed at the owner's expense, with the cost charged against the property or the owner directly, independent of any separate misdemeanor prosecution available under the Building Code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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