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Escondido council adopts updated state fire hazard severity map; new rules tied to map will guide building standards
Summary
The Escondido City Council voted 4-0 to adopt an uncodified ordinance accepting the state'issued fire hazard severity zone map. The map adds moderate and high tiers, will inform new building requirements and seller disclosures, and staff said the state will "receive and file" public comments rather than directly redrawing lines.
The Escondido City Council on a 4-0 vote adopted an uncodified ordinance to accept the state'issued fire hazard severity zone map and designate moderate, high and very high hazard tiers within the city's local responsibility area.
The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Dane White and seconded by Councilman Christian Garcia, implements updated mapping produced by the California State Fire Marshal and Cal FIRE that adds two new tiers (moderate and high) to the prior 2009 map and will be used to guide local development standards, property disclosures and defensible-space requirements in the very high hazard areas.
Deputy Fire Marshal Lavonna Kretke, who presented the item, said the state'led mapping effort uses new science and climate data to model likelihood and fire behavior and that…
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