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Lincoln adds CAL FIRE defensible-space rules to municipal code for high-risk zones
Summary
The City Council adopted an ordinance adding CAL FIRE defensible-space standards to the municipal code for properties in high and very-high fire-hazard severity zones, following a staff presentation and public hearing.
Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Mejia told the City Council on May 27 that staff was proposing to add a new section to the Lincoln Municipal Code to adopt CAL FIRE defensible-space standards for properties mapped in high and very-high fire-hazard severity zones.
Mejia said the proposal responds to growing complaints from neighbors and code-enforcement referrals about vegetation and property conditions that increase wildfire risk. He described two defensible-space zones: Zone 1 measures intended to reduce fuels immediately adjacent to structures (for example, removing roof and gutter…
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