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Mill Valley hears Cal Fire map briefing; council told state map must be adopted locally within 120 days
Summary
Division Chief Fred Hilliard told the City Council that Cal Fire’s updated Local Responsibility Area maps require local agencies to adopt designations by ordinance after receiving the state recommendations, may expand high/moderate areas, affect building and disclosure rules, and open eligibility for grants.
Division Chief Fire Marshal Fred Hilliard of Southern Marin Fire told the Mill Valley City Council on May 19 that the California State Fire Marshal’s updated fire hazard severity zone maps require local agencies to act quickly and cannot be reduced below the state’s designation.
Hilliard said the governmental code requires local agencies to “designate it by ordinance a moderate, high and very high fire severity zone in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the state Fire Marshal pursuant to section 51178.” The maps, he said, are built on fuel modeling and topography rather than on where structures are located.
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