Cerritos property preservation commission adopts nuisance resolutions for seven properties

The Cerritos Property Preservation Commission on July 29 adopted resolutions finding seven properties in Cerritos constituted property nuisances under Chapter 6.2 of the Cerritos Municipal Code and directed abatement or follow-up for each case.

Commissioners voted unanimously, 5-0, on each resolution after staff presentations and limited public comment. The actions covered exterior repairs, lack of landscape maintenance, dead vegetation, trash cans stored in public view and inoperable vehicles. Code enforcement staff recommended resolutions in every case to ensure compliance.

The decisions matter because they formalize enforcement steps under the city's property-maintenance ordinance and set timelines for owners to repair structures, remove trash cans or inoperable vehicles, and restore live ground cover. Several properties had multiple prior inspections and mailed notices before the commission hearing.

Code Enforcement Officer Darnell Jerry told the commission the case at the 13030 block of Bigelow Street documented repeated inspections dating to April and multiple mailed notices after staff observed overgrown vegetation and dead plant material. Staff recommended adoption of a resolution to secure compliance; the commission approved the motion (moved by Vice Chair Spitzer; seconded by Commissioner Westfall) by a 5-0 vote.

At the hearing, resident Lee Wright spoke about the property on which he lives and the surrounding parkway, saying…