As unincorporated San Diego County, Bostonia properties must maintain defensible space around structures under California Public Resources Code 4291 and the County's Defensible Space Ordinance. State law requires clearing flammable vegetation to 100 feet around a building, with intensive fuel reduction closer in.
PRC 4291 requires anyone owning a building in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous, forest, brush, or grass-covered area to maintain 100 feet of defensible space. San Diego County's Defensible Space for Fire Protection Ordinance mirrors this and prohibits accumulating combustible vegetation, dead or dying trees, and rubbish within 100 feet of a structure (the Fire Warden may reduce the distance, but to no less than 30 feet). The County also enforces Zone 0 (0-5 feet, ember-resistant) under the Consolidated Fire Code Sec. 4907. Zones are structured as immediate (0-5 ft), lean-and-green, and reduced-fuel out to 100 feet.
Failure to clear draws an inspection notice and order to abate; unabated hazards can be corrected by the County with costs and administrative penalties charged to the owner, plus fire-code citations.
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