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Title 15 — BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Chapter 15.08 - BUILDING CODE›Chapter 15.24 — HOUSING CODE

§ 15.25

Alameda County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-01 · Alameda County

15.25.050 - UHC Ch. 4, Definitions, Section 401, Definitions [BID].

{Not adopted, except that the following definitions are adopted and amended to read as follows.}

HEALTH OFFICER. The health officer of the County.

NUISANCE. The following shall be defined as nuisances:

  1. Any nuisance as defined in Section 17920 of the Health and Safety Code, or any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence.

  2. Any attractive nuisance that may prove detrimental to children whether in a building, on the premises of a building or on an unoccupied lot. This includes any abandoned wells, shafts, basements or excavations; abandoned refrigerators and motor vehicles; any structurally unsound fences or structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation that may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.

  3. Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health, as determined by the health officer.

  4. Overcrowding a room with occupants.

  5. Insufficient ventilation or illumination.

  6. Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities.

  7. Uncleanliness, as determined by the health officer.

  8. Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental to the health of human beings, as determined by the health officer.

(Ord. No. 2025-72, Exh. B, 12-16-25)

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