County of Santa Clara
Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency
Agriculture and Environmental Management
1553 Berger Drive, Building 1 San Jose, CA 95112
80 W. Highland Avenue, Building K San Martin, CA 95046
12425 Monterey Road, San Martin, CA 95046
Mosquito and Vector Control District
1580 Berger Drive, San Jose, CA 95112 https://cepa.santaclaracounty.gov
Board of Supervisors: Sylvia Arenas, Betty Duong, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, Margaret Abe-Koga County Executive: James R. Williams
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ABATE WEEDS
January 14, 2026
Dear Property Owner:
Fire safety is crucial for protecting lives, preserving property, ensuring community well-being, and minimizing environmental impact. Removing fire hazards from your property is a proactive step to reduce the risk of injury, death, and significant damage. Effective prevention and preparedness measures not only save lives but also help safeguard our environment and reduce economic losses. Maintaining proper clearance requirements, known as Minimum Fire Safety Standards, is a shared responsibility. Since fire doesn't respect property boundaries, your local city (or County if in unincorporated areas) works with the County of Santa Clara Weed Abatement Program to ensure that all properties meet these Minimum Fire Safety Standards obligations. You are receiving this notice because our team has identified your property as being subject to the Weed Abatement Program. Please review the information carefully, and feel free to reach out for clarification or additional information.
The governing body for your property may adopt a resolution declaring that it contains fire hazards due to weeds or other debris. Following this action, the governing body will hold a public Commencement Hearing as part of a public meeting to consider an abatement order. This order will require you to remove any hazardous vegetation or combustible debris before the deadline outlined in the enclosed Weed Abatement Program Schedule. The public Commencement Hearing will take place on the date and at the location stated in the enclosed Notice to Destroy. This hearing will provide you with an opportunity to raise any objections or concerns regarding this requirement and the inclusion of your property in the Weed Abatement Program.
If you believe your property includes an environmentally sensitive habitat, please check the box on the blue Return Reply Form and provide any additional information on the Return Reply Form to assist us in determining the best approach to abating your property from fire hazards.
If, after the public Commencement Hearing, the Weed Abatement Program is approved for your property, the County is authorized by your city, and the California Health and Safety Code sections §14875-14922 to inspect your property to confirm that it has been cleared of hazards and is compliant with Minimum Fire Safety Standards (see enclosed brochure).
Inspections will begin after the abatement deadline for your jurisdiction. This notice does not relieve you of your responsibility to complete the necessary work before your jurisdiction's deadline. All properties designated to be part of the Weed Abatement Program will have a $296 annual inspection fee to cover the cost of the program. This $296 cost will be included on your property tax bill as a special assessment.
In addition to the $296 annual inspection fee, if the parcel is found non-compliant at the time of our inspection, the parcel will be assessed a processing fee of $953 per parcel, and the property will be scheduled for abatement by the County- designated contractor. You will not incur additional charges if the abatement work is completed before the County- designated contractor arrives. However, should the County-designated contractor perform the abatement work, the parcel will incur the cost associated with the contractor's work plus an additional County administrative fee of $1,383 per parcel.
For those parcels requiring a warrant, a fee of $3,006 per parcel will be assessed.
2 The County will use the lowest cost method of abatement considering the physical characteristics of your property and any other environmental or related concerns. Fees are detailed on the price list included in the Notice to Destroy. The total amount of fees incurred will be included as a special assessment on your property tax bill following confirmation of the charges by your city (or the County if the parcel is in an unincorporated area) at a public Assessment Hearing. This Assessment Hearing will be scheduled in the summer, with the exact date determined by your governing body. Typically, Assessment Hearing information is posted at the physical location of the governing body (typically at a city hall building or other government center and most also publish this information on their websites) prior to the meeting.
You can avoid all costs, other than the $296 annual inspection fee, by completing the abatement work yourself according to Minimum Fire Safety Standards (see enclosed brochure) prior to the abatement deadline for your jurisdiction and maintaining the Minimum Fire Safety Standards for the duration of fire season, which typically runs March through October. Parcels will be removed from the program after three consecutive years of voluntary compliance (work completed by parcel owner prior to the deadline and confirmed by our inspection).
In preparation for this program, please complete and return the enclosed blue Return Reply Form so we are notified of your plans for abating your property.
If you designate on your Return Reply Form that you intend to abate the weeds yourself, you need to complete the abatement before the deadline listed on the attached abatement program schedule and maintain fire-safe conditions for the duration of the fire season. Responding that you intend to provide maintenance does not release you from this responsibility to have the maintenance completed before your deadline and repeated as necessary to maintain Minimum Fire Safe Standards. The County will abate hazardous vegetation as required after the deadline for your jurisdiction at your cost.
Enclosed you will find the following information:
Return Reply Form specific to your parcel. Please complete and return it to us.
Notice to Destroy Weeds informing you of an upcoming public Commencement Hearing (that you may attend if you have any objections to the proposed removal of hazardous vegetation or debris from your parcel). Your jurisdiction may offer you the ability to participate in this meeting virtually; please confirm directly with your jurisdiction.
Weed Abatement Program Schedule for your city with current County abatement fees.
County of Santa Clara Weed Abatement Brochure.
Please be aware that any abatement performed by the County must comply with all applicable regulations. If your property falls within an area designated as possible habitat for burrowing owls or any other protected species of bird or animal, the methods used to remove vegetation may be regulated by specific laws or local ordinances.
If you are no longer the parcel owner identified by this mailing, please notify us immediately at (408) 282-3145. If you sell your parcel after the date of this letter, it is your responsibility to notify the new owner and include the obligation to pay any abatement costs in your sale agreement. Without taking this action, you will be responsible for all hazard abatement charges assessed to the parcel.
Our goals are voluntary compliance with the Minimum Fire Safety Standards and that all properties remain safe from fire. If you have any questions or need on-site advice to help you achieve compliance with the Minimum Fire Safety Standards, please call us at (408) 282-3145.
Sincerely,
Garik Iosilevsky, Weed Abatement Manager
Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency
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TRA 07
Notice to
Destroy
Weeds
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 10, 2026, pursuant to Section 8.15 et seq. of the Code of the City of Santa Clara, the City Council of the City of Santa Clara, California passed a resolution declaring that all weeds growing upon any private property or in any public street or alley, as defined in 8.15.010 of the Code of the City of Santa Clara constitute a public nuisance; this nuisance must be abated by the removal of weeds.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that property owners shall, without delay, remove all weeds from their property and the abutting half of the street in front and alleys, if any, behind such property and between the lot lines thereof as extended, or the weeds will be destroyed or removed and such nuisance abated by the County authorities, in which case the cost of such destruction or removal will be assessed upon the lots and lands from which or from the front or rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed; and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid, and will be collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municipal taxes are collected. All property owners having any objections to the proposed destruction or removal of such weeds are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the Council of said City to be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 1500 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, California, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, when their objections will be heard and given due consideration.
The language and format for this notice is required by California Health and Safety Code Sections 14891 Et. Seq.
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SANTA CLARA WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM SCHEDULE
March 24, 2026 Public hearing to consider objections to Abatement List.
April 15, 2026 PARCEL ABATEMENT DEADLINE
Parcel must be free from hazardous vegetation by this date or Inspector will order abatement.
July/August, 2026 Assessment Hearing date to be scheduled by City Council.
2026 COUNTY WEED ABATEMENT FEES
Properties in the Weed Abatement Program, you will be responsible for an annual inspection fee of $296.00 per parcel.
Please be advised that the property owner of any parcel found to be non-compliant on or after the April 15th deadline may be charged a work order processing fee of $953.00 and the property will be scheduled for abatement by the County contractor. If you complete the abatement work before the County contractor performs the abatement, you will not incur further charges. Should the abatement work be performed by a County contractor, you will be assessed the contractor’s charges plus a County administrative fee of $1,383.00 per parcel.
For those parcels requiring a warrant a fee of $3,006.00 per parcel will be assessed.
2026 COUNTY CONTRACTOR’S WEED ABATEMENT PRICE LIST
A) Disc Work**
PARCEL SIZE: 1st Disc + 2nd Disc = Total Discs 0-12,500 sq.ft. $291-$425 $149-$180 $440-$605 12,501sq.ft.- 43,560sq.ft. $338-$425 $149-$225 $487-$650 Larger than 1 Acre $152-$309 $130-$151 $282-$460 (PER ACRE)
** It is required that parcels be disced twice a year. The cost for the first discing is higher due to additional work normally required during the first discing.
B) HANDWORK $5.09-$5.73 PER 100 Square Feet (SF) C) FLAIL 6 Foot Mower $6.40-10.97 PER 1,000 SF MOWING 12 Foot Mower $6.40-10.97 PER 1,000 SF D) LOADER WORK $153-$185 PER HOUR
E) DUMP TRUCK $141-$185 PER HOUR
F) BRUSH WORK $4.80-$5.47 PER 100 SF
G) DUMP FEE 100%
Added to orders with debris removal at 100% of the dump site charge.
*Please note this program does not offer herbicide application as a method of abatement. 2026 Return Reply Form
IMPORTANT: Please complete this form and mail back to the Weed Abatement Program within 15 days of receipt of this notice.Thank you. 87TRA:
AT&T COMMS OF CALIF INC
Parcel Number Site Address
AT&T COMMS OF CALIF INC
1090 E DUANE AVE
SUNNYVALE CA 94085-2623
Please check the box that
applies for each parcel
(see explanations below):
ABC
*825-02-138*
825-02-138 73 SOUTH SAN MARTIN
Please provide any additional information such as new owners, presence of piping, irrigation, crops or other improvement.
If your property is fenced/locked, please provide instructions on how to enter the property. If you are no longer the owner of the property identified by this mailing, please notify the County immediately. If you sell your property after December 1st, 2025, it is your responsibility to notify the new owner and to include the obligation to pay any abatement costs in your agreement of sale. Without taking this action, you will be liable for all hazard abatement charges assessed to the property.
Thank you
Date Day time phoneName (please print)Signature
A
B
C
I am no longer the owner of this property, and the new owner information is listed below. Please return Reply Form immediately.
I intend to maintain this parcel in a manner consistent with the Minimum Fire Safety Standards from April 1, 2025 through the end of the fire season (typically runs through October). All parcels on the abatement list remain subject to inspection and fee to ascertain compliance. Non-compliance by the deadline will result in an Inspection fee and the abatement of weeds by the County contractor and the resulting charges added to the property tax.
I request that the County Contractor perform weed abatement work on this parcel. Charges for this work will be added to my property tax bill. (All County fees Apply)
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Please check if you feel this parcel is environmentaly sensitive SAMPLE