Trinity County's Vegetation Management Ordinance (Code Ch. 8.68, Ord. No. 1300) declares excessive dry grass, brush, dead trees and other flammable vegetation a public nuisance, especially in the wildland-urban interface, and lets the county order abatement with cost recovery on the tax roll. It implements state defensible-space law PRC § 4291.
Trinity County's core weed/vegetation rule is Code Chapter 8.68, the 'Vegetation Management Ordinance' (Ord. No. 1300, 10-3-06). Section 8.68.040 declares a public nuisance: 'Excessive amounts of dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, dead or dying trees, or other flammable material, or overly dense forests which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard in a wildland-urban interface area'; dry grasses or flammable vegetation within 100 feet of an occupied structure (per PRC § 4291) or within 30 feet of an aboveground flammable-liquid/combustible-gas vessel; hazardous, dead or dying trees; and 'concentrations of vegetation… of greater than twenty tons per acre.' Cultivated areas, useful vegetation and pasture are not declared a nuisance, though firebreaks may be required (§ 8.68.040.B). The county issues a 'Notice to Abate Hazard' (§ 8.68.050), with service by personal delivery, mail, or posting plus newspaper publication (§ 8.68.051). Owners get 30 days to abate (§ 8.68.070) and may appeal to the Board of Supervisors within 30 days (§ 8.68.060). Any abatement work must comply with the state Forest Practice Act and the county general plan (§ 8.68.110). A separate Abatement of Nuisances chapter (Ch. 8.64) provides additional general nuisance authority.
If the owner fails to abate within 30 days, the county may have the work done by private contractors (§ 8.68.080), then file an itemized cost report, hold a confirmation hearing (§ 8.68.090), and place the cost plus an administrative fee on the property tax roll as a special assessment under Gov. Code §§ 39580-39586 (§ 8.68.100), collectible like property taxes with the same foreclosure remedies. Allowing the nuisance is a misdemeanor: a fine up to $500 and/or up to six months in jail (§ 8.68.120).
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