NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of Vernon will conduct a public hearing on August 4, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard) which you may attend at Vernon City Hall, City Council Chamber, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058 to:
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 8.58 TO TITLE 8 (HEALTH
AND SAFETY) OF THE VERNON MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
THE MANDATORY REGISTRATION AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
FOR VACANT PROPERTIES.
The proposed Ordinance will add Chapter 8.58 to the Vernon Municipal Code to regulate vacant properties. Key elements of the proposed Ordinance include:
• Property owners must submit a Vacant Property Registration Form to the Director of Public Works within thirty (30) days of a property becoming vacant. • To ensure immediate accountability, owners residing or operating outside of Los Angeles County must designate a Local Property Manager or Agent located within the County to respond to emergencies within twenty-four (24) hours. • Owners are legally required to keep structures weatherproof, structurally sound, free of graffiti, and clear of overgrown vegetation or accumulated debris. Standard security measures include functioning deadbolts, boarded windows (if damaged), and perimeter "No Trespassing" signage.
• The Department of Public Works is granted authority to conduct at least one routine inspection per registration year, alongside complaint-based and emergency inspections, to ensure compliance.
• Temporary exemptions are provided for properties undergoing active construction under a valid building permit, or properties experiencing catastrophic loss (up to one hundred and eighty (180) days).
All relevant documents will be available for public review on the City’s website once the agenda for the meeting is posted or from the City Clerk at [email protected] or (323) 583-8811, ext. 546. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to comment on the above-referenced items during the public hearing. In addition, written comments or questions may be submitted prior to the hearing as set forth below. Written testimony or questions must be received prior to 9:00 a.m. on the date of the hearing.
Please send your comments or questions to:
Daniel Wall, Director of Public Works—City Engineer
City of Vernon
4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058
(323) 583-8811, ext. 305 Email: [email protected] If you challenge the adoption of the Ordinance or any provision thereof in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Vernon at, or prior to, the meeting.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in the meeting, please contact the City Clerk Department at (323) 583-8811, ext. 546 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to assure arrangements can be made.
The hearing may be continued, adjourned, or cancelled and rescheduled to a stated time and place without further notice of a public hearing.
Dated: July 20, 2026 Genoveva Rocha, City Clerk
Publish: July 23, 2026
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Notice of Public Hearing - Vacant Properties
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the printer and publisher of the HUNTINGTON PARK BULLETIN, a newspaper published in the English language in the city of HUNTINGTON PARK, county of LOS ANGELES, and adjudged a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the laws of the State of California by the Superior Court of the County of LOS ANGELES, State of California, under date 06/14/1943, Case No. 485073. That the notice, of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to-wit:
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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC HEARING
The City Council of the City of Vernon will
conduct a public hearing on August 4, 2026, at
9:00 a.m. (or as soon thereafter as the matter can
be heard) which you may attend at Vernon City
Hall, City Council Chamber, 4305 Santa Fe
Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058 to:
ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER
8.58 TO TITLE 8 (HEALTH AND SAFETY) OF
THE VERNON MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO THE MANDATORY REGISTRATION AND
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR VACANT
PROPERTIES.
The proposed Ordinance will add Chapter 8.58 to
the Vernon Municipal Code to regulate vacant
properties. Key elements of the proposed
Ordinance include:
- Property owners must submit a Vacant Property
Registration Form to the Director of Public Works
within thirty (30) days of a property becoming
vacant.
- To ensure immediate accountability, owners
residing or operating outside of Los Angeles
County must designate a Local Property Manager
or Agent located within the County to respond to
emergencies within twenty-four (24) hours.
- Owners are legally required to keep structures
weatherproof, structurally sound, free of graffiti,
and clear of overgrown vegetation or
accumulated debris. Standard security measures
include functioning deadbolts, boarded windows
(if damaged), and perimeter "No Trespassing"
signage.
- The Department of Public Works is granted
authority to conduct at least one routine
inspection per registration year, alongside
complaint-based and emergency inspections, to
ensure compliance.
- Temporary exemptions are provided for
properties undergoing active construction under a valid building permit, or properties experiencing catastrophic loss (up to one hundred and eighty (180) days). All relevant documents will be available for public review on the City's website once the agenda for the meeting is posted or from the City Clerk at [email protected] or (323) 583-8811, ext. 546. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to comment on the above-referenced items during the public hearing. In addition, written comments or questions may be submitted prior to the hearing as set forth below. Written testimony or questions must be received prior to 9:00 a.m. on the date of the hearing. Please send your comments or questions to: Daniel Wall, Director of Public Works-City Engineer City of Vernon 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, Vernon, CA 90058 (323) 583-8811, ext. 305 Email: [email protected] If you challenge the adoption of the Ordinance or any provision thereof in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of
Vernon at, or prior to, the meeting.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to
participate in the meeting, please contact the City
Clerk Department at (323) 583-8811, ext. 546 at
least 48 hours prior to the meeting to assure
arrangements can be made.
The hearing may be continued, adjourned, or
cancelled and rescheduled to a stated time and
place without further notice of a public hearing.
Genoveva Rocha, City Clerk
Dated: July 20, 2026
Publish: July 23, 2026
7/23/26
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