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Villa Park council adopts first reading of 2025 CAL FIRE hazard severity maps; fewer properties move into higher-risk zones
Summary
The City Council voted 5-0 to approve the first reading of an ordinance adopting CAL FIRE's 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Villa Park, a step that triggers state-prescribed construction and defensible-space standards for newly built properties in mapped zones.
The Villa Park City Council on a 5-0 voice vote approved the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the city, a change that will apply state-prescribed construction and defensible-space standards to newly permitted construction in affected zones.
City staff told the council that CAL FIRE's updated maps, developed from vegetation, topography, weather and wind pattern analyses, show fewer acres and fewer addresses in Villa Park classified as moderate, high and very high hazard than the 2011 map. Staff said moderate acres decreased to about 61.76 acres from roughly 130 acres in 2011 (a reduction of…
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