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Fairfax council adopts Cal Fire local responsibility-area hazard maps; planners warn new design rules will follow
Summary
The council voted to adopt updated Cal Fire fire-hazard severity zone maps for local responsibility areas, formally placing much of the town under moderate or high designations and triggering later code and building-code adjustments.
FAIRFAX, Calif. — The Fairfax Town Council voted May 7 to adopt updated Cal Fire fire-hazard severity zone maps for local responsibility areas, a step officials called necessary to align town planning with the state’s scientific hazard mapping.
Town staff presented the maps at a public hearing and said the maps are not a code change themselves but establish minimum hazard designations the town must reflect in subsequent local code and defensible-space regulations. The maps, prepared by Cal Fire using models of vegetation, topography and fire behavior, expand mapped hazard designations in the town beyond earlier local wildland-urban interface (WUI) boundaries.
Why it matters: The revised maps change regulatory expectations…
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