{"data":{"id":"us-ca/prc-4291.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PRC § 4291.3","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to any other applicable law, a state or local fire official, at their discretion, may authorize an owner of property, or the owner’s agent, to construct a firebreak, or implement appropriate vegetation management techniques, to ensure that defensible space is adequate for the protection of a hospital, adult residential care facility, school, aboveground storage tank, hazardous materials facility, or similar facility on the property. The firebreak may be for a radius of up to 300 feet from the facility, or to the property line, whichever distance is shorter.\n(b) The director may authorize an owner of a property not listed in subdivision (a) to construct a firebreak, or implement appropriate vegetation management techniques, within a radius of up to 300 feet from a structure, or to the property line, whichever distance is shorter, if it is determined by the director as necessary to protect life, property, and natural resources from unreasonable risks associated with wildland fires.","path":["Public Resources Code - PRC","DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4001. - 4958.]","PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS [4101. - 4789.7.]","CHAPTER 3. Mountainous, Forest-, Brush- and Grass-Covered Lands [4291. - 4299.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"cd1a6812990a923034153496569da6f67191aebf777656e077debc0e053e48ff","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/prc-4291.1","next":"us-ca/prc-4291.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}