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Appendix A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Section A106 — DUMPING

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

A106.1 Waste material.

Waste material shall not be placed, deposited or dumped in wildland-urban interface areas or in, on or along trails, roadways or highways or against structures in wildland-urban interface areas .

Exception: Approved public and approved private dumping areas.

A106.2 Ashes and coals.

Ashes and coals shall not be placed, deposited or dumped in or on wildland-urban interface areas.

Exceptions:

  1. In the hearth of an established fire pit, camp stove or fireplace.
  2. In a noncombustible container with a tightfitting lid, which is kept or maintained in a safe location not less than 10 feet (3048 mm) from nonfire-smart vegetation or structures.
  3. Where such ashes or coals are buried and covered with 1 foot (305 mm) of mineral earth not less than 25 feet (7620 mm) from nonfire-smart vegetation or structures.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREAS
  4. Chapter 4 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA REQUIREMENTS
  5. Chapter 5 — SPECIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
  6. Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
  7. Chapter 7 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  8. ▸ Appendix A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
    Overview
    1. Section A101 — GENERAL
    2. Section A102 — VEGETATION CONTROL
    3. Section A103 — ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
    4. Section A104 — IGNITION SOURCE CONTROL
    5. Section A105 — CONTROL OF STORAGE
    6. Section A106 — DUMPING
    7. Section A107 — PROTECTION OF PUMPS AND WATER STORAGE FACILITIES
    8. Section A108 — LAND USE LIMITATIONS
    9. Section A109 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  9. Appendix B — VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
  10. Appendix C — COMMUNITY WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) FIRE HAZ…
  11. Appendix D — MODEL ORDINANCE FOR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE ADO…
  12. Appendix E — RESERVED
  13. Appendix F — CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE-SMART VEGETATION
  14. Appendix G — VOLUNTARY HOME-HARDENING RECOMMENDATIONS
  15. Appendix H — REFERENCED CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTS
  16. Appendix I — BOARD OF APPEALS

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