WEED ABATEMENT 2024
TAX ROLL FY 2025-2026
PURPOSE
Weed abatement and Vegetation Management are effective fire prevention and mitigation methods to help protect property.
• The annual program focuses on the abating vegetation nuisance as required in Chapter 8.76.035 of the Poway Municipal Code.
• The properties included have been previously identified to contain an annual re- growth of vegetative nuisance identified by the Fire Marshal and Code Compliance.
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THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES
1. DEFENSIBLE SPACE
2. WEED ABATEMENT.
VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
• AS OF 2024, DEFENSIBLE SPACE IS MANAGED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WEED ABATEMENT BY THE CODE COMPLIANCE UNIT.
Property owners must Self-Certify
and choose to:
1) Perform the weed abatement on
their property.
2) They may choose to pay the City
directly for the work completed.
3) Have the cost incurred assessed
against their property’s tax bill as
fixed charged assessment.
WEED ABATEMENT IS NECESSARY TO DECREASE FIRE HAZARDS
RESIDENTS HAVE A SAY
ABATED PROPERTIES: 23
PAID INVOICES: 14
TAX ROLL: 9
2024 TAX ROLL PROPERTIES
FY 2025-2026
Weed Abatement Areas in Poway
BEFORE AFTER
APPROVE THE 2024 WEED ABATEMENT CHARGES TO
BE COLLECTED ON THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TAX
ROLL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.
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