ORDINANCE 1627ORDINANCE NO. 1627
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING EL SEGUNDO MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 7-1 TO ADDRESS THE ACCUMULATION OF ABANDONED
ITEMS AND JUNK IN PARKWAYS AND THE STORING OF TRASH
CARTS.
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. El Segundo Municipal Code ("ESMC") § 7-1-2 is amended by adding the
following definition in proper alphabetical order:
"PARKWAY — that portion of property between the sidewalk or property line and
the curb or roadway, that is available for landscaping."
SECTION 2. ESMC § 7-1-4 is amended as follows.
7-1-4: NUISANCES; DESIGNATED:
It is unlawful and it is declared to be a public nuisance for any person
owning, leasing, occupying, or having charge or possession of any property
within the city to maintain such property in such a manner that any of the
conditions listed below are found to exist. This section is not the exclusive
definition or designation of what constitutes a nuisance within this city. It
supplements and is in addition to other regulatory codes, statutes, and
ordinances enacted by the city, state, or any other legal entity or agency
having jurisdiction. Designated public nuisances include the following:
A. A violation of any provision of applicable law including, without
limitation, the El Segundo municipal code;
B. Any land, the topography, geology, or configuration of which, whether
in a natural state or as a result of grading operations, excavations, fill, or
other alteration, interferes with the established drainage pattern over the
property or from adjoining or other properties which does or may result in
erosion, subsidence, or surface water drainage problems of such
magnitude as to be injurious to public health, safety and welfare or to
neighboring properties;
C. Any building or structure which is partially destroyed, damaged,
abandoned, boarded up, dilapidated, or permitted to remain in a state of
partial construction,
D. The failure to secure and maintain against public access all doorways,
windows, and other openings into vacant or abandoned buildings or
structures;
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E. Painted buildings and walls, retaining walls, fences or structures that
require repainting, or buildings, walls, fences, or structures upon which the
condition of the paint has become so deteriorated as to permit decay,
excessive checking, cracking, peeling, chalking, dry rot, warping or termite
infestation;
F. Any premises, building or structure, wall, fence, pavement, or walkway
which is painted in a garish manner or is out of harmony or conformity with
the standards of adjacent properties;
G. Any building or structure, wall, fence, pavement, or walkway upon
which any graffiti, including paint, ink, chalk, dye, or other similar marking
substances, is allowed to remain for more than twenty four (24) consecutive
hours;
H. Any wall, fence, gate, or hedge that is damaged, broken, or a hazard or
is maintained in violation of this code;
I. Broken windows;
J. Any overgrown, dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous tree, weeds,
vegetation, or debris within areas such as planters landscaped areas
parkways, adjoining sidewalks and driveways, that is visible from
neighboring ro erties or the public right of way, which:
1. May harbor rats, vermin, or other disease carriers;
2. Is maintained so as to cause an obstruction to the vision of motorists
or a hazardous condition to pedestrians or vehicle traffic;
3. Creates a danger or attractive nuisance to the public;
4. Detrimentally affects neighboring properties or property values; or
5. Constitutes a fire hazard;
K. Building exteriors, roofs, landscaping, grounds, walls, retaining and crib
walls, fences, driveways, parking lots, planters, sidewalks, or walkways
which are maintained in such condition so as to become defective,
unsightly, cracked or no longer viable;
L. The accumulation of dirt, litter, trash, junk, abandoned personal
property, feces, or debris in or on areas such as ie adjoining
sidewalks, adjoinin arkwa s walkways, courtyards, patios, parking lots,
planters, landscaped or other areas and that is visible from neighboring
properties or the public right of way;
M. Any premises upon which there is or is permitted to be,
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1. Lumber, building materials, rubble, broken asphalt or concrete,
containers, or other similar materials, except where construction is
occurring under a valid permit;
2. Junk, solid waste, abandoned personal propert vegetation,
salvage materials, scrap metals, hazardous waste, broken or neglected
machinery, dirt or fill material deposited or stored contrary to any law,
automobile parts, except within a commercial business lawfully engaged in
retail sales;
3. Sinks, fixtures or equipment, appliances or furniture, except lawn
furniture in residential yards and new or used furniture lawfully stored or
displayed in connection with a valid business engaged in the sale or
purchase of the same;
4. Inoperative vehicles, except where permitted by the zoning code;
5. Deteriorated driveways and parking lots, including those containing
potholes, or cracks;
6. Abandoned, broken, unused, neglected or unprotected equipment
and machinery, ponds, reservoirs and pools, whether or not the same
contains any water or liquid, excavations, abandoned wells, shafts,
basements, foundations, or other holes, abandoned refrigerators or other
appliances, abandoned motor vehicles, any unsound structure, skateboard
ramps, or accumulated lumber, solid waste, junk, or vegetation which may
reasonably attract children to such abandoned or neglected conditions;
7. Temporary service bins or construction debris storage bins stored
on a public street or on private property, except where permitted by this
code;
8. Any garbage can, solid waste container, solid waste, packing box or
junk placed or maintained so as to be visible from neighboring properties or
the public right of way, except for those times scheduled for collection, in
accordance with this code;
8. Any garbage can solid waste container, or cart for collection of
solid waste organics or rec clables that is not placed on the street
a ainst the curb in front of the premises occupied by the person
depositing the same in compliance with Chapter 5-2 Solid Waste
Management) of this Code;
9-.10. Any property with accumulations of grease, oil, or other
hazardous material on paved or unpaved surfaces, driveways, buildings,
walls, or fences, or from which any such material flows or seeps onto any
public street or other public or private property, or which is likely to seep or
migrate into the underground water table;
4-0-.11. Any front yard, parkway, or landscaped setback area which
lacks turf, other planted material, decorative rock, bark, or planted ground
cover or covering, so as to cause excessive dust or allow the accumulation
of debris;
44-.12. Any condition of vegetation overgrowth which encroaches into,
over, or upon any public right of way including, without limitation, streets,
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alleys, or sidewalks, so as to constitute either a danger to the public safety
or property or any impediment to public travel;
42L.13. Animals, livestock, poultry, or bees kept, bred, or maintained for
any purpose and in violation of this code;
4-&14. Any property, or any building or structure thereon, maintained
in such condition so that it is defective, unsightly or in such condition of
deterioration or disrepair that it causes or will cause an ascertainable
diminution of the property values of surrounding properties or be otherwise
materially detrimental to adjacent and nearby properties and improvements;
44-.15. Any building or portion thereof maintained in a manner which
constitutes a substandard building pursuant to Health and Safety Code
section 17920.3.
SECTION 3. Validity of Previous Code Sections. If the entire Ordinance or its application
is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, any repeal of the ESMC or other
regulation by this Ordinance will be rendered void and cause such ESMC provision or
other regulation to remain in full force and effect for all purposes.
SECTION 4. Enforceability. Repeal or amendment of any previous Code Sections does
not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred before, or preclude prosecution and
imposition of penalties for any violation occurring before this Ordinance's effective date.
Any such repealed part will remain in full force and effect for sustaining action or
prosecuting violations occurring before the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or its application is deemed invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not
affect the effectiveness of the remaining provision or application and, to this end, the
provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to certify the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance; cause it to be entered into the City of El
Segundo's book of original ordinances; make a note of the passage and adoption in the
records of this meeting; and, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption of
this Ordinance, cause it to be published or posted in accordance with California law.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Ordinance will become effective on the 31st day
following its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 1627 this 1st day of June, 2021.
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ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 1627 was duly introduced by said City Council at a regular meeting held
on the 18th day of May, 2021, and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 1st day of June, 2021, and the same was so passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:. Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council
Member Nicol, and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Tracy Wea r, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Mark Hensley, ' Attorney
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