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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.1 Introduction of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of DublinAgenda Item 8.1 STAFF REPORT CITY COUNCIL DATE: April 1, 2025 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Colleen Tribby, City Manager SU 13,1ECT : Introduction of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of Dublin Prepared by.• Bonnie Terra, Division Chief and Hazel L. Wetherford, Deputy City Manager EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The City Council will consider introducing an ordinance designating fire hazard severity zones in the City of Dublin as recommended by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and in accordance with Government Code Section 51179. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Waive the reading and INTRODUCE the Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of Dublin Based on the Recommendation of the State Fire Marshal. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. DESCRIPTION: California law requires the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to develop fire hazard severity zones within a State Responsibility Area (SRA) and a Local Responsibility Area (LRA). An SRA is an area where the State has financial responsibility for wildland fire protection and prevention, whereas an LRA is where the local government is responsible for wildfire protection. Assembly Bill 337 (Bates 1992), spurred by the devastating Oakland Hills fire of 1991, directed CAL FIRE to evaluate fire hazard severity in LRAs and to make recommendations to the local governments where very high fire hazard severity zones exist. These zones have been updated periodically, with the most recent updates occurring between 2008 and 2011. During the last update, Dublin was not designated with any very high fire hazard severity zones. Pagel of 2 150 Recent changes in state law - Senate Bill 63 (2021) and Assembly Bill 211 (2022) - have expanded CAL FIRE'S responsibilities to include designation of moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones. In alignment with these changes, the State Fire Marshal released updated maps identifying all three categories on February 24, 2025. Pursuant to Government Code Section 51179, local governments are required to adopt an ordinance designating these zones within their communities no later than 120 days after receiving the updated LRA maps. Upon receipt of the map (Attachment 2), and in accordance with State regulations, Staff made the map available for public review on the City's website, with a public comment period running from February 28, 2025 to March 30, 2025. At the time this Staff Report was prepared, the City had received 28 public comments as summarized in Attachment 3. While Staff responded to each comment, state law does not permit local governments to request changes or provide comments on the fire hazard severity zone designations issued by the State Fire Marshal. The updated LRA map for Dublin designates areas as moderate and high fire hazard severity zones but does not include any very high zones. Notably, the City's Wildfire Management Plan helps reduce the risk of open land wildfire to the lowest practical level consistent with reasonable protection of wildlife habitat and other open space values. Additionally, since there are no very high fire hazard severity zones designated in Dublin, the 100-foot defensible space clearance requirement per state law is not required. However, properties in the high fire hazard severity zone are subject to requirements outlined in the California Building Code, Chapter 7A - Materials and Construction Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure. These requirements are focused on ignition -resistant materials to be used for things like roofing, vents, eaves, exterior walls, windows and glazing, decking, rain gutters, and fences. These requirements would apply to the design and construction of new buildings in this zone. Property owners are also required to make a natural hazard disclosure as part of a real estate transfer. There are no additional requirements for properties in the moderate fire hazard severity zone. Finally, adopting an ordinance within 120 days of receiving LRA designations from the State Fire Marshal is required by State law and would formally designate moderate and high fire hazard severity zones in the City of Dublin. STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE: None. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH: The City Council Agenda was posted. ATTACHMENTS: 1) Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of Dublin Based on the Recommendation of the State Fire Marshal 2) City of Dublin Local Response Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map 3) Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map - Public Comments Page 2 of 2 151 Attachment I ORDINANCE NO. XX — 25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DESIGNATING FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL WHEREAS, State law requires the State Fire Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard and notify the City, and requires the City, upon receiving the State Fire Marshal's transmittal of the identifications, to designate by ordinance moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones within the City, which designations cannot decrease the level of level fire hazard severity zone as identified by the State Fire Marshal; and WHEREAS, the State Fire Marshal on February 24, 2025 transmitted its identifications to the City, and in accordance with Government Code section 51178.5, the City made the information available for public review and comment on February 28, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City Fire Marshal, after reviewing the Fire Hazard Severity Zones map, concurs with the State's identifications. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Dublin does ordain as follows: Section 1. Designation of moderate and high fire hazard severity zones. The City Council, in accordance with Government Code section 51179, hereby designates as moderate and high fire hazard severity zones the zones identified as moderate and high fire hazard severity zones by the State Fire Marshal on February 24, 2025. Exhibit A depicts the zones within the City of Dublin, and the official maps are on file with the City's Geographic Information System Coordinator. Section 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced 30 days following its final adoption. Section 3. Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be posted in at least three public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of California. {Signatures on the following page} Ord. No. XX-25, Item X.X, Adopted XX/XX/2025 Page 1 of 2 152 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this _th day of _ 2025, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Ord. No. XX-25, Item X.X, Adopted XX/XX/2025 Page 2 of 2 153 Attachment 2 Exhibit A to the Ordinance City of Dublin Local Response Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map ------------- - SAN RAMON r 0 UNINCORPORATED ALAMEDA CO. y • 9 'P �� c+ 4, 0 9 00 .o. ------------ • r- "•-♦-'�•••-------------- - oderate High , Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map — Public Comments Attachment 3 Comment #28 3/26/2025 Tejinder Bains Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Good afternoon - In looking at the new fire maps I see that Ridgeline Drive in Dublin shows as orange. My house does not backup to any vegetation and yet my house is in the orange zone. In fact I have afire road behind my house that would breakup any fire if there was one. Reimers Way in my neighborhood is in yellow zone and backs up to hillside. This doesn't make any sense to me. Also there is a corner house on Ridgeline Drive that has a yellow designation and their neighbor has orange. One does not have more exposure than the other. I have had no exposure to fire in the 15 years that I have lived here. Home on Albert Drive who have had fires up to their fence Lines are designated yellow, while my street is in orange. Makes no sense at all. Please update Ridgeline Drive to yellow. I can provide more detail if needed. Comment #27 3/25/2025 Christina Huang Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: do not understand how the fire map cuts across blocks. My house appears to be on the border even though we are in the middle of the block and directly in front of Jordan Ranch Park. There seems to be no rhyme and reason to this. There is no more of a hazard for our house as there is for my neighbor to the west. Thus, the borders that cut across blocks appear to be arbitrary especially our block given the proximity to the hills and park. Please reconsider the borders especially those that face the parks and open space. Thank you. Comment #26 3/12/2025 Steve Hansen Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the revisions to the Fire Severity Zone. I live on where the severity has been changed from no rating to'Red -High'. After reviewing the provided video on the mathematical modeling of non-wildland areas I cannot scientifically argue ember transport rates. However, I do observe that the amount of ember generating trees and forests is limited as most of the land around my home is grassland for grazing of cattle. I also observe that the landscape at my house, which is soon to be in a 'High' zone is similar to that of Valley Christian campus just down the road which has no severity, no risk. And the buffer zone (Moderate) is only a couple lots wide which is easily traversed by embers, which is really no buffer. Based on these observations, I would request a review of these computer modeled results and potentially reduce the severity in Hansen Ranch. I am concerned of the impact that a 'High' rating will have on my ability to insure my house. I have been already dropped by one carrier due to wildfire risk, and a second carrier may likely do the same. This has been a real issue I have to deal with. I am not sure how real the model results are. Thank you for hearing my concerns and considering my inputs. Comment #25 3/11 /2025 Steven Minniear Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: 155 recommend the map be changed in regards to to place the entire property within the moderate zone. As it is over half the property is in the moderate zone and a lesser part is in the high hazard zone. The section of the property in the high hazard area is part of a rock garden with little vegetation and no part of the residence. That section also includes the concrete sidewalk and aggregate concrete median which have no flammable material in them. Also, West Vomac Road acts as a natural fire break. Comment #24 3/10/2025 Marvi Rijhwani Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Schaefer Ranch Dublin - there has not been any brush fires affecting houses on Ridgeline Dr. Only fires affecting the other side of the community were caused by car accidents on the nearby highway. Comment #23 3/10/2025 Sean Gilmour Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: The map seems to be backwards, we ( on the inside of our street) backup to a road, whilst our neighbors backup to a canyon. Yet we are at a higher risk than them. The lines seem drawn with little actual understanding of the area. There are houses that backup to open land, which has seen fire reach their yards, but they are yellow. Where as we have roads surrounding us, yet we are red.... Comment #22 3/9/2025 John Fiegel Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Correcting my previous comment: Hi live in the Positano hills area. I see a zone of High Severity northeast of Dublin. In the event of a fire emergency there will potentially be hundreds of vehicles attempting to escape via Positano Parkway and then Fallon Rd, creating a bottleneck and a lot of risk. Opening Croak Rd will help, but that is not a major thoroughfare. Is there anything being done to mitigate this risk? Best John Comment #21 3/9/2025 John Fiegel Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Hi Live in the Positano hills area. I see a zone of High Severity northeast of Dublin. In the event of a fire emergency there will Opening Croak Rd will help, but that is not a major thoroughfare. Is there anything being done to mitigate this risk? Best John Fiegel 156 Comment #20 3/8/2025 Priya Sugathan Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Hello, the Schaefer ranch area is split into moderate and high severity zones. The area around Ridgeline drive is marked high severity but we have never ever had a fire in that area and there is also a service road acting as a barrier between homes and wilderness. All the past 3-4 fires next to Schaefer ranch started on interstate 580 and then spread to nearby areas as brush fires, but that side of Schaefer ranch is currently zoned as moderate, not high. Can the Ridgeline drive section also be zoned as moderate instead of High? Thank you. Comment #19 3/7/2025 Mike Grant Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: I think that we need to thin the trees around Dolan park. It's very dry and houses are around them. Comment #18 3/2/2025 Rita Patel Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Good afternoon, Ridgeline Drive in Dublin is currently marked as orange on the map. However, the street should be differentiated between hillside and non -hillside properties. My home does not back up to vegetation, yet it is marked orange, while Reimers Way —where homes do back up to vegetation —is marked yellow. I believe my property should also be yellow. Additionally, the map inconsistently marks a home on the corner of Ridgeline as yellow while its adjacent neighbor is orange, despite no significant difference in vegetation exposure. The area around Schafer Ranch should be reviewed, as I have had no fire exposure but remain marked orange, whereas homes on Albert Drive, which have had fire reach their fence lines, are marked yellow. This discrepancy does not make sense. Please update the west side of Ridgeline Drive to yellow. Comment #17 3/2/2025 Sunita Rajagopal Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: 580 has been the cause of fires due to vehicles in yhe past few years including Edien fire 2022 so we need to do everything to prevent vehicle fire from that area. Albert drive is the most dangerous side of the community due to its proximity to 580. So we need to come up with solid fire preventing programs along 580 to prevent all the homes from burning down due to vehicles catching on fire during hot seasons. Else all this is of no use. 157 Comment #16 3/2/2025 Vinod Alluri Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: 1) The home that we live in is a new community developed less than 7 years ago. I see that area is designated as fire danger zone. Wanted to check whether city has included any conditions in the development that builder have to adhere to for fire prevention. 2) The builder has included fire breaks within the hills for fire prevention, is there any plan for city to continue that(weed trimming or vegetation management. 3) There is a charge for GHAD (Geological Hazard abatement district) in our property tax, is city/GHAD going to take care of vegetation management as part of that charge. 4) Finally, this map might be used by the home insurance companies to increase the premiums, can city provide the home insurance companies insight into the fire hazard or prevention that has been incorporated within the structures? Comment #15 3/2/2025 Carolyn Suzuki Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: No fire has ever been reported on Ridgeline Drive, in 15 years. We should not be on the orange classified map. Please reconsider and change the fire maps. Thank you Comment #14 3/2/2025 Thiru Annadi Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: live at , dublin, homes on left of my house on reimers ct are classified as yellow, but my house is classified as orange. Area behind my house didn't have any fires or not prone to fires as there is not log of plants or brushes and also my backyard is big so any grass in this area is far away from my house. So please reclassify my house as yellow Comment #13 3/2/2025 Paula de Leon Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: disagree that Ridgeline Drive should be orange on the map as there is no vegetation on the hills behind us. In fact, have an emergency road right behind my fence line. Furthermore, Albert Street and Reimers are in the yellow and, therefore, it makes no sense why Ridgeline would be in Orange. Please call me if you need additional information. Kind regards, Paula de Leon Comment #12 3/2/2025 Rochelle Gilmour Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: 158 Good afternoon, Ridgeline drive in Dublin shows as orange. The street should be divided between hillside and non hillside, I don't back up to vegetation and yet I'm Orange, where reimers way who does is yellow, I believe I should be yellow not orange?? This map shows a home on the corner of Ridgeline yellow and his neighbor orange and there is no more vegetation to one than the other, so why the orange color assignment... maps needs updated to be yellow around Schafer ranch, I have had no exposure to fire and I'm orange, yet homes on Albert drive who have had fire up to their fence line are yellow??? Makes no sense, please update Ridgeline drive west side to yellow at least. I'd love to provide further detail with images. Regards Comment #10 3/2/2025 M Leung Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Great website! Appreciate the new info, but wish it was mobile responsive, it is hard to use on a phone Comment #9 3/2/2025 Pawan Kumar Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Fire risk is NOT along Ridgeline Drive in Dublin west side rather it has only come from west bound 580 freeway from cars climbing Dublin grade. Thus shoukd reflect in maps and remedied. Thanks Comment #8 3/1 /2025 Hugh Gregg Please provide comments regardingthe Fire Severity Zone Maps: Hello. We live at in Dublin. In looking at the proposed fire severity zone map around our house, we notice several "pixels" that likely should not be in the "moderate" zone. We understand that pixels may have to cover a portion of our home due to the side of the pixels, however, it appears that several pixels are coded moderate when they are likely should not be moderate. There are 4 pixels that likely should not be in the moderate category: 1) The pixel whose bottom right corner is in the middle of our cul-de-sac 2) The 3 pixels starting from the pixel whose upper left corner is in the middle of our house and the two adjacent pixels to the right. This would leave our back yards in/near the moderate hazard zone (open field north of our home), but exclude the majority of our homes. Kind regards, Hugh. Comment #7 3/1 /2025 159 Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Past few fires in our area started as vehicle fires from 580, so requesting to help mitigate it's reoccurrence. Thankyou. Comment #6 2/28/2025 Pawan Kumar Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Will like to see automobile fires hazard from 580 freeway. Comment #5 2/28/2025 Ridhima Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Is there an explanation about how these maps were developed? Comment #4 2/28/2025 Maria Theren Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: live near the Alamo Creek Park and Path. It is a moderate fire zone but I walk on the path quite a bit and there's quite a bit of dead leaves, branches and debris that accumulates in the culverts along the path. The maintenance people clean it periodically, but maybe more often? Can someone work with DSRSD on that? Comment #3 2/28/2025 SuhasSadanandan Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: The past 3 brush fires in the Schaefer Ranch area of Dublin, including the big one in 2022, started as vehicle fires from interstate 580. Requesting the city and state to help mitigate it's recurrence. Given the past, we know it will happen again, it is just a matter of time. The city and state spent a lot of money during the fires in that area 2022. The root cause seems to be that cars with engine problems tend to slow down or stop on 580 next to that area because of aggravation due to uphill drive in that area + there is some space to park there on the road side. Can a wall similar to the one between 580 and California Highlands community down the road from us, be considered? If aesthetics is an issue, can there be some other sort of fire barrier between 580 and the brushy hill next to it be considered? For example, a smaller designated parking space, and only in that area, a wall or barrier? Dublin boulevard splits the whole area into two, and the split that lies next to 580 is always that gets burnt. Dublin boulevard acts as an excellent barrier, but winds make it easy for embers to cross over to the other side. So the barrier needs to be closer to the source (interstate 580). 1 appreciate you reading my suggestion. Thank you! Comment #2 2/28/2025 Karen Chung 160 Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: Is it still true that all of Boulevard is under federal responsibility even though it is obviously no longer part of the base? Comment #1 2/28/2025 Rahul Zutshi Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: placing any residential area adjacent of an open space which has no bushes/trees as a moderate fire seems to be excessive. What is this categorization based on ? in the 10 years i have lived here grass fire had happened only once and that too far away in open spaces. 161 April 1, 2025 S B 343 Senate Bill 343 mandates supplemental materials that have been received by the City Clerk's office that relate to an agenda item after the agenda packets have been distributed to the City Council be available to the public. The attached documents were received in the City Clerk's office after distribution of the April 1, 2025, Regular City Council meeting agenda packet. Item 8.1 162 DUBLIN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE C A L I F 0 R N I A MEMORANDUM THE NEW AMERICAN BACKYARD DATE: March 31, 2025 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Colleen Tribby, City Manager SUBJECT: Item 8.1: Introduction of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of Dublin The April 1, 2025 City Council Meeting includes the introduction of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of Dublin. The public comment period closed on March 30, after the agenda was posted. One additional public comment was received, and that correspondence is attached here. 163 Correspondence Comment #29 3/28/2025 Debbie Wagner Please provide comments regarding the Fire Severity Zone Maps: I live in the Positano master planned community at We were changed from moderate to high risk. I would like to understand what criteria pushed us into the high risk category. We are stucco homes with tile roofs and underground utilities. We have extremely small front yards and there is very little shrubbery and very few, small trees. Most of the backyards are also small and most people have cement, patios, or pavers. There is very minimal shrubbery and trees. In Danville, the communities out off Blackhawk Road across from Blackhawk, is considered moderate. These are homes have asphalt or composition roofs, wood front porches, with wood pillars, and the homes are wood sided. They have very dense foliage, with lots of mature redwood trees. Also, in Alamo, and Diablo, these areas are very old and they have huge trees, and a lot of these neighborhoods have overhead wiring with wood sided homes. Yet both of these areas are either moderate risk or no risk at all. It does not make sense why the Positano community was put into the high risk category. I have studied this map over and over and compared our area to multiple areas and I just cannot understand why we are high risk except for the fact that maybe this is political and people with high importance live in the other areas and they want to make sure they're home is not in a designated high risk area so their insurance does not get canceled. Yes, Positano does back up to open space and we did have a fire back and I believe 2017. But if you check the records, no homes or fences were damaged. So if we can go through one Fire without any damage, you cannot use that against us. Several of the other areas mentioned above also back to space . The only thing this map is doing is handing the homeowners over to our insurance companies on a silver platter to be canceled. I believe all the major fires we have had in the the past five years have been historic because of the extreme winds that took place at the time. Areas that normally don't get extreme winds were experiencing up to 80 mile an hour winds. Anytime you have unprecedented winds, any neighborhood is prone to fire as ember can fly for miles. I don't see how you can take a particular neighborhood and say oh you have a higher probability of catching on fire, but yet other neighborhoods that have more material that is more combustible is not put in the same category. I am just praying that homeowners here don't lose their insurance, but one person has already commented on Nextdoor that they have been cancelled due to risk. If we are in an area where our insurance prices skyrocket, or we cannot get insurance because of this high risk designation, not only are you killing our resale value, you are ruining peoples lives. 164 Cal Fire should be educating all of California on how to better protect your home with shrubbery away from your home, don't store piles of garbage, tires on your property, keep trees trimmed from power lines, etc. That's what they should be spending their time doing not creating a map that unfairly classifies some areas as riskier than others. Again, I would like to know what in Positano is pushing us into the high category. If I cannot get this answer, I will probably be taking this to channel 7 news because they have the means to dig deeper into this situation. 165 • a Responsibility Area • � .-gip i i `.'� �� �. ire Hazard Severity Zone = P•j� .. l Mlaps P ,/ April 1, 2025 11 IF/ 4100 WFUBLIN --ALI . R ♦ 1�� Fire Hazard Severity Zones le What are the zones? —The maps are required by Government Code 51178 & 511790 —They identify levels of fire hazard: • Three levels (Moderate, High, and Very High). —Dublin's map only has High and Moderate 167 Model Updates • Updated fire environment footprints (urban/developed). • Updated vegetation density for urban areas. • Inclusion of slope in the urban zoning model. • Localized fire weather used. • New firebrand production and transport model using discrete local wind vector distribution. DUBLINAI- CALIFORNIA it-IM Welldland vs. NonmW'1*1d1and Zones • Zones are areas with relatively homogeneous slope and vegetation. • Hazard map is produced at 30m resolution. • Scores are averaged within a zone. • Wildland is scored independently of urban and agricultural. • Urban zones scored using additional model steps. DUBLIN I &� -M CALIF0RNIA ift, Urban Fire Hazard Severity Zones • Minimum size of 20 acres for isolated islands or vegetation embedded in non-wildland. • Based on distance to wildland and hazard level of adjacent wildland. • Ember production based on vegetation type and fire weather. • Ember transport based on wind speed/direction observed under the most extreme fire weather at a given location. • Width based DUBLIN CALIFORNIA of moderate, high and very high bands in urban are on ember load, urban i v tree cover, and slope. 170 Map Purpose • What is the map for? — Serves as a planning tool. — Building standards for new construction in the Wildland-Urban Interface (CBC Chapter 7A). — Property development standards. — Defensible Space Requirements (Government Code 51182). — Natural hazard real estate disclosure. DUBLIN I &� CALIF 0RNIA 171 ■ 5■■ UNINCORPORATED ■+ti ALAMEDA CO. -� * Q ■ D 1 f t# � !1 1 w .��w..-w-..-wr# W- 4 + 1 1 # _ r r+1W f��#tiw�.�..■ Map I SAN RAMON f � �010,001 Volvo1 ."'Wov 1 r r � r-r� I !! i r r i■ r I Map, 2 • High Severity Zones (Orange on Map). — New construction subject to applicable sections of CBC Chapter 7A. — Hazard Disclosure subject to real estate transfer inspection by fire staff. • Moderate Severity Zone (Yellow on Map). — No impact other than on the map. DUBLIN I &� CALIFORNIA 173 State Mandated Adoption Process • Senate Bill 63 (Stern, 202 I) now requires all zones to be adopted. • Maps Released on February 24, 2025. • City of Dublin has 30 days to male maps available for the public (Government Code 51178.5). • Maps made available on February 28, 2025. • City has 120 days from receiving maps to adopt an ordinance (Government Code 51179). • Local agency shall transmit a copy of the adopted ordinance to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection with 30 days of adoption. DUBLIN I &� ---IV CALIF0RNIA 174 Ordinance Restrictions • The law does not allow for a local jurisdiction to request changes or provide comments to the State v Fire Marshal on the Fire Hazard Severity Zone designations. • The local municipality shall not decrease the level of fire hazard severity zone as identified by the State Fire Marshal for any area within the jurisdiction. DUBLIN 175 Effect on Insurance • Fire Hazard and Fire Risk are separate processes. • Insurance companies measure risk and they each use their own models to measure risk. • Risk is not being measured with this process. • Contact your insurance company if you have questions regarding what they measure and how you can reduce the risk in their eyes. DUBLIN I &� -M CALIF0RNIA 176 City Fire Safety Efforts • Annual Defensible Space Inspections of parcels adjacent to open space or vacant parcels. • Defensible Space standards used the same as CAL FIRE. • Fire hardening rear of homes that abut open space. • Genasys Evacuation Planning, Zones, and Routes. • Community Preparedness Training. DUBLIN I &� CALIFORNIA 177 Questions?