It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying,
or having charge or possession of private property in the city to
maintain or to allow to be maintained such property in such manner
that any of the following conditions that are visible from the street
are found to exist thereon, except as may be allowed by this code:
(a) Unlawful
Outdoor Storage.
(1) The accumulation of abandoned, discarded, or dilapidated objects,
including, but not limited to, junk, vehicle parts and equipment,
machine parts, scrap material, appliances, furniture, household equipment
and furnishings, shopping carts, containers, packing materials, scrap
metal, wood, plant cuttings, rubbish and debris or similar matter
which constitutes a threat to the health or safety of any person or
renders any premises unsightly and detrimental to the general public
welfare. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
the orderly outdoor storage of business related materials and inventory
where permitted by applicable zoning designation and/or conditional
use permit.
(2) The accumulation of dirt, sand, gravel, concrete, litter, debris
or other similar material on the property which is visible from the
street.
(3) Attractive nuisances visible from a public street, dangerous to those
members of the public unable to discover the nuisance condition, or
recognize its potential danger, including, but not limited to, machinery,
equipment, refrigerators and freezers, pools, ponds and excavations,
as well as all other items and conditions identified in
Penal Code
Section 402(c) and
Health and Safety Code Section 24400.
(4) Materials or other items stacked in a manner as to be visible from
the street above any fence. Nothing in this section shall be construed
as prohibiting the orderly outdoor storage of business related materials
and inventory above fence height where permitted by applicable zoning
designation and/or conditional use permit.
(5) The placement of items of business inventory, refuse containers,
equipment, vehicles, or obstruction on the street or sidewalk.
(6) Materials stored or stacked on commercial or industrial property
in a disorderly manner in view of the street in zoning districts where
outdoor storage is permitted.
(7) Boats, trailers, recreation vehicles, vehicle parts or other articles
of personal property which are left in a state of partial construction,
dilapidation, or disrepair for an unreasonable period of time in locations
which are visible from the street.
(8) Camper shells which are left for an unreasonable period of time in
front yards, driveways, side yards, sidewalks, or walkways and are
visible from the street.
(9) Packing boxes, pallets, lumber, junk, trash, salvage materials, or
other debris kept on the property for an unreasonable period and visible
from the street.
(10) The storage of firewood or other flammable materials used for heating
purposes in excess of standards relating to the safe storage of combustible
materials as determined by the city of South San Francisco fire department
and the Uniform Fire Code.
(11) The maintenance of a garage without a door or with a door in a state
of disrepair for an unreasonable period of time visible from the street.
(12) The maintenance of sidewalks or sound walls in a dirty, unsafe or
unsanitary condition.
(b) Landscaping/Vegetation.
(1) Dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees, weeds or other vegetation
constituting unsightly appearance, dangerous to public safety and
welfare or detrimental to neighboring property or property values.
(2) Overgrown vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin, and other nuisances
causing detriment to neighboring properties or property values, growing
into the public right-of-way, obstructing the necessary view of drivers
on public streets or private driveways and visible from the street.
(3) Failure to comply with the requirements set forth in any city zoning
approval or permit applicable to the premises.
(c) Trash,
Litter, Trimmings, Oil and Debris, Stagnant Water.
(1) The accumulation of litter, debris, trimmings or trash on any property,
including sidewalks, gutter, driveways, parking lots or the public
right-of-way, which is generated on, or as a consequence of the use
or maintenance of the property.
(2) Pooled oil, water or other liquid accumulation, flowing onto the
street, or excessive accumulations of grease or oil on paved surfaces.
(3) The existence of any body of stagnant water or other liquid in which
mosquitoes or other insects may breed, or which may generate noxious
or offensive gases or odors.
(d) Trash
Containers.
(1) Trash, garbage or refuse cans, bins, boxes or other such containers
stored in view of the street, except on normal trash pick-up days.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the outdoor
storage of any type of trash receptacle if said receptacle is screened
from view from the street or any public right-of-way in a manner approved
by the fire chief.
(2) Trash containers without secure, firmly fitting covers or evidencing
an overflow of trash and or other debris.
(e) Buildings
and Structures.
(1) Buildings which are dilapidated, abandoned, boarded up, partially
destroyed, have broken windows or broken windows secured with wood
or other materials or which are left in a state of partial construction
or an unreasonable period of time, buildings subject to demolition
pursuant to applicable permit or other authority, for which demolition
has not been diligently pursued, and such buildings which are unpainted,
have lead paint, or where the paint on the building exterior is cracking,
peeling, chalking or mostly worn off.
(2) Unsecured buildings constituting hazardous conditions or inviting
or permitting trespassers and malicious mischief.
(3) Awnings, covers, canopies, umbrellas, screens or other window coverings
or building structures which are damaged, torn, severely faded, rusted,
bent, unpainted or in some other state of disrepair.
(4) The existence of any barbed wire or razor ribbon fences within four
feet of any public sidewalk or street right-of-way and at a height
of less than six feet from the ground level; or any wire, twine or
rope fences consisting of one or more strands, less than three feet
in height and within three feet of any public sidewalk; or any electric
fences or any fences or walls with pieces of glass or other sharp
objects (not including barbed wire) embedded or affixed to the top
thereof.
(f) Fences
and Gates. Fences or other structures on private property abutting,
fronting upon, or visible from any public street, which is sagging,
leaning, fallen, decayed, extending into the public right-of-way or
other dilapidated or unsafe condition.
(g) Graffiti.
Graffiti or other words, lettering or drawings which remain on the
exterior of any building or fence for an unreasonable period of time.
(h) Parking
Limitations.
(1) Vehicles by which any person or property may be propelled, moved
or drawn upon the highway, road or body of water, including but not
limited to, automobiles, recreational vehicles, campers, boaters,
motorcycles and mopeds and trailers, whether motorized or nonmotorized,
parked upon any lawn or other unpaved surface lying within any front
yard or street corner side yard, unless the vehicle is parked on a
paved driveway which provides access to a required parking space or
parking lot.
(2) Vehicles, whether motorized or nonmotorized, parked within any required
setback or on any surface which has not previously been approved for
parking purposes pursuant to applicable building and/or zoning code
provisions.
(3) Vehicles, whether motorized or nonmotorized, parked parallel to any
residence unless the vehicle is parked on a legal circular driveway.
(4) Industrial and commercial properties that fail to post adequate notice
prohibiting unauthorized vehicle parking on all such properties in
accordance with the requirements of the South San Francisco police
department.
(i) Residential
Vehicle Repair. The performance of major repairs or dismantling of
any motorized or nonmotorized vehicle, boat, or part thereof, in a
location visible from the street. This section shall not be construed
as prohibiting the registered owner of a motorized or nonmotorized
vehicle or boat, or part thereof, from performing minor repair of
said vehicle in the driveway or other paved surface of a residence,
provided that the vehicle or boat is registered to someone living
in the residence. Proof of registration of any vehicle or boat on
which minor repairs is occurring shall be provided to any South San
Francisco police officer or code enforcement officer upon request.
(j) Parking
Strips, Parkways, Landscape Strips.
(1) Allowing an accumulation of junk, rubbish, debris, or dead, decayed
or overgrown vegetation in that area between the property line and
the street line of a given parcel, including but not limited to those
areas commonly known as a “parking strips,” and “landscape
strips.” This section is intended to supplement and not conflict
with the provisions of Chapter 22, Division 7, Part 3 of the Streets
and Highways Code, entitled “maintenance of sidewalks.”
(k) Miscellaneous.
(1) Any other condition or use of property which gives rise to a reasonable
determination that said condition or use represents some threat to
the health and welfare of the public by virtue of its unsafe, dangerous
or hazardous nature, or which is so out of harmony with the standards
of properties in the vicinity so as to cause substantial diminution
of the enjoyment, use, or property values of such properties.
(2) The existence of any condition or use causing dense smoke, gas, soot,
cinders or other particulate matter in such quantities as to render
the occupancy of surrounding properties uncomfortable to a person
of ordinary sensibilities.
(3) Any violation of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, including
but not limited to a failure to comply with a term or condition imposed
by any agreement, entitlement, permit, license or environmental document
issued or approved by or on behalf of the city.
(Ord. 1240 § 2, 1999; Ord. 1413 § 1, 2009; Ord. 1469 § 1, 2013)
It is unlawful for any person owning, leasing, renting, occupying
or having charge or possession of any private property in the city
to use, maintain or allow to be maintained such property for any purposes
so as to create any of the following conditions on adjacent or contiguous
public property, except as may be allowed by this code:
(a) Outdoor
Storage, Operations or Encroachment.
(1) The tracking of mud, dirt, sand, gravel and concrete onto the street
or public right-of-way.
(2) The spilling of debris, including trash, paper, wood, plant cuttings
and other vegetation, onto the street or other public right-of-way.
(3) Vehicles and/or other materials associated with business activity
stored on the street or in the public right-of-way.
(4) The existence of any condition or use which unlawfully obstructs
the free passage or use in the customary manner of any navigable stream,
river, canal, bay or basin or any public park, square, street, highway,
lane or sidewalk.
(b) Miscellaneous.
Any other condition or use of property which gives rise to a reasonable
determination that the effect of said use or condition on adjacent
public property represents some threat to the health and welfare of
the public by virtue of its unsafe, dangerous or hazardous nature,
or which is so out of harmony with the standards of properties in
the vicinity so as to cause substantial diminution of the enjoyment,
use, or property values of such properties.
(Ord. 1240 § 2, 1999)
Any private property, or use of private and/or public property
found to be maintained in violation of the foregoing sections is declared
to be a public nuisance and shall be abated by rehabilitation, removal
or repair pursuant to the procedures set forth herein. The procedures
for abatement set forth herein shall not be exclusive and shall not
in any manner limit or restrict the city from enforcing other city
ordinances or abating public nuisances in any other manner provided
by law including, but not limited to,
Civil Code Section 3480.
(Ord. 1240 § 2, 1999)