HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-3416 Removal of potential fire hazards ORDINANCE NO. 3 4 1 6
AN ORDINANCE relating to fire; requiring property owners to
remove growing or dead vegetation and debris
which constitutes an existing or potential fire
hazard; or in lieu of removal, creating a 150
foot wide firebreak; and amending Subsection
10.05.100A of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 10.05.100A of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"10.05.100
Duty to remove hazardous vegetation
and debris -- Procedure
A. Duty to remove hazardous vegeta-
tion and debris. The owner of any
property within the City of Yakima
shall remove from such property or
destroy any grass, weeds, shrubs
bushes, trees or vegetation growing,
or which has grown and died, there
on, and shall remove all debris
therefrom, when such growing or dead
grass, weeds, shrubs, bushes, trees
or vegetation, or such debris,
constitute an existing or potential
fire hazard or a menace to public
health, safety or welfare as deter-
mined by the Yakima City Council in
accordance with the procedure pro-
vided by this section. Provided, in
lieu of the foregoing requirement to
remove or destroy a hazardous or
potentially hazardous condition on
parcels of property two acres or
larger in size and separated by one
hundred and fifty feet or more from
any structure, it shall constitute
compliance with requirements of this
section to remove or destroy hazard-
ous or potentially hazardous grass,
weeds, shrubs, bushes, trees, vege-
tation and debris around the perime-
ter of such a parcel so as to
410 provide and maintain a firebreak in
accordance with requirements of the
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Code Administration Manager or his
designee."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect 30 days after its passage, approval, and publication as
provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
/9 day of /// , 1991.
O at 4k4ACII
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kau
City Clerk
Publication Date:/-
Effective Date: /;
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