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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFD-052 - OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. FD 52 AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DESIGNATING VERY HIGH 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 7. Establishment of Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Designation of the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area. A. In accordance with Government Code Section 51178, the Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Director) has identified areas within the District's jurisdiction as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, and has notified the District of such Zones. B. The District is required by Government Code Section 51179 to designate very high fire hazard severity zones which shall be included within Wildland-urban interface fire area(s), as provided by Chapter 49 of the 2010 California Fire Code. C. The District's Board of Directors hereby designates as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, all areas identified by the Director as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the District's jurisdiction, with certain exceptions, as well as certain other areas contiguous thereto having similar topographical and vegetative characteristics, and establishes the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area. The Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area includes all areas designated by the Board in this Subsection C as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, and areas within the District's jurisdiction identified by the Director as State Responsibility Areas with a fire hazard severity designation. Pursuant to Government Code Section 51179, the District's Board of Directors hereby finds and determines, based upon District records and inspections of the affected areas, that the additional area being added to the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area that is not identified by the Director as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, has substantially the same topographical and vegetative characteristics as those areas designated by the Director as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The Board further finds that if such additional area is not made subject to the requirements of Government Code Section 51182, then there will be a substantial 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. Pursuant to Government Code Section 51179, the District's Board of Directors hereby finds and determines, based upon District records and inspections of the affected areas, that the area not being included in the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area that is identified by the Director as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, does not have the same hazard or risk characteristics as those areas designated by the Director as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The Board finds that the area east of Day Creek Blvd. and south of Banyan Street is consistent with a Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone and not required to be included in the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area. The Board also finds that State Route 210 Freeway provides a significant fire break and that areas south of the freeway identified by the Director's computer modeling as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones are not at substantial risk of ignition or spread of wildfire. SECTION 2. Map Adoption The District's Board of Directors hereby adopts as the official map of the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area, the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area Map dated April 18, 2012, 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)(2), the District shall be authorized to increase the required 100 foot defensible space whenever deemed necessary by the Chief or his/her designee to provide comparable fuel reduction, modification, and/or management defense to wildfire when fire behavior models applicable to areas within District's jurisdiction establish such need. The District's Board of Directors hereby finds and determines that such additional defensible space 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 such additional defensible space is made necessary as a result of unusually high wind speeds in the District's jurisdiction. Such winds create fires with horizontal flame characteristics that differ from the forest and terrain-based fires used in fire behavior models upon which the defensible space requirements in Government Code Section 51182(a)(1) are based. In accordance with Section 4905 of the 2010 California Fire Code, the District's Board of Directors hereby declares that construction methods intended to mitigate wildfire exposure are necessary for effective fire protection in the Rancho Cucamonga Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area and hereby requires that all construction within said Area shall comply with the provisions, methods, and materials contained in Chapter 7A of the 2010 California Building Code. SECTION 4. Successor Provisions. It is the intent of the District's Board of Directors that in the event any of the California statutes or Fire Code sections referenced in this Ordinance are renumbered or recodified, any successor statutes and/or Fire Code sections containing substantially the same requirements as the predecessor statutes and sections, 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 5. 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(8), 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 Director pursuant to Government Code Section 51178, as amended by the District. Please see the following page /or formal adopNOn, certification and signatures Ordinance No. FD 52 -Page 2 of 3 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 2"d day of May, 2012. AYES: Alexander, Buquet, Michael, Spagnolo, Williams NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None ATTEST: W ice C. Reynolds, Secre ry I, JANICE C. REYNOLDS, 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 18~" day of April, 2012 and was finally 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 2nd day of May, 2012. Executed this 3`d day of May,2012 at Rancho Cucamonga, California. ~~~.~ P ice C. Reynolds, Secr ary Ordinance No. FD 52 -Page 3 of 3