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Chapter 8.48 — FRUIT TREE LIMBS, BRANCHES, STUMPS AS NUISANCES

Riverside County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Riverside County

8.48.010 - Accumulation declared nuisance.

Any accumulation of limbs, branches, prunings, trimmings, stumps and parts of domestic or cultivated fruit trees, cut, removed, fallen or severed from such trees, is declared to be a public nuisance.

(Ord. 190 § 1, 1930)

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8.48.020 - Accumulation defined.

The word "accumulation," as used in this chapter, is defined as any and all limbs, branches, prunings, trimmings, stumps and parts of domestic and cultivated fruit trees, which have fallen from such trees and have not been destroyed by burning or otherwise, within ten days after such cutting, removal, severance or falling, including such limbs, branches, prunings, trimmings, stumps and parts of such trees which have been cut, removed, severed or have the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

(Ord. 190 § 2, 1930)

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8.48.030 - Violation—Penalty.

Any person, firm or corporation maintaining a public nuisance as defined in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 190 § 3, 1930)

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