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Shasta County board adopts expanded defensible-space ordinance, adds fines and grant-backed assistance
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an updated defensible-space ordinance expanding its coverage, adding an infraction schedule and funding-backed assistance after a presentation from county and Cal Fire officials.
Shasta County supervisors voted 5-0 Aug. 26 to adopt an updated defensible-space ordinance that expands the county’s ability to require vegetation management around homes in unincorporated areas and creates a modest infraction schedule to encourage compliance.
The change, presented by Shasta County Fire Chief Sean O’Hara and Battalion Chief Matt Alexander of Cal Fire, tightens standards for parcels up to 10 acres, authorizes fines for repeat noncompliance and pairs the ordinance with grant money to help households that cannot complete defensible-space work on their own.
Chief Sean O’Hara told the board the county first enacted a defensible-space ordinance about six years ago and that recent fire behavior and grant funding made this the right time to expand the law’s reach. “We were very fortunate that, through the Zogg settlement, we had a designated person…to have Matt actually take the bull by the horns and get…
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