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Council introduces ordinance adopting 2025 state fire-hazard severity maps; public outreach planned
Summary
The council introduced an ordinance June 3 to adopt the California State Fire Marshal’s 2025 fire-hazard severity zone maps for Carmel-by-the-Sea and set a July hearing for final adoption.
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. — The Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council on June 3 introduced an ordinance to adopt the California State Fire Marshal’s 2025 fire-hazard severity zone maps for the city and scheduled a July adoption hearing.
Planning staff said the maps, prepared by the state, update which parcels are designated as high or very-high fire hazard areas. Adoption will make state standards for construction, defensible space and vegetation management applicable consistent with the law, staff said.
Anna Kate of the city’s planning team told the council that the updated maps do not change the City’s Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) boundaries or the city’s existing…
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