California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 7 - Fire Protection › Subchapter 2 - State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations › Article 1 - Administration › Section 1270.02 - Purpose

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Subchapter 2
					 has been prepared and adopted for the purpose of establishing state minimum
					 Wildfire protection standards in conjunction with Building, construction, and
					 Development in the State Responsibility Area (SRA) and, after July 1, 2021, the
					 Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, as defined in Government Code §
											51177(i)
					 (VHFHSZ).
(b) The future design and
					 construction of Structures, subdivisions and Developments in the SRA and, after
					 July 1, 2021, the VHFHSZ shall provide for basic emergency access and perimeter
					 Wildfire protection measures as specified in the following articles.
(c) These standards shall provide for
					 emergency access; signing and Building numbering; private water supply reserves
					 for emergency fire use; vegetation modification, Fuel Breaks, Greenbelts, and
					 measures to preserve Undeveloped Ridgelines. Subchapter 2 specifies the
					 minimums for such measures.
1. New
						section filed 5-30-91; operative 5-30-91 pursuant to Government Code section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 91, No. 27).
2. Amendment filed 1-31-2013; operative
						4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 5).
3. Amendment filed 9-6-2019;
						operative 1-1-2020 (Register 2019, No. 36).
4. Amendment filed
						7-27-2020 as an emergency; operative 7-27-2020 (Register 2020, No. 31). A
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-25-2021 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
5. Emergency filed 7-27-2020 extended an additional 60 days
						(Executive Order N-40-20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to
						OAL by 3-26-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on
						the following day.
6. Emergency filed 7-27-2020 extended an
						additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 38).
						A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 5-25-2021 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(1)
						filed 2-1-2021 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2021, No. 6).
8. Amendment refiled 5-10-2021
						as an emergency; operative 5-10-2021 (Register 2021, No. 20). Emergency
						expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60
						days (Executive Order N-71-20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted
						to OAL by 12-7-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law
						on the following day.
9. Amendment refiled 12-6-2021 as an
						emergency; operative 12-6-2021 (Register 2021, No. 50). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-7-2022 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
10. Reinstatement
						of section as it existed prior to 7-27-2020 amendment by operation of
						Government Code section
						11346.1(f)
						(Register 2022, No. 15).
11. Editorial correction reinstating
						language in subsection (a)(1) from 2-1-2021 nonsubstantive action (Register
						2022, No. 18).
12. Repealer and new section filed 1-31-2023;
						operative 4-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 5). Transmission deadline specified in
						Government Code section
						11346.4(b)
						extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified
						in Government Code section
						11349.3(a)
						extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
						N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4290,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4290
						  and
						  4291,
						  Public Resources Code.