Vallejo, CA Invasive Plant Rules: Prohibited Species (2026)

1-2. 3. One of those criteria, subsection g, states outright that invasive plant species, defined by reference to the California Invasive Plant Council's list, are not permitted in the design. The same set of design criteria also requires fire-safety measures in fire-prone areas referencing Public Resources Code Section 4291's defensible-space standard, but the invasive-species clause stands as its own absolute design prohibition rather than a discretionary standard the director can waive. 1, and the project applicant must certify the plan complies with the ordinance. Because the water-efficient landscape requirements are permit-linked, a plan that specifies a Cal-IPC-listed species can be rejected during plan check, and the applicant must revise the plant palette before the landscape documentation package is approved and any building or landscape permit is issued.