Baldwin Park, CA Property Maintenance: Vacant Lot Maintenance (2026)

Baldwin Park addresses vacant and unimproved property directly in its nuisance ordinance. Under BPMC § 95.02(J), whenever the Director determines that unimproved real property has become a dumping ground for litter, garbage, junk, debris, discarded furniture, appliances, vehicles, vehicle parts or hulks, or a site for repeated illegal parking, the Director may order the owner to secure the property by erecting and maintaining a minimum six-foot-high chain link (or other approved) fence to reduce or eliminate accessibility. Separately, BPMC § 95.02(R) declares it a nuisance to maintain a vacant property in a commercial or industrial zone 'without lawn or groundcover over the entirety thereof, or without an appropriate irrigation system to maintain such lawn or groundcover' — though with the Director's prior written approval, xeriscape (drought-tolerant landscaping needing no irrigation) may be substituted. Vacant or abandoned buildings are also covered: § 95.02(O) makes it a nuisance to abandon or vacate a building so it becomes available to unauthorized persons, and § 95.02(P)(18) treats a building abandoned more than six months as an attractive nuisance. Enforcement follows the standard Chapter 95 abatement process (order of abatement, appeal, city abatement and cost recovery via lien). Baldwin Park does not publish a separate, distinct vacant-lot weed-abatement schedule; overgrowth on any lot is reached through § 95.02(I).