You can report a weed abatement problem to the Corona Fire Department at 951-736-2220 or sending an email.  Prior to calling, you will need to obtain the detailed address or location, along with a thorough description of the problem. Photos can be of great assistance.  

Neglected landscaping – examples include front lawns that are severely overgrown, have weeds, brush, or are unattended or neglected, are violations of the Municipal Code and are not enforced by the Fire Department. Please contact Code Enforcement. 

Due to restriction from South Coast Air Quality Management District, open burning is not permitted.  Yard waste must be properly disposed of in your household yard waste container, or taken to a landfill.

Not all vegetation dry, dead, or dying will constitute a fire hazard.  What the Fire Department looks for to open an abatement case is the following:

• The fire hazard is visible from the public right-of-way
• Dead or dry leaves and pine needles on the yard, roof, and rain gutters
• Dead or dying branches that are hanging within 6’ from the ground
• Combustible vegetation within 10’ of roofs, chimneys, or eaves.

Items not meeting the above criteria may be classified as a nuisance according to the Corona Municipal Code.  Contact Code Enforcement for clarification.

Go to the Plant Pallet for Defensible Space Landscaping Guideline contained in our list of guidelines.

A parcel of undeveloped land, less than five (5) acres, must be completely disked.  Any parcel of land larger than five (5) acres must be disked around the perimeter and firebreaks disked to create areas no larger than 2 ½ acres.  Minimum size of the fire break will be sixty feet (60’).  Parcels presenting fire hazards greater than the normal need for abatement will be disked according to the discretion of the Fire Hazard Abatement Officer.

A request to investigate such charges must be in writing and sent to the Corona Fire Department, Fire Hazard Abatement Officer, at the Corona Fire Department, 735 Public Safety Way., Corona, CA  92880.  All records and photography of the property will be presented to the property owner to show the work that was done on the property.  If the charges were assessed in error, the city will submit a letter to the County Assessor’s office requesting that the charges be removed.

Yes, a written appeal can be made by the owner or person occupying or controlling such lot or premises.  The appeal must be submitted to the city of Corona City Clerk’s office.  The appeal will be presented at a regular City Council meeting and a decision will be rendered.

Although the city does own the parkways, it is the property owner’s responsibility to maintain his/her parkway, alleyway and/or easements within their property.

Change in ownership of the property is not always recorded immediately.  If you received a “Notice to Clean Premise” and you do not own the property listed, please contact the Corona Fire Department at 951-736-2220.  Property owner information is provided to the Corona Fire Department by the Riverside County Assessor’s Office and may have a delay in transfers of information.

Yes, the property owner is responsible for the maintenance and fire hazard abatement of their own property at all times.

If the property is not abated by the specific deadline, citations will be issued.  A city crew or private contractor will abate the property and the charges will be assessed on the following year’s tax bill.  A minimum charge will be assessed for the first hour, plus charges per each additional quarter hour.   Call (951) 736-2257 for exact fees.

Corona Municipal Code Chapter 8.24.030, states “All weeds, dry grasses, dead shrubs, dead trees, rubbish or any other material growing upon the streets, parking area, sidewalks, or upon private property within the city, which bears weeds of winged or downy nature or which by reason of their size, manner of growth, and location constitute a fire hazard to any building, improvements, crops or other property, and weed grasses which, when dry, will in reasonable probability constitute such a fire hazard are a public nuisance”.

Corona Municipal Code Chapter 8.24 states: “If it is determined by the fire chief, or his authorized representative, that a public nuisance exists on any lot or premises in the city, or upon any sidewalk, parking area or street adjacent to such lot or premises, the fire chief shall cause a notice to be issued to abate such nuisance”.

In an effort to reduce vegetation fires in the city of Corona, a Fire Hazard Abatement Program was designed.  To implement this program, the city is surveyed twice each year by the Fire Hazard Abatement Officer.  Those properties not in compliance are notified either by the posting of a pink sign on the property, done in the spring, or by letter.  In either case, the property owner has 30 days to abate the property.