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Council adopts ordinance to incorporate newly mapped high fire-hazard zones; changes to building-code requirements to follow
Summary
The City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance designating newly mapped high fire-hazard severity zones as recommended by CAL FIRE. The designation will trigger California Building Code Chapter 7A construction requirements and AB 38 disclosure inspections in the affected areas after the ordinance takes effect in May.
The City Council voted Tuesday to adopt an ordinance updating the city's fire hazard severity zoning to mirror recently released maps from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).
Interim Fire Marshal Kamplin Robbins told council members the maps were received Feb. 24 and that state law requires local jurisdictions to adopt updated hazard severity zone maps within 120 days of receipt. "These maps were created in response to the Oakland Hills fires in 1991," Robbins said, describing how the…
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