Plumas County regulates weeds and rubbish under County Code Title 5, Chapter 7 (Weeds), which provides for declaring weeds and combustible materials a nuisance and abating them. In this high-fire-risk mountain county, the emphasis is hazardous vegetation rather than lawn aesthetics; the County does not publish a specific grass-height number on its code pages.
Vegetation overgrowth in unincorporated Plumas County is handled through Plumas County Code Title 5, Chapter 7 (Weeds), which establishes a weed and rubbish abatement process and includes penalty provisions (Section 5-7.11). Consistent with the County's wildfire exposure, the program targets weeds, dry grass, brush, and combustible materials that create a fire hazard, rather than enforcing a cosmetic lawn standard; the County does not publish a numeric maximum grass height in its online code excerpts, so any specific height should be confirmed with Code Enforcement or the abatement notice itself. The abatement procedure follows the general statutory model of declaring a nuisance, notifying the owner, providing an opportunity to abate, and allowing the County to perform abatement and recover its costs if the owner does not comply. Property owners should also be aware that California law (Public Resources Code 4291) separately requires defensible-space clearance of 100 feet around structures in State Responsibility Area lands, which covers much of Plumas County; that state requirement applies independently of the County weed ordinance.
Violations of the weed ordinance are subject to the penalty provisions in Plumas County Code Section 5-7.11, and uncorrected vegetation can be abated by the County with costs charged to the owner. Where weeds are pursued as a general nuisance, the Title 1 civil penalties under Code 1-8.03 (escalating $100 / $500 / $1,000-per-day amounts plus a 10% fee) may also apply.
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