Covina Municipal Code Ch. 11.37 Regulation of Maintenance Standards for Private Property Encroachment…

The city council has determined that the quality of life in Covina is tied to the character and conditions of its neighborhoods. It is the purpose of these regulations to prevent private property encroachment onto the public rights-of-way which shall strengthen visual continuity and preserve the integrity and safety of the pedestrian and vehicular public. The provisions of this chapter shall supplement and not supersede other regulations contained in the Covina Municipal Code.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 17, 2010; Ord. 93-1751 § 1, 1993)

A. No owner of private property shall permit any grass, plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, barriers, decorative appurtenances or any other private property condition to become overgrown, overspread, or to intrude into the public right-of-way such that it imperils or interferes with the safe travel of the pedestrian and vehicular public.

B. For purposes of this section, the term "owner" means any person, partnership, association, corporation, or fiduciary having a legal or equitable title or any interest in the private property. This definition includes any agent of the owner.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 17, 2010)

If the director finds such conditions to exist, the director may declare such conditions to be a public nuisance and initiate nuisance abatement proceedings in accordance with Chapter 8.40 CMC.

(Ord. 10-1987 § 17, 2010; Ord. 93-1751 § 1, 1993)