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Eff.: ORDINANCE NO.________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AMENDING AND RESTATING TITLE 9,
CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE 9 , SECTION 304.1.2.1 OF THE
BURBANK MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH VERY HIGH,
HIGH, AND MODERATE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
IN THE LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK
City Attorney’s Synopsis
This amendment and restatement is made pursuant to California Government Code §51179 requiring a local agency , upon the publishing of new fire hazard severity zones by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) , to designate, by ordinance, very high fire hazard severity zones within its jurisdiction.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
A. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) published Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) within the State of California on March 24, 2025.
B. These maps establish very high, high, and moderate hazard severity zones within the City of Burbank.
C. The Fire Chief of the Burbank Fire Department has reviewed these maps and has determined that no changes shall be made to any designated severity zone within the City.
D. This activity involves administrative amendments of the Burbank Municipal Code (BMC) and has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and as such, is not a “project” subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 14 Cal. Code Regs § 15378.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council of the City of Burbank hereby finds that the above findings are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference.
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2. Title 9, Chapter 1 , Article 9, Section 3 04.1.2.1 of the Burbank Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
“9-1-9-304.1.2.1: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BURBANK VERY HIGH, HIGH, AND MODERATE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES:
The following section is added to Chapter 3, Part 9 of the CFC:
304.1.2.1 Establishment of the Burbank Very High, High, and Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone. For the purposes of the Burbank Fire Code, the Burbank Very High, High, and Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zones are hereby established. The boundaries of the Burbank Very High, High, and Moderate Severity Zones are shown on a map designated “Burbank Very High, High, And Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zones” consisting of one sheet on file in the Office of the Fire Official, which map, together with any amendments thereto, hereby adopted and made a part of the Burbank Fire Code.
Any future amendments or modifications to any severity zone map by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) may be adopted by Resolution by the City Council and incorporated herein”
3. This Ordinance shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after the date of adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___ day of June 2025.
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Nikki Perez
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
________________________ By: _______________________ Kimberley Clark, City Clerk Ray Johal
Senior Assistant City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. __________ was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ____ day of ______, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
I further certify that said Synopsis was published as required by law in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Burbank, California on the ____ day of ___________, 2025.
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Kimberley Clark, City Clerk