Fire safety is important – both inside and outside your home. Recent California law requires “Defensible Space”. The county will also soon require defensible space in the Coastal Zone for vacation rental owners.
Adequate defensible space acts as a barrier (outside your home) to slow or halt the progress of fire that would otherwise engulf your property.
Defensible space requires an owner to manage wildfire fuel (trees, foliage around the home) within a 100 foot perimeter of the home.
Zone 1: Keep it Lean, Clean and Green within 30 feet.
Zone 2: Reduce Potential Fuel Within 100 feet.
The county is requiring “defensible space” in the county Vacation Rental ordinance (applies inland county and proposed for the Coastal Zone).
Sonoma County Ordinance 6427 – VR LICENSE (proposed), Section K., Defensible Space says that a Coastal Zone VR property must be maintained in compliance with CHAPTER 13A – Duty to Maintain Defensible Space and Abate Hazardous Vegetation and Combustible Material.
Here is a link to Ch 13A:
https://permitsonoma.org/divisions/firepreventionandhazmat/countyfirecode
Inside your home you should conduct routine checks on smoke alarms, CO2 monitor, and fire extinguishers.
VR Owners should prioritize fire safety measures for their guests and to create a secure environment for visitors to your home.