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PUBLIC NOTICE OF AN INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAYWARD
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE FOR THE CITY OF HAYWARD; ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND -URBAN INTERFACE CODE, TITLE 24, PART 7, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
MINIMUM SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
FROM THE INTRUSION OF FIRE FROM WILDLAND FIRE EXPOSURES AND FIRE EXPOSURES
FROM ADJACENT STRUCTURES AND TO PREVENT STRUCTURE FIRES FROM SPREADING
TO WILDLAND FUELS, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT INTERVENTION, REPEAL RESOLUTION No. 93-037 AND REPEALING ALL OTHER PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT THEREWITH
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAYWARD DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Effective January 1, 2026, a new wildland -urban interface code for the City of Hayward is hereby enacted to read as follows:
SEC. 1. WILDLAND -URBAN INTERFACE CODE OF THE CITY OF HAYWARD, ADOPTION OF CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF THE FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
GENERAL
CHAPTER 1 – SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION II – SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 101 SECTION 101 – SCOPE AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
SECTION 104 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE FIRE CODE OFFICIAL.
SECTION 108 – FEES.
SECTION 112 - MEANS OF APPEALS.
CHAPTER 2 – DEFINITIONS
SECTION 202 – DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 5 – SPECIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
SEC. 4. APPEALS.
SEC. 5. FEES.
SEC. 6. PENALTIES.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. Should any part of this ordinance be declared by a final decision by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, invalid or beyond authority of the City, such decision shal l not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect, provided the remainder of the
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ordinance, absent the excised portion, can be reasonably interpreted to give effect to intentions of the City Council.
SEC. 9. DATE OF EFFECT. This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2026.
Introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Hayward, held on the 18th day of November 2025, by Council Member Syrop.
This Ordinance will be considered for adoption at the regular meeting of the Hayward City Council, to be held on December 2, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
Please note the City Council will hold a hybrid meeting which will allow for participation in the Council Chamber and virtually via the Zoom platform. The full text of this Ordinance is available for examination by the public by contacting the City Clerk’s office at [email protected] or (510) 583-4400.
Dated: November 28, 2025
Miriam Lens, City Clerk
City of Hayward