Santa Maria Municipal Code Art. 0 Property Nuisance

The purpose and intent of this chapter is:

(a) To promote safe living and commercial areas for the community's residents, and to protect the health, safety and welfare of its residents;

(b) To enhance and promote the maintenance of real property, improved and unimproved, and by so doing, improve the livability, appearance, and the social and economic conditions of the community;

(c) To elevate the self-esteem of the residents of the City of Santa Maria, develop a cohesive and caring community, and thereby be beneficial to the growth and prosperity of the City; and

(d) To ensure that the real properties, whether improved or unimproved, do not reach such a state of deterioration or disrepair as to cause the depreciation of the value of the surrounding neighborhood or be materially detrimental to nearby properties and improvements.

(Ord. 99-25, eff. 1/21/00)