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Council introduces ordinance adopting updated CAL FIRE hazard severity maps, omits 'moderate' from some building-code requirements
Summary
The council introduced Ordinance 14-83 adopting CAL FIRE's 2025 fire hazard severity zone maps for local responsibility areas, amended to apply Chapter 7A ignition‑resistant building requirements to 'high' and 'very high' zones but not 'moderate' areas, and to use CAL FIRE's parcel geographic‑center designation for parcel-level determinations.
The Sierra Madre City Council on May 27 introduced Ordinance 14‑83 to adopt updated CAL FIRE wildfire hazard severity zone maps for lands within the city’s Local Responsibility Area (LRA), and amended staff’s draft to limit Chapter 7A ignition‑resistant building requirements to the 'high' and 'very high' zones while clarifying parcel‑level mapping methodology.
Why it matters: CAL FIRE’s 2025 maps reclassify lands that had previously been broadly designated “very high,” introducing three bands — moderate, high and very high — that affect…
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