Chula Vista requires property owners to maintain defensible space and manage hazardous vegetation under its fire code (CVMC Chapter 15.36) and the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program. Properties in wildland-urban interface areas must maintain 100 feet of defensible space per California PRC 4291.
The Chula Vista Fire Department enforces brush clearance requirements through the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program. Properties in or near wildland areas must maintain defensible space of up to 100 feet around structures as required by California Public Resources Code section 4291. The first 30 feet (Zone 1) requires lean, clean, and green landscaping with significant reduction of combustible vegetation. The area from 30 to 100 feet (Zone 2) requires fuel reduction to create a survivable space. The city's fuels reduction activities conform with the Multiple Species Conservation Program guidelines, with work typically performed outside bird breeding/nesting season (January 15 to August 15). The Chula Vista Fire Department conducts routine maintenance inspections of properties in high fire hazard areas. California Civil Code section 1102.19 requires sellers of real property in high or very high fire severity zones to provide buyers with documentation of compliance with local vegetation management ordinances.
Non-compliance with defensible space requirements may result in notices of violation, administrative fines, and potential abatement by the city at the property owner's expense. Fire code violations are enforced by the Chula Vista Fire Department.
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