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Council adopts ordinance introducing state-designated fire hazard severity zones for small city areas
Summary
Fire Marshal Jim Austin presented state-designated fire hazard severity mapping showing small moderate‑severity areas in the northeast riverbed neighborhood and near the airport; council adopted the ordinance introduction on first reading and staff will notify the state.
Fire Marshal Jim Austin introduced an ordinance designating newly identified fire hazard severity zones within Santa Maria after the State Fire Marshal's phased rollout of new zone maps earlier in the year. The state mapping used Cal Fire's model based on factors such as vegetation, fire history, flame length, ember transport and topography.
Austin said the map identifies small, scattered areas as moderate fire hazard severity:…
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