HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.6 Adoption of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of DublinSTAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
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Agenda Item 5.6
DATE:April 15, 2025
TO:Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:Colleen Tribby, City Manager
SUBJECT:Adoption of an Ordinance Designating Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the City of DublinPrepared by:Bonnie Terra,Division Chief and Hazel L. Wetherford, DeputyCity Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:The City Council will consider adopting an ordinance, as required by State law, 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. The ordinance was introduced at the April 1, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:Waive the reading and adopt 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 areas designated a State Responsibility Area and a Local Responsibility Area. The State Fire Marshal released updated maps identifying all three categories on February 24, 2025 (Attachment 2). 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. On April 1, 2025, the City Council waived the first reading and introduced the Ordinance designating fire hazard severity zones in the City of Dublin based on the recommendation of the State Fire Marshal. Please refer to the April 1, 2025, City Council Staff Report for complete information (Attachment 3).
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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 Marshal2) Exhibit A to the Ordinance - City of Dublin Local Response Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map3) City Council Staff Report dated April 1, 2025 (without attachments)
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Attachment 1
Ord. No. XX-25, Item X.X, Adopted XX/XX/2025 Page 1 of 2
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}
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Ord. No. XX-25, Item X.X, Adopted XX/XX/2025 Page 2 of 2
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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