ATTACHMENT 1
DRAFT ORDINANCE ADOPTING
THE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE
DESIGNATIONS
RECOMMENDED BY
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
ORDINANCE NO. 1031-2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BARSTOW
ADOPTING THE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE DESIGNATIONS
RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 51179
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 51178, the State Fire Marshal published a fire map indicating the Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones for the City of Barstow and designating various areas in the City of Barstow as moderate, high and very high fire hazard severity zones (“FHSZ”); and WHEREAS, Government Code section 51179 requires the City to designate moderate, high, and very high FHSZ within 120 days of receiving the recommendations of the State Fire Marshal; and
WHEREAS, Government Code section 51179, subdivision (b) permits the City to increase the FHSZ recommendations of the State Fire Marshal but prohibits the City from decreasing the State Fire Marshal’s recommendations.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Barstow does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Adoption of Fire Maps. The City Council hereby adopts the fire hazard severity zones as recommended by the State Fire Marshal, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and fully incorporated herein by this reference, pursuant to Government Code section 51179.
The maps, approved by the City of Barstow, are hereby incorporated by reference and entitled “City of Barstow Fire Hazard Severity Zones.” The official maps are also located electronically on the Fire Department’s website:
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6a9cb66bb1824cd98756812af41292a0 SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, or word of this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is rendered or declared invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions, sections, subsections paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or words of this Ordinance, and their application to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and, to that end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days after adoption as provided by Government Code 36937. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published in accordance with California Government Code Section 36933.
SECTION 4. Inconsistencies. Any provision of the City’s Municipal Code or appendices thereto that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such 400090.1
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inconsistencies and no further, is hereby modified to the extent necessary to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. CEQA. The City staff have evaluated the proposed Ordinance and determined that it is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3), 15303, and 15308 on the grounds that it can be seen with certainty that the Ordinance will not have a significant effect on the environment. To the extent this is a project under CEQA, it is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), 15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), 15307 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of Natural Resources), and 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment).
SECTION 6. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and her certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of _________________, 20____. ________________________________
Timothy Silva, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Andrea Flores, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew Summers, City Attorney
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I, Andrea Flores, City Clerk for the City of Barstow, California, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. ___-2025, which was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Barstow held on the ___ day of __________________, 20____, and adopted at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Barstow on the ____ day of ___________20____, by the following vote:
AIES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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Andrea Flores, City Clerk
City and County boundaries as of 10/22/24 (CA Board of Equalization) CAL FIRE State Responsibility Areas (SRA25_1)
CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZSRA23_3, FHSZLRA_25_1) Data Sources:
Daniel Berlant, State Fire Marshal, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Joe Tyler, Director/Fire Chief, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources, CA Natural Resources Agency The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. Neither the State nor the Department shall be liable under any circumstances for any direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages with respect to any claim by any user or third party on account of, or arising from, the use of data or maps. and other relevant factors including areas where winds
have been identified by the Office of the State Fire Marshal as a major cause of wildfire spread.
statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. Moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, Government Code section 51178 requires the State Fire
Marshal to identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent Waterbody
Federal Responsibility
Area (FRA)
Unzoned LRA
Incorporated City
Projection: NAD 83 California Teale Albers
Scale: 1:94,000 at 11" x 17"
Km 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mi 0 1 2 3 4
High Moderate
Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) in Local Responsibility Area (LRA), as Identified by the State Fire Marshal
Barstow
40 15
66 247
58 15
UNINCORPORATED SAN
BERNARDINO CO.
UNINCORPORATED SAN
BERNARDINO CO.
March 24, 2025
As Identified by the
State Fire Marshal
Local Responsibility Area
Fire Hazard Severity Zones
CITY OF BARSTOW – SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY