Placer County Code § 9.32.160(A)(1)(a) requires that annual grasses and weeds within the 100-foot defensible-space zone around every building or structure on improved parcels be maintained at four inches or less.
Under Part 4 of Article 9.32 of the Placer County Code (Hazardous Vegetation and Combustible Material Abatement Ordinance, adopted by Ord. 6015-B effective May 21, 2020), it is the duty of every owner, occupant, and person in control of any improved parcel in the unincorporated county to maintain a one-hundred-foot (100') defensible space around all buildings and structures. Within that zone, § 9.32.160(A)(1)(a) specifies that annual grasses and weeds must be maintained at four (4) inches or less. Additional defensible-space duties include maintaining shrubs (§ 9.32.160(A)(1)(c)), removing non-ornamental climbing vines from trees and structures (§ 9.32.160(A)(1)(d)), maintaining a 10-foot minimum roadside clearance (§ 9.32.160(A)(2)), and removing any hazardous vegetation constituting an 'extreme fire hazard' as determined by the enforcement official (§ 9.32.160(A)(8)). 'Hazardous vegetation' is defined in § 9.32.150 as 'vegetation that is flammable and endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard, including but not limited to seasonal and recurrent weeds, stubble, brush, dry leaves, etc.'
Section 9.32.190 authorizes a written 30-day Notice and Order to Abate. If not cured, § 9.32.190(D) lets the county or contractor abate the property, with costs assessed as a lien against the parcel (§ 9.32.200). Civil penalties run up to $1,000 per day of continuing violation (§ 9.32.210(B)(2)). Criminal penalties begin at a $100 infraction fine (1st), $200 (2nd), and escalate to a misdemeanor (up to $1,000 or 6 months jail) on the 3rd offense at the same site (§ 9.32.210(C)). The enforcement official may also summarily abate vegetation deemed an immediate threat without prior notice (§ 9.32.180).
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