Lynwood, CA Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Section 3-13.2 of the Lynwood Municipal Code declares a list of property conditions to be a public nuisance, including at subsection (q)(4) "overgrown vegetation likely to attract rodents, vermin or other pests or causing a hazardous condition to pedestrian or vehicular traffic." The same subsection also targets dead, decayed or diseased trees, weeds and debris at (q)(5), and general junk, trash or debris kept on a property at subsection (i). When the city manager finds a property maintained this way, section 3-13.3 requires written notice to the owner describing the violation and setting a reasonable deadline to correct it; if the owner does not comply, the city council holds a hearing under section 3-13.5, with notice served at least 10 days ahead, to determine whether the property is a public nuisance and to order abatement within a set time.

Under section 3-13.7 an owner may abate the condition personally if work begins before the deadline; otherwise section 3-13.8 lets the city manager have the property cleared by city crews or a private contractor. Section 3-13.12, citing Government Code section 38772, lets the city recover its inspection, investigative, abatement, incidental and attorney's fee costs from the responsible person, either as a personal obligation collected like a debt or as a special assessment placed on the county tax roll and collected with property taxes.