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

Sec. premises' by name in its opening clause, then item (4) makes it a nuisance to fail to secure and maintain against public access any doorway, window, or other opening into a vacant or abandoned building or structure, and to fail to provide fencing that secures and prevents access to any vacant or abandoned building, structure, or lot. Item (22) reaches what sits on the ground: vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, trailers of any type, boats, camper shells, recreational vehicles, motor homes, mobile homes, and construction equipment, whether or not they run, occupied or unoccupied, parked or stored on vacant private property, are a designated nuisance except where another provision of the City Code or the Uniform Building Code specifically permits it.

Together the two provisions push a vacant lot owner to keep the parcel both physically secured and clear of stored vehicles or equipment. Enforcement follows Chapter 18's standard track: Sec. 18-225 requires a written notice of abatement describing the condition, citing the code section, and setting a compliance deadline; the owner has ten calendar days from service to file a no-fee appeal with the city clerk before the notice becomes final. Sec. 18-223 allows the city to abate by repair, removal, or other correction in addition to, not as a substitute for, any other legal remedy, and Sec. 18-224 makes it the owner's continuing obligation to keep the lot corrected once cited.