Property Maintenance in California (2026)

A structure the Building Official finds "dangerous," under any of twenty defined conditions from collapse risk to fire…

Compton's Building and Safety Department can declare any structurally unsafe, fire-hazardous, or long-abandoned…

Newport Beach declares any substandard building, one with structural hazards, faulty wiring, or unsanitary conditions…

Petaluma's code official can condemn any structure or equipment found unsafe, unfit for occupancy, or unlawful under…

Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code Title 8 bans property blight like accumulated junk, broken windows, dead landscaping…

A Yuba City building that is immediately dangerous to life, limb, or property can be ordered vacated by the Building…

Alameda requires the owner of any boarded building or vacant parcel to rehabilitate it for occupancy within 90 days of…

Alhambra Municipal Code § 6.26.030(A)(1) makes any dangerous, unsafe or substandard building, structure or property a…

Anaheim treats an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle left on private or public property, outside a…

Apple Valley treats blighted property as a public nuisance under Chapter 6.30 and separately adopts the 2024…

Baldwin Park declares any building the Building Official finds unsafe, substandard, or a fire hazard a public nuisance…

Bellflower declares dilapidated, substandard, or hazardous buildings and premises a public nuisance under Chapter 8.36…

Berkeley's Anti-Blight Chapter (BMC 12.92) makes it an unlawful nuisance for an owner, tenant or occupant to let…

Buena Park's city council can declare any structurally unsafe, fire-damaged, or dilapidated building a public nuisance…

Chapter 32A lets Butte County's Director of Development Services declare a property a public nuisance if it's injurious…

Calaveras County makes it unlawful to cause or maintain a public nuisance on any property, defining nuisance to include…

Camarillo declares a lot a public nuisance if any building on it is structurally unsafe, dangerous, or so deteriorated…

Carson's Property Maintenance Ordinance declares blighted, deteriorated, or substandard buildings a public nuisance the…

Chico adopted the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings by reference, letting the building official…

Concord Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 declares inoperable, wrecked, dismantled, or abandoned vehicles on public or…

A residence or commercial building left vacant more than 90 days is a declared public nuisance in Corona unless it's…

Costa Mesa declares a broad list of property conditions a public nuisance under Municipal Code Section 20-12, from…

Cupertino bars any owner, agent, or person controlling real property from maintaining a building used for human…

Dublin declares any dangerous or substandard building, or dangerous electrical, plumbing, or mechanical installation, a…

Eastvale declares any dangerous, unsafe, or substandard building a public nuisance under state building and housing…

El Dorado County enforces the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings against unsafe structures and…

Under authority granted by California Vehicle Code Section 22660, El Monte's Municipal Code Chapter 8.08 declares…

Fairfield Municipal Code Chapter 27 (Community Preservation) is the city's blight-abatement chapter. It declares…

Fontana declares dangerous, substandard and dilapidated buildings a public nuisance under Municipal Code Sec. 18-2…

Fresno's Blighted Vacant Building Ordinance, Section 10-617, forces owners to actively maintain, monitor and secure any…

Fullerton enforces building-safety and blight abatement through the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous…

Garden Grove Municipal Code Section 9.32.180 declares dangerous, dilapidated, or structurally unsafe buildings a civil…

Glendale declares abandoned, wrecked or inoperative vehicles on private or public property a public nuisance that…

Hanford requires lenders, trustees, and owners of vacant, foreclosure-related residential property to register with…

A Hawthorne building left vacant for more than ninety consecutive days is a declared public nuisance unless the city…

Hemet declares dangerous, unsafe, or substandard buildings a public nuisance and requires owners to repair…

Hercules Code Enforcement can order any owner to fix an abandoned, partially destroyed, or visibly deteriorated…

Huntington Beach declares dilapidated, boarded-up and unsafe buildings a public nuisance under Municipal Code Chapter…

Imperial County has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, letting the Building…

Irvine Municipal Code § 4-11-602 finds that letting nonresidential or multifamily apartment property fall out of the…

Isleton prohibits inoperable or abandoned vehicles visible from public streets under state law CVC 22660 and local…

Kings County declares abandoned, boarded-up, or structurally unsafe buildings a public nuisance and can abate them at…

Lake County's Vacant Structures Ordinance declares unsecured vacant buildings a public nuisance and blight. Owners must…

Lake Forest has adopted the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, letting the Building Official…

Lancaster declares a long list of property conditions, from erosion-causing grading to abandoned structures, junk…

A building the City's building official finds unsafe, substandard, or dangerous under LMC § 8.14.040, whether from…

Los Banos treats a neglected vacant or boarded building as blight and a public nuisance. Under § 10-3.122 no…

Madera bars any building from standing vacant more than 90 days unless the owner shows active repair, active marketing…

Unincorporated Madera County requires beneficiaries and trustees to register, secure, and maintain abandoned or…

Manteca's property maintenance code lets the city declare a deteriorated or blighted building a public nuisance and…

Merced Municipal Code Section 8.40.070 declares a long list of property conditions a public nuisance, including…

Merced County adopts the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings by reference for the unincorporated…

Mission Viejo declares partially destroyed, abandoned, unsafe or deteriorated buildings a public nuisance under…

Monterey's Code Enforcement, Fire Prevention, Animal Control and Police officers can order abatement of blight…

The county's Property Maintenance Code (Ch. 18.14) makes a blighted structure or premises a public nuisance: vacant…

Mountain View abates buildings that endanger life, health or safety under its Uniform Code for the Abatement of…

Norwalk Municipal Code § 8.36.030 makes it unlawful to maintain any property so that a "property nuisance" exists…

Oakland's Property Blight Ordinance bans letting real property fall into any of eleven defined blighted conditions…

Oxnard's property-conservation ordinance lists more than a dozen conditions, from peeling paint to junk storage to…

Palm Springs declares any property meeting the code's definition of "blight" a public nuisance under Section 11.72.162…

Pasadena's Slumlord Ordinance lets the city declare a building with life-threatening code violations, unsanitary…

Perris can order a dilapidated, unsafe, or dangerous building repaired, vacated, or demolished as a public nuisance…

Pleasanton's Municipal Code makes it unlawful to maintain a property with any of seventeen listed blight conditions…

Pomona code enforcement treats inoperative vehicles and other blighted conditions as public nuisances under City Code…

Redlands declares poorly maintained property a public nuisance under City Code § 8.04.190 when it is out of harmony…

A Redondo Beach building, structure, or parcel that the Building Official finds imminently hazardous after inspection…

Rialto treats abandoned, partially destroyed, unsecured or hazardous structures as public nuisances and can order…

Riverside Municipal Code Section 6.15.020 declares junk, abandoned furniture and appliances, peeling paint, and…

Riverside County declares any substandard building in the unincorporated area a public nuisance and can order it…

Sacramento declares any building the chief building official finds dangerous a public nuisance and orders it repaired…

Salinas treats a property as an unlawful nuisance once two or more blight conditions, such as dead vegetation, broken…

Unincorporated San Benito County treats any building or property that endangers human life or public health and safety…

San Bernardino's Building Official can summarily abate a dangerous or hazardous building or premises under San…

San Luis Obispo County declares any building meeting the Dangerous Building Code's eleven-part test in IPMC Section…

A boarded-up building in San Marcos is a public nuisance by definition. Municipal Code Section 17.26.020 requires…

San Rafael can order owners of unsafe, fire-hazard, or unsecured vacant buildings to repair or demolish them, backed by…

Santa Ana's building official can declare any residential building or premises a public nuisance under Municipal Code §…

In the unincorporated county, the Building Official can inspect and red-tag any structure reasonably suspected of being…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County declares any property with blight, unsecured or abandoned buildings, disrepair…

Santa Clarita's public nuisance ordinance makes a dilapidated, partially destroyed, or substandard building a code…

Unincorporated Santa Cruz County enforces a locally amended Uniform Code for the Abatement of Structural and Geologic…

Santa Maria treats dilapidated buildings, abandoned structures, junk-strewn yards, graffiti and unscreened commercial…

Santa Rosa treats a blighted or dangerous building as a public nuisance under City Code Chapter 1-30. Code enforcement…

Any violation of Shasta County's code, or of Division 4 or 18 of the state Food and Agricultural Code, is declared a…

Solano County has adopted the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings by reference as part of…

The City of Sonoma's 2025 Building Code amendments define an 'unsafe structure' broadly enough to cover collapse…

Sonoma County declares any unsafe or dangerous building a public nuisance and abates it under Chapter 1's…

Stanislaus County treats a dangerous or substandard building as a public nuisance under Code Chapter 2.92. Code…

Stockton declares any unsecured, unoccupied building, one with a broken or unboarded window, door or other opening that…

Sunnyvale treats abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles left on private or public property as a…

Tehama County's Dangerous Building Code lets the building official order unsafe or structurally inadequate buildings in…

Temecula requires lenders and trustees to register any residential property that becomes vacant or shows evidence of…

Tulare County declares dangerous, substandard and unsafe residential buildings a public nuisance under Article 33 of…

Union City adopts the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, giving the city authority to require…

Upland Municipal Code Section 8.12.020(E) declares deteriorating, partially destroyed, or unsecured buildings a public…

A City of Ventura property owner who lets a building fall into fire-hazard disrepair, weeds grow past 12 inches, junk…

In unincorporated Ventura County, code enforcement can order abatement of blighted or dangerous properties and fine…

A Victorville Code Enforcement Officer can declare any building with hazards listed in Health and Safety Code Section…

Vista Municipal Code Chapter 8.36 declares a substandard building a public nuisance and lets the City Manager's code…

West Covina declares fifteen categories of blighted conditions a public nuisance under Section 15-200, from abandoned…

Westminster treats a dilapidated, structurally unsafe or dangerous building as a declared public nuisance under…

Whittier's Section 8.08.022 designates a long list of substandard property conditions, unpainted or decaying…

When the Building Official finds a building substandard under Yolo County's amended Uniform Housing Code, the owner…

LA County Code Title 11 (Health and Safety) and the Nuisance Abatement provisions in Title 22 prohibit accumulating…

Antioch Municipal Code Chapter 5-13 (Abatement of Abandoned, Wrecked, Dismantled, or Inoperative Vehicles) authorizes…

Bakersfield declares eleven specific property conditions a public nuisance under Municipal Code § 8.27.010: from…

Brentwood prohibits junk, wrecked, or inoperable vehicles stored in public view under Municipal Code Chapter 8.30…

Burbank Code Enforcement enforces property maintenance, zoning, and unpermitted construction standards. Blighted…

Carlsbad Code Enforcement handles blight administratively under the municipal code: buildings abandoned 6 or more…

Ceres bars a building from sitting vacant more than 60 days unless it's under active repair, listed for sale or rent…

Chino Municipal Code § 8.50.040 declares a lengthy list of property conditions a public nuisance, from overgrown…

Clovis requires owners of vacant residential, commercial, and industrial buildings to actively monitor and secure the…

A Davis building that is dilapidated, fire-hazardous or otherwise unsafe, or that meets the state definition of a…

Downey defines property blight as a public nuisance. Properties out of conformity with neighborhood maintenance…

El Cajon enforces property blight and nuisance conditions through ECMC Title 1 Chapter 1.36 (Nuisance Abatement). Code…

Property blight including accumulated junk, inoperable vehicles, overgrown vegetation, broken windows, and graffiti is…

Fillmore enforces property maintenance standards to prevent blight and maintain the small-town character of the…

Sacramento County Code Chapter 16.18 (Neighborhood Nuisance Code) declares as nuisance any property with overgrown…

Folsom prohibits property blight under FMC Chapter 8.42, including accumulation of junk, inoperable vehicles, overgrown…

Fremont Municipal Code 8.05.030 makes it a public nuisance to keep an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative…

Fresno County Code Title 15 defines blight: junk, abandoned vehicles, weeds, debris. Code Enforcement issues notices…

Hayward's property maintenance code prohibits conditions such as junk accumulation, overgrown vegetation, graffiti…

Hesperia declares any building with structural, fire or safety hazards a dangerous building and public nuisance, giving…

Indio's nuisance code lists specific signs of a deteriorated, blighted building, peeling paint, broken windows, a bad…

Inglewood Municipal Code Section 11-70.2 lists eighteen specific conditions that make a property a public nuisance…

Kern County Code Section 8.44.050 requires every property owner to keep their land free of public nuisance conditions…

Lakewood's Municipal Code Section 4323 lists more than a dozen specific property conditions, from a home vacant and…

Lodi enforces property maintenance through LMC Title 8 (Health and Safety) and Title 17 zoning standards. Common…

Long Beach actively enforces property blight under LBMC Ch. 9.37 (Nuisance Code). Outside storage, junk, debris…

Owners of vacant, unsecured buildings must clean, fence, barricade, and post the property or face penalties up to…

LA County declares any property maintained in a defective, unsightly, or deteriorated condition that diminishes…

Storing an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle on private or public property in unincorporated Marin…

In unincorporated Mendocino County, blighted property conditions such as accumulated solid waste, junk, abandoned…

Menifee enforces substandard residential buildings under the 1997 Uniform Housing Code, but state law controls…

Modesto's Property Maintenance Code, MMC § 9-9.509, declares blighted or deteriorating conditions public nuisances. The…

Moreno Valley's Code Compliance Division enforces property maintenance standards prohibiting overgrown weeds…

Murrieta's property-maintenance code targets visible blight: peeling paint, broken windows, overgrown yards, graffiti…

In unincorporated Napa County it is a public nuisance for anyone owning, leasing, or occupying premises to maintain…

Oceanside enforces property maintenance standards to prevent blight. Properties must be maintained free from junk…

Ontario's Code Enforcement Director treats abandoned, partially destroyed, or substantially deteriorated buildings as a…

In unincorporated Orange County, property that is not maintained to the standards in County Codified Ordinance Title 3…

Pacifica Municipal Code Chapter 25 declares abandoned, partially destroyed or neglected buildings a public nuisance…

Palmdale treats any property with nuisance conditions as a legally 'substandard property' under Municipal Code Section…

Palo Alto prohibits property blight including accumulated junk, overgrown vegetation, broken windows, abandoned…

Under CA Vehicle Code §22660 and Pittsburg Municipal Code Chapter 8.24, inoperative, wrecked, or dismantled vehicles…

Port Hueneme enforces property maintenance standards to prevent blight. PHMC nuisance provisions address peeling paint…

Rancho Cordova enforces property maintenance standards that prohibit blight including junk vehicles, overgrown…

Redding Municipal Code Chapter 1.15 (Abatement of Properties, Buildings, and Conditions) is the city's blight-abatement…

Redwood City bars any owner or occupant from letting refuse of any kind collect and remain on a lot or premises, with a…

Reedley enforces property blight standards under City Code Sections 4-2-3 and 10-16-4. A blighting influence exists…

Richmond prohibits inoperable, wrecked, dismantled, or abandoned vehicles from being stored on private property visible…

Ridgecrest's nuisance code in Kern County, California declares any building that is dilapidated, structurally unsound…

Rohnert Park's nuisance code makes it unlawful to keep a building or property in a damaged, unsafe, dilapidated or…

Roseville's Nuisance Abatement chapter declares a property a public nuisance when visible blight, disrepair, overgrown…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, Land Use Services Code Enforcement abates property blight as a public…

San Clemente declares a long list of dilapidated, unsafe, or visibly blighted property conditions a public nuisance…

San Diego addresses property blight through its public nuisance and vacant structure provisions under SDMC Chapter 5…

In unincorporated San Diego County, Code Compliance does NOT treat general untidiness (overgrown lawns, peeling paint…

San Francisco actively enforces property maintenance standards through the Housing Code, Building Code, and Health…

San Joaquin County Development Title §9-1030 (Nuisance) and Health & Safety Code §17920.3 (Substandard Building)…

San Jose's Code Enforcement Division actively enforces property maintenance standards under SJMC Title 17 (Building…

San Leandro Property Maintenance Ordinance prohibits blight conditions such as junk, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, and…

In unincorporated San Mateo County, the Planning and Building Code Compliance Section enforces property-maintenance…

Santa Clara prohibits property blight including accumulated junk, overgrown vegetation, graffiti, broken windows, and…

Santa Monica enforces strict property maintenance under SMMC Ch. 13.02. Deteriorated fences, unsightly structures, and…

Santa Paula's property maintenance code declares blighted conditions, including peeling paint, broken windows, junk…

Simi Valley enforces property maintenance standards to prevent blight and maintain neighborhood quality. Properties…

Thousand Oaks declares a wide list of property conditions to be public nuisances, including unpainted or peeling…

Tracy Municipal Code Chapter 1.32 is the City's general nuisance abatement law: it lets the City order an owner to…

Truckee adopts the 1997 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings by reference, and any violation of Title…

In unincorporated Tuolumne County, blight such as accumulated garbage, refuse, rubbish and recyclables on private…

Turlock Municipal Code § 5-5-202 lets the Enforcement Officer declare abandoned, boarded-up, partially destroyed, or…

Vacaville Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 (Abatement of Public Nuisance) declares a wide range of blight-producing…

Vallejo's Property Maintenance Ordinance, Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 7.54, makes it unlawful to maintain property…

Visalia declares a wide range of property conditions public nuisances: including abandoned vehicles, broken-down…

In unincorporated Yuba County, any exterior property condition that's detrimental to neighbors' property values or…

Alameda County Nuisance Abatement Ordinance targets property blight including junk accumulation, overgrown weeds…

Bishop Municipal Code Chapter 8.06 makes it a public nuisance to keep property with accumulated waste, junk vehicles…

Chula Vista enforces property maintenance standards through the Code Enforcement division. Common violations include…

Citrus Heights Municipal Code declares blighted, junk-laden, or substandard properties public nuisances subject to…

CCC Ordinance Code Chapter 418-6 declares inoperable, wrecked, or dismantled vehicles on private property a public…

Code Compliance enforces against rubbish, junk, equipment, visible trash bins, weeds. Abatement: up to 60 days.

In unincorporated Glenn County, an owner or person in control of private property must keep the premises free of litter…

Moorpark's property maintenance code in Chapter 8.48 establishes comprehensive standards for property appearance…

The City of Orange enforces property maintenance standards through its Code Compliance Division to address blight…

In unincorporated Sacramento County, accumulating junk, garbage, rubbish, inoperable vehicles, or storing materials…

San Ramon prohibits storing inoperable, wrecked, or unregistered vehicles on private property where visible from the…

Sonora addresses property blight through its nuisance abatement provisions in the municipal code. Properties must be…

Bostonia is unincorporated San Diego County, so blight rules come from the County. Trash, debris, junk, and fire-hazard…

It is unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property in unincorporated Glenn County…

The City of Bellflower, Los Angeles County, forces owners of vacant and unimproved lots to file a landscape and…

Under Bishop Municipal Code Chapter 8.07, the owner of a vacant building must register it within 30 days and keep the…

Unimproved lots in unincorporated Contra Costa County fall under the county's Vacant Property Ordinance, Chapter 720-6…

Corona's Fire Chief can order weeds, dry grasses, dead shrubs, dead trees and rubbish cleared from any vacant or…

Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 9.22, Property Maintenance, expressly covers vacant land as well as occupied premises…

El Monte requires owners of vacant or unimproved lots to register the property, submit a landscape and irrigation plan…

Lancaster requires every owner or possessor of a "vacant property," meaning any property substantially vacant…

Chapter 18.29 of the Long Beach Municipal Code requires whoever controls a vacant lot to keep it free of weeds, dry…

Merced Municipal Code Section 8.40.070 treats several vacant-land conditions as public nuisances: unsecured openings…

Rialto requires vacant and abandoned properties, most often bank-owned homes in foreclosure, to be registered with the…

Owners of unimproved parcels in unincorporated Riverside County must clear hazardous weeds and combustible material…

Every vacant lot owner in Sacramento must register the property with the city, pay a vacant lot program fee, and…

A vacant lot with code or nuisance violations counts as an 'abandoned property' under SDMC §54.0307, letting the Code…

San Francisco treats any blighted vacant lot as a public nuisance. Public Works Code Section 735 makes it unlawful to…

San Jose requires vacant lot owners to keep lots free of weeds, dry brush, dead vegetation and debris, and to register…

San Leandro requires every undeveloped lot to be fenced, signed, and kept free of weeds, debris, and stockpiled…

County Code Sec. 17-9 requires owners of unincorporated commercial and residential lots to keep the property free of…

Santa Monica requires owners of vacant or substantially vacant properties to register them with the city, maintain them…

Santa Rosa requires owners of unmaintained vacant lots to register with Code Enforcement, pay an annual monitoring fee…

Stanislaus County's Vacant Property Ordinance (Chapter 2.94) bars owners of unimproved lots from letting nuisance…

Stockton requires owners of vacant lots and vacant commercial buildings to register with the City within 30 days of…

Sunnyvale code enforcement can declare a vacant lot a public nuisance under Municipal Code Section 9.26.030 when it…

In unincorporated Tehama County, California, a vacant urban parcel of two acres or less must be firebroken across its…

Whittier requires every vacant lot to be landscaped, irrigated and secured within 30 days of becoming vacant under…

Alameda Municipal Code Sec. 23-4.3 declares weeds, rubble, rubbish or other rank growth on private property or on…

Alhambra declares weeds, rubbish, and dirt on any lot, vacant or built, a public nuisance the owner must not allow. If…

Bakersfield makes it a public nuisance to leave junk, debris, construction equipment, discarded furniture or unwetted…

Baldwin Park makes it a public nuisance to let weeds, overgrown vegetation, or dumping accumulate on unimproved…

Berkeley's Anti-Blight ordinance treats an overgrown, debris-covered vacant lot as a public nuisance if two or more…

Brentwood treats overgrown weeds on any street, sidewalk or private parcel, vacant or not, as a fire hazard and a…

Unimproved urban parcels in unincorporated Butte County face a stricter firebreak standard under Code Section…

Camarillo caps weeds and plant growth on any property, vacant or built, at 12 inches under the city's amended…

Carson, California requires vacant and abandoned lots to be fenced against entry, posted with 'No Trespassing' signs…

Chico treats a vacant parcel with plants, animals, or other items endangering public health or safety as a public…

Chino Hills' nuisance code covers vacant land the same as occupied property: the chapter applies expressly to "vacant"…

Vacant lots in Citrus Heights must be kept free of weeds, trash, debris, and fire hazards. Weed abatement programs…

Clovis makes it unlawful for any owner or person in control of a lot to let weeds, rubbish, or overgrown vegetation…

Along Compton's designated Long Beach Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue corridors, owners of vacant or abandoned lots must…

Costa Mesa requires every vacant parcel to be secured and kept clear of litter, rubbish and weeds for as long as it…

Davis treats an unsecured vacant or abandoned building, or a pile of dirt, sand, gravel or concrete left on a lot, as a…

Delano Development Code §20.10.350.2 prohibits use of any vacant or undeveloped residential parcel, or any residential…

Downey treats weeds and rubbish on any lot, occupied or vacant, as a public nuisance the moment they become a fire…

Dublin, California requires every property owner, including owners of vacant and unimproved land, to clear weeds and…

Eastvale's nuisance abatement code defines a 'vacant' property by markers like dead vegetation and accumulated debris…

El Cajon bars anyone from throwing or depositing litter on open or vacant private property, occupied or not, under…

Section 8.42.700 bans dumping litter or solid waste anywhere in unincorporated El Dorado County and separately makes it…

Elk Grove declares uncontrolled weeds, grass, and refuse on lots a public nuisance under EGMC Ch. 17.12, bans dumping…

Escondido's property maintenance ordinance bans weeds, dead or overgrown vegetation, and barren dirt patches on any…

Folsom requires every nonresident owner of a vacant lot to appoint a resident agent responsible for keeping it free of…

Fremont Municipal Code Section 8.25.020 requires owners of vacant and developed parcels alike to immediately clear…

Fresno Municipal Code § 10-605 declares overgrown weeds, dry grass, sagebrush, tumbleweed, and neglected yard…

Garden Grove property owners must clear weeds and rubbish that threaten health, safety, or welfare under Municipal Code…

Glendale bans depositing litter on any vacant private property, improved or unimproved, under Municipal Code Section…

Hawthorne requires owners of any lot, improved or unimproved, to keep it free of weeds, dead trees, rubbish and…

A Hemet lot that sits vacant for more than six months is itself a declared public nuisance, no broken windows required…

Hercules caps weeds and plant growth at twelve inches on every premises, including vacant and unimproved lots, under…

Huntington Beach Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 requires every property owner to keep land free of fire-hazard weeds…

Imperial County bans letting trash, garbage, or refuse accumulate on private property, including vacant lots, if it…

Indio's nuisance chapter, § 95A.104(K), declares vacant land, fields, or lots with overgrown vegetation, likely vermin…

Irvine Municipal Code § 4-11-101 defines 'attractive nuisance' broadly enough to reach an unoccupied lot: abandoned…

Any parcel in unincorporated Kings County, vacant or built on, can't accumulate junk, debris, trash or salvage…

Unimproved parcels in unincorporated Lake County must be cleared of flammable and dead vegetation within 30 feet of any…

Lake Forest's Fire Code requires owners to cut and remove weeds, grass, vines, and other ignitable growth from any…

Lakewood law makes it a public nuisance per se to let a vacant lot or building sit abandoned, boarded up, or open to…

Livermore declares neglected, overgrown vegetation and any accumulation of junk, debris, or waste visible from a public…

Owners of vacant lots and buildings in Los Angeles must prevent accumulation of trash, debris, vehicle parts, and…

Los Banos requires every owner of unimproved or improved land to disc, harrow, rototill, or otherwise clear weeds by…

Madera requires owners of vacant parcels five acres or smaller, the majority of the city's vacant land, to totally mow…

In unincorporated Madera County, vacant lots must have a thirty-foot strip cleared of weeds along every property line…

Owners of vacant or improved parcels in unincorporated Mendocino County must keep land free of hazardous vegetation…

Menifee Municipal Code Section 11.20.200 makes it a public nuisance for an owner, lessee or occupant of vacant real…

Vacant lots and open fields in unincorporated Merced County must comply with weed-abatement Ordinance 9.25. Owners must…

Monterey bars any owner or person controlling a lot, developed or vacant, from letting weeds accumulate on the property…

Monterey County's Agricultural Commissioner can move onto private property, including vacant and unimproved land, to…

Moorpark declares it a nuisance to let unattended land erode, drain badly, or otherwise fall into disrepair from…

Unimproved and vacant Moreno Valley properties carrying weeds, dry grass, or dead brush that pose a fire hazard are…

Murrieta Municipal Code Section 8.20.030 makes it a nuisance to let any property, occupied or vacant, accumulate junk…

Newport Beach lets the Fire Marshal declare weeds, dry brush and rubbish on vacant lots a public nuisance under…

Norwalk bars dumping litter on any open or vacant lot under Municipal Code § 8.28.140. If the litter is dangerous to…

Oakland treats any vacant or unimproved lot with overgrown weeds, dead vegetation, rubbish or accumulated debris as a…

Beyond fire-hazard weeds, City Code Section 17.3(a)(2) treats any Oceanside lot, vacant or built, that becomes…

A vacant lot next to an improved sidewalk or parkway must carry live, healthy grass, landscaping, or screening under…

Unincorporated Orange County requires every vacant lot to stay clear of rubbish, litter, and weeds, and empowers code…

Oxnard's nuisance ordinance requires every property owner, including owners of vacant and unimproved lots, to promptly…

Pacifica Municipal Code § 5-25.03(B)(6) declares overgrown vegetation a public nuisance on any property, including…

Palm Springs requires owners of vacant land with more than 5,000 square feet of disturbed surface to physically block…

Palmdale declares overgrown vegetation, dead trees, tumbleweeds and dry grass or brush on any lot, improved or not, a…

Pasadena requires owners of vacant or unimproved lots to clear weeds and rubbish once the city posts and mails a…

Perris, California treats dead trees, overgrown weeds, open storage of debris, and attractive nuisances like…

Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 10.70 applies to both unimproved and improved parcels, and bars any owner, agent or…

Pleasanton Municipal Code § 9.28.020(C) bans dead, decayed or hazardous trees and weeds that create an unsightly…

Pomona treats an unsecured vacant lot as a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 18-222(4), requiring owners to seal off…

Rancho Cucamonga treats overgrown weeds, dead vegetation, and debris on any lot, improved or unimproved, as a public…

Redlands declares weeds, dry grasses and combustible rubbish on private lots, including vacant parcels, a public…

Redondo Beach bans letting weeds, rubbish, or filthy matter accumulate on any premises, including vacant lots. The City…

In Redwood City, weeds, dirt, rubbish, and rank growths on any private property, street, alley, or right-of-way are a…

Richmond requires owners of vacant commercial or residential buildings to maintain and monitor the property and, within…

When weeds on a vacant Rohnert Park lot become a fire menace or public nuisance, the city council can declare it a…

Roseville code officers can order the fire chief to abate weeds, dirt, rubbish and rank growth on any vacant or…

Unimproved land that becomes a repeat dumping ground for litter, junk or discarded vehicles is a declared nuisance in…

Salinas Municipal Code Sec. 14-02.01 bans letting weeds or grass with windborne seeds, or growth tall enough to become…

Unincorporated San Benito County treats an overgrown, junk-strewn, or debris-covered vacant lot as a public nuisance…

San Bernardino makes it unlawful to throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property in the city, whether…

San Clemente bans dumping or leaving litter on any open or vacant private lot within city limits, whether or not the…

Unincorporated San Diego County bans junk accumulation on vacant lots next to homes unless it meets strict setback…

San Marcos declares weeds, dry grass, dead shrubs and dead trees on any property a public nuisance if they create a…

San Rafael prohibits leaving debris, wreckage, or rodent-attracting waste on any lot in the city, whether occupied or…

San Ramon declares it a public nuisance for any property, vacant or occupied, to accumulate debris, litter, dirt…

Santa Ana caps weeds, grass, and rank growth at six inches under Municipal Code § 16-48, the 'Garbage, Rubbish and Weed…

Santa Clara property owners must keep weeds from growing on vacant lots and the abutting half of any adjoining street…

Simi Valley requires vacant improved properties to be maintained to the same standards as occupied properties, and…

The City of Sonoma treats an unmaintained vacant lot the same as any other property under its general nuisance…

Unimproved parcels in unincorporated Sonoma County must keep vegetation and combustible material cleared within 10 feet…

Temecula's nuisance ordinance caps weeds and grass on developed lots at four inches and treats any building left vacant…

Tracy treats vacant buildings with unsecured windows, doors, or other openings as attractive nuisances, harboring…

Turlock treats weeds, dry grass, and combustible trash on any lot -- vacant or occupied -- as a public nuisance the…

Union City's weed abatement chapter requires owners of any parcel of land, improved or unimproved, to keep it free of…

Upland Municipal Code Section 8.12.020 reaches unimproved as well as improved property: owners may not let discarded…

Vacaville treats an unmaintained vacant lot as a public nuisance under Municipal Code Section 8.10.060(E): weeds…

Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.62.045 bars any vacant lot from sitting idle for more than thirty days unless it is…

In the City of Ventura, an owner or anyone in charge of real property, including a vacant lot, commits a public…

Victorville bans dumping any litter, including inoperable vehicles, on open or vacant property, and lets code…

Vista Municipal Code Section 8.62.030(E)(9) requires every vacant parcel in the city, defined in Section 8.62.010 as a…

Westminster requires every vacant non-residential property, including undeveloped land, to stay free of litter, weeds…

Yolo County amended the International Property Maintenance Code's weed standard to insert an 18-inch height limit, and…

Yuba City requires the yards around any vacant residential, commercial, or industrial building to be actively…

Unincorporated Yuba County declares it a public nuisance to let a vacant or unoccupied property's landscaping or…

On vacant lots in unincorporated Bostonia, San Diego County prohibits dumping brush, rubbish, construction waste or…

Owners of vacant lots in unincorporated San Bernardino County must abate fire hazards under County Code Sections…

Alameda County, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, has no snow sidewalk clearing ordinance because measurable…

Berkeley does not receive measurable snowfall, but property owners must keep sidewalks clear of debris, overgrown…

Snow is extremely rare in Burbank due to its Southern California climate. No snow removal ordinance exists. Property…

California law, not a Carlsbad ordinance, puts the duty to keep a sidewalk safe on the owner of the abutting lot…

Snow is effectively nonexistent in Citrus Heights, which sits at about 160 ft elevation near Sacramento. No…

Not applicable. Clovis is in the San Joaquin Valley (Central Valley) and does not receive measurable snowfall. No snow…

El Cajon is located in a warm inland valley in San Diego County and does not experience snowfall. The city has no snow…

El Monte does not have its own sidewalk-repair chapter; the duty comes straight from California Streets and Highways…

Elk Grove does not experience regular snowfall, so there is no snow removal ordinance. Property owners are, however…

Snow is not a practical concern in Escondido (Southern California, elevation ~700 ft). No snow clearing ordinance…

Fairfield does not have a snow-removal ordinance: measurable snowfall is rare at 14 feet elevation. California Streets…

Fillmore's Mediterranean climate means snow is extremely rare. There are no snow removal requirements. Property owners…

Snow is extremely rare in Folsom given the Sacramento Valley/foothill climate. Folsom has no sidewalk snow-clearing…

Fontana does not experience accumulating snow, so no snow-removal ordinance applies. Owners must keep sidewalks free of…

Fremont does not receive measurable snow, so there is no snow-clearing ordinance. Property owners are responsible under…

Not applicable. Fresno County's Central Valley climate does not accumulate snow. Mountain unincorporated areas (Shaver…

Galt is in the Central Valley and receives essentially no snowfall. There is no snow removal ordinance. Property owners…

Under Streets and Highways Code Section 5610, the owner of any Glendale lot fronting an improved public street or…

Hayward does not get snow, but California Streets and Highways Code 5610 and local code require property owners to keep…

Snow is extremely rare in Inglewood due to its Southern California coastal plain climate. No snow removal ordinance…

There is no snow ordinance in Lakewood: California's Streets and Highways Code Section 5610 governs sidewalk upkeep…

Lancaster requires property owners to clear snow and ice from adjacent sidewalks within a set timeframe after snowfall…

Livermore adjacent property owners must maintain sidewalks in safe condition under California Streets & Highways Code…

Los Angeles does not receive measurable snowfall at city elevations and has no snow removal or sidewalk clearing…

Most unincorporated LA County areas do not receive snow. Mountain communities (e.g., Wrightwood, Mt. Baldy area) may…

Modesto, located in California's Central Valley at roughly 50 feet elevation, experiences no meaningful snowfall. The…

Moreno Valley does not have a snow removal ordinance because measurable snowfall is rare in the Inland Empire; property…

Mountain View does not receive measurable snow, so there is no snow-clearing ordinance. Property owners must still keep…

Murrieta's low-elevation inland Southern California climate produces no measurable snowfall, so the city has no…

Norwalk has no local sidewalk ordinance of its own; the duty runs through California's Improvement Act of 1911. Owners…

Oceanside does not experience snowfall. Property owners are responsible for maintaining adjacent sidewalks free from…

The City of Orange, located in Southern California, does not experience snow. Property owners are responsible for…

Orange County, California does not experience snowfall in its unincorporated communities and has no snow removal or…

Palm Springs is a desert city and does not receive snowfall, so no snow removal ordinance applies. Sidewalks must be…

Palmdale requires property owners to clear snow and ice from adjacent sidewalks within a set timeframe after snowfall…

Palo Alto does not receive measurable snow, but property owners must keep adjacent sidewalks clear of obstructions…

Pomona is in the Inland Valley of Southern California and does not receive snow. No snow removal ordinance exists…

Rancho Cordova does not experience measurable annual snowfall and has no snow removal ordinance. Property owners are…

Redding has no codified snow-removal ordinance: measurable snowfall in the city core (elevation ~560 ft, Cfa/hot-summer…

Riverside's Southern California climate means snow is extremely rare. The city does not have a snow removal ordinance…

Roseville requires property owners to clear snow and ice from adjacent sidewalks within a set timeframe after snowfall…

Salinas requires property owners to clear snow and ice from adjacent sidewalks within a set timeframe after snowfall…

San Diego does not receive measurable snowfall at city elevation and has no snow or ice removal ordinance. Sidewalk…

San Francisco does not experience snowfall and has no snow removal ordinance. However, property owners are responsible…

San Joaquin County (Central Valley, elevation ~20 ft) experiences snow only rarely. There is no sidewalk snow-removal…

San Jose has a Mediterranean climate with no measurable snowfall. The City does not have a snow removal or sidewalk…

San Mateo has a mild Mediterranean climate on the San Francisco Peninsula and does not experience snowfall. There is no…

Sanger does not have a snow removal ordinance. Located in California's San Joaquin Valley at roughly 350 feet…

Snow is essentially nonexistent in Santa Clara. Property owners are responsible for keeping sidewalks adjacent to their…

Snow is extremely rare in Santa Clara County's valley floor and Santa Clara County has no snow clearing ordinance…

California law puts the duty to keep an abutting sidewalk safe on the adjacent property owner, and Santa Clarita…

Snow is not applicable in Santa Monica due to its coastal Southern California climate. There are no snow removal or…

Stockton's Central Valley location means snow is extremely rare. The city does not have a snow removal ordinance for…

Sunnyvale does not receive measurable snow, but property owners are responsible for keeping adjacent sidewalks clean…

Temecula sits at approximately 1,000 feet elevation in southwest Riverside County and effectively never receives…

Snow is not applicable in Torrance due to its Southern California coastal climate. No snow removal ordinance exists.

Tuolumne County does not have a snow removal ordinance for sidewalks or private property. Higher elevation communities…

Tuolumne County does not run a formal sidewalk snow ordinance for Twain Harte, but property owners are encouraged to…

California law puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the city, and Vallejo has adopted that…

Victorville rarely experiences snow, so there is no routine snow-removal ordinance. Property owners must keep sidewalks…

West Covina is in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California and does not receive snow. No snow removal ordinance…

Ontario does not receive snow, but property owners must maintain sidewalks free of debris, obstructions, and trip…

Snow is extremely rare in most of unincorporated San Diego County. There is no snow removal ordinance. Property owners…

Unincorporated Riverside County has no ordinance requiring property owners to clear snow from sidewalks. Most of the…

Snow is extremely rare in the Sacramento Valley. No county sidewalk snow removal ordinance exists. Owners must keep…

San Bernardino rarely sees snow, so there is no shoveling ordinance. Owners are still responsible under Streets and…

Snow sidewalk clearing is not a regular concern in unincorporated San Mateo County's Mediterranean coastal climate, and…

Vacaville is a low-elevation Solano County city that does not experience meaningful snowfall, and the Vacaville…