Perris, CA Property Maintenance: Weeds & Overgrown Grass (2026)

The City of Perris enforces landscape and weed standards through its Municipal Code. Under Chapter 7.42, it is unlawful for any owner or occupant of a property to allow the vegetation in the front yard and all other areas that are visible from the street — including the roadside, parkways, easements, edges, and property-line borders — to die, become overgrown, or be altogether missing. This is one of the City's most commonly cited violations and requires residents to keep visible landscaping healthy and maintained rather than letting lawns die out or weeds take over. Separately, Chapter 7.08 governs the abatement of weeds and rubbish: the City can declare overgrown weeds and accumulated rubbish a public nuisance and require the owner to clear them, abating the condition itself and recovering costs if the owner fails to act. Chapter 7.08 has been amended over time (for example by Ordinance 1085). The sources reviewed do not state a specific maximum weed or grass height in inches for Perris, so a numeric threshold should not be assumed; enforcement turns on whether vegetation is dead, overgrown, or missing in violation of Chapter 7.42 or rises to a weed nuisance under Chapter 7.08. Weed and landscape complaints go to the City of Perris Code Enforcement Division at (951) 385-4131.