Rocklin, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- RMC § 8.04.020
- Listed nuisance conditions
- 15 categories, A through O
- Enforcement authority
- City manager or code enforcement officer
- Recorded notice
- Filed with Placer County Recorder
- Appeal window
- 15 calendar days, Chapter 8.01
Summary
Rocklin Municipal Code § 8.04.020 lists fifteen specific conditions, from junk piles visible from the street to unpainted, dry-rotted buildings, that are unlawful property nuisances. Violations are abated under Title 1 procedures and can become a recorded lien.
8.04.020 - Unlawful property nuisances. It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying or having charge or possession of any property in the city to maintain or to allow to be maintained such property in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon, except as may be allowed by this code: A.The accumulation or presence of packing boxes, cardboard boxes, lumber, rubbish, refuse, barrels, drums, salvage materials, broken or discarded furniture, household fixtures or household equipment or furnishings designed for indoor use, storage containers, canopies, shipping containers or shopping carts on the property visible from public view ... G.Buildings which are abandoned, partially destroyed, left in an unreasonable state of partial construction or have been declared substandard or dangerous by the enforcement authority
Full Breakdown
Section 8.04.020 of the Rocklin Municipal Code makes it unlawful for any owner, lessee, tenant or occupant to maintain property showing any of fifteen listed conditions visible from public view: accumulated boxes, lumber, rubbish or discarded furniture; overgrown vegetation exceeding twelve inches; dead or hazardous trees; attractive nuisances like abandoned appliances or hazardous pools; abandoned vehicles or vehicle parts left in yards; vehicles stored off a driveway in residential zones; abandoned, partially destroyed or substandard buildings; unpainted buildings with dry rot or termite damage; broken windows; deteriorated fences, walls or driveways; visible construction equipment or farm machinery outside an active permit or agricultural use; lack of landscaping; accumulated dirt, sand or gravel; maintenance out of harmony with adjacent properties; and graffiti, which is separately abated under Chapter 9.32.
Section 8.04.030 declares any property violating § 8.04.020 a public nuisance to be abated by rehabilitation, removal, demolition or repair under the procedures in Chapters 1.08 through 1.18 of Title 1. If the property owner does not comply within the time set in a notice of violation and no appeal is filed, § 8.04.030(A) authorizes the enforcement authority to record a notice with the Placer County Recorder certifying the parcel as a nuisance; once repairs are completed, § 8.04.030(B) requires the enforcement authority to record a release.
The enforcement authority is defined in § 8.04.010 as the city manager or a designated department head, building official, or code enforcement officer, and an aggrieved property owner may appeal an administrative decision to the city manager and then the city council under Chapter 8.01, filing within fifteen calendar days of the decision.
Violations & Fines
A property found in violation of § 8.04.020 is a public nuisance abated under Title 1 procedures and is also an administrative violation under Chapter 1.14: citations run up to one hundred dollars for a first offense, two hundred fifty dollars for a second, and five hundred dollars for each further offense within a year, capped at one hundred thousand dollars per parcel per year. Recording a nuisance notice with the Placer County Recorder under § 8.04.030(A) can result in a lien against the property for unpaid abatement costs.
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