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Encinitas introduces local amendments to 2025 California Fire Code, adds Wildland‑Urban Interface provisions
Summary
Council introduced local amendments to adopt the 2025 California Fire Code and the new Wildland‑Urban Interface code, strengthening vegetation management, secondary access rules and cost‑recovery provisions; staff will return with legal and procedural recommendations before second reading on Dec. 10.
The City Council held a first reading to introduce local amendments to adopt the 2025 California Fire Code and to incorporate the new California Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI) code into the municipal code.
Staff said the package clarifies emergency vehicle access requirements, restores stricter secondary access thresholds that previously existed, updates local cost‑recovery and false‑alarm fee provisions, and…
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