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Healdsburg, in short
Can I get a free wildfire check of my home in Healdsburg?
Yes, if you live in the City. The Fire Department’s free Wildfire Mitigation Assessment has a Fire Inspector/Wildfire Mitigation Specialist evaluate your property and provide a written report identifying steps you can take to improve your home’s wildfire safety. Appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The story of Healdsburg
Healdsburg, around its Plaza, where the Russian River, Dry Creek and Alexander valleys meet.
Healdsburg began in 1857 as a plaza and 85 lots laid out for Harmon Heald, and became a City in 1867. Its living has come from the land since, the Museum says: grapes, lumber and hops, then prunes, and now wine.
The Healdsburg Museum says the territory that is now Healdsburg was claimed in 1841 by Captain Henry Fitch, brother-in-law of Governor Mariano Vallejo.
In 1851, the Museum says, Harmon Heald, a native of Ohio and a would-be gold seeker, left mining and built a cabin. In 1854 he built a small general store and opened a post office in it, around which a small settlement grew.
In 1857, the Museum says, Heald hired a surveyor to lay out a central plaza with streets and 85 lots, and a town was born. The City’s General Plan report says the town of Healdsburg was mapped and recorded by Harmon Heald on March 5, 1857, and the County’s historic-resources page says he subdivided that year a town he named Healdsburg.
The Healdsburg Fire Department was established in 1858, the City’s page says, and has met the challenges of providing a wide spectrum of fire services to the community for more than 150 years.
In 1867 the town was incorporated as a City, with Col. Lewis A. Norton serving as the first mayor, the Museum says.
In 1871, the Museum says, the railroad opened new markets for farm produce and established Healdsburg as a prosperous agricultural district.
By the 1880s, the Museum says, the major regional revenue besides tourism came from grapes, lumber and hops, and the proliferation of farming, combined with the railroad, made sawmills and the canning and packing industry central to the local economy.
The Museum says the bottom dropped out of Healdsburg’s flourishing wine industry with Prohibition, the passage of the Volstead Act in 1919.
In the early 1920s the Cerri family built one of the last remaining produce distribution and canning facilities found in Healdsburg today, the Cerri Building. The City acquired the property in 2005, and after nearly 20 years of planning, design and fundraising the former cannery and warehouse opened as the Foley Family Community Pavilion, the City says.
In 1929, the Museum says, Healdsburg touted its agricultural prosperity with its city slogan, “Healdsburg: the Buckle of the Prune Belt.” By 1930 prunes were the most important industry in Healdsburg and remained the largest cash crop until the 1970s.
In 1983, the City’s Historic Preservation page says, a historic resources survey was completed for the entire area of the original Rancho Sotoyome Mexican land grant, and it was later used to designate the Johnson and Matheson Street historic districts. The Museum says it was the City’s first attempt to assess the quality and quantity of its historic buildings, structures and sites, and the Museum has digitized the complete survey.
Today, the Museum says, wine is the primary agricultural industry, and Healdsburg has evolved from an unpretentious farm town to a Wine Country destination.
Fire safety
The fire code
In December 2025 the City Council adopted the 2025 California Fire Code as the Fire Code of the City of Healdsburg, carrying forward the City’s 2022 local amendments (Ordinance 1252, passed December 1, 2025).
Ordinance 1252, adopted Dec 1, 2025
Clear the land every year
Weed abatement is an annual program of the Fire Department, and the City’s weed abatement page asks owners to start abating “high weeds” and removing “ladder fuels”. Grass must be trimmed.
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Defensible space in the City’s fire code
The City’s fire code defines a “Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area” as a geographical area located within any Moderate, High, or Very High Fire Severity Zone, or other areas the enforcing agency designates as at significant risk from wildfires in a Moderate or High Fire Severity Zone, and says buildings and structures within one “shall maintain defensible space as outlined in Government Code 51175-51189, as amended from time to time, and local standards of the authority having jurisdiction.”
Ordinance 1252, adopted Dec 1, 2025
How many homes the City counts in a moderate or high zone
The City’s Wildfire page says, from an exposure analysis completed for its hazard mitigation plan, that about 30 percent of the city’s residential structures are in a moderate or high wildfire severity zone.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
State-wide Find your own address on the State’s map
The State Fire Marshal’s page says, “You can enter your address to locate your property on a map showing Fire Hazard Severity Zones.” For a local area, the page says, “Contact your local jurisdiction for information on a specific area that is located in the Local Responsibility Area.”
State page read Oct 20 2026
Zone 0, the State’s rule
The State’s Zone 0 rule was adopted by the Board of Forestry; it is in final review with the Office of Administrative Law, and no effective date is known. This is the status on our standing check of October 22, 2026.
Standing check of Oct 22 2026
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Healdsburg this month
Storm season: the County’s sandbag page lists the Abel De Luna Community Center on Healdsburg Avenue under City Sponsored Sandbag Locations.
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Culture and history
The Plaza
The City says locals gather on the Plaza’s well-kept lawns, shaded by graceful trees, and that its iconic gazebo hosts everything from summer concerts to community events. More in The story of Healdsburg, below.
Concerts in the Plaza
Every summer the Plaza has weekly Tuesday-evening concerts and Sunday-afternoon live music, and the City’s pages for both already look ahead to the 2027 series.
Pages undated; both look ahead to 2027; read Oct 26 2026
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The Fourth of July in the Plaza
Hundreds of families come downtown for the annual Fourth of July Kids’ Parade and Duck Dash in the Plaza, co-hosted by the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise and the City.
The City’s page shows July 4, 2027; read Oct 26 2026
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The City’s page says the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Healdsburg Avenue is known as the “Biggest, Shortest Parade in the World”, and that Healdsburg Community Services runs it today.
The City’s page shows March 17, 2027; read Oct 26 2026
The Future Farmers Country Fair
Each May a parade through the streets leads to the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair at Recreation Park, where local students exhibit the agricultural projects they have worked on in their FFA and 4-H clubs.
The City’s page shows May 27-29, 2027; read Oct 26 2026
Healdsburg Jazz
Healdsburg Jazz, a nonprofit launched in 1999, holds a Summer Festival and a WinterFest; the third annual WinterFest is scheduled for January 28-31, 2027.
Organizer’s page, read Oct 26 2026; WinterFest January 28-31, 2027
Merry Healdsburg
The City’s page calls the Merry Healdsburg tree lighting on the Plaza a holiday tradition, hosted by the City’s Community Services with the Chamber of Commerce.
Page undated; the 2026 date is left off; read Oct 26 2026
The Saturday farmers’ market
A Saturday farmers’ market runs at the Foley Family Community Pavilion from April into December in 2026, the City’s page and the market’s own page say, and the City says the market celebrates the agricultural heritage of the area.
2026 season; both pages end it in December; read Oct 26 2026
The Foley Family Community Pavilion
A 1920s canning building, now a community pavilion. More in The story of Healdsburg, below.
Community
Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society
The Society says it collects, protects, preserves and interprets the artifacts, documents and photographs that trace the history of Healdsburg and the surrounding area; it was founded on January 29, 1976, and became a non-profit corporation in 1977.
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
It describes itself as an interactive hub for artists and the community, with art classes, exhibits and events.
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Fitch Mountain Association
The City’s page on Fitch Mountain encourages residents to get involved with the Fitch Mountain Association, which has established neighborhood fire safety groups in most areas on the mountain.
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Fitch Mountain, a Firewise USA community
Fire Safe Sonoma’s list of Firewise USA communities, posted March 17, 2026, includes Fitch Mountain, established in 2023.
List posted March 17, 2026
The Foss Creek Clean-Up
The City runs a Foss Creek Clean-Up each fall, when volunteers remove trash and debris from the creek, which the City calls a tributary of the Russian River; its page shows the next one as Fall 2027.
The City’s page shows Fall 2027; read Oct 26 2026
City rules and regulations
Re-roofs are an over-the-counter permit
The City’s Building page lists re-roofing among the over-the-counter permits that need no plan review, and the City’s online permit portal takes residential and nonresidential re-roof permits.
Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026
Re-roof inspections
The City’s Building FAQ says reroof inspections can be scheduled for “next day” and that two inspections are typically required, roof tear-off/deck-nail and reroof final; inspections run Monday through Friday, except City holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and noon or between 1 and 3 p.m., and the City does not schedule same-day inspections.
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Final approval of a re-roof
The City withholds final approval of a re-roof unless three items are met: a spark arrestor on chimneys attached to an appliance or fireplace that burns solid fuel, address numbers visible from the street, and smoke alarms.
FAQ undated, read Oct 26 2026
The two historic districts
Generally, exterior changes to buildings within the Johnson Street and Matheson Street Historic District Overlay will require design review, the City says, and its Land Use Code excerpt says designs must be in harmony with the general architectural characteristics of the area, including “roof types and profiles”.
Excerpt last updated July 1, 2023
Heritage trees
A tree permit is required to remove a heritage tree, which the code defines as a tree 30 inches or more in diameter or one the City Council identifies by resolution. The exceptions include routine maintenance, emergencies, a dead or diseased heritage tree, and a heritage tree on a parcel with a single-family dwelling that cannot be divided further. Removed heritage trees are replaced at a ratio of three new trees for every tree removed.
Code current through June 15, 2026
The arborist’s report
A tree assessment prepared by a certified arborist must be submitted with a heritage tree permit application, the City’s Heritage Trees FAQ says, with the application fee as noted in the Master Fee Schedule.
FAQ undated, read Oct 26 2026
Street trees
A tree on private property that reaches into the public right-of-way is a “street tree” under the City’s code, and its owner must keep it from damaging the sidewalk or other public improvements.
Tree work in the street
The City requires an encroachment permit if tree removal affects the public right-of-way, including the temporary closure of a public sidewalk or street for a crane.
FAQ undated, read Oct 26 2026
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Storms, flood and drainage
Sandbags
The County’s sandbag page lists the Abel De Luna Community Center on Healdsburg Avenue under City Sponsored Sandbag Locations. The page’s general instructions say to bring your own shovel and take only what you need, and that the bags are available while supplies last.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
How many homes are in a flood area
The City’s Flood page, citing an exposure analysis for its hazard mitigation plan, says about 8 percent of the city’s residential structures are in an area with a 1 percent or 0.2 percent annual chance of flooding.
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The December 2014 flood
The City’s 2023 hazard mitigation plan, adopted by the City Council on February 20, 2024, calls a December 2014 flood that began in Foss Creek Healdsburg’s most significant event: more than 8 inches of rain fell in 24 hours on December 10 and 11, and about 78 acres of downtown flooded.
Plan adopted Feb 20, 2024
Where the rain goes
The City says rain and snow melt that cannot soak into the ground flows to City storm drains or to local rivers and tributaries, and its FAQ says that in Healdsburg most drainage leads to Foss Creek, which flows into Dry Creek and the Russian River.
Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026
Check the flood map for your address
The City’s Maps page carries the FEMA flood map panels for the Healdsburg area.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
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Programs, loans and insurance
Free Wildfire Mitigation Assessment
The Fire Department’s free assessment, described in the answer above, is for City of Healdsburg residents. The City’s page asks you to include your property address and contact information in your request.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
Free smoke detectors for seniors
Smoke detectors, smoke detector batteries, and free inspection and installation are available for city residents who are senior citizens or live within the boundaries of the City Redevelopment Agency, the City’s page says; seniors can call the Fire Department directly.
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County-wide County Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program
Sonoma County offers low-interest loans, not grants, to eligible property owners in the unincorporated areas of the county and in the city limits of Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, Sonoma and Windsor; the County’s checklist names “Leaking roofs”, and to qualify you must be below the Low Income (80% AMI) amount for your household size.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
County-wide County Flood Elevation Mitigation Program
Sonoma County’s Flood Elevation Mitigation Program, run with FEMA money, can provide up to 75% of the cost of raising a flood-prone residential structure above the 100-year flood level, and the County’s page calls it a grant.
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
City rebates for electricity and water
The City’s rebate pages list rebates from Healdsburg Electric for weatherization, heat pumps and other appliances, and from the City’s water department for converting a lawn.
Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026
County-wide Free weatherization from North Coast Energy Services
North Coast Energy Services, a local nonprofit that has a Santa Rosa office for Sonoma County, provides free weatherization and heating repair for renters and homeowners, and the City refers qualifying low income customers to the Home Energy Assistance Program at the same toll-free number.
Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026
Check back Earthquake Brace + Bolt: check back
The California Residential Mitigation Program, a joint body, runs Earthquake Brace + Bolt, which offers a retrofit grant of up to $3,000, the program’s word, for wood-framed, pre-1980 homes with a raised foundation; Healdsburg’s ZIP code, 95448, is on its list, registration is open for a limited time each year, and the page invites you to sign up to be notified when it opens.
Page read Oct 26 2026
State-wide Check back California Safe Homes: check back
California Safe Homes, the State’s home-hardening grant program run through the Department of Insurance, is not open: no dated State page says it is, and the Department’s 2026 press-release index lists no Safe Homes item.
Press-release index read Oct 20 2026
Insurance Flood insurance, in the City’s words
The City’s Flood page says homeowner’s insurance policies do not cover flooding, and that it typically takes up to 30 days for a flood policy to go into effect, “so the time to buy is well before a disaster.”
Page undated, read Oct 26 2026
Who serves your home in Healdsburg
- Fire: The Healdsburg Fire Department, which the City’s page says is responsible for protecting the life, environment and property of its citizens and community from the dangers of fire and hazardous materials incidents, and for providing emergency first aid response to medical emergencies.
- Water: The City’s own Water Department, part of the City’s Electric, Water & Wastewater Department, which maintains the city water system from the well fields and reservoirs through distribution to city water customers.
- Sewer: The City collects and treats it, with 36 miles of sewer mains and 9 sewer lift stations, and City crews answer blockages in the collection system and in house service laterals from the main to the street line.
- Garbage: Recology Sonoma Marin, under an exclusive franchise with the City, with weekly curbside collection of garbage, recyclables and compost.
- Electricity: The City’s own Electric Department, not PG&E and not Sonoma Clean Power: the City says it operates its own electric utility, and Sonoma Clean Power’s FAQ names Healdsburg as an exception to its service.
- Gas: PG&E: the City’s rebate page speaks of customers who have PG&E gas and Healdsburg Electric power.
- Air: The Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District, which names Healdsburg among the places it covers.
- Storm drains: The City bills residential customers a fixed monthly service charge per dwelling unit for storm water, its FAQ says.
- Schools: Healdsburg Unified School District, which calls itself Healdsburg’s only public school system, with five schools on four campuses.
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The homes of Healdsburg
Healdsburg’s median home was built in 1981, and about 47 percent of its homes were built in 1979 or earlier. About 72 percent of its homes are single-family houses that stand apart, and about 5.5 percent of all homes are vacant homes held for seasonal, recreational or occasional use, our own calculations from the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 tables.
Early 1850s
Homestead houses and adobe
In the City’s 2009 account, settlers in the early 1850s built simple wood frame “homestead”-style structures, and the first permanent structures were made of adobe.
1870-1890
Italianate mansions and modest Italianate rows
Several Italianate mansions and larger homes went up between 1870 and 1880 with balconies, brackets and grillwork, and the areas south of the railroad tracks, developed between 1880 and 1890, held nearly identical modest, single-story Italianates, which the report calls examples of the earliest row or tract housing in the city.
Late 1800s
Queen Anne cottages
The vast majority of the middle-class homes were cottages in the Queen Anne style, embellished with verandahs, circular bays, multi-gabled roofs and other features of the style.
1900-1945
Bungalows, then Mediterranean and Mission styles
Between 1900 and 1925 two bungalow styles, the California bungalow and the locally popular Craftsman bungalow, became characteristic; some Mediterranean and Spanish- or Mission-style homes with arches, red tile roofs and brick walls finished in stucco went up, generally between 1930 and 1945.
1960s and 1970s
Subdivisions of one-story homes
Subdivisions built in the 1960s and 1970s are typified by medium-size lots of 6,000 square feet, with mostly one-story homes and two-car garages, and most of the newer homes, as in the Parkland Farms area annexed in 1994, are two-story on smaller lots.
Today
The older neighborhoods
The older residential area just outside downtown has many historic buildings representing a broad range of architectural styles, including Queen Anne, Italianate, Homestead, Greek Revival and Neo-classical, and holds the city’s only two historic districts.
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The story of Healdsburg
History and character
The Healdsburg Museum says the territory that is now Healdsburg was claimed in 1841 by Captain Henry Fitch, brother-in-law of Governor Mariano Vallejo.
In 1851, the Museum says, Harmon Heald, a native of Ohio and a would-be gold seeker, left mining and built a cabin. In 1854 he built a small general store and opened a post office in it, around which a small settlement grew.
In 1857, the Museum says, Heald hired a surveyor to lay out a central plaza with streets and 85 lots, and a town was born. The City’s General Plan report says the town of Healdsburg was mapped and recorded by Harmon Heald on March 5, 1857, and the County’s historic-resources page says he subdivided that year a town he named Healdsburg.
The Healdsburg Fire Department was established in 1858, the City’s page says, and has met the challenges of providing a wide spectrum of fire services to the community for more than 150 years.
In 1867 the town was incorporated as a City, with Col. Lewis A. Norton serving as the first mayor, the Museum says.
In 1871, the Museum says, the railroad opened new markets for farm produce and established Healdsburg as a prosperous agricultural district.
By the 1880s, the Museum says, the major regional revenue besides tourism came from grapes, lumber and hops, and the proliferation of farming, combined with the railroad, made sawmills and the canning and packing industry central to the local economy.
The Museum says the bottom dropped out of Healdsburg’s flourishing wine industry with Prohibition, the passage of the Volstead Act in 1919.
In the early 1920s the Cerri family built one of the last remaining produce distribution and canning facilities found in Healdsburg today, the Cerri Building. The City acquired the property in 2005, and after nearly 20 years of planning, design and fundraising the former cannery and warehouse opened as the Foley Family Community Pavilion, the City says.
In 1929, the Museum says, Healdsburg touted its agricultural prosperity with its city slogan, “Healdsburg: the Buckle of the Prune Belt.” By 1930 prunes were the most important industry in Healdsburg and remained the largest cash crop until the 1970s.
In 1983, the City’s Historic Preservation page says, a historic resources survey was completed for the entire area of the original Rancho Sotoyome Mexican land grant, and it was later used to designate the Johnson and Matheson Street historic districts. The Museum says it was the City’s first attempt to assess the quality and quantity of its historic buildings, structures and sites, and the Museum has digitized the complete survey.
Today, the Museum says, wine is the primary agricultural industry, and Healdsburg has evolved from an unpretentious farm town to a Wine Country destination.
Healdsburg, roof and gutters
Healdsburg is low and gently sloping in the west and centre and hilly in the north and east, the City’s 2009 General Plan report says, with elevations from about 90 feet along the Russian River on the south side of the city to more than 500 feet on the west side of Fitch Mountain. It sits in an inland valley where three valleys meet, the Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley, with Highway 101, the river, farmland and mountains east and west around it.
Yearly rain runs from 33.78 inches at the Santa Rosa airport station to 42.81 inches at the Healdsburg station, by NOAA’s 1991-2020 normals, measured from City Hall. By our own calculation from the monthly normals, about 90 percent of the Healdsburg station’s rain falls from November through April, and December is its wettest month, at 8.51 inches.
Most of the landscaping inside the city limits is non-native ornamental trees, the General Plan report says, while native trees and groves persist in the hillier north and east, in the vicinity of Fitch Mountain. The City’s tree brochure, with its Plaza and neighborhood tree walk, calls London plane trees “messy trees dropping leaves, bark, and fruiting structures all season long” and says of the pin oak that “The russet leaves of fall will hang until spring.”
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Landmarks and parks
Healdsburg Plaza
The City describes the Plaza as the heart of downtown, with lawns, shade trees and an iconic gazebo.
Healdsburg Museum
The former Carnegie Library, a neo-classical revival building funded by a $10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie, which the City’s 2009 plan calls the only building in the Urban Service Area listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
General of the Army Eisenhower Tree
A completely hollow redwood once called “Old Stovepipe”, dedicated on July 22, 1972, which the City calls one of the few completely hollow trees in the world.
Villa Chanticleer
A resort established in 1910 as a gathering place for San Francisco’s French elite, owned by the City today.
Fitch Mountain Park and Open Space Preserve
Protected by a partnership of the City, the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District, LandPaths, the Coastal Conservancy and the Fitch Mountain Fund; the City owns the property rights and is responsible for its long-term care.
Healdsburg Ridge Open Space Preserve
A 155-acre preserve bought by the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District in 2003, with wetlands, oak woodlands, serpentine chaparral and grasslands.
Foss Creek Pathway
A lighted walking path with benches and public art, which the City says will be a 4.1-mile bicycle and pedestrian facility through the city when completed.
Badger Park
Eleven acres with a community garden, athletic fields, a playground, a trail along riparian habitat and a dog park.
Foley Family Community Pavilion
The City’s community pavilion, which is home to the Saturday farmers’ market.
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The year in Healdsburg
| January | Healdsburg Jazz WinterFest (2027: January 28-31) |
|---|---|
| March | St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Healdsburg Avenue |
| April | The Fire Department’s weed abatement inspections begin The end of the wet season |
| May | Future Farmers Country Fair and Twilight Parade |
| June | Healdsburg Jazz Summer Festival |
| July | Summer concerts in the Plaza, Tuesdays and Sundays Fourth of July Kids’ Parade and Duck Dash in the Plaza |
| November | The start of the wet season, November through April by NOAA’s normals |
| December | December is the wettest month at the Healdsburg station Merry Healdsburg tree lighting on the Plaza |
Healdsburg questions
What Healdsburg homeowners ask us
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Healdsburg?
Yes. The City’s Building page lists re-roofing among its over-the-counter permits, which need no plan review, and applications go in online or on paper. The re-roof fee is in the City’s Master Fee Schedule for fiscal year 2026-27, and the City’s Fees page says the Building Division can estimate building permit fees once it knows the value or square footage of the project. If you wish, we can also pull the permit for you, as most of our customers ask us to.
Do I need a permit to remove a tree on my property in Healdsburg?
Only for a heritage tree. A heritage tree is any tree 30 inches or more in diameter, measured two feet above level ground. The City’s FAQ says that if the tree is not of a size to be considered a heritage tree, “then yes, the tree may be removed without the need for any City permits”, and that a heritage tree “may be removed without permits only under certain circumstances.” Removing one otherwise takes a tree permit with a certified arborist’s assessment, and the City requires three new trees for every heritage tree removed.
How does weed abatement work in Healdsburg?
The Fire Department’s annual program starts with inspections that build a list of the properties that must abate their hazards, and the owners of those properties get a letter with a weed abatement checklist and timeline. A second inspection follows, and if the property owner still refuses to abate, the City will use its own contractors to complete the abatement and invoice the owner.
Does Healdsburg flood?
Parts of it do. The City’s Flood page names the Russian River and Foss Creek as the dominant flooding hazards for Healdsburg, with Foss Creek causing most of the flooding in the city, and says flooding occurs on a semi-regular basis, both within the FEMA-identified floodplains and in other localized areas. The City’s Housing Element says significant portions of the City are located within the 100-year floodplain of the Russian River.
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Healdsburg neighbourhoods we serve
Fitch Mountain
The City calls it one of the most prominent physical landmarks found in northern Sonoma County, rising just east of the central part of Healdsburg, and the Fire Department’s page lists the areas of Fitch Mountain among those it serves.
The Plaza
The General Plan calls Downtown, including the Plaza at the heart of the community, the City’s primary activity node.
Downtown
The General Plan recounts a 1963 policy that Downtown Healdsburg should remain the dominant commercial center of northern Sonoma County.
Johnson Street Historic District
One of the City’s two locally designated historic districts; the City’s excerpt of its Land Use Code places it on both sides of Johnson Street between Piper Street and Powell Avenue.
Matheson Historic District
The City’s other locally designated historic district; the City’s excerpt of its Land Use Code places it on both sides of Matheson Street between East Street and First Street.
Grove Street
The City’s Grove Street Neighborhood Plan provides guidelines and standards for development along Grove Street, between Dry Creek Road and West Grant Street.
Central Healdsburg Avenue
The stretch of Healdsburg Avenue from the Central Healdsburg Avenue exit of US 101 north to the five-way intersection with Mill Street and Vine Street, which has its own City area plan.
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