Section 5506 Of Chapter 6.5. Roadside Vegetation Control From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6.5.
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. (a) Within 30 days of receipt of the information required to
be provided pursuant to Section 5504, the property owner may request
a meeting with representatives of the agency to discuss the agency's
proposed schedule for, or method of, roadside vegetation control, or
both the schedule and method to be used on, or along, the roadway
adjacent or contiguous to his or her property.
(b) Upon receipt of a request for a meeting pursuant to this
section, the agency shall meet with the property owner at a mutually
agreeable time and location.
(c) The purpose of the meeting shall be to develop and adopt the
following:
(1) A schedule for the roadside vegetation control operation .
(2) A method of roadside vegetation control that eliminates, or
minimizes, damage to the property owner's property while preserving
the ability of the agency to conduct an effective roadside vegetation
control program.
(d) The agency shall consider and, if the facts presented to the
agency warrant further action in order to carry out the objectives of
this chapter, do any or all of the following:
(1) Revise the schedule for the roadside vegetation control
operation.
(2) Revise the proposed methods of roadside vegetation control,
including, but not limited to, the use of a pesticide or mechanical
methods of control, or a combination thereof.
(3) Use different pesticides, or different combinations or
concentrations of pesticides.
(4) Enter into an agreement with the property owner whereby the
property owner agrees to assume the responsibility, in whole or in
part, of roadside vegetation control by any lawful method of control,
if the agency determines that the property owner's method is as
effective as the method proposed to be used by the agency.
(e) The objective of this section is to establish a procedure for
property owners and representatives of agencies to meet and confer in
order to develop and adopt mutually acceptable times for, and
methods of, well-coordinated and effective roadside vegetation
control operations, and thereby minimize damage to adjacent or
contiguous property.
(f) If agreement cannot be reached between the property owner and
the agency, the agency shall maintain responsibility for decisions
affecting roadside vegetation control in the disputed area.