Turlock, CA Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

The Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to abate such nuisances as provided in this chapter as follows:

(a) The maintenance of premises so out of harmony or conformity with the landscaping and maintenance standards of adjacent properties as to cause substantial diminution in the enjoyment, use, or property values of such adjacent properties;

(b) The storage or keeping on any premises for more than sixty (60) days of any abandoned, owner unknown, operable, or inoperable automobile, trailer, house trailer, boat, or other vehicle, or major part thereof, within the view of persons on the public streets or other properties adjacent to such premises;

(c) The existence on any premises of any unused and abandoned open pipe, well, excavation, building foundation, or building which is abandoned or boarded up, partially destroyed, or unfinished and not properly secured;

(d) Any other condition on, or the use of, property which constitutes a public nuisance as defined by State laws or which may be declared such by other laws or resolutions of the City;

(e) The maintenance of premises in such a manner as to permit the premises to become so defective, unsightly, or in such condition of deterioration or disrepair that the same causes appreciable harm or is materially detrimental to proximal properties or improvements;

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