California Government Code CHAPTER 6.8 - Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones
- Section 51175.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:(a) Wildfires are extremely costly, not only to property owners and residents, but also to local agencies. Wildfires pose...
- Section 51176.
The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that...
- Section 51177.
As used in this chapter:(a) “Defensible space” means the area adjacent to a structure or dwelling where wildfire prevention or protection practices are implemented to provide...
- Section 51178.
The director shall identify areas in the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity...
- Section 51178.5.
Within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the director that identifies very high fire hazard severity zones, a local agency shall make the information...
- Section 51179.
(a) A local agency shall designate, by ordinance, very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the director...
- Section 51180.
For the purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1, vegetation removal or management, undertaken in whole or in part, for fire...
- Section 51181.
The director shall periodically review the areas in the state identified as very high fire hazard severity zones pursuant to this chapter, and as necessary,...
- Section 51182.
(a) A person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an occupied dwelling or occupied structure in, upon, or adjoining a mountainous area, forest-covered land, brush-covered...
- Section 51183.
(a) The local agency may exempt from the standards set forth in Section 51182 structures with exteriors constructed entirely of nonflammable materials, or conditioned upon the...
- Section 51183.5.
(a) A transferor of real property that is located within a very high fire hazard severity zone, designated pursuant to this chapter, shall disclose to any...
- Section 51184.
(a) Section 51182 shall not apply to any land or water area acquired or managed for one or more of the following purposes or uses:(1) Habitat for...
- Section 51185.
(a) A violation of Section 51182 is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred...
- Section 51186.
The local agency having jurisdiction of property upon which conditions regulated by Section 51182 are being violated shall notify the owner of the property to...
- Section 51187.
Any violation of Section 51182 may be considered a public nuisance pursuant to Section 38773.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1,
- Section 51188.
In the instance of conflict between this chapter and any provision of state law that allows a regional planning agency to regulate very high fire...
- Section 51189.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that site and structure defensibility is essential to reduce the risk of structure ignition as well as for effective fire...
Last modified: October 22, 2018