Junk removal and land clearing in Santa Paula, CA

Santa Paula homes, by the numbers

Santa Paula has about 9,700 lived-in homes and about 31,000 people (Census Reporter, Santa Paula). About 73 percent of the homes were built before 1980, one of the highest shares in the county, and about 9 percent are mobile homes.

Older houses come with older garages, sheds and outbuildings. Cleanouts, small demolition of sheds and outbuildings, and hauling off debris from repairs are common here, along with clearing on the larger lots and orchard land around town.

Brush clearance in Santa Paula

Santa Paula is in Ventura County Fire’s territory. Ventura County Fire’s Fire Hazard Reduction Program mails a Notice to Abate Fire Hazard every April 20, and clearance is due June 1: commonly 100 feet around buildings and 10 feet along roads (Ventura County Fire). Its reach includes the county’s wildland-urban interface, which it defines as anywhere within 500 feet of brush, grass or grain covered land, so many homes at the edges of town are in (FHRP FAQ).

Brush clearing covers the yearly notice, and land clearing and tractor work cover the bigger properties.

Drop-offs for Santa Paula residents

The county holds household hazardous waste collection events for Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ojai and the unincorporated areas at the Pollution Prevention Center in Ventura and the Santa Clara River Valley facility in Fillmore (Ventura County hazardous waste). Athens Services customers can pick up free compost at 815 Mission Rock Road in Santa Paula (Ventura County residential recycling).

For anything that won’t fit those programs, junk removal and hauling take it away.

Orchards, ranch land and county permits

Outside the city limits, much of the land around Santa Paula is orchard and ranch ground, and old trees, brush and rows of dead citrus or avocado are common jobs for land clearing and tractor work.

Unincorporated parcels follow the county’s rules for dirt work. Ventura County’s homeowner guidelines say a grading permit is needed when earth moving goes over 50 cubic yards, or a cut or fill is deeper than 3 feet (Ventura County guidelines). We tell you up front when a job looks like it crosses that line.