(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 92-018, 9/8/92 (Sections 3-1-100—3-1-155); Ordinance No. 2002-033, 12-9-02 (Sections 3-1-135, 3-1-150); Ord. No. 2024-012, 7/15/2024 (Sections 3-1-100-3-1-110)
"Abandoned building"
shall mean any building or structure or portion that has been vacant in excess of six months. Lack of utility services and/or boarded windows and doors shall constitute prima facie evidence of the abandonment.
"Abate"
shall mean to repair, replace, remove, destroy or otherwise remedy the condition in question by such means and in such manner and to such an extent as the enforcement officer in his or her judgment determines is necessary in the interest of the general health, safety and welfare of the community.
"Building"
shall mean any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
"Graffiti"
includes any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, mark or design that is written, marked, etched, scratched, drawn or painted on any real or personal property, as defined in California Government Code Section 53069.3, as that section may be amended from time to time.
"Junk"
shall mean any cast-off, damaged, discarded, junked, obsolete, salvaged, scrapped, unusable, worn-out or wrecked object, thing or material.
"Major vehicle repairs"
include pulling an engine block, repair or replacement of transmissions and front and rear axles, major body repair, dismantling, and similar work associated with automobiles, boats or other motorized or non-motorized vehicle repair.
"Minor vehicle repairs"
include routine maintenance such as changing oil and tires; replacement of water pump, alternator, brakes, shocks, oil and air filters, and spark plugs; and similar work associated with automobiles, boats or other motorized or non-motorized vehicle repair.
"Owner"
shall mean any person owning property, including, but not limited to, any bank, mortgage company, financial institution, or similar entity or lien holder, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll for City taxes or the lessee, tenant or other person having control or possession of the property.
"Person"
shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other organization, however formed.
"Premises"
includes tracts, lots or parcels of land; easements; single-unit dwellings; townhouses; condominiums; multiple-unit dwellings; apartment buildings; duplexes; group housing; restaurant, hotel or motel; commercial or industrial establishment of any type; any structure; any parcel of land upon which a building or business is located; or any unimproved parcel of land.
"Property"
shall mean all real property, including, but not limited to, the entire premises, parking lots, sidewalks, gutter, driveways, walkways and shall include any building and structure located on such property.
"Registered/Registration"
means a current, valid California Registration for a vehicle conforming to California Vehicle Code Sections 4000 or 9840 et seq. for boats.
"Street"
shall mean the full width or the right-of-way of any public or private street accessible to the public, including the sidewalk, whether publicly or privately maintained and whether or not such street has been accepted as and declared to be part of the City system of streets, including streets forming a part of the State Highway System. "Street" also includes any easements where the City is the grantee of the easement and property owned by the City of San Leandro.
"Vacant lot"
shall mean any undeveloped property without an approved or permitted use or structure.
"Vector"
includes any animal or insect capable of transmitting the causative agent of disease or capable of producing human discomfort or injury, including, but not limited to, mosquitoes, flies, mites, ticks, other arthropods, rodents and other vertebrates.
"Vehicle"
shall mean a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved or drawn upon a highway, road or body of water, and for the purposes of this Chapter shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, recreational vehicles, campers, boats, motorcycles and mopeds.
"Zoning Enforcement Official"
shall mean the Zoning Enforcement Official, as defined in the San Leandro Zoning Code, and their designees.
(a) 
It is the intent of the City Council in adopting this Chapter to provide a comprehensive method for the identification and abatement of public nuisances within the City to protect the health, welfare and safety of residents and to promote the maintenance of real property to improve the livability, appearance and social and economic conditions of the City. Public nuisances can create visual blight or lead to neighborhood decline, causing detriment to surrounding properties and depreciating the value of those properties. In addition, as to vacant properties and abandoned, unsecured or partially constructed buildings, the City Council finds that such properties and buildings represent threats to public health, safety and welfare because they invite trespassers, represent fire hazards, can become harborages for vectors and rodents, can become littered or dumping ground or can encourage criminal activity because the property is unsupervised.
(b) 
Provisions of this Chapter are supplementary and complementary to all other provisions of the San Leandro Municipal Code, State law, and any law cognizable at common law or in equity, and nothing herein shall be read, interpreted or construed in any manner so as to limit any existing right or power of the City to abate any nuisance or initiate any action provided for by law.
(a) 
Every property owner is required to maintain such property in a manner so as not to violate the provisions of this Chapter and such owner remains strictly liable for violations on such property regardless of any contract or agreement with any third party regarding such property or of the identity or relationship of any party responsible for creating the violation. Every successive property owner who fails to abate a continuing nuisance is liable in the same manner as the property owner who created the nuisance.
(b) 
Every occupant, lessee, tenant, or holder of any interest in property, other than as owner, is required to maintain such property in the same manner as is required of the owner, and the duty imposed by this section on the owner thereof shall in no instance relieve those persons referenced from the similar duty.