Alhambra, CA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

24 defines rubbish as flammable waste paper, wood, or cardboard creating a fire hazard, dirt as artificial earth accumulations hazardous to public health or safety, and weeds broadly to include seed-bearing weeds, brush or weeds that become a fire menace when dry, noxious weeds, poison oak and poison ivy that endanger health, and dry grass, rubble, brush, or litter that creates a fire hazard. 020, any owner, manager, or person in control of a lot or premises who permits these conditions to remain, including on the abutting sidewalk or half of the street or alley, is maintaining a public nuisance.

030, which must state that the nuisance will be abated by the city and the cost assessed against the property if the owner does not remove the weeds, rubbish, or dirt without delay. An owner can file objections and get a hearing before the notice is enforced. If the nuisance is not abated voluntarily, the city performs the abatement itself, directly or by contract, and the recorded cost becomes a special assessment against the parcel, collectible as a lien under the chapter's later sections on cost reporting, hearings, and assessment.