Baldwin Park, CA Fire Regulations: Brush Clearance (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- BPMC § 95.02(I) nuisance declaration
- Enforcing officer
- Director of Community Development
- Minimum abatement notice
- 7 calendar days
- Appeal deadline
- Before order's abatement deadline
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine, 6 months jail
- FHSZ map adopted
- March 24, 2025 (Ord. 1518)
Summary
Baldwin Park makes overgrown weeds and vegetation that may create a fire hazard a public nuisance under its citywide nuisance code, subject to a Director-issued abatement order rather than a fixed brush-clearance schedule.
(I) (1) To maintain upon such property:
(a) Overgrown vegetation; or
(b) Dead, decayed, diseased or hazardous trees; or
(c) Weeds and other vegetation likely to harbor rats, vermin or nuisances or which may be a fire hazard.
(2) This division shall not apply to trees in the parkways which the city maintains pursuant to §97.130.
Full Breakdown
130 are excluded). 05, once the Director reasonably believes the nuisance exists, an order of abatement issues describing the property, the hazardous condition, the required corrective action, and a deadline of not less than seven calendar days (shorter if personally served at least three days ahead). The order is served by mail or personal delivery on the assessed owner and posted on the property. 07, where the hearing officer must rule within five working days. 10. 03 has the city adopt the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone map dated March 24, 2025 under Cal.
Gov't Code § 51178, which flags which parcels sit in a state-mapped fire hazard zone even though it does not itself set a clearance standard.
Violations & Fines
Maintaining a weed or vegetation nuisance under § 95.02(I), or failing to comply with a Director's order of abatement, is unlawful under § 95.03 and punishable as a misdemeanor under the general penalty at § 10.99: up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both. If the owner does not abate after an order becomes final, the city can perform the work and bill the owner for its abatement costs under § 95.10.
Frequently Asked Questions
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