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

It is declared a public nuisance and it is unlawful for any person owning, leasing or having charge of any structure or unattended land in the city to maintain such structure or unattended land in such manner that any of the following conditions are found to exist thereon:

A. Land, the topography or configuration of which, as a result of grading operations, excavation or fill, causes erosion, subsidence or surface water drainage problems of such magnitude as to be injurious or potentially injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of the life or property or adjacent properties;

B. Structure which is abandoned, or partially destroyed, for a period of more than six months. A structure permitted to remain in a state of partial construction for a period of more than six months, in violation of Uniform Building Code Section 303(d);

C. Failure to close, after proper notice by such means as shall be acceptable to the community development director, all doorways, windows or other openings into a vacant structure. Proper notice is defined as the issuance of a letter requiring the correction within 10 working days of certified receipt of the letter;

D. Broken window constituting a hazardous condition or inviting trespassers or malicious mischief;

E. Overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin or other animals;

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