Sierra County Municipal Code Ch. 14.08 Open Range

All lands of any character not enclosed by a lawful fence, which lands lie within the boundaries of the areas designated in this chapter, are declared to be areas devoted chiefly to grazing pursuant to California Food and Agriculture Code Section 17124. (Ord. 478, eff. 12/16/76; Prior code § 87200)

A. A lawful fence is any fence which is good, strong, substantial, and sufficient to prevent the ingress and egress of livestock. No wire fence is a lawful fence unless it has three tightly stretched barbed wires securely fastened to posts of reasonable strength, firmly set in the ground not more than one rod apart, one of which wires shall be at least four feet above the surface of the ground. Any kind of wire or other fence of height, strength and capacity equal to or greater than the wire fence herein described is a lawful fence. The term “lawful fence” includes cattle guards of such width, depth, rail spacing, and construction as will effectively turn livestock.

B. Any person pasturing livestock that break through a lawful fence shall be responsible for such damage. (Ord. 478, eff. 12/16/76; Prior code § 87201)

A. The person having ownership or rightful possession of such unfenced lands shall be entitled to a rental fee from any person who pastures livestock thereon. The rental fee shall be comparable to the rental fee paid to pasture livestock on the closest federal lands customarily rented for grazing.

B. No person having ownership or rightful possession of such unfenced lands shall have the right to take up or impose a lien on any livestock pastured thereon. The compensation of any such person for the pasturing of livestock shall be limited to the rental fee. (Ord. 478, eff. 12/16/76; Prior code § 87202)

All that real property situated in the unincorporated territory of Sierra County, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point which is the Northeast corner of the County; thence from said point beginning Southerly along the East boundary of the County to a point in the South boundary of Section 19, Township 19 North, Range 18 East M.D.M.; thence Westerly along the South boundary of said Section 19 to the Southwest corner of said Section; thence Southerly along the Range line between Range 17 East and Range 18 East M.D.M. to the South line of the County; thence along the Southerly line of the County to the intersection of said County line and the Range line between Range 12 East and Range 13 East M.D.M.; thence Northerly along said Range line to the intersection of the South boundary of the scenic corridor; thence along the South boundary of the scenic corridor to the intersection of State Highway 49; thence along State Highway 49 to the intersection of the North boundary of the County; thence along the Northerly boundary of the County to said point of beginning. Excepting therefrom all that portion of real property in the Sierraville Public Utility District and all that portion of real property in the incorporated City of Loyalton.

(Ord. 478, eff. 12/16/76; Prior code § 87203)

It is unlawful and punishable as an infraction for any person or entity to use any real property owned by Sierra County for the purpose of storing personal property without first obtaining permission from a person or persons specifically authorized by the Board of Supervisors to grant such permission. Areas specifically designated by the county as public parking areas are exempt from this chapter. (Ord. 669, eff. 2/7/84)