Redondo Beach has no standalone vacant-property or blight-registration ordinance, but RBMC Title 5, Chapter 2 requires owners and occupants to keep premises clean, sanitary, and wholesome. Accumulated rubbish, debris, and offensive matter are declared public nuisances subject to abatement, enforced by the Police Code Enforcement Division.
Under RBMC Title 5, Chapter 2 it is unlawful for any owner, lessee, agent, or occupant of premises to fail to keep them in a clean, sanitary, and wholesome condition, or to permit any accumulation of garbage, rubbish, stagnant water, or filthy or offensive matter to remain. Accumulations from which foul odors emanate, or which breed vermin, insects, or rodents, are declared nuisances. In 2024 the City Council reviewed but declined to adopt a dedicated vacant-property/blight ordinance, leaving abandoned buildings to be addressed administratively or prosecuted as a misdemeanor or infraction. Code Enforcement emphasizes voluntary compliance first; about 70% of owners comply when contacted before formal action.
Code Enforcement seeks voluntary compliance via correction notices. Unresolved blight nuisances may lead to administrative citations, City abatement at the owner's expense, and prosecution as a misdemeanor or infraction under RBMC Title 5.
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