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

102 bars any owner, agent, or person in control of a lot or parcel, including adjoining public ways, sidewalks, and alleys, from maintaining conditions that create a public nuisance and imposes a duty on the owner to destroy or remove the prohibited material. Listed conditions include dead, decayed, diseased, or hazardous trees, weeds, grass, rubbish, or debris that could shelter rodents, insects, or vermin; dead vegetative growth overhanging a structure or extending within 10 feet of a chimney outlet; weeds producing injurious pollen; weeds, rubbish, or debris that could become a fire or health hazard, or that sit within 36 inches of a fire hydrant; vegetative growth overhanging a public street at less than 14 feet in height or a public sidewalk at less than 8 feet; and any other vegetation that, due to lack of maintenance, becomes a fire or health hazard.

101's broader neighborhood-preservation standard covering abandoned buildings, building materials left outdoors, and deteriorated improvements, so an unmaintained vacant lot can be cited under either provision depending on the condition found. Violations are processed as nuisances subject to summary abatement and cost recovery under Chapters 28 and 29 of Title 5, meaning the City can perform the cleanup and bill the property owner if the condition is not corrected after notice.