El Dorado County Municipal Code Ch. 6.36 Grazing Lands

All private lands of any character not enclosed by a fence and lands owned by the United States either of which are included within the area described in exhibit A in this section, are declared to be areas devoted chiefly to grazing pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code § 17124. The owners of the unfenced land pastured by stock of another person shall be entitled to a reasonable rental fee. The fee shall be comparable to fees paid to the Forest Service by permittees in the area. Other than the rental as provided in this section, the owners of the unfenced land shall not be entitled to damages caused by stock straying onto the above-mentioned land.

Exhibit A

County Open Range Area

All that portion of the County described as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of the west line of Township 8 North, Range 14 East, M.D.M., and the El Dorado-Amador County line; thence north along the west lines of Township 8 North, Range 14 East, Township 9 North, Range 14 East, Township 10 North, Range 14 East, to the northwest corner of said township; thence west to the southwest corner of Section 36, Township 11 North, Range 13 East; thence north along the west lines of Sections 36 and 25 to the intersection with the centerline of the South Fork of the American River; thence westerly along the centerline of the river to the intersection with the west line of Township 11 North, Range 13 East; thence north along the west line of Township 11 north, Range 13 East and Township 12 North, Range 13 East, to the northwest corner of Section 19, Township 12 North, Range 13 East; thence east to the northwest corner of Section 20; thence north along the west lines of Section 17, 8 and 5, to the intersection with the centerline of the Rubicon River and the El Dorado-Placer County line; thence east along the County line to the east 1/16 th corner of Section 29, Township 14 North, Range 16 East, M.D.M.; thence southeasterly along the high ridge line of the Sierra Nevada Range by ascending the northwesterly ridge line of Sourdough Hill to the summit of Sourdough Hill, elevation 7,976 feet; thence southeasterly descending the southeasterly ridge line of said hill, crossing a saddle located southwesterly of Richardson Lake and ascending the northwesterly ridge of Lost Corner Mountain to the summit of Lost Corner Mountain, 8,261 feet in elevation; thence traversing southeasterly along a meandering ridge line to a peak 7,975 feet in elevation; thence continuing southeasterly along the meandering line to a peak 8,235 feet in elevation; thence continuing southeasterly and northeasterly along the meandering line to a peak 8,721 feet in elevation located southwest of Hidden Lake; thence southeasterly traversing a ridge line, saddle, and ascending the northwesterly ridge line of a peak 9,054 feet in elevation located westerly of Cliff Lake; thence continuing southeasterly along the southeasterly ridge line of said peak, crossing a saddle and ascending the northwesterly ridge line of a peak 9,310 feet in elevation, located southerly of Cliff Lake, northwesterly of Rubicon Lake and northerly of Phipps Lake to the summit of said peak; thence descending the southeasterly ridge line of said peak and traversing a meandering ridge line lying westerly of Rubicon Lake, westerly of Grouse Lake, easterly of Phipps Lake; thence crossing Phipps Pass and ascending the northerly ridge line of Phipps Peak to the summit of Phipps Peak, elevation 9,234 feet; thence descending the southerly slope of Phipps Peak and following the dominant ridge and saddle lines southeasterly passing between Lower Velma Lake and Middle Velma Lake; thence southwesterly passing between Middle Velma Lake and Upper Velma Lake; thence ascending the northeasterly ridge line of a peak 9,263 feet in elevation located westerly of Fontanilles Lake to the summit of said peak; thence southeasterly descending the southeasterly ridge line of said peak, crossing a saddle and ascending the northwesterly ridge line of Dicks Peak, elevation 9,974 feet to the summit of Dicks Peak; thence descending the southerly ridge line of Dicks Peak, crossing a saddle and ascending the northerly ridge line of Jacks Peak to the summit of Jacks Peak, 9,856 feet in elevation; thence southeasterly descending the southeasterly ridge line of Jacks Peak to the intersection with the east line of Township 12 North, Range 16 East in Section 13; thence along the east line of Township 12 North, Range 16 East and Township 11 North, Range 16 East, to the southeast corner of Section 24; thence east to the northwest corner of Section 29, Township 11 North, Range 17 East, M.D.M.; thence north to the northwest corner of Section 20; thence east along the north lines of Sections 20, 21 and 22 to the northwest corner of Section 23; thence north along the west line of Section 14 to the northwest corner of Section 14; thence east to the northeast corner of Section 14; thence south along the east lines of Sections 14, 23 and 26, Township 11 North, Range 17 East; thence east to the northeast corner of Section 2, Township 10 North, Range 17 East; thence south along the east lines of Sections 2, 11 and 14 to the intersection with the El Dorado-Alpine County line; thence southwest along said county line to the intersection with the south line of Section 15, Township 10 North, Range 17 East, M.D.M.; thence west along the south lines of Sections 15, 16, 17 and 18 to the southwest corner of said Section 18, being also the northwest corner of Section 24, Township 10 North, Range 16 East; thence south along the east lines of Sections 24, 25 and 36 to the southeast corner of said township; thence along the east lines of Sections 1 and 12 of Township 9 North, Range 16 East to the intersection with the El Dorado-Amador County line; thence southwesterly along said county line to the point of commencement.

Excepting all land within the U.S. Highway 50 right-of-way.

All that portion of the County described as follows:

Beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M.; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of Sections 24, 25 and 36; of said Township and continuing, southerly, along the easterly boundary of Sections 1, 12, 13 and 24, Township 11 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M., to its intersection with the South Fork of the American River; thence westerly along the South Fork of the American River to its intersection with the westerly boundary of Section 19, Township 11 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M.; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Sections 19, 18 and 7 to the South 1/16 corner common to Section 7, Township 11 North, Range 12 East, and Section 12, Township 11 North, Range 11 East M.D.M.; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of the Northeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 12 to the southwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the Northeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 12 to the northwest corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 12 to the center of said Section 12; thence southerly along the easterly boundary of the Southwest ¼ of said Section 12 to the South ¼ corner thereof; thence westerly along the southerly boundary to Sections 12 and 11 to the corner common to Sections 10, 11, 14 and 15, of Township 11 North, Range 11 East, M.D.M.; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said Section 11 to the South 1/16 corner common to said Sections 10 and 11; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of the Northeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of said Section 10 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of the East ½ of the East ½ of said Section 10 to the Southwest corner of the Northeast ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of said Section 10; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of the North ½ of the North ½ of said Section 10 to the westerly boundary of said Section 10; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Sections 10 and 3 and continuing northerly along the westerly boundary of Sections 34, 27, 22, 15 and 10 of Township 12 North, Range 11 East, M.D.M. to the corner common to Sections 9, 10, 3 and 4; thence Easterly and along the northerly boundary of Sections 10, 11 and 12, of said Township and continuing easterly along the northerly boundary of Section 7, Township 12 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M., to the¼ corner common to Sections 7 and 6; thence northerly along the westerly boundary to the East ½ of Section 6 to the Southeast corner of Lot 3 of said Section 6; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of said Lot 3 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said Lot 3 of the northwest corner thereof; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of Section 6 to the corner common to Township 12 North, Range 12 East, Township 12 North, Range 11 East, Township 13 North, Range 11 East, and Township 13 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M.; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of Sections 31, 30, 19, 18 and 7, of Township 13 North, Range 12 East, M.D.M.; to the intersection of said line with the Rubicon River and the boundary common to El Dorado and Placer Counties; thence easterly along the Rubicon River and County boundary to the easterly boundary of Section 6, Township 12 North, Range 13 east; thence leaving said river and County boundary, southerly along the easterly boundary of Sections 6, 7 and 18, to the corner common to Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of Section 18 to the point of beginning.

(Prior Code, § 16,501 and exh. A; Code 1997, § 6.36.010; Ord. No. 4189, § 1, 1991)

If livestock cause or occasion damage by breaking through a lawful fence, the owner and person entitled to possession of the livestock shall be responsible for the damage.

(Prior Code, § 16,502; Code 1997, § 6.36.020)

State Law reference— Lawful fencing for livestock animals, Food and Agricultural Code § 17121.

Any person who pastures livestock in the grazing area of the County shall have on file with the brand inspector and County Animal Control Officer the owner's brand and the name and address of the party to be notified pursuant to Section 6.36.040.

(Prior Code, § 16,503; Code 1997, § 6.36.030)

The Animal Control Officer of the County shall be charged with the enforcement of this chapter. Upon receipt of notice that livestock have strayed onto lands not designated as grazing lands by Section 6.36.010, the Animal Control Officer shall give written notice to the designated person or owner. The owner or person in control of the animals shall have three days from the date of the notice to remove the livestock. If the livestock are not removed within the three-day period, then the Animal Control Officer shall pick up and detain the animals and charge the owner the cost of the services in accordance with law. The animals shall not be released until the charges have been paid in full. Nothing in this section shall be construed to negate any remedies that any landowners or other persons entitled to possession may have under any other laws or ordinances.

(Prior Code, § 16,504; Code 1997, § 6.36.040)