California Government Code 51184 – (a) Section 51182 shall not apply to any land or water area …
(a) Section 51182 shall not apply to any land or water area acquired or managed for one or more of the following purposes or uses:
(1) Habitat for endangered or threatened species, or any species that is a candidate for listing as an endangered or threatened species by the state or federal government.
Terms Used In California Government Code 51184
- Local agency: means a city, county, city and county, or district responsible for fire protection within a very high fire hazard severity zone. See California Government Code 51177
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
- Vegetation: means all plants, including trees, shrubs, grass, and perennial or annual plants. See California Government Code 51177
(2) Lands kept in a predominantly natural state as habitat for wildlife, plant, or animal communities.
(3) Open space lands that are environmentally sensitive parklands.
(4) Other lands having scenic values, as declared by the local agency, or by state or federal law.
(b) This exemption applies whether the land or water area is held in fee title or any lesser interest. This exemption applies to any public agency, any private entity that has dedicated the land or water areas to one or more of those purposes or uses, or any combination of public agencies and private entities making that dedication.
(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of properly authorized prescribed burning to improve the biological function of land or to assist in the restoration of desired vegetation.
(d) In the event that any lands adjacent to any land or water area described in subdivision (a) are improved such that they are subject to Section 51182, the obligation to comply with Section 51182 shall be with the person owning, leasing, controlling, operating, or maintaining the occupied dwelling or occupied structure on the improved lands. All maintenance activities and other fire prevention measures required by Section 51182 shall be required only for the improved lands, not the land and water areas described in subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)