Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 22.08 Definitions and Prohibitions

A nuisance shall mean any of the following:

A. Any violation of any provision of the Inyo County Code, the Inyo County General Plan, any county area or specific plan, airport land use plan, any variation or subpart of the foregoing, or any other land-use planning document duly approved by the board of supervisors or the planning commission;

B. Any violation of a term or condition of any license or permit duly issued by the county, including, but not limited to, any building or grading permit, conditional use permit, or any form of land-use approval governing real property in the county;

C. Any violation of any ordinance or resolution of the board of supervisors, whether or not codified;

D. Any violation of state law, including, but not limited to, the State Housing Law (commencing with Section 17910 of the California Health and Safety Code) or California Civil Code Section 3479;

E. Any violation of the State Building Standards Code, codified in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as the same may be amended from time to time by the State Building Standards Commission, and subject to any local variances duly adopted by the county;

F. Any condition in the county that is declared or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to constitute a nuisance;

G. Any condition in the county that is declared or determined by resolution, ordinance or other formal action of the board of supervisors to constitute a nuisance.

(Ord. 1270 § 3, 2021)

A public nuisance shall mean any nuisance that affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal; or any public nuisance as defined by state law or the Inyo County Code.

(Ord. 1270 § 3, 2021)

No person shall commit, create or contribute to the creation of a nuisance or a public nuisance in the county, nor shall anyone allow a condition constituting a nuisance or a public nuisance to exist on property in the county that is within their ownership or control. Whenever there is cause to believe that a nuisance or a public nuisance exists within the unincorporated area of the county, the county counsel, the county administrator, the district attorney, and their designees are empowered to the fullest extent permitted by law to initiate and pursue administrative and judicial enforcement actions to determine and abate the public nuisance and/or to punish any person responsible for creating or maintaining the nuisance.

(Ord. 1270 § 3, 2021)