Westerville requires property owners to maintain vegetation and remove dead brush under Codified Ordinance 521.08. No defensible-space wildfire rules apply as Westerville is not in a wildland-urban interface zone.
Westerville Code Enforcement enforces vegetation maintenance through nuisance abatement (Chapter 521). Dead trees, fallen limbs, and accumulated brush posing fire or safety hazards must be removed after written notice. Ohio does not have WUI defensible-space rules like western states. Most fire hazard from brush is from improper burning rather than wildfire spread.
Property owners receive 10-day notice to abate. Noncompliance results in city-contracted cleanup billed to owner plus administrative fees. Lien may be placed on property.
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