Lake Forest, CA Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Obstruction Rules (2026)

The keeping, placement, or deposit on sidewalks, parking lots, landscaped or other private outdoor areas visible to the public right-of-way, of any of the following:

1. Debris, junk, lumber, or trash.

2. Abandoned, disregarded, or unused objects or equipment (e.g., refrigerators or other appliances, motor vehicle parts, any unsound structure, skateboard ramps, accumulated lumber, debris, trash, garbage).

3. Any conditions in this section which may be an attractive nuisance and dangerous to children.

F. Any swimming pool, pond, spa, abandoned well, or other body of water, that is stagnant, abandoned, unattended, or unfiltered.

G. Hoarding and/or hoarding conditions either in the interior or the exterior of a property.

H. Except where construction is occurring under a valid permit, the storage or parking of the following, visible from the public right-of-way, upon any property exterior within a residential zone: construction equipment, machinery, grading equipment, or supplies and materials of any type or description.

I. The parking, placement, or storage of any commercial vehicle over 22 feet long or seven feet tall or 90 inches wide on residential property, including, but not limited to: buses, tow trucks, dump trucks, flatbed trucks, tractors, tractor trailers, truck trailers.

J. Use of commercial bins for single-family residential uses, except for the temporary purpose of renovation, demolition, and construction activities.

K.