Sacramento Metro Fire District enforces weed abatement in Vineyard. Residential parcels must mow grass and clear weeds to 4 inches or less by June 1 of each year. Vacant parcels require a 30-foot defensible-space perimeter.
Sacramento Metro Fire District's Weed Abatement Program (916-859-4327) inspects parcels in Vineyard starting in June each year. The standard requires grass and weeds cut to 4 inches or less and dead vegetation cleared. Vineyard is not in a CAL FIRE-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone but the inland grassland fringes (especially open-space adjacent and floodplain parcels) trigger annual inspection. AB 3074 Zone 0 (0-5 ft ember-resistant zone) phase-in is underway statewide for parcels in higher-risk zones.
First-pass noncompliance triggers a Notice to Abate from Sacramento Metro Fire under SCC Ch. 17.12 (Weed Control). Failure to abate within the notice period (typically 30 days) results in a District-contracted forced abatement charged to the property tax bill at cost-plus-administrative-fee (typically $500-$2,500).
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