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Victorville planning commission recommends Title 16 changes to tighten rental inspections and regulate vacant buildings
Summary
The commission voted to recommend a package of three code amendments — requiring city-conducted exterior rental inspections, establishing vacant-building maintenance standards with fines and abatement authority, and creating a commercial rental-property inspection and licensing program — to the City Council on Jan. 14, 2026.
The City of Victorville Planning Commission on Jan. 14 recommended that the City Council adopt a package of amendments to Title 16 aimed at strengthening property-maintenance enforcement for residential and commercial rental properties and establishing standards for vacant buildings. The three linked resolutions were presented by staff as development-code amendments in case PLN25-00023 and were recommended for council approval after a public hearing with no speakers.
Staff described the package as three parts: a revision to the residential rental-property inspection ordinance to require city-conducted exterior inspections and remove the current self-inspection option; a new vacant-building maintenance ordinance establishing board-up standards, contact-information posting and progressive fines; and a commercial rental-property inspection and licensing program requiring an annual exterior inspection and a business-license requirement for rental of…
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