Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 8.30 Fire Fuel Abatement

A. Every person who owns or is in possession of any property, place or area within the boundaries of the City shall, at his or her own expense, maintain the property, place or area free from any dead or alive tumbleweed or dead tree, shrub, palm frond or other plant. Any dead or alive tumbleweed or dead tree, shrub, palm frond or other plant located on any property in the City is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

B. This section shall apply to the entirety of each parcel of property located within the boundaries of the City except for the slope area approximated to be steeper than two units horizontal to one unit vertical (fifty percent slope).

(Ord. No. 345, § 2, 11-23-2015; Ord. No. 360, § 1, 2-25-2019; Ord. No. 375, § 2, 3-14-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 375, § 2, adopted March 14, 2022, changed the title of § 8.30.010 from "Dead or alive tumbleweeds and dead trees, shrubs, palm fronds or other plants as public nuisance" to read as herein set out.

A. No person shall plant on any property, place or area within the boundaries of the City any of the following plants and trees: pine; pampas grass; palm; juniper; acacia (shrub); eucalyptus; cedar; cypress; and Italian cypress. Any such new planting of pine; pampas grass; palm; juniper; acacia (shrub); eucalyptus; cedar; cypress; and Italian cypress is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.

B. This section shall apply to the entirety of each parcel of property located within the boundaries of the City.

(Ord. No. 360, § 1, 2-25-2019; Ord. No. 375, § 3, 3-14-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 375, § 3, adopted March 14, 2022, changed the title of § 8.30.015 from "Applicability" to read as herein set out.

Any condition declared to be a public nuisance by this chapter shall be abated or corrected in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8.24.

(Ord. No. 345, § 2, 11-23-2015; Ord. No. 360, § 1, 2-25-2019)