HomeMy WebLinkAboutFD-059 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. FD 059
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY
ZONES, ESTABLISHING THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE
FIRE AREA, AND MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO
DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS
The Board of Directors of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District(District) hereby ordains
as follows:
SECTION 1. Establishment of Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Designation of the Wildland-Urban
Interface Fire Area.
A. In accordance with Government Code Section 51178, the State Fire Marshal has
identified Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Fire District's jurisdiction and has notified the Fire
District of such Zones.
B. The Fire Hazard Severity Zones recommended by the State Fire Marshal were
received by the Fire District on March 24, 2025 and in accordance with Government Code Section
51178.5 within 30 days after receiving the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as recommended by the
State Fire Marshal, the Fire District made the information available for public review and comment
and presented the information in a format that was understandable and accessible to the general
public including, but not limited to, maps.
C. Pursuant to Government Code Section 51179(a), the Fire District is required to
designate, by ordinance, Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in its
jurisdiction, within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the State Fire Marshal pursuant
to Government Code Section 51178.
D. The map of Fire Hazard Severity Zones designated by the Fire District is hereby
attached as Exhibit A, incorporated by this reference, and entitled: the Rancho Cucamonga
Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area dated 2025.
E. The District's Board of Directors hereby designates as Fire Hazard Severity Zones,
all areas identified by the State Fire Marshal as Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the District's
jurisdiction.
F. In order to more fully protect the public health, safety, and welfare, any parcel with
more than one Fire Hazard Severity Zone designation, as identified by the State Fire Marshal,
shall be classified to the highest Fire Hazard Severity Zone designation assigned to the parcel, in
its entirety and with all Fire Safe Regulations contained within Title 14, California Code of
Regulations, commencing at Section 1270, applicable to such designation. The District's Board of
Directors finds that adoption of the requirements of this Subsection F is necessary in order to
provide effective fire protection since the State Fire Marshal's fire zone maps generally do not
follow parcel boundaries.
SECTION 2. Map Adoption.
The District's Board of Directors hereby adopts as the official map of the Rancho Cucamonga
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Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area, the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area
Map dated 2025, effective January 1, 2026, and on file in the office of the Secretary of the Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District.
SECTION 3. Fire Protection and Prevention
Notwithstanding the provisions of Government Code Section 51182(a)(1), and as permitted by
Government Code Section 51182(a)(1)(B), the Fire District shall be authorized to increase the
required 100 foot defensible space on a case by case basis, whenever deemed necessary by the
Chief or designee to provide comparable fuel reduction, modification, and/or management defense
to wildfire when fire behavior models applicable to Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Fire
District's jurisdiction establish such need.
The Fire District's Board of Directors hereby finds and determines that requiring such additional
defensible space, based on specific circumstances, is necessary to significantly reduce the risk of
transmission of flame or heat sufficient to ignite nearby structures, and that there are no other
feasible mitigation measures possible to reduce the risk of such ignition or spread of wildfire. The
Board further finds that requiring such additional defensible space is made necessary as a result
of unusually high wind speeds in the District's jurisdiction.
SECTION 4. Prior Maps Superseded.
Any and all provisions in any previously adopted District ordinances designating Fire Severity
Zones within the District's jurisdiction, are superseded by the provisions of this Ordinance.
.SECTION 5. Successor Provisions.
It is the intent of the District's Board of Directors that in the event any of the California statutes
or regulations referenced in this Ordinance are renumbered or recodified, any successor statutes
and/or regulations containing substantially the same requirements as the predecessor statutes
and regulations, shall fully apply as though set forth herein, and the same shall be read to the
extent necessary to give full meaning and effect to this Ordinance, to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
SECTION 6. Certification.
The Secretary of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District shall certify to the adoption of
this Ordinance. Furthermore, in accordance with Government Code Section 51179(g), the
Secretary shall post a notice at the office of the county recorder, county assessor and county
planning agency, identifying the location of the map provided by the State Fire Marshal pursuant
to Government Code Section 51178, as may be amended by the District.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 2025.
V
L. Dennis Michael, Pre dent
ATTEST:
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I, Kim Sevy, Secretary of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance was introduced for first reading by the Board of Directors of the Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District at a Regular Meeting of said Board held on the 21st day of May,
2025, and was passed, approved, and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Rancho Cucamonga
Fire Protection District at a Regular Meeting of said Board held on the 4' day of June 2025.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Stickler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 5th day of June 2025, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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