Whittier's own Municipal Code Chapter 8.08 (Property Maintenance), part of Title 8 Health, Safety and Environment, requires lots be kept free of litter, weeds, graffiti, debris and stockpiled material. Conditions that violate the chapter are declared a public nuisance the city may abate.
The incorporated City of Whittier enforces its own property-maintenance standards under Title 8 (Health, Safety and Environment), Chapter 8.08 of the Whittier Municipal Code, separate from Los Angeles County rules. Search-indexed text of Chapter 8.08 states a lot 'shall be maintained free of litter, weeds, graffiti, debris, including the stockpiling of any material, at all times,' and that any on-site litter, weeds, debris or stockpiling 'shall be immediately removed by the property owner, upon discovery.' Owners must inspect their property at reasonable intervals to ensure such material does not accumulate. Failure to comply is designated a public nuisance under Section 8.08.030. Enforcement is handled by the city's Code Enforcement unit (housed under the Whittier Police Department), reachable at WHCodeEnforce@cityofwhittier.org. Where real property constitutes a public nuisance in the opinion of the city manager and an immediate threat of injury or damage exists, the city manager may order the condition abated and then recover the city's abatement costs from the owner. Graffiti, illegal dumping, and damaged structures are addressed within the same chapter. Because Whittier is a charter/general-law incorporated city, these are city ordinances enforced by city staff, not county code. Specific fine amounts were not located in a fetched source and are not stated here.
Declared a public nuisance under Whittier Municipal Code Section 8.08.030; the city may order abatement and recover its abatement costs from the property owner. Code Enforcement (Whittier PD) investigates complaints; specific penalty/fine amounts were not found in a fetched city source.
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