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Council directs staff to adopt 2025 fire‑hazard maps and return with municipal-code changes
Summary
After extended public comment and council discussion, Carmel council voted to adopt the state’s 2025 fire hazard severity zone map and directed staff to return with municipal code updates consistent with the designated areas and defensible-space rules.
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council on May 5 directed staff to proceed with adopting the 2025 fire hazard severity zone map prepared by the State Fire Marshal and to prepare municipal-code amendments that implement the state-required defensible-space and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) rules.
Anna, director of Community Planning and Building, briefed the council on recently released state maps that expand areas designated moderate, high and very high fire hazard severity. Staff recommended the council adopt the required map by ordinance and extend WUI-related requirements citywide as a consistent standard. Staff described three options: (1) adopt the map as issued by the state (meets state minimums), (2) adopt the map…
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