Menifee, CA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- MMC Chapter 11.20, Prohibited Public Nuisance Conditions
- Permit authority
- City Engineer/Public Works Director issues encroachment permits
- Underlying ordinance
- Riverside County Ordinance No. 499, Encroachments
- Enforcement path
- Nuisance abatement notice, hearing, then city removal
- Repeat violation cost
- Treble abatement costs under MMC § 11.20.190
Summary
Menifee treats any unpermitted structure or personal property blocking a public sidewalk, street, alley or other right-of-way as a public nuisance. The city allows encroachments like fences, planters or storage extending into the right-of-way only after a valid encroachment permit or other city approval is issued; anything else triggers nuisance abatement under Chapter 11.20.
(33) Any personal property or structure that obstructs or encroaches on any public property, including, but not limited to, any public alley, highway, land, sidewalk, street or other right-of-way, unless a valid encroachment permit or other city approval has been issued authorizing said encroachment or obstruction.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
20, rather than a stand-alone permitting chapter. 020(A)(33) makes it unlawful to allow any personal property or structure, fences, sheds, parked equipment, plantings, that obstructs or encroaches on a public alley, highway, sidewalk, street or other right-of-way unless the property owner has first obtained a valid encroachment permit or other city approval. Menifee separately lists Riverside County Ordinance No. 170.
Violations & Fines
Failure to hold a valid encroachment permit is enforced as a public nuisance, not a standalone infraction: code enforcement issues a written notice of intent to abate, and an unabated obstruction is removed at the property owner's expense, with recovery of abatement costs, treble costs under § 11.20.190, and the option of a nuisance-abatement lien under § 11.20.170.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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