Properties near Mt. Rubidoux, Sycamore Canyon, and other Riverside hillside zones must clear flammable vegetation within 100 feet of structures under California Public Resources Code 4291, with seasonal inspections by Riverside Fire Department.
California requires defensible space clearance in State Responsibility Areas and locally designated very high fire hazard severity zones. In Riverside, hillside neighborhoods abutting open space must maintain a 30-foot lean-clean-green zone and a 30-to-100-foot reduced-fuel zone around each habitable structure. Riverside Fire Department conducts pre-fire-season inspections, typically May through June, and issues correction notices. Repeat noncompliance allows the city to abate vegetation and bill the owner, with costs becoming a property lien if unpaid.
Failure to clear within the inspection cycle leads to a written notice, follow-up inspection, administrative fine, and city-contracted abatement billed to the property owner with lien recovery.
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