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Title 4 — PUBLIC SAFETY›Chapter 2 — FIRE PREVENTION

Plumas County Municipal Code Art. 1 Firebreaks

Plumas County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Plumas County

Cite as: Plumas County Municipal Code Article 1 · Text as of 2026-10-04

Sec. 4-2.101. - Required.

Every person owning, controlling, renting, occupying with or without permission of the owner thereof, or operating any cabin, tent, store, residence, hotel, or other structure in any unincorporated territory in the County, except all territory located within the boundaries of townsites and additions to townsites as the same are laid out and designated on the official plats of maps on file of record in the office of the County Recorder, shall maintain a firebreak or clearing free from all inflammable material for thirty (30') feet from any portion of such cabin, tent, residence, store, hotel, or other occupied structure and shall keep the roofs of all such buildings or other structures free from needles, leaves, or other debris during the period from April 1 to October 31 of each year; provided, however, where a natural firebreak is declared to exist by Federal or State forestry officers, no further clearing of inflammable materials shall be required.

(§ 51300, P.C.O.C.)

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Sec. 4-2.102. - Enforcement.

The provisions of this article shall be enforced by all County, State, and Federal peace officers; the Forest Service Officer, the Fire Warden, and the Fish and Game Warden.

(§ 51103, P.C.O.C., as amended by Ord. 432)

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