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Council approves first reading to require agricultural properties to maintain right-of-way
Summary
Ordinance 1418-25 passed first reading to amend nuisance regulations so agricultural properties must maintain adjacent rights-of-way like other property owners, with public works retaining maintenance responsibility for multiuse paths eight feet or wider.
The Valley Center City Council approved first reading of Ordinance 1418-25, amending the city’s nuisance regulations so that properties used for agricultural production are no longer exempt from maintaining adjacent rights-of-way.
Staff said the change responds to Valley Center’s growth and the expanding area public works currently maintains. Under the proposed amendment, agricultural property owners would be responsible for maintaining the right-of-way adjacent to their properties in the same way as other property owners. Public works will retain responsibility for maintaining any trails or multiuse paths eight feet or wider. Staff said the change should reduce ongoing public works time spent mowing agricultural right-of-way and that nuisance abatement enforcement letters and visuals have already been drafted for affected properties.
Council members asked how abatement costs would be handled if the city must mow properties; staff confirmed that the city may charge abatement costs back to property owners following existing procedures and that abatement is handled on a case-by-case basis. City staff noted that for nuisance abatement mowing of residential properties the city typically uses a contractor. After discussion, the council approved first reading on a voice vote.
