Allegheny County has no countywide defensible-space brush clearance mandate. Vegetation management is handled through municipal property maintenance codes (typically IPMC) addressing overgrown vegetation and fire hazards on a complaint basis.
Western Pennsylvania is not a wildfire-prone region comparable to western states, so Allegheny County has no wildland-urban interface defensible-space ordinance. Most municipalities enforce the International Property Maintenance Code, which requires premises to be free of hazardous vegetation and accumulations that could pose a fire risk. PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry handles forest fire response under 32 P.S. Section 201. Property owners abutting wooded areas may receive advisories during drought but are not legally required to maintain defensible space.
Contact your local code enforcement office for specific penalty information.
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