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LIVERMORE-PLEASANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT <br />WEED ABATEMENT STANDARDS <br />Attachment? <br />Property owners are reyuired to maintain their property free of hazards, including any hazard <br />created by the presence of weeds, grass or other matter which may support fire travel. Failure to <br />comply with these weed abatement standards may subject the property owner to the costs of <br />abatement, including administrative costs, penalties, and, if violations of the Fire Code exist, the <br />expense of fighting fires. <br />The following minimum standards have been established to assist property owners in abating fire <br />hazards on their property. Special conditions may require additional abatement. <br />A/,I. CAS/iS RE~UIRF.: <br />Trash and combustible debris removal <br />Hand labor at fence lines adjacent to occupied lots and structures <br />Removal of all weeds within 30 feet of any strucuerre <br />RESIDENTIAL <br />Five Acres or Less: Disc, mow (maintenance needed), blade or rototill entire area <br />including areas along streets and around the perimeters near fences and around <br />structures <br />More Than Five Acres but Less Than Ten Acres: Disc 20' perimeter around properly <br />-no cross breaks are required <br />Ten Acres or More: Disc 20' wide perimeter breaks as well as 20' wide cross breaks <br />i^ 5 acre grids <br />AGRICULTURAL <br />20' firebreaks are required: <br />around perimeter and both sides oC any roadways accessible to the public <br />around all buildings <br />beyond the foliage of any group of trees <br />late hay and grain crops must be harvested and disced completely no later than July I <br />- Notify the Firc Department when work is complete <br />INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL. <br />Complete abatement is required on all parcels. Disc, blade or rototill <br />PASTURE (WITH GRATING ANIMALS) <br />Less Than 10 Acres: Mow, disc, blade or rototill a minimum of 8' wide perimeter <br />More Than LO Acres but Less Than 20 Acres: Disc 8' wide perimeter <br />More Than 20 Acres: Disc 20' perimeter <br />Contact the Fire Inspector at (925) 454-2361 for specific field conditions. <br />-Orer- <br />