Requirements for the first 100 feet of clearance

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Grass - Weeds - Native Brush (Click here for an example)

• Grass and Weeds shall be cut to 3 inches in height.
• Selected native brush shall be trimmed up from the ground 1/3 of its total height & be no closer than 18 feet from each other and/or structures. Native brush between shall be cut to 3 inches in height.

Combustible Fence

• All brush, weeds, and grass shall be cut to 3 inches in height for a distance of 10 feet from all combustible fences.

Highway - Street - Alley (Click here for an example)

• All brush, weeds, and grass shall be cut to 3 inches in height for a distance of 10 feet from all highways, streets, alleys, and driveways.

Trees (Click here for an example)

• Trees need not be spaced 18 feet apart.
• Branches must be trimmed up to 6 feet from the ground. All dead material must be removed.
• Branches must be trimmed up to 5 feet from any roof, even if the branches are from trees belonging to a neighbor which overhang on your property.

Chimney (Click here for an example)

• Trees shall be trimmed so the foliage is no closer than 10 feet from the outlet of the chimney.

Roof

• Maintain roof surface free of substantial accumulation of leaves, needles, twigs, and all other combustible material.

All Cut Vegetation & Debris

• Cut vegetation and debris shall be removed in a legal manner.
• Cut vegetation and debris may be machine processed (chipped) and spread back onto the property.
• Chips shall not exceed 3 feet in depth within 30 inches and 6 inches beyond 30 feet of any structure.
• Chips shall not be spread within 10 feet of any usable roadway.

The above general requirements also apply to landscape vegetation.