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Council tables adoption of state fire‑hazard severity maps after local officials cite mapping errors and insurance concerns
Summary
Council members expressed concerns that the state-prepared local responsibility area fire maps contain errors (including water-covered areas and master‑planned communities shown as high hazard) and voted to table adoption to seek further review and local input; staff said adoption is mandated but consequences of nonadoption were unclear.
The Lake Elsinore City Council voted to table introduction and adoption of local responsibility area fire hazard maps after councilmembers and residents raised substantive concerns about the maps’ accuracy and the potential insurance and financial impacts for homeowners.
Fire Marshal Tracy Williams introduced the ordinance and told the council staff recommended no map changes. Residents and councilmembers then raised numerous objections: Kim Cousins, speaking from Leech Canyon, said parts of the lake and areas that have…
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