Davis is a flat Central Valley city and is not in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The city states Davis is not considered to have wildland fire danger, so no defensible-space or Wildland-Urban Interface building mandate applies. CAL FIRE maps any high-hazard zones to Yolo County's western foothills.
Davis sits on flat, urbanized valley floor with no significant wildland vegetation or slope, and the City of Davis states in its hazard planning that Davis is not considered to have wildland fire danger. As a result, Davis is not designated a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, and the 100-foot defensible-space rule of Public Resources Code Section 4291 and the Wildland-Urban Interface (Chapter 7A) building standards do not apply within the city. CAL FIRE and the Office of the State Fire Marshal map Fire Hazard Severity Zones for Yolo County's Local Responsibility Area; any High or Very High zones fall in the county's western hills, outside the cities. Vegetation hazards in Davis are handled as nuisances instead.
There is no Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone in Davis, so no wildfire-specific defensible-space or Chapter 7A construction penalties apply within the city. Vegetation and combustible-rubbish hazards are instead enforced as nuisances under Municipal Code Chapter 23.
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Davis Municipal Code Chapter 40 regulates fence height and placement under section 40.27.060 but does not, in the zoning provisions reviewed, expressly prohi...
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Davis Municipal Code 40.27.060 sets fence height and placement rules including a corner-lot sight-visibility triangle where fences over three feet are prohib...
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Davis Municipal Code 40.27.060 measures a fence on top of a retaining wall from the lowest existing grade within a three-foot radius to the highest point of ...
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Davis addresses animal hoarding through the adopted Yolo County animal-control code and California animal-cruelty law. Keeping too many animals in unsanitary...
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The City of Davis strongly discourages feeding wildlife such as coyotes and wild turkeys and manages them through wildlife plans. A 2018 ordinance to ban fee...
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Davis has no leash law for cats and does not require cat licensing; Yolo County keeps cat licensing voluntary. Cats are regulated mainly through nuisance rul...
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