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Rancho Santa Margarita adopts state-mandated fire-hazard severity map ordinance despite resident objections
Summary
The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance adopting the state CAL FIRE fire-hazard severity zone map for the local responsibility area after staff said the city is required to adopt the maps; a resident warned the map and ordinance could lead to fines and nuisance classifications.
The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance to align the city with the state’s fire-hazard severity zone maps, despite public objections that the mapping is inaccurate and punitive for homeowners.
Resident Craig Innes told the council the CAL FIRE map “is an egregious disservice to the community” and said it appears “based on purely AI data,” warning that the proposed ordinance contains multiple…
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