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Cerritos Property Preservation Commission finds five properties public nuisances, orders abatement periods
Summary
The Cerritos Property Preservation Commission on March 31 adopted resolutions finding five properties to be public nuisances and set 21–30 day abatement periods after code enforcement staff presented cases; no members of the public spoke during the hearing.
The Cerritos Property Preservation Commission on March 31, 2026, voted to adopt resolutions finding five separate properties in Cerritos to be public nuisances and set abatement periods ranging from 21 to 30 days.
City code enforcement staff presented the cases, reporting repeated inspections, prior warnings and, in some instances, prior resolutions and administrative citations. Staff outlined violations including trash and debris in public view, dead or dying vegetation, lack of landscape maintenance, unpermitted alterations and inoperable vehicles visible from the public right-of-way.
For the property in the 2000 block of Harvest Way, Senior Code Enforcement Officer Kim Artema reviewed records showing similar resolutions and citations dating to 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2023 and described recent inspections that found trash cans and debris, dead palm fronds, exterior deterioration…
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