Menifee's annual weed abatement program requires parcels to be cleared within 30 days of the city's Notice to Abate and maintained through fire season, including 100-foot-wide clear strips next to structures and roadways; non-compliance brings administrative citations and forced abatement.
The City of Menifee coordinates an annual weed abatement program through its Code Enforcement Department, with the program page referencing Riverside County Ordinance No. 695 on hazardous vegetation. Owners must complete abatement within 30 days of the date on the initial Notice to Abate, and the city warns that no extensions are granted. Parcels, including easements, must have weeds cut and maintained and be kept free of junk and debris at all times, with a 100-foot-wide clear strip wherever the parcel adjoins a parcel with a structure and wherever it adjoins any roadway. Abatement is not a one-time event: owners must maintain clearance throughout the fire season, which typically runs April through November, and regrowth after rain must be re-cut. Hillside vegetation should be cut by methods that leave root structure intact to prevent erosion. Cleared material may not be burned; the city states open burning for fire clearance is not allowed. Appeals must be submitted in writing within 20 calendar days of the postmark on the Notice and Order to Abate to Code Enforcement at 29714 Haun Road.
Properties found non-compliant are issued an administrative citation and, if necessary, subjected to forced abatement by the city's contractor with costs charged to the owner; the city grants no deadline extensions, and owners must keep parcels cleared all fire season or face repeat enforcement.
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