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Cupertino adopts updated CAL FIRE hazard map; 'very high' zones expand, building rules clarified
Summary
Following CAL FIRE's February recommendations, Cupertino's City Council approved amendments adopting a new fire hazard severity map and related municipal-code updates. The update increases areas designated 'very high' and sets uniform parcel-level designations; state-mandated defensible-space rules and forthcoming 'zone 0' guidance were discussed.
Cupertino City Council voted unanimously on June 3 to conduct the first reading of an ordinance adopting CAL FIRE’s 2025 fire hazard severity zone recommendations and to amend the municipal code to reference the new map. The action aligns local code with state-recommended maps issued in February.
City planning and fire staff told the council the biggest practical change is an expansion of the areas designated “very high” on the CAL FIRE map west of the city’s flat residential core. Staff recommended adopting CAL FIRE’s map with a single designation per parcel (where a parcel intersected multiple designations, the higher designation would apply) rather than splitting a…
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