Juniper Planting Restrictions: Fire Codes, Not UBC Law

No UBC or state law bans juniper near walls. The claim likely stems from Nevada’s “Living with Fire” guidelines (NDF), which call juniper “little gas cans” and recommend removal from defensible space. This is a voluntary best practice, not law.

• Boulder City, NV landscape code does not restrict juniper.
• Local HOAs or fire districts may adopt it as a requirement.
• USDA NRCS pays rural NV landowners to remove native pinyon/juniper for wildfire management.

Juniper is fine in the right spot (irrigated, maintained, away from structures). The “law” is propaganda, not statute.