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.
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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
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