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

C.The failure to close, by such means as shall be acceptable to the city manager or his/her designated representative, all doorways, windows, and other openings into vacant structures; ... G.Overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin, and other nuisances or having a tendency to depreciate the aesthetic and property values of surrounding properties; ... M.The substantial lack of maintenance of grounds within the city on which structures exist, where said grounds are visible from the public right-of-way or from the sites of neighboring properties where such conditions would have a tendency to depreciate the aesthetic and property values of surrounding properties; ... U.The existence on any premises of any unused and abandoned open pipe, well or excavation, building foundation or buildings which are abandoned, or boarded up, partially destroyed or unfinished and not properly secured;