Amador County Code Chapter 7.30 declares all hazardous vegetation and combustible material on improved parcels in the unincorporated county a public nuisance and requires owners to abate it. 'Hazardous vegetation' expressly includes seasonal and recurrent weeds, stubble, brush, and dry leaves.
Amador County's weed and hazardous-vegetation program lives in Title 7, Chapter 7.30, added by the Board of Supervisors in 2022. Section 7.30.030 enacts it under California Health and Safety Code Sections 14930 and 14931 (hazardous vegetation/combustible material abatement) and Government Code Sections 25845 and 25845.5 (nuisance abatement and property liens). Section 7.30.040(F) defines 'hazardous vegetation' 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 7.30.020(F) deems all such vegetation and combustible material on real property in the unincorporated area a public nuisance. Section 7.30.050 makes abatement the duty of every owner, occupant, and person in control of an improved parcel, requiring defensible-space fuel reduction (Zone 0 within 5 feet, Zone 1 within 30 feet, Zone 2 within 30-100 feet). The fire chief of the Amador Fire Protection District is the enforcement official. Section 7.30.070 allows summary abatement of any nuisance the official finds is an immediate threat to public health or safety without prior notice. Standard cases follow the inspection-notice, re-inspection, and Notice of Violation and Order to Abate procedure in Section 7.30.080.
Section 7.30.080 requires a Notice of Defensible Space Inspection, then a 30-day Notice of Violation and Order to Abate. Owners may appeal in writing within 15 calendar days to the Hazardous Vegetation Abatement Hearing Board (Section 7.30.090). If unabated, the county abates and recovers costs as a confirmed special assessment and recorded lien collected with property taxes at parity with state and county taxes (Section 7.30.100). Civil penalty up to $100 per day; infraction fines of $100 (first) and $200 (second); a third same-site offense is a misdemeanor up to $1,000 or six months in jail (Section 7.30.110).
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