Rohnert Park, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

28 of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code, the city adopts the 2025 California Fire Code by reference and layers on local amendments. 1, added locally, requires every person who owns or controls a lot or parcel within city limits to keep it free of lumber, rubbish, weeds, grasses or vegetative growth that contributes to wildfire spread. The Department of Public Safety runs an annual fuel-management inspection program: every vacant parcel is evaluated for debris and vegetative growth before July 1, with a written notice to the owner setting an abatement deadline, and a second inspection round by September 1.

The department is not limited to just those two windows. If an owner or manager fails to respond in a timely manner, the Fire Marshal is expressly authorized to abate the hazard and bill the property owner for the cost, and follow-up inspections are charged at the current Fire Services Fee Schedule rate. 2 requires defensible space of not less than 30 feet from any neighboring building or structure for anyone owning, leasing or controlling property in an area requiring defensible space; the fire code official can modify that distance based on a site-specific analysis.

30, which layers additional construction standards onto structures in WUI-designated areas. None of this reaches Sonoma State University, which sits on state property, or the Graton Resort and Casino, which is on federal trust land held for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria; both are outside the city's fire code jurisdiction even though they sit near the city limits.