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

BMC 8.07 addresses vacant buildings and storefronts as nuisances. Section 8.07.050 requires an owner to register a vacant building within 30 days after it becomes vacant (or within ten days of city notice), and annually thereafter while it stays vacant. Section 8.07.070 sets maintenance standards: landscaping and plant material must be alive, growing and healthy; the building exterior well maintained with intact finishes, doors, roofing and windows; and no exterior trash, debris, personal property or graffiti. Separately, BMC 8.06.010 already treats accumulated waste, dead vegetation and dangerous excavations on any lot as a public nuisance, so unbuilt vacant parcels are covered by the general nuisance rules.