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City staff: Cloverdale must adopt updated CAL FIRE fire hazard maps; council to consider adoption in May
Summary
City staff told council members the city is required by state law to adopt updated fire hazard maps provided by CAL FIRE; staff noted the city cannot reduce mapped areas and will present additional information and triggers at the May meeting.
City staff told the Cloverdale City Council that the city is required by state law to adopt newly updated fire hazard maps from CAL FIRE and that the maps and related "triggers" will be presented for formal adoption at the council’s first May meeting.
A staff briefing at the meeting said the city is required to adopt the maps and that local action cannot shrink the mapped area; staff said the city could submit comments to CAL FIRE and could propose expanding mapped areas but could not reduce areas already mapped. Staff said the council would receive additional information at the May meeting explaining what the map triggers mean for property requirements.
Why it matters: adoption of CAL FIRE hazard maps typically affects building and vegetation-management requirements for properties inside high-risk areas and can trigger land-use and permit-related obligations for property owners.
Councilors did not debate or vote on the maps during the session; the staff presentation was informational, and staff said the item will return in May with materials that explain the implications for local properties and required steps under state law.
