California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 7 - Fire Protection › Subchapter 1 - Subdivision Safety › Article 3 - Fire Risk Reduction Community List › Section 1268.01 - Criteria for Local Agencies that Are Cities, City and County, or Counties

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A Local Agency
					 that is a city, city and county, or county shall qualify for placement on the
					 Fire Risk Reduction Community List if it meets all of criteria (1)-(4) and two
					 of criteria (5)-(10). A Low-income Local Agency that is a city, city and
					 county, or county shall qualify for the list if two or more of criteria
					 (5)-(10) have not yet been met but are included in the safety element of the
					 Local Agency's general plan as policy objectives.
(1) The applicant has adopted a local
					 ordinance designating Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) pursuant to
					 Government Code §
												51179(a)
					 and submitted it to the Board pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §
													1280.02. The applicant shall provide
					 the date the ordinance was submitted to the Board, or submit the ordinance with
					 their application.
(2) Applicants
					 who are counties have submitted the findings for all tentative and parcel maps
					 approved for areas located in SRA or LRA VHFHSZ to the Board pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §
													1266.02. The applicant shall provide a
					 list of subdivisions submitted to the Board since January 1, 2013, or since the
					 last time the Local Agency submitted an application for the Fire Risk Reduction
					 Community List, whichever is most recent.
(3) The safety element of the Local Agency's
					 general plan has been submitted to the Board for review pursuant to Government
					 Code §
												65302.5(b)
					 within the last eight years, and all recommendations have been adopted. The
					 applicant shall provide the final adopted safety element.
(4) After July 1, 2022, a progress report on
					 implementation of the most recent fire safety recommendations from the Board
					 upon subdivision review in a Fire Safety Survey, pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §
													1267.01, for each community reviewed
					 within the jurisdiction. This report shall be generated by the Local Agency and
					 submitted to the Board. The applicant shall provide the date this report was
					 submitted to the Board, or attach the report to their application.
(5) The applicant has adopted one or more
					 local requirements which exceed the minimum regulations adopted by the state in
					 the Fire Safe Regulations (14 CCR §§
													1270.00-1276.04). The applicant shall cite
					 the local requirement(s) and which state minimum requirement(s) it
					 exceeds.
(6) The applicant has
					 adopted one or more local defensible space ordinances, rules, or regulations
					 which exceed state minimum regulations in
					 14 CCR
					 §
													1299.03. The applicant shall specify
					 how the local requirements exceed the state minimum requirements.
(7) The applicant has adopted a Wildland
					 Urban Interface code stricter than Chapter 49, Part 9, of Title 24 of the
					 California Code of Regulations. The applicant shall cite the local
					 requirement(s) and which state minimum requirement(s) it exceeds.
(8) The applicant has adopted a zoning
					 ordinance, special district, or special overlay zone that includes fire hazard
					 mitigation requirements which exceed state minimum requirements. Such
					 requirements may address safe zones or areas of refuge, structure density,
					 ornamental vegetation, subdivision design, structure design features, or other
					 fire safety features. The applicant shall provide the ordinance, district, or
					 overlay zone and cite which state minimum requirements the local requirements
					 exceed.
(9) The applicant has
					 adopted a comprehensive retrofit code or plan for existing homes. The applicant
					 shall provide the adopted code or plan.
(10) The applicant has identified wildfire as
					 a high priority hazard in a Local or Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation
					 Plan (LHMP or MJHMP) updated within the last five years, or as a low or medium
					 priority hazard with the inclusion of one or more mitigation actions, and has
					 adopted the LHMP or MJHMP into the general plan safety element. The applicant
					 shall provide the adopted LHMP or MJHMP.