Citrus Heights adopted its Commercial Property Reoccupancy Program in February 2026. A commercial property vacant more than 60 days generally has to be registered, and the ordinance requires proof of active monitoring — with continuous physical monitoring defined as monitoring by a licensed security company on site a minimum of four times every 24 hours. We are that licensed company, we already run Citrus Heights nightly, and every pass comes with the timestamped log you can file.
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The program is administered under Citrus Heights Municipal Code Chapter 52 (adopted February 2026). A commercial building or commercial suite that sits unoccupied for more than 60 consecutive days generally has to be registered with the program administrator. Registration is the visible part; the requirement that changes your operating cost is the monitoring clause.
Commercial properties without fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems or burglar alarm systems are required to be provided with continuous physical monitoring by means of an on-site patrol approved by the program administrator. And the definition section removes the ambiguity that owners usually rely on: continuous physical monitoring means monitoring by a licensed security company, on the property, a minimum of four times every 24 hours.
Two consequences follow. First, a camera package or a remote alarm does not satisfy the clause for a building that lacks those fire and burglar systems — the code asks for a licensed company physically present. Second, the count is auditable. Four times every 24 hours is a number the program administrator can ask you to prove, which means your patrol vendor's reporting is part of the compliance product, not a nicety.
60 days
Vacancy window before registration is generally required
4 / 24 hrs
Minimum on-site checks by a licensed security company
PPO #122730
The license number the administrator can verify today
Unregistered or unsecured buildings move into code enforcement: notices of violation, administrative citations that escalate per day, abatement of the nuisance at the owner's cost, and cost recovery liens against the property.
Administrative penalties accrue quietly and the cost-recovery lien follows the parcel into escrow, which is the worst possible moment to discover it.
Summary provided for planning purposes by a licensed private patrol operator, not as legal advice. Confirm current requirements and deadlines with the City of Citrus Heights program administrator for your specific parcel.
The passes are spaced across the 24-hour cycle deliberately — the ordinance sets the count, but loss timing sets the schedule.
First documented check after dark: every door, roll-up, window, roof hatch and fence line photographed, any daytime damage or new opening flagged that night.
Logged and photographed
The window when entry attempts and encampment setup actually happen. Officers clear the perimeter, issue and log trespass warnings, and call law enforcement when there is a crime to report.
Logged and photographed
Copper, wire, HVAC and catalytic converter losses cluster here. Interior-accessible areas are walked where the post orders allow it.
Logged and photographed
Blight check for the code side: graffiti, dumping, flyers, overgrowth and standing water documented so abatement happens before a citation does.
Logged and photographed
Four documented passes per 24 hours is quoted as a flat monthly rate. Standing coverage, when a building needs an officer on site rather than passes, is $28–$45 per officer hour — no fuel, drive time, dispatch or holiday surcharge.
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A three-page summary of the program: the 60-day registration trigger, the definition of continuous physical monitoring, the four-pass cycle, the exact documentation to assemble, and a week-by-week sequence so your proof of monitoring exists before you file.
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Skip the form — download the PDF nowRead against the published text 24 days ago and unchanged since adoption or last amendment.
Source: Citrus Heights Municipal Code Chapter 52 + program administrator materials
Change watch: New program in its first year — administrator guidance on what documentation satisfies the four-pass definition is still being issued. Re-read quarterly.
Summaries on this page track the published municipal code and are provided for planning, not as legal advice. Confirm current requirements with the city before filing.
Pick a pattern and a first-pass time. The planner converts “four times every 24 hours” into exact arrival and departure windows, tells you which shift owns each pass, and flags the longest gap in your coverage — then exports the timeline as a post order or a repeating calendar file for your officers.
15–25 minutes is typical for a full exterior check with photographs.
Longest gap 6.0 h · 80 min documented onsite per day
Four onsite passes inside every 24-hour cycle, no gap longer than 6.0 hours. This is the shape of a schedule that reads as continuous monitoring rather than four visits that happened to occur.
A planned schedule is not proof on its own — the record that counts is the GPS-stamped scan, the timestamped photographs and the daily report from each pass. Summit Force runs and documents the cycle for you under CA PPO #122730. This planner is general information, not legal advice.
A separate printable checklist showing exactly what evidence counts toward “continuous physical monitoring” under the ordinance — and what does not. Camera feeds, broker drive-bys and hand-written logs written after the shift all fail; GPS-stamped four-pass records, time-stamped opening photos and a reconciled monthly summary pass. Includes a per-pass checklist you can hand an officer and a file-level checklist you can hand code enforcement.
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Drop your email and we will send the PDF straight to your inbox — handy for forwarding to a board, an owner or a property manager. Optional: you can skip it and download directly.
Skip the form — download the PDF nowBecause these streets are covered every night, adding a vacant building to the route costs a fraction of dispatching a dedicated truck — and the officer already knows which vehicles and which foot traffic belong there after midnight.
Testimonials & proof
We staff HOA, jobsite, warehouse, retail and apartment posts across the Sacramento region. The examples below describe how those posts are actually run — patrol cadence, what gets documented and what the client receives — so you can compare us on deliverables instead of adjectives. Licensed PPO #122730, BSIS-regulated.
Example post · Marked SUV patrol on randomized loops between 8pm and 5am, covering pools, mail rooms, tot lots and guest parking.
Board gets a timestamped GPS patrol log and photo-documented violation notices for every pass.
Example post · Overnight gate control plus interior sweeps on active framing, with copper, conduit and tool crib checks each round.
Material loss reports drop and the GC has written evidence packets when a claim or police report is needed.
Example post · Dock and yard checkpoints, trailer seal verification and driver check-in logging on swing and graveyard shifts.
Every trailer, visitor and after-hours entry is logged and reconcilable against the shipping manifest.
Example post · Uniformed storefront presence at open and close, plus parking-lot sweeps that clear loitering and encampment setups.
Staff walk-outs are escorted and merchant-privilege detentions are handled to BSIS documentation standards.
Example post · Foot patrol of breezeways, garages and laundry rooms with courtesy lockout and noise-complaint response.
Property managers receive nightly incident reports that support lease enforcement and insurance files.
Example post · Lobby access control, badge verification and end-of-day lock-and-alarm confirmation on business-park campuses.
Tenants get a single accountable officer, and after-hours access exceptions are documented in writing.
Industry examples above are illustrative deployment scenarios, not client testimonials. Only reviews clients authorised by name are published — with the rating markup that goes with them.
We publish reviews only with written permission, so this page shows none yet. Ask dispatch and we will connect you with an HOA board member, property manager or site superintendent on a comparable contract — plus a sample patrol log and incident report from that post.
Questions we get every week
Registration timing, what counts as continuous physical monitoring, cost, and whether an alarm system changes the requirement.
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