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HEARING - Planning and Building Department, Planning Division staff, recommending the Board:
1) Adopt Urgency Ordinance 5150, entitled “Caldor Fire Resiliency and Rebuilding Ordinance” (OR21-0001), adding Chapter 130.69 to Title 130 (Zoning) of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code, which provides for temporary emergency housing options for persons displaced by the Caldor Fire during recovery and rebuilding and provisions to aid during repair and reconstruction of damaged dwellings and other structures in the burn area or provide direction to staff to make modifications to the proposed urgency ordinance and return to the Board on September 21, 2021 for adoption;
2) If adopted, find that the urgency ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to statutory exemption Public Resource Code Section 21080(b)(3) (projects to maintain, repair, restore, or replace property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a declared disaster); Public Resource Code Section 21080(b)(4) (actions necessary to mitigate an emergency); CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) (maintaining, repairing, restoring, demolishing, or replacing property or facilities damaged or destroyed as a result of a disaster); CEQA Guideline Section 15269(c) (specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency); and CEQA Guideline Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption); and
3) If adopted, authorize the Chair to sign Urgency Ordinance 5150. (4/5 vote required)
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On August 14, 2021, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property commenced within the County of El Dorado caused by the Caldor Fire, at which time the Board of Supervisors was not in session.
On August 17, 2021, the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a State of Emergency for El Dorado County due to the Caldor Fire.
According to El Dorado County Ordinance Code Chapter 2.21, the Sheriff is designated as the Di...
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