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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 31 — FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS

Sierra County Municipal Code Ch. 31.05 Year-Round Fire Restrictions

Sierra County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Sierra County

Cite as: Sierra County Municipal Code Chapter 31.05 · Text as of 2026-10-05

31.05.010 Smoking prohibited.

Smoking is prohibited while traveling on foot, cycle, or domestic animal, in grain, grass, stubble, brush, timber, or other inflammable vegetative cover and on roads and trails and in other areas posted against smoking between June 1st and November 1st of any year. (Ord. 1140 §§ 2, 3, eff. 9/4/25)

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31.05.020 Smoking permitted.

Smoking is permitted as follows:

A. In improved campgrounds;

B. Inside motor vehicles on roads;

C. At places of habitation;

D. While stopped in a cleared or barren area of at least three feet in diameter; provided, however, that in all instances burning and glowing substances are completely extinguished before being discarded. (Ord. 1140 §§ 2, 3, eff. 9/4/25)

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31.05.030 Fireworks prohibited.

It is unlawful and punishable as a misdemeanor for any person to manufacture, sell, possess or discharge any fireworks. (Ord. 1140 §§ 2, 3, eff. 9/4/25)

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