Unincorporated Tehama County regulates vacant and undeveloped land mainly through its public-nuisance and fire-hazard codes rather than a dedicated vacant-lot ordinance. Overgrown flammable vegetation, accumulated junk, illegal dumping and similar conditions on a vacant parcel can be abated under Chapter 10.16 (nuisance) and Chapter 9.05 (fire hazard abatement).
Tehama County does not publish a stand-alone 'vacant lot' chapter, but several codes reach the conditions vacant lots commonly create. Chapter 10.16 (public nuisance, Title 10) lets the County abate conditions that are unsafe, detrimental to public health and safety, or constitute visual blight — which covers junk accumulation, debris and overgrowth on an unimproved parcel. Chapter 9.05 (Fire Hazard Abatement, Title 9) authorizes the County to require removal of combustible weeds, brush and vegetation that create a fire hazard, and Chapter 9.14 (Fire Safe Regulations) sets wildland fire-protection standards consistent with CAL FIRE. Illegal dumping on vacant land is addressed through Chapter 9.04 (Garbage, Refuse and Litter) and the County's Illegal Dumping/Litter Abatement Program. Statewide, owners of land in State Responsibility Areas must also maintain defensible space and clear hazardous vegetation under California Public Resources Code section 4291. There is no county-published universal mowing height for ornamental grass on a vacant lot; the controlling concern is fire-hazard vegetation and nuisance accumulation. Owners should consult Chapters 9.05, 9.14 and 10.16, or Tehama County Code Enforcement, for the applicable requirements on a specific parcel.
Hazardous vegetation, junk or dumping on a vacant parcel may be abated by the County under Chapter 9.05 (fire hazard) or Chapter 10.16 (nuisance); abatement costs may be assessed against the owner. Fire-hazard clearance is also enforceable under state PRC 4291.
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