§ 22531

Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1246, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.

“Maintain” or “maintenance” means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of any improvement, including:

(a)Repair, removal, or replacement of all or any part of any improvement.
(b)Providing for the life, growth, health, and beauty of landscaping, including cultivation, irrigation, trimming, spraying, fertilizing, or treating for disease or injury.
(c)The removal of trimmings, rubbish, debris, and other solid waste.
(d)The cleaning, sandblasting, and painting of walls and other improvements to remove or cover graffiti.

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