CHAPTER 12.5
ABATEMENT OF FIRE HAZARDS
ARTICLE I. PYROTECHNICS.
12.5-10 Prohibition on the sale or possession of fireworks and other pyrotechnics.
ARTICLE II. ABATEMENT OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
12.5-20 Fire protection district--Clearance or order to clear land of flammable material.
ARTICLE I. PYROTECHNICS.
12.5-10 Prohibition on the sale or possession of fireworks and other pyrotechnics.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to possess, use, discharge, offer for sale, or sell any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes, or other pyrotechnics in the unincorporated area of the County of Solano, and the possession, discharge, use, selling, or offering for sale of any fireworks, firecrackers, torpedoes or other pyrotechnics is hereby forbidden, except for transportation of the same in original packages through the County from and to points without the County, or cities within the County in which said fireworks are not prohibited.
Any person, firm, corporation, or other entity violating any of the provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 1435, §1)
ARTICLE II. ABATEMENT OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
12.5-20 Fire protection district--Clearance or order to clear land of flammable material.
The county officer charged with fire protection in the unincorporated area of Solano County or that officer’s designated agent may call to the attention of the applicable fire protection district the existence of flammable material which endangers public safety by creating a fire hazard, and the fire protection district may clear or order the clearing of land, or remove or order the removal of dry grass, stubble, brush, rubbish, litter, or other flammable material.
(Ord. No. 1435, §1)
12.5-21 Correction by county or fire protection district of violations of chapter; costs to constitute lien against property when notice filed; collection of costs.
In the event the county officer charged with fire protection, or the officer’s designee, or the chief of the applicable fire protection district or the chief’s deputies shall require the compliance by the owner, occupant, or person in charge of any property with any of the provisions of this chapter, and such owner, occupant, or person in charge fails to comply, the county or the applicable fire protection district may cause the same to be done. The reasonable costs thereof shall constitute a lien against such property when notice of lien is filed for record in the office of the County Assessor/Recorder and shall constitute a legal charge against the owner thereof, which may be collected by adding the cost to the tax bill of the owner for the ensuing year or by action at law. None of the remedies herein enumerated for collection of the cost shall be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies available to the county.
(Ord. No. 1389, §1; Ord. No. 1435, §1)