Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 8.12 Property Maintenance; Nuisances

Part 1: Definitions and Prohibitions

Part 2: Administrative Procedures for Abatement of Nuisances

Part 3: Recordation; Enforcement and Attorney’s Fees

The purpose and intent of this chapter are as follows:

(A) To define as public nuisances and violations those conditions and uses of land that are offensive or annoying to the senses, detrimental to property values and community appearance, an obstruction to or interference with the comfortable enjoyment of adjacent property or premises, and/or hazardous or injurious to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public.

(B) To develop regulations that will promote the sound maintenance of property and enhance conditions of appearance, habitability, occupancy, use and safety of all structures and premises in the city.

(C) To establish administrative procedures for the city’s use, upon its election, to, correct or abate violations of this chapter on real property throughout the city.

(D) This chapter is not intended to be applied, construed or given effect in a manner that imposes upon the city, or upon any officer or employee thereof, any duty towards persons or property within the city or outside of the city that creates a basis for civil liability for damages, except as otherwise imposed by law.

(Ord. 2007-20 § 2 (part), 2007)