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Lake Elsinore officials briefed on new Local Responsibility Area fire-hazard maps, adoption deadline in July
Summary
City staff and Riverside County Fire presented new Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire hazard severity maps, explained new building and defensible-space requirements, and said the city must adopt the maps within 120 days of receipt (deadline in July). Councilmembers asked about enforcement, homeowner responsibility and fence materials.
Tracy Williams, the city’s fire marshal, and Kylie Tillama, assistant fire marshal with Riverside County Fire, told the Lake Elsinore City Council that the state has issued updated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) fire-hazard severity maps and that local agencies must adopt those maps within 120 days of receipt — establishing an adoption deadline in July.
Williams said the new maps expand designated high- and very-high-risk areas within the city and will carry new requirements tied to each designation. She said the maps “do not supersede the state responsibility areas” but will coexist with them and that local agencies may not reduce map coverage though they may increase it.
The presentation outlined layered requirements tied to map designations. Williams described the defensible-space framework and…
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