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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Board of Supervisors
FROM: Anita L. Grant, County Counsel
DATE: February 12, 2019
SUBJECT: Discussion and Consideration of a Draft Ordinance adding Article VIII to Chapter 13 of the Lake County Code regarding Hazardous Vegetation Abatement on Unincorporated Areas of the County of Lake.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Attached here is a revised working draft of an ordinance adding Article VIII to Chapter 13 of the Lake County Code regarding hazardous vegetation abatement.
After comments from the public and concerns raised by your Board when an initial draft was considered in December of 2018, this draft has been revised to somewhat streamline the program and process for hazardous vegetation abatement, to require specific training certifications of a County Fire Official, to allow greater discretion on the part of a County Fire Official to consider the specific circumstances of each property in regard to defensible space requirements, and to establish increase flexibility as to enforcement options.
This working draft may yet require revisions and modifications and stall will make any such revisions and modifications as directed by your Board.
Thank you.
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
If you so wish, the Ordinance adding Article VIII to Chapter 13 of the Lake County Code regarding Hazardous Vegetation Abatement on Unincorporated Areas of the County of Lake may be advanced for adoption.