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State fire-hazard maps prompt questions in Clear Lake; council told public hearing and adoption are required
Summary
City Manager Flora briefed the Clear Lake City Council on the Office of the State Fire Marshal's updated fire hazard severity zone maps, explaining that state law will require local adoption and noting potential consequences including land-use restrictions and insurance impacts.
City Manager Flora briefed the Clear Lake City Council on Feb. 20 about recently released fire hazard severity zone maps prepared by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Cal Fire, telling the council the state will require local adoption of the recommended maps.
"There's going to be a lot of confusion about this," City Manager Flora said, adding that local agencies must adopt the recommended maps and may make them more restrictive but cannot make them less restrictive.
Flora walked the council through the differences between State Responsibility Areas and Local Responsibility Areas, and said the most recent maps (the agency's updated process builds on new science, local climate data and…
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