Arcadia Municipal Code Ch. 7 Vacant Lots

No person shall deposit, place, leave or dump any matter whatsoever, including but not limited to earth, sand, gravel, rock, concrete, asphalt, debris, dead vegetation, brick, construction waste or materials, wood, compost, or metal, on any vacant lot, nor shall any record owner of said vacant lot, permit or allow any matter as aforedescribed to remain on said vacant lot. No person shall be guilty of a violation of this section if such depositing, placing, leaving or dumping is carried out to perform any activity on said vacant lot authorized by a valid permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII of the Arcadia Municipal Code or by or at the request of any governmental entity on property owned by said governmental entity. Any record owner who has been mailed a notice by the City of Arcadia to remove any matter described in this section or in Section 5120.5 of this Code, from said record owner's vacant lot, shall install or cause to be installed, in accordance with the Arcadia Municipal Code and specifications on file in the Department of Public Works, improvements on said vacant lot and the public right-of-way contiguous thereto, to block access to said lot to prevent the depositing, placing, leaving or dumping of the matter aforedescribed in this section or any garbage, offal, trash, rubbish or other waste or refuse set forth in Arcadia Municipal Code Section 5120.2, within twenty (20) days after receipt of a written notice from the Director of Public Works, mailed certified mail to the address of said record owner as shown on the records of the Arcadia City Clerk and the last equalized assessment roll on file in the office of the City Clerk. Any violation of this section is hereby deemed to be a public nuisance and may be abated pursuant to Ordinance No. 1591 of the City of Arcadia.

(Added by Ord. 1656 adopted 11/1/78)