Lake Elsinore directs residents to keep grass and weeds cut to less than two inches in height. Dead, overgrown, or hazardous weeds and vegetation are declared public nuisances under LEMC 8.18.020, and flammable weeds on vacant parcels fall under the Hazardous Vegetation Abatement Program (LEMC 8.18.152).
Lake Elsinore addresses overgrown grass and weeds both as a property-maintenance nuisance and as a fire hazard. The City's Code Enforcement guidance directs property owners to keep grass and weeds cut to less than two inches in height and to keep overhanging tree branches at least six feet off the ground, nine feet over any sidewalk, and twelve feet over any street. Under LEMC 8.18.020, dead, decayed, diseased, overgrown, or hazardous trees, weeds, and vegetation, cultivated or uncultivated, that are likely to harbor rats or vermin, present an unsightly appearance, are detrimental to neighboring properties or property values, or are a fire hazard, are declared public nuisances (subsections S and EE), as is vegetation overgrowth that encroaches over a public
Grass or weeds over two inches, overgrown or dead vegetation harboring vermin, vegetation encroaching over a sidewalk or street, or flammable weeds creating a fire hazard are nuisances abatable under LEMC 8.18.020 and 8.18.152.
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