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Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Approve the Introduction (First Reading) of Ordinance 5231 to amend Chapter 8.08 of the El Dorado County Code of Ordinances entitled Fire Prevention to adopt the 2025 Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map developed and issued by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Office of the State Fire Marshal, as required by California Government Code section 51179; and
2) Waive full reading of the Ordinance, read by title only, and continue this matter to June 24, 2025, for Final Passage (Second Reading).
FUNDING: General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On April 23, 1985 (Agenda Item No. 33), the Board adopted Ordinance 3528 which approved amendments to various sections of the El Dorado County Code (now Chapter 8.08, Fire Prevention) to coincide with state law under PRC 4423 related to hazard removal and burning restrictions.
Shortly after the Board’s adoption of the County’s Vegetation Management and Defensible Space Ordinance 5101 (Legistar file 19-0630 V2) and the addition of Chapter 8.09, Vegetation Management on April 30, 2019, the Board adopted Ordinance 5102 (Legistar file 19-0754 V2) on June 4, 2019 to amend Ordinance 3528 by repealing and reserving Section 8.08.020 - Hazard Removal Required of Chapter 8.08 as the language requiring the maintenance of a defensible fire break around structures and required clearing of debris from rooftops was superseded upon the adoption of Ordinance 5101.
On February 6, 2024 (Legistar file 24-0202), the Board heard Ordinance 5195 to amend Chapter 8.08 of the El Dorado County Code of Ordinances entitled Fire Prevention to adopt the 2007 State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) Map developed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), as required by California Government Code section 51179, in ...
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