TITLE:
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES IN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, AS IDENTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51178
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DEPARTMENT: COSTA MESA FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENT / COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: JON NEAL, FIRE MARSHAL / ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF AND JASON PYLE, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OPERATIONS
CONTACT INFORMATION: JON NEAL, FIRE MARSHAL (714) 754-5049
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council introduce for first reading, by title only and further reading waived, Ordinance 2025-xx of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, designating moderate and high Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones by map within the jurisdiction of the City of Costa Mesa.
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BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 337 (Bates 1992), prompted by the devastating Oakland Hills fire of 1991, called for CAL FIRE to evaluate fire hazard severity in local responsibility area and to make a recommendation to the local jurisdiction where Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones exist. The maps evaluated "Hazard", not "Risk." Hazard is based on physical conditions that create expected fire behavior over a 50-year period without considering short-term modifications. Risk is the potential damage a fire can do to the area under existing conditions, including fuel reduction projects, defensible space, and ignition resistant building construction. The fire hazard severity model for wildland fire has two key elements: probability of an area burning and expected fire behavior under extreme fuel and weather conditions. The zones reflect areas that have similar burn probabilities and fire behavior characteristics.
According to Public Resources Code section 4202: The State Fire Marshal shall classify lands within State Responsibility Areas into Fire Hazar...
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