State of California
Office of Administrative Law
In re: NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF REGULATORY
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection ACTION
Regulatory Action:
Government Code Section 11349.3
Title 14, California Code of Regulations
Adopt sections: 1270.08, 1276.03 OAL Matter Number: 2022-0819-02 Amend sections: 1270.00. 1270.01
OAL Matter Type: Regular (S)
(Renumbered to 1270.04
and Amended), 1270.04
(Renumbered to 1270.05
and Amended), 1270.05
(Renumbered to 1270.06
and Amended), 1270.06
(Renumbered to 1270.07
and Amended), 1271.00
(Renumbered to 1270.01
ard Amended), 1273.00,
1273.01, 1273.02, 1273.03,
1273.04, 1273.05, 1273.06,
1273.07, 1273.08, 1273.09,
1274.00, 1274.01, 1274.02,
1274.03, 1274.04, 1275.00,
1275.01, 1275.02, 1275.03,
1275.04, 1276.00, 1276.01,
1276.02, 1276.03
(Renumbered to 1276.05
and Amended), 1276.04
Repeal sections:
This action adopts, amends, and repeals regulations to implement minimum fire safety standards related to defensible space applicable to the perimeters and access to all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction and to land in a State Responsibility Area (SRA) and Local Responsibility Area (LRA) Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ), particularly with respect to fuel breaks, greenbelts near communities, and preservation of undeveloped ridgelines.
OAL approves this regulatory action pursuant to section 11349.3 of the Government Code. This regulatory action becomes effective on 4/1/2023.
Digitally signed by Mark
Storm
Date: 2023.01.31 14:08:55
Date: January 31, 2023 -08'00*
Mark Storm
Senior Attorney
For: Kenneth J. Pogue
Director
Original: Edith Hannigan, Executive *
Officer
SIATE OF CALIFORNIA-OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
MOTICEPOBLCATONIREGUATD REGULAR For use by Secretary of State only
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of the Stste of Califomia
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NOTICE REGULATIONS
AGENCY WITH RULEMAKING AUTHORITY AGENCY FILE NUMBER (If any) Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
A. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE (Complete for publication in Notice Register) 1 SUBJECT OF NOTICE TITLE/SI FIRST SECTION AFFECTED 2 REQUESTED PUBLICATION DATE 3 NOTICE TYPE 4 AGENCY CONTACT PERSON TELEPHONE NUMBER FAX NUMBER (Optional) Notice re Proposed
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B. SUBMISSION OF REGULATIONS (Complete when submitting regulations) la SUBJECT OF REGULATION(S) 1b ALL PREVIOUS RELATED OAL REGULATORY ACTION NUMBERS) State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations, 2021
2 SPECIFY CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLES) AND SECTION(S) (Including title 26, If toxics related) ADOPT
SECTION(S) AFFECTED
(List all section number(s) 65 1270.08; 1276.05- SEE ASTACHMENT individually. Attach
additional sheet if needed.) see attachment
TITLE(S) REPEAL
14 $S-1271.00-
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> Regular Rulemaking (Gov /Certificate of Compliance The agency officer named Emergency Readopt Changes Without Code §11346) below certifies that this agency complied with the (Gov Code. §11346 1(h)) Regulatory Effect (Cal provisions of Gov Code §§11346 2-11347.3 either Code Regs, litle 15100) Resubmittal of disapproved
or withdrawn nonemergency before the emergency regulation was adopted or filing (Gov Code §§11349 3. within the time period required by statute Print Only 11349 4)
Emergency (Gov Code. Resubmittal of disapproved or withdrawn emergency filing (Gov. Code, §11346 1) Other (Specify)
§11346 1(b))
4 ALL BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF AVAILABILITY OF MODIFIED REGULATIONS ANDIOR MATERIAL, ADDED TO THE RULEMAKING FILE (Cal Code Regs tle 1 §44 and Gov Code §11347 1) January 3-19, 2022 and May 10-27, 2022
5 EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGES (Gov Code. 5§ 11343 4, 11346 1(d), Cal Code Regs, litle 1, $100 ) X Effective January 1. April 1 July 1. C Effective on filing with 75100 Changes Without —Effective othe Regulatory Effect
G CHECK IF THESE REGULATIONS REQUIRE NOTICE TO, OR REVIEW, CONSULTATION, APPROVAL OR CONCURRENCE BY, ANOTHER AGENCY OR ENTITY X Department of Finance (Form STD 399) (SAM §6660) Fair Political Practices Conmission X stale Fire Marshal Other (Specify)
FAX NUMBER (Optional) | E-MAIL ADDRESS (Optional)
Edith Hannigan (916) 862-0120 [email protected] 3 I certify that the attached copy of the regulations) is a true and correct copy / For use by Office of Administrative Law (OAL) only of the regulation(s) identified on this form, that the information specified on this form is true and correct, and that I am the head of the agency taking this action ENDORSED APPROVED or a designee of the head of the agency, and am authorized to make this certification.
DATE
8/19/2022 JAN 3 1 2023
Edit Hannigar
TYPED NAME AND TITLE 25 SIGNERS
Edith Hannigan, Executive Officer Office of Adininistrative Law 2022-0819-02S BOFFP
Form 400 Attachment B.2.
ADOPT
1270.08, 1276.03
AMEND
1270.00, 1270.01 (Renumbered to 1270.02 and Amended), 1270.02 (Renumbered to 1270.03 and Amended), 1270.03 (Renumbered to 1270.04 and Amended), 1270.04 (Renumbered to 1270.05 and Amended), 1270.05 (Renumbered to 1270.06 and Amended), 1270.06 (Renumbered to 1270.07 and Amended), 1271.00 (Renumbered to 1270.01 and Amended), 1273.00, 1273.01, 1273.02, 1273.03, 1273.04, 1273.05, 1273.06, 1273.07, 1273.08, 1273.09, 1274.00, 1274.01, 1274.02, 1274.03, 1274.04, 1275.00, 1275.01, 1275.02, 1275.03, 1275.04, 1276.00, 1276.01, 1276.02, 1276.03 (Renumbered to 1276.05 and Amended), 1276.04 REPEAL
1 Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (14 CCR), 2 Division 1.5, Chapter 7
3 Subchapter 2, Articles 1-5
4 "DRAFT State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations, 2021"
5 6
7 Subchapter 2. SRA/VHFHSZ State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations 8 Article 1. Administration
§ 1270.00. Title.
10 These regulations Subchapter 2 shall be known as the "SRA/VHFHSZ 11 State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations," and shall constitute the 12 basie minimum wWildfire protection standards of the California 13 Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
14 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 15 Reference: Sections 4102, 4126, 4127 and 4290, Public Resources 16 Code.
17 18 S 1270.01. Definitions Purpese
19 The following definitions are applicable to Subchapter 2. 20 (a) Agriculture: Land used for agricultural purposes as defined 21 in a Local Jurisdiction's zoning ordinances.
22 (b) Board: California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. 23 (c) Building: Any Structure used or intended for supporting or 24 sheltering any use or Occupancy, except those classified as 25 Utility and Miscellaneous Group U.
26 (d) CAL FIRE: California Department of Forestry and Fire
1 Protection.
2 (e) Dead-end Road: A Road that has only one point of vehicular 3 ingress/egress, including cul-de-sacs and Roads that 1oop back 4 on themselves
5 (f) Defensible Space: The area within the perimeter of a parcel, Development, neighborhood or community where basic 7 wildland fire protection practices and measures are implemented, 8 providing the key point of defense from an approaching Wildfire 9 or defense against encroaching Wildfires or escaping Structure 10 fires. The perimeter as used in this regulation is the area 11 encompassing the parcel or parcels proposed for construction 12 and/or Development, excluding the physical Structure itself. The 13 area is characterized by the establishment and maintenance of 14 emergency vehicle access, emergency water reserves, Road names 15 and Building identification, and fuel modification measures. 16 (g) Development: As defined in section 66418.1 of the California 17 Government Code.
18 (h) Director: Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire 19 Protection or their designee.
20 (i) Driveway: A vehicular pathway that serves no more than four 21 (4) Residential Units and any number of non-commercial or non- 22 industrial Utility or Miscellaneous Group U Buildings on each 23 parcel. A Driveway shall not serve commercial or industrial uses 24 at any size or scale.
25 (j) Exception: An alternative to the specified standard 26 requested by the applicant that may be necessary due to health,
1 safety, environmental conditions, physical site limitations or other limiting conditions, such as recorded historical sites, 3 that provides mitigation of the problem.
4 (k) Fire Apparatus: A vehicle designed to be used under 5 emergency conditions to transport personnel and equipment or to 6 support emergency response, including but not limited to the 7 suppression of fires.
8 (1) Fire Authority: A fire department, agency, division, 9 district, or other governmental body responsible for regulating 10 and/or enforcing minimum fire safety standards in the Local 11 Jurisdiction.
12 (m) Fire Hydrant: A valved connection on a water supply or 13 storage system for the purpose of providing water for fire 14 protection and suppression operations.
15 In) Fuel Break: A strategically located area where the volume 16 and arrangement of vegetation has been managed to limit fire 17 intensity, fire severity, rate of spread, crown fire potential, 18 and/or ember production.
19 10) Greenbelts: open space, parks, wildlands, other areas, or a 20 combination thereof, as designated by Local Jurisdictions, which 21 are in, surround, or are adjacent to a city or urbanized area, 22 that may function as Fuel Breaks and where Building construction 23 is restricted or prohibited.
24 (p) Greenways: Linear open spaces or corridors that link parks 25 and neighborhoods within a community through natural or manmade 26 trails and paths.
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1 (g) Hammerhead/T: A "I" shaped, three-point Turnaround space 2 for Fire Apparatus on a Road or Driveway, being no narrower than 3 the Road or Driveway that serves it.
4 (I) Hazardous Land Use: A land use that presents a significantly 5 elevated potential for the ignition, prolonged duration, or 6 increased intensity of a Wildfire due to the presence of 7 flammable materials, liquids, or gasses, or other features that 8 initiate or sustain combustion. Such uses are determined by the 9 Local Jurisdiction and may include, but are not limited to, 10 power-generation and distribution facilities; wood processing or 11 storage sites; flammable gas or liquids processing or storage 12 sites; or shooting ranges.
13 (s) Local Jurisdiction: Any county, city/county agency or 14 department, or any locally authorized district that approves or 15 has the authority to regulate Development.
16 (t) Municipal-Type Water System: A system having water pipes 17 servicing Fire Hydrants and designed to furnish, over and above 18 domestic consumption, a minimum of 250 gpm (950 L/min) at 20 psi 19 (138 kPa) residual pressure for a two (2) hour duration. 20 {u) Occupancy: The purpose for which a Building, or part 21 thereof, is used or intended to be used.
22 (v) One-way Road: A Road that provides a minimum of one Traffic 23 Lane width designed for traffic flow in one direction only. 24 (W) Residential Unit: Any Building or portion thereof which 25 contains living facilities including provisions for sleeping, 26 eating, cooking and/or sanitation, for one or more persons.
1 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, and factory-built housing are 2 considered Residential Units.
(x) Ridgeline: The line of intersection of two opposing slope 4 aspects running parallel to the long axis of the highest 5 elevation of land; or an area of higher ground separating two 6 adjacent streams or watersheds.
7 (Y) Road: A public or private vehicular pathway to more than 8 four (4) Residential Units, or to any industrial or commercial 9 Occupancy.
10 (z) Road or Driveway Structures: Bridges, culverts, and other 11 appurtenant Structures which supplement the Traffic Lane or 12 Shoulders.
13 (aa) Same Practical Effect: As used in this subchapter, means an 14 Exception or alternative with the capability of applying 15 accepted wildland fire suppression strategies and tactics, and 16 provisions for fire fighter safety, including:
17 (1) access for emergency wildland fire equipment,
18 (2) safe civilian evacuation,
19 (3) signing \ that avoids delays in emergency equipment 20 response,
21 (4) available and accessible water to effectively attack 22 Wildfire or defend a Structure from Wildfire, and
23 (5) fuel modification sufficient for civilian and fire 24 fighter safety.
25 (bb) Shoulder: A vehicular pathway adjacent to the Iraffic Lane. 26 (cc). State Responsibility Area (SRA): As defined in Publio
1 Resources Code sections 4126-4127; and the California Code of 2 Regulations, title 14, division 1.5, chapter 7, article 1, 3 sections 1220-1220.5.
4 (dd) Strategic Ridgeline: a Ridgeline identified pursuant to § 5 1276.02 (a) that may support fire suppression activities or where the preservation of the Ridgeline as an Undeveloped Ridgeline 7 would reduce fire risk and improve fire protection.
8 (ee) Structure: That which is built or constructed or any piece 9 of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined 10 together in some definite manner.
11 Iff) Traffic Lane: The portion of a Road or Driveway that 12 provides a single line of vehicle travel.
13 (99) Turnaround: An area which allows for a safe opposite 14 change of direction for Fire Apparatus at the end of a Road or 15 Driveway.
16 (hh) Turnout: A widening in a Road or Driveway to allow vehicles 17 to pass.
18 (ii) Undeveloped Ridgeline: A Ridgeline with no Buildings. 19 (ij) Utility and Miscellaneous Group U: A Structure of an 20 accessory character or a miscellaneous Structure not classified 21 in any specific Occupancy permitted, constructed, equipped, and 22 maintained to conform to the requirements of Title 24, 23 California Building Standards Code.
24 (kk) Vertical Clearance: The minimum specified height of a 25 bridge, overhead projection, or vegetation clearance above the 26 Road or Driveway.
1 (11) Vertical Curve: A curve at a high or low point of a Road 2 that provides a gradual transition between two Road grades or 3 slopes.
4 (mm) Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ): As defined in 5 Government Code section 51177 (i).
6 (nn) Wildfire: Has the same meaning as "forest fire" in Public 7 Resources Code Section 4103.
8 ta) These regulations have been prepared and adopted for the purpose of establishing minimum Wildfire protection standards in 10 conjunction with building, construction and development in the 11 State Responsibility Area (SRA) and, after July 1, 2021, the Very 12 High Fire Hazard Severity Zones as defined in Government Code S 13 51177(i) (VHFHSZ).
14 (b) The future design and construction of structures, 15 subdivisions and developments in the SRA and, after July 1, 16 2021, the VHEHSz shall provide for basie emergency access and 17 perimeter wildfire protection measures as specified in the 18 following articles.
19 te) These measures shall provide for emergency aecess; signing 20 and building numbering; private water supply reserves for 21 emergency fire use; and vegetation modification. The fixe 22 protection standards which follow shall specify the minimums for 23 such measures.
24 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 25 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code.
1 $ 1270.02. Purpose.-Scope
2 (a) Subchapter 2 has been prepared and adopted for the purpose 3 of establishing state minimum Wildfire protection standards in 4 conjunction with Building, construction, and Development in the 5 State Responsibility Area (SRA) and, after July 1, 2021, the Very 6 High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, as defined in Government Code S 7 51177(1) (VHFHSZ) •
8 (b) The future design and construction of Structures, 9 subdivisions and Developments in the SRA and, after July 1, 10 2021, the VHFHSZ shall provide for basic emergency access and 11 perimeter Wildfire protection measures as specified in the 12 following articles.
13 (c) These standards shall provide for emergency access; signing 14 and Building numbering; private water supply reserves for 15 emergency fire use; vegetation modification, Fuel Breaks, 16 Greenbelts, and measures to preserve Undeveloped Ridgelines. 17 Subchapter 2 specifies the minimums for such measures. 18 19 ta) These regulations shall apply to:
20 {1) the perimeters and access to all residential, commercial, 21 and industrial building construction within the SRA approved 22 after January 1, 1991 , and those approved after July 1, 2021 23 within the HEHS, except as set forth below in subsection (b.)+ 24 (2) the siting of newly installed commercial modulars, 25 manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and factory built housing, as 26 defined in Health and Safety Code sections 18001.8, 18007,
1 18008, and 19971;
2 t3) all tentative and parcel maps or other Developments approved 3 after January 1, 1991; and
4 {4) applications for building permits on a pareel approved in a 5 pre 1991 parcel or tentative map to the extent that conditions 6 relating to the perimeters and access to the buildings were not 7 imposed as part of the approval of the parcel or tentative map. 8 (b) These regulations do not apply where an application for a 9 building permit is filed after January 1, 1991 for building 10 construction on a parcel that was formed from a pareel map of 11 tentative map fif the final map for the tentative map is 12 approved within the time preseribed by the local ordinance) 13 approved prior to January 1, 1991, to the extent that conditions 14 relating to the perimeters and access to the buildings were 15 imposed by the parcel map or final tentative map approved prior 16 to January 1, 1991.
17 18 te) Affected activities include, but are not limited to:
19 t1) permitting or approval of new parcels, exeluding lot line 20 adjustments as specified in Government Code (GC) section 21 66412(d):
22 t2) application for a building permit for new construction not 23 felating to an existing structure;
24 13) application for a use permit;
25 11) Road construction, including construction of a road that 26 does not currently exist, or extension of an existing road.
1 (f) EXEMPTION: Roads used solely for agricultural, mining, 2 the management and harvesting of wood products.
Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 4 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Codet 5 6 1270.03. Scope. Provisions for Application of The Regulations (a) Subchapter 2 shall apply to:
8 (1) the perimeters and access to all residential,
9 commercial, and industrial Building construction within the SRA 10 approved after January 1, 1991, and those approved after July 1, 11 2021 within the VHFHSZ, except as set forth below in subsection 12 (b).
13 12) the siting of newly installed commercial modulars, 14 manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and factory-built housing, as 15 defined in Health and Safety Code sections 18001.8, 18007, 16 18008, and 19971;
17 (3) all tentative and parcel maps or other Developments 18 approved after January 1, 1991; and
19 14) applications for Building permits on a parcel approved 20 in a pre-1991 parcel or tentative map to the extent that 21 conditions relating to the perimeters and access to the 22 Buildings were not imposed as part of the approval of the parcel 23 or tentative map.
24 (b) Subchapter 2 does not apply where an application for a Building permit is filed after January 1, 1991 for Building 26 construction on a parcel that was formed from a parcel map or
1 tentative map lif the final map for the tentative map is 2 approved within the time prescribed by the local ordinance) 3 approved prior to January 1, 1991, to the extent that conditions 4 relating to the perimeters and access to the Buildings were 5 imposed by the parcel map or final tentative map approved prior to January 1, 1991.
7 (C) Affected activities include, but are not limited to:
8 (1) permitting or approval of new parcels, excluding lot 9 line adjustments as specified in Government Code (GC) section 10 66412 (d) ;
11 12) application for a Building permit for new construction 12 not relating to an existing Structure;
13 (3) application for a use permit;
14 14) Road construction including construction of a Road that 15 does not currently exist, or extension of an existing Road. 16 (d) The standards in Subchapter 2 applicable to Roads shall not 17 apply to Roads used solely for Agriculture; mining; or the 18 management of timberland or harvesting of forest products. 19 This Subchapter shall be applied as follows:
20 tal the local jurisdietions shall provide the Director of 21 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL 22 FIRE) or their designee with notice of applications for building 23 permits, tentative parcel maps, tentative maps, and installation 24 or use permits for construction or development within the SRA. 25 tb) the Director or their designee may review and make fire 26 protection recommendations on applicable construction or
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1 development permits or maps provided by the Local Jurisdiction. 2 te) the local jurisdiction shall ensure that the applicable 3 sections of this subchapter become a condition of approval of 4 any applicable construction or development permit or map. 5 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 6 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 7 8 $ 1270.0304 Provisions for Application of these Regulations 9 This Subchapter shall be applied as follows:
10 (a) the Ilocal Jurisdictions shall provide the Director of 11 the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL 12 FIRE) or their designee with notice of applications for 13 Bbuilding permits, tentative parcel maps, tentative maps, and 14 installation or use permits for construction or Development 15 within the SRA, or if after July, 1 2021, the VHEHSZ. 16 (b) the Director or their designee may review and make fire 17 protection recommendations on applicable construction or 18 development permits or maps provided by the Lłocal Jurisdiction. 19 (c) the Llocal Jurisdiction shall ensure that the
20 applicable sections of this Ssubchapter become a condition of 21 approval of any applicable construction or Development permit 22 or map.
23 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 24 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 25
1 1270.0405. Local Regulations _Ordinances.
2 (a) Subchapter 2 shall serve as the minimum Wildfire protection 3 standards applied in SRA and VHFHSZ. However, Subchapter 2 does 4 not supersede local regulations which equal or exceed the 5 standards of this Subchapter. Nothing contained in these 6 zegulations shall be considered as abrogating the provisions of 7 any ordinance, rule, or regulation of any state or loeal 8 jurisdiction provided that such ordinance, rule, regulation or 9 general plan element is equal to or more stringent than these 10 minimum standards.
11 (b) A local regulation equals or exceeds a minimum standard of 12 this Subchapter only if, at a minimum, the local regulation also 13 fully complies with the corresponding minimum standard in this 14 Subchapter. The Board may certify local ordinances as equaling 15 or exceeding these regulations when they provide the Same 16 practical effect.
17 (c) A Local Jurisdiction shall not apply exemptions to 18 Subchapter 2 that are not enumerated in Subchapter 2. Exceptions 19 requested and approved in conformance with § 1270.07 (Exceptions 20 to Standards) may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Counties 21 may submit their local ordinances for certification via email to 22 the Board.
23 td) The Board's certification of local ordinances pursuant te 24 this section is rendered invalid when previously certified 25 ordinances are subsequently amended by local jurisdictions 26 without Board re certification of the amended ordinances. The
1 Board's regulations supersede the amended -local ordinance (s) 2 when the amended local ordinanee(s) are not re certified by the 3 Board. Amendments made by local jurisdictions to previously 4 certified ordinances shall be submitted for re certification. 5 Notwithstanding a local regulation that equals or exceeds the State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations, Building construction 7 shall comply with the State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations. 8 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code.
Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 10 11 $ 1270.056. Inspections.
12 Inspections shall conform to the following requirements:
13 (a) Inspections in the SRA shall be made by:
14 (1) the Director, or
15 (2) Ilocal jurisdictions that have assumed state fire 16 protection responsibility on SRA lands, or
17 (3) Ilocal jurisdictions where the inspection duties have 18 been formally delegated by CAL FIRE the Director to the - Itocal 19 jurisdictions, pursuant to subsection (b).
20 (b) The Director may delegate inspection authority to a Local 21 Jurisdiction subject to all of the following criteria:
22 11) The Local Jurisdiction represents that they have 23 appropriate resources to perform the delegated inspection 24 authority.
25 (2) The Local Jurisdiction acknowledges that CAL FIRE's 26 authority under subsection (d) shall not be waived or
1 restricted.
2 (3) The Local Jurisdiction consents to the delegation of 3 inspection authority.
4 14) The Director may revoke the delegation at any time. 5 (5) The delegation of inspection authority, and any
subsequent revocation of the delegation, shall be documented in 7 writing, and retained on file at the CAL FIRE Unit headquarters 8 that administers SRA fire protection in the area.
9 Inspections made under 11 CCR § 1270.05 (a) (2) or 14 CCR S 10 1270.05 (a) (3) shall occur only when these regulations are 11 incorporated into local ordinance in one of the following 12 manners:
13 (1) these regulations have been incorporated verbatim or by 14 reference into that jurisdiction's permitting or approval 15 process for the activities deseribed in 14 CCR § 1270.02; ox 16 12) the local ordinances have been certified pursuant to 14 CCR 17 § 1270.04;
18 (c)_ Inspections in the VHFHSZ shall be made by the Local 19 Jurisdiction. Nothing in this section abrogates CAL FIRE's 20 authority to inspect and enforce state forest and fire laws even 21 when the inspection duties have been delegated pursuant to this 22 section.
23 (d) Nothing in this section abrogates CAL FIRE's authority to 24 inspect and enforce state forest and fire laws in the SRA even 25 when the inspection duties have been delegated pursuant to this 26 section. Reports of violations shall be provided to the CAL FIRE
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1 Unit headquarters that administers SRA fire protection in the 2 bocal Jurisdiction.
3 (e) Reports of violations within the SRA shall be provided to 4 the CAL FIRE Unit headquarters that administers SRA fire 5 protection in the Local Jurisdiction. when inspections are 6 conducted, they shall occur prior to: the issuance of the use 7 permit or certificate of occupancy; the recordation of the 8 pareel map or final mapi the filing of a notice of completion+ 9 or the final inspection of any projeet or building permit. 10 (f) When inspections are conducted, they shall occur prior to:
11 the issuance of the use permit or certificate of Occupancy; the 12 recordation of the parcel map or final map; the filing of a 13 notice of completion; or the final inspection of any project or 14 Building permit.
15 16 Note: Authority cited: Section 4111, 4119 and 4290, Public 17 Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4102, 4119, 4125, 4290 and 18 4291, Public Resources Code.
19 20 § 1270.06l. Exceptions to Standards.
21 (a) Upon request by the applicant, an Exceptions to standards 22 within this subchapter or to Local Jurisdiction eertified 23 ordinances may be allowed by the inspection Inspection entity in 24 accordance with listed in 14 CCR § 1270.056 (Inspections) where 25 the Exceptions provide the same practical effect Same Practical 26 Effect as these regulations towards providing Defensible Space.
1 Exceptions granted by the inspection entity-Local Jurisdiction 2 listed in 14 CCR S 1270.056, shall be made on a case-by-case 3 basis only. Exceptions granted Exceptions granted by the inspection entity Local Jurisdiction listed in 14 CR § 1270.05 5 listed in 14 CCR S 1270.06 shall be forwarded to the
6 appropriate CAL FIRE unit headquarters Unit Office that 7 administers SRA fire protection in that_ Local Jurisdiction, or 8 the county in which the Local Jurisdiction is located and shall 9 be retained on file at the Unit Office.
10 (b) Requests for an Exception shall be made in writing to the 11 inspection entityLocal Jurisdiction listed in 14 CCR S 12 1270.0506—by the applicant or the applicant's authorized 13 representative.
14 At a minimum, the request shall state the specific
15 section(s) for which an Exception is requestedri material facts 16 supporting the contention of the applicanti the details of the 17 Exception proposed,i_and a map showing the proposed location and 18 siting of the Exception. Local Jjurisdictions listed in s 19 1270.0506 (Inspections) may establish additional procedures or 20 requirements for Exception requests.
21 (C) Where an Exception is not granted by the inspection entity, 22 the applicant may appeal such denial to the Local Jurisdiction. 23 The Local Jurisdiction may establish or utilize an appeal 24 process consistent with existing local building or planning 25 department appeal processes.
26 (d) Before the Local #Jurisdiction makes a determination on an
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1 appeal, the inspector shall be consulted and shall provide to 2 that Local Jurisdiction local jurisdictiondocumentation outlining the effects of the requested Exception on Wildfire 4 protection.
5 (e) If an appeal is granted, the Local Jurisdiction shall make 6 findings that the decision
meets the intent of providing
7 Defensible Space consistent with these regulations. Such 8 findings shall include a statement of reasons for the decision. 9 A written copy of these findings shall be provided to the CAL 10 FIRE Unit headquarters that administers SRA fire protection in 11 that local Local Jurisdiction.
12 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 13 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 14 15 § 1270.08. Distance Measurements Requests for Exceptions. 16 All specified or referenced distances are measured along the 17 ground, unless otherwise stated.
18 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 19 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 20 21 § 1271.00. Definitions.
22 Agriculture: Land used for agricultural purposes as defined in a 23 Local Jurisdiction's zoning ordinances.
24 Building: Any Structure used -intended for supporting of 25 sheltering any use -or Occupancy, except Utility -and 26 Miscellaneous Group U Buildings.
1 CAL FIRE: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 2 Dead end Road: A Road that has only one point of vehicular 3 ingress/egress, including cul-de-sacs and looped Roads. 4 Defensible space: The area within the perimeter of a parcel, 5 Development, neighborhood or community where basic wildland fire 6 protection practices and measures are implemented, providing the 7 key point of defense from an approaching Wildfire or defense 8 against encroaching Wildfires or escaping structure fires. The 9 perimeter as used in this regulation is the area encompassing 10 the parcel or parcels proposed for construction and/or 11 Development, excluding the physical structure itself. The area 12 is characterized by the establishment and maintenance of 13 emergeney vehicle access, emergency water reserves, road names 14 and building identification, and fuel modification measures. 15 Development: As defined in section 66418.1 of the California 16 Government Code.
17 Director: Director of the Department of Forestry and Fire 18 Protection or their designee.
19 Driveway: A vehicular access that serves up to two (2) pareels 20 with no more than two (2) Residential Units and any number of 21 non commercial or industrial Buildings on each parcel. 22 Distance Measurements: All specified or referenced distances are 23 measured along the ground, unless otherwise stated.
24 EXCEPTION: An alternative to the specified standard requested by 25 the applicant that may be necessary due to health, safety, 26 environmental conditions, physical site limitations or other
1 limiting conditions, such as recorded historical sites, that 2 provides mitigation of the problem.
3 Fire valve: see hydrant.
4 Fuel modification area: An area where the volume of flammable 5 vegetation has been reduced, providing reduced fire intensity 6 and duration.
7 Greenbelts: A facility or land-use, designed for a use other 8 than fire protection, which will slow or resist the spread of a Wildfire. Includes parking lots, irrigated or landscaped areas, 10 golf courses, parks, playgrounds, maintained vineyards, orchards 11 or annual crops that do not cure in the field.
12 Hammerhead/T: A road or driveway that provides a """ shaped, 13 three-point turnaround space for emergency equipment, being no 14 narrower than the Road that serves it.
15 Hydrant: A valved connection on a water supply or storage 16 system, having either one two and a half (2 1/2) inch or one 17 four and a half (4 1/2) inch outlet, with male American National 18 Fire Hose Serew Threads (NI), used to supply Fire Apparatus and hoses with water.
20 Local Jurisdiction: Any county, eity/county agency
21 department, or any locally authorized district that issues or 22 approves building permits, use permits, tentative maps or 23 tentative pareel maps, or has authority to regulate development 24 and construction activity.
25 Decupancy: The purpose for which a building, or part thereof, is 26 used or intended to be used.
1 One-way road: A minimum of one traffic lane width designed for 2 traffie flow in one direction only.
3 Residential unit: Any Building or portion thereof which contains living facilities, including provisions for sleeping, cating, 5 cooking and/or sanitation for one or more persons. Manufactured 6 homes, mobilehomes, and factory built housing are considered residential units for the purposes of mandatory measures 8 required in 14 CCR S 1270.01 (c).
9 Road: Vehicular access to more than two (2) parcelsi more than 10 four (4) Residential Units, or access to any industrial or 11 commercial occupancy. Includes public and private streets and 12 lanes.
13 Road or Driveway Structures: Bridges, culverts, and other 14 appurtenant Structures which supplement the traffic lane of 15 Shoulders.
16 Same Practical Effect: As used in this subchapter, means an 17 exception or alternative with the capability of applying 18 accepted wildland fire suppression strategies and tactics, and 19 provisions for fire fighter safety, including:
20 ta) access for emergency wildland fire equipment,
21 tb) safe civilian evacuation,
22 te) signing that avoids delays in emergency equipment response, 23 fd) available and accessible water to effectively attack 24 wildfire or defend a structure frem wildfire, and
25 te) fuel modification sufficient for civilian and fire fighter 26 safety,
1 Shoulder: Vehicular access adjacent to the traffic lane. 2 State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board): As defined 3 in Publie Resources Code section 730-
State Responsibility Area (SRA): As defined in Public Resources 5 Code sections 4126-4127; and the California Code of Regulations, 6 title 14, division 1.5, chapter 7, artiele 1, sections 1220 7 1220.5.
8 Structure: That which is built or constructed, an edifice of 9 building of any kind, or any picee of work artificially built up 10 or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner. 11 Subdivision: As defined in section 66424 of the Government Code. 12 Traffic lane: The portion of a road or driveway that provides a 13 single line of vehiele travel.
14 Turnaround: A road or driveway, unobstructed by parking, which 15 allows for a safe opposite change of direction for emergency 16 equipment. Design of such area may be a hammerhead/T or terminus 17 bulb.
18 Turnouts: A widening in a Road or Driveway to allow vehicles te 19 pass.
20 Utility and Miscellaneous Group U Building: A structure of an 21 accessory character or a miscellaneous Strueture not elassified 22 in any specific Occupancy permitted, constructed, equipped, and 23 maintained to conform to the requirements of Title 24, 24 California Building Standards Code.
25 Vertical elearance: The minimum specified height of a bridge of 26 overhead projection above the road or driveway.
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1 Wildfire: As defined in Publie Resources Code Section 4103 and 2 4104-
3 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resourees Code. 4 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Publie Resourees Code. 5 6 Article 2. Emergency Access Ingress and Egress
7 § 1273.00. Intent.
8 Roads_ and Driveways, whether public or private, unless 9 exempted under 14 CCR $ 1270.0203 (d), shall provide for safe 10 access for emergency wildfire equipment and civilian evacuation 11 concurrently, and shall provide unobstructed traffic circulation 12 during a wWildfire emergency consistent with 14 CCR SS 1273.00 13 through 1273.09.
14 15 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 16 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 17 18 $ 1273.01. Width
19 (a) All Roads shall be constructed to provide a minimum of two 20 ten (10) foot traffic lanes, not including Shoulder and 21 striping. These traffic lanes shall provide for two-way traffic 22 flow to support emergency vehicle and civilian egress, unless 23 other standards are provided in this article or additional 24 requirements are mandated by local jurisdictions Local 25 Jurisdictions or local subdivision requirements. Vertical
1 clearances shall conform to the requirements in California 2 Vehicle Code section 35250.
3 (b) All ene-way roads One-way Roads shall be constructed to 4 provide a minimum of one twelve (12) foot traffic lane, not 5 including shoulders Shoulders. The local jurisdiction Local 6 Jurisdiction may approve one-way roads One-way Roads. 7 (1) All One-way Roads shall, at both ends, connect to a Road 8 with two traffic lanes providing for travel in different 9 directions, and shall provide access to an area currently zoned 10 for no more than ten (10) residential units Residential Units. 11 (2) In no case shall a one-way road One-way Road exceed 2,640 12 feet in length. A turnout shall be placed and constructed at 13 approximately the midpoint of each one-way road One-way Road. 14 (C) All Driveways shall be constructed to provide a minimum of 15 one (1) ten (10) foot traffic lane, fourteen (14) feet 16 unobstructed horizontal clearance, and unobstructed vertical 17 clearance of thirteen feet, six inches (13' 6").
18 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 19 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 20 21 $ 1273.02. Road Surfaces.
22 (a) Roads shall be designed and maintained to support the 23 imposed load of #Fire aApparatus weighing at least 75,000 24 pounds, and provide an aggregate base.
25 (b) Driveways and road and driveway structures Road and Driveway 26 Structures shall be designed and maintained to support at least
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(c) Project proponent shall provide engineering specifications 3 support design, if requested by the Local Jurisdiction local 4 authority having jurisdiction.
5 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code.
Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 7 8 S 1273.03. Grades.
9 (a) At no point shall the grade for all #Roads and Driveways 10 exceed 16 percent.
11 (b) The grade may exceed 16%, not to exceed 20%, with approval 12 from the local authority having jurisdiction Local Jurisdiction 13 and with mitigations to provide for sSame practical eEffect. 14 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 15 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 16 17 S 1273.04. Radius.
18 (a) No #Road or #Road structure shall have a horizontal inside 19 radius of curvature of less than fifty (50) feet. An additional 20 surface width of four (4) feet shall be added to curves of 50- 21 100 feet radius; two (2) feet to those from 100-200 feet. 22 (b) The length of vertical curves in #Roadways, exclusive of 23 gutters, ditches, and drainage structures designed to hold or 24 divert water, shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet. 25 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 26 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code.
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1 2 § 1273.05. Turnarounds.
3 (a) Turnarounds are required on driveways and dead end -roads 4 Driveways and Dead-end Roads.
5 (b) The minimum turning radius for a turnaround shall be forty 6 (40) feet, not including parking, in accordance with the figures 7 in 14 CCR S$ 1273.05 (e) and 1273.05 (f). If a hammerhead/T is 8 used instead, the top of the "T" shall be a minimum of sixty 9 (60) feet in length.
10 (C) Driveways exceeding 150 feet in length, but less than 800 11 feet in length, shall provide a turnout near the midpoint of the 12 driveway Driveway. Where the Driveway exceeds 800 feet, turnouts 13 shall be provided no more than 400 feet apart.
14 (d) A turnaround shall be provided on driveways Driveways over 15 300 feet in length and shall be within fifty (50) feet of the 16 Building.
17 (d) Each dead end road-Dead-end Road shall have a turnaround 18 constructed at its terminus. Where parcels are zoned five (5) 19 acres or larger, turnarounds shall be provided at a maximum of 20 1,320 foot intervals.
21 (e) Figure A. Turnarounds on Roads with two ten-foot traffic 22 lanes.
23 Figure A/Image 1 is a visual representation of paragraph (b). 24 ¡editorial note: no change to the images in this section] 25 (f) Figure B. Turnarounds on driveways with one ten-foot traffic
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2 Figure B/Image 2 is a visual representation of paragraph (b). 3 (editorial note: no change to the images in this section] 4 5 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 6 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 7 8 § 1273.06 Roadway Turnouts
9 Turnouts shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet wide and thirty 10 (30) feet long with a minimum twenty-five (25) foot taper on 11 each end.
12 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 13 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 14 15 § 1273.07 Road and Driveway Structures.
16 (a) Appropriate signing, including but not limited to weight or 17 vertical clearance limitations, one-way read One-way Road on 18 single traffic lane conditions, shall reflect the capability of 19 each bridge.
20 (b) Where a bridge or an elevated surface is part of a fire 21 apparatus Fire Apparatus access road, the bridge shall be 22 constructed and maintained in accordance with the American 23 Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials 24 Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, 17th Edition, 25 published 2002 (known as AASHTO HB-17), hereby incorporated by
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1 reference. Bridges and elevated surfaces shall be designed for a 2 live load sufficient to carry imposed loads of Fire
3 Apparatus. Vehicle load limits shall be posted at both entrances 4 to bridges when required by the local authority having 5 jurisdiction.
6 (c) Where elevated surfaces designed for emergency vehicle use 7 are adjacent to surfaces which are not designed for such use, 8 barriers, or signs, or both, as approved by the local authority 9 having jurisdiction, shall be installed and maintained. 10 (d) A bridge with only one traffic lane may be authorized by the 11 local jurisdiction Local Jurisdiction; however, it shall provide for unobstructed visibility from one end to the other and 13 turnouts at both ends.
14 15 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 16 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 17 18 $ 1273.08 Dead-end Roads
19 (a) The maximum length of a dead-end Roadroad, including all 20 dead-end roads-Dead-end Roads accessed from that dead end read 21 Dead-end Road, shall not exceed the following cumulative 22 lengths, regardless of the number of parcels served:
23 parcels zoned for less than one acre - 800 feet
24 parcels zoned for 1 acre to 4.99 acres - 1,320 feet
25 parcels zoned for 5 acres to 19.99 acres - 2,640 feet
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2 All lengths shall be measured from the edge of the foad Road 3 surface at the intersection that begins the foad Road to the end 4 of the foad Road surface at its farthest point. Where a Dead-end 5 Road crosses areas of differing zoned parcel sizes requiring 6 different length limits, the shortest allowable length shall apply.
8 (b) See 14 CCR § m 1273.05 for Dead-end Road turnaround 9 requirements.
10 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 11 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 12 13 § 1273.09 Gate Entrances.
14 (a) Gate entrances shall be at least two (2) feet wider than the 15 width of the traffic lane(s) serving that gate and a minimum 16 width of fourteen (14) feet unobstructed horizontal clearance 17 and unobstructed vertical clearance of thirteen feet, six inches 18 (13' 6").
19 (b) All gates providing access from a foad Road to a driveway 20 Driveway shall be located at least thirty (30) feet from the 21 Roadway and shall open to allow a vehicle to stop without 22 obstructing traffic on that foad Road.
23 (c) Where a one-way road One-way Road with a single traffic lane 24 provides access to a gated entrance, a forty (40) foot turning 25 radius shall be used.
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1 (d) Security gates shall not be installed without approval. 2 Where security gates are installed, they shall have an approved 3 means of emergency operation. Approval shall be by the local 4 authority having jurisdiction. The security gates and the 5 emergency • operation shall be maintained operational at all times.
7 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 8 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 9 10 Article 3. Signing and Building Numbering
11 $ 1274.00. Intent
12 Io facilitate locating a fire and to avoid delays in response, 13 all newly constructed or approved zoads Roads and buldings 14 Buildings shall be designated by names or numbers posted on 15 signs clearly visible and legible from the fead Road. This 16 section shall not restrict the size of letters or numbers 17 appearing on Road signs for other purposes.
18 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 19 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 20 21 § 1274.01. Road Signs.
22 (a) Newly constructed or approved foads Roads must be identified 23 by a name or number through a consistent system that provides 24 for sequenced or patterned numbering and/or non-duplicative 25 naming within each local jurisdiction Local Jurisdiction. This
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1 section does not require any entity to rename or renumber 2 existing Roads, nor shall a foad Road providing access only to a 3 single commercial of industrial eccupancy Occupancy require 4 naming or numbering.
5 (b) The size of letters, numbers, and symbols for foad Road signs shall be a minimum four (4) inch letter height, half inch 7 (.5) inch stroke, reflectorized, contrasting with the background 8 color of the sign.
9 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources • Code. 10 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 11 12 § 1274.02. Road Sign Installation, Location, and Visibility. 13 (a) Road signs shall be visible and legible from both directions 14 of vehicle travel for a distance of at least one hundred (100) 15 feet.
16 (b) Signs required by this article identifying intersecting 17 foads Roads shall be placed at the intersection of those foads 18 Roads.
19 (C) A sign identifying traffic access or flow limitations, 20 including but not limited to weight or vertical clearance 21 limitations, Dead-end Roads, One-way Roads, or single lane 22 conditions, shall be placed:
23 (÷1) at the intersection preceding the traffic access 24 limitation, and
25 (i*2) no more than one hundred (100) feet before such traffic
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2 Road signs required by this article shall be posted at the beginning of construction and shall be maintained thereafter. 4 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 5 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 7 § 1274.03. Addresses for Buildings.
8 (a) All buildings Buildings shall be issued an address by the 9 local jurisdiction Local Jurisdiction which conforms to that 10 jurisdiction's overall address system. Utility and miscellaneous 11 Group U buildings Buildings are not required to have a separate 12 address; however, each residential unit within a building 13 Residential Unit within a Building shall be separately 14 identified.
15 (b) The size of letters, numbers, and symbols for addresses 16 shall conform to the standards in the California Fire Code, 17 California Code of Regulations title 24, part 9.
18 (c) Addresses for residential buildings Buildings shall be 19 reflectorized.
20 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 21 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 22 23 § 1274.04. Address Installation, Location, and Visibility. 24 (a) All Buildings shall have a permanently posted address which 25 shall be plainly legible and visible from the foad Road fronting
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2 (b) Where access is by means of a private foad Road and the 3 address identification cannot be viewed from the public way, an 4 unobstructed sign or other means shall be used so that the 5 address is visible from the public way.
6 (c) Address signs along One-way foads Roads shall be visible 7 from both directions.
8 (d) Where multiple addresses are required at a single Driveway, 9 they shall be mounted on a single sign or post.
10 (e) Where a foad Road provides access solely to a single 11 commercial or industrial business, the address sign shall be 12 placed at the nearest foad Road intersection providing access to 13 that site, or otherwise posted to provide for unobstructed 14 visibility from that intersection.
15 (E) In all cases, the address shall be posted at the beginning 16 of construction and shall be maintained thereafter.
17 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 18 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 19 20 Article 4 Emergency Water Standards.
21 § 1275.00. Intent.
22 Emergency water for #Wildfire protection shall be available, 23 accessible, and maintained in quantities and locations specified 24 in the statute and these regulations in order to attack a 25 #Wildfire or defend property from a #wildfire.
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5 The provisions of this article shall apply in the tentative and 6 parcel map process when new parcels are approved by the local 7 Local Jurisdiction having authority.
8 9 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 10 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 11 12 S 1275.02. Water Supply.
13 (a) When a water supply for §structure defense is required to be 14 installed, such protection shall be installed and made 15 serviceable prior to and during the time of construction except 16 when alternative methods of protection are provided and approved 17 by the Local Jurisdictionlocal authority having jurisdiction. 18 (b) Water systems equaling or exceeding the California Fire 19 Code, California Code of Regulations title 24, part 9, or, where 20 a municipal-type water supply is unavailable, National Fire 21 Protection Association (NEPA) 1142, "Standard on Water Supplies 22 for Suburban and Rural Fire Fighting," 2017 Edition, hereby 23 incorporated by reference, shall be accepted as meeting the 24 requirements of this article.
25 (c) Such emergency water may be provided in a fire agency mobile
1 water tender, or naturally occurring or man made containment 2 Structure, as long as the specified quantity is immediately 3 available.
4 (d) Nothing in this article prohibits the combined storage of 5 emergency wildfire and structural firefighting water supplies 6 unless so prohibited by local ordinance or specified by the 7 local fire agency.
8 (e) Where freeze or crash protection is required by ‡Local 9 ¡Jurisdictions having authority, such protection measures shall 10 be provided.
11 12 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 13 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 14 15 $ 1275.03. Hydrants-and Fire Valves
16 (a) The Fire #Hydrant-or fire valve shall be eighteen (18) 17 inches above the finished surface. Its location in relation to 18 the #Road or dRiveway and to the building(s) or Structure (s) 19 it serves shall comply with California Fire Code, California 20 Code of Regulations title 24, part 9, Chapter 5, and Appendix C. 21 (b) The Fire_AHydrant head shall be a two and half (2 1/2) inch 22 National Hose male thread with cap for pressure and gravity flow 23 systems and four and a half (4 1/2) inch for draft systems. 24 (C) Fire Hydrants shall be wet or dry barrel and have suitable 25 freeze or crash protection as required by the Local
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2 3 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 4 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 5 6 § 1275.04. Signing of Water Sources.
7 (a) Each Fire #Hydranty fire valve, or access to water shall be 8 identified as follows:
9 (1) If located along a Driveway, a reflectorized blue marker, 10 with a minimum dimension of three (3) inches shall be located on 11 the Driveway address sign and mounted on a fire retardant post, 12 OI
13 (2) if located along a foad Road,
14 (1) a reflectorized blue marker, with a minimum dimension of 15 three (3) inches, shall be mounted on a fire retardant post. The 16 sign post shall be within three (3) feet of said Fire #Hydrant 17 of fire valver with the sign no less than three (3) feet nor 18 greater than five (5) feet above ground, in a horizontal 19 position and visible from the Driveway, or
20 (2ii) as specified in the State Fire Marshal's Guidelines for 21 Fire Hydrant Markings Along State Highways and Freeways, May 22 1988.
23 24 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 25 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 26
1 Article 5. Building Siting, Setbacks, and Fuel Modification Fuel 2 Modification Standards
3 $ 1276.00. Intent
4 To reduce the intensity of a wildfire by reducing the volume 5 and density of flammable vegetation, the otrategie siting of 6 fuel modification and greenbelts shall provide for increased 7 safety for emergency fire equipment and evacuating civilians by 8 its utilization around -structures and roads, including 9 driveways, and a point of attack or defense from a wildfire.—To 10 reduce the intensity of a Wildfire, reducing the volume and 11 density of flammable vegetation around Development through 12 strategic fuel modification, parcel siting and Building 13 setbacks, and the protection of Undeveloped Ridgelines shall 14 provide for increased safety for emergency fire equipment, 15 including evacuating civilians, and a point of attack or defense 16 from a Wildfire.
17 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 18 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 19 20 § 1276.01. Building and Parcel Siting and Setbacks. Setback for 21 Structure Defensible Space
22 (a) All parcels shall provide a minimum thirty (30) foot setback 23 for all Bbuildings from all property lines and/or the center of 24 a Road, except as provided for in subsection (b).
25 (b) A reduction in the minimum setback shall be based upon when
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1 a thirty (30) foot setback is not possible for practical 2 reasons, which may include but are not limited to, parcel 3 dimensions or size; topographic limitations; Development density 4 requirements or other Development patterns that promote low- 5 carbon emission outcomes; sensitive habitat; or other site 6 constraints or other _casements, and shall provide for an 7 alternative method to reduce Structure-to-Structure ignition by 8 incorporating features such as, but not limited to:
9 ti) Same practical effect requirements shall reduce the 10 likelihood of home to home ignition.
11 ti1) Same practical effect options may include, but are not 12 limited to: (1) non-combustible block walls of fences; or 13 12) five (5) feet of non-combustible material extending 14 five (5) feet horizontally around the strueture from the 15 furthest extent of the Building; or
16 13) installing hardscape landscaping; or
17 (4) *educing a reduction of exposed windows on the side of 18 the structure with a less than thirty (30) foot setback; 19 or
20 15) the most protective additional Structure hardening such 21 as those required requirements in the California Building Code, 22 California Code of Regulations title Title 24, part Part 2, 23 Chapter 7A, as required by the Local Jurisdiction.
24 Note: Authority cited: Section • 4290, Public Resources Code. 25 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code.
1 2 $ 1276.02. Ridgelines. Maintenanee of Defensible Space Measures. 3 (a) The Local Jurisdiction shall identify Strategic Ridgelines, 4 if any, to reduce fire risk and improve fire protection 5 through an assessment of the following factors:
6 (1) Topography:
(2) Vegetation;
8 13) Proximity to any existing or proposed residential, 9 commercial, or industrial land uses;
10 (4) Construction where mass grading may significantly alter 11 the topography resulting in the elimination of Ridgeline fire 12 risks;
13 15) Ability to support effective fire suppression; and 14 16) Other factors, if any, deemed relevant by the Local 15 Jurisdiction.
16 (b) Preservation of Undeveloped Ridgelines identified as 17 strategically important shall be required pursuant to this 18 section.
19 (c) New Buildings on Undeveloped Ridgelines identified as 20 strategically important are prohibited, described in 21 subsections (c) (1), (c) (2), and (c) (3).
22 11) New Residential Units are prohibited within or at the 23 top of drainages or other topographic features common to 24 Ridgelines that act as chimneys to funnel convective heat from 25 Wildfires.
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1 12) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter 2 the extent to which utility infrastructure, including but not 3 limited to wireless telecommunications facilities, as defined 4 in Government Code section 65850.6, subdivision (d) (2), or 5 Storage Group S or Utility and Miscellaneous Group U Structures, 6 may be constructed on Undeveloped Ridgelines.
7 (3) Local Jurisdictions may approve Buildings on Strategic 8 Ridgelines where Development activities such as mass grading 9 will significantly alter the topography that results in the 10 elimination of Ridgeline fire risks.
11 (d) The Local Jurisdiction may implement further specific 12 requirements to preserve Undeveloped Ridgelines.
13 To ensure continued maintenance of commonly owned properties in 14 conformance with these standards and to assure continued 15 availability, aceess, and utilization of the Defensible Space 16 provided by these standards during a wildfire, provisions for 17 annual maintenance shall be provided in emergeney access 18 covenants or similar binding agreements.
19 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 20 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 21 22 1276.03. Fuel Breaks Disposal -of Flammable Vegetation and 23 Fuels.
24 (a) When Building construction meets the following criteria, the 25 Local Jurisdiction shall determine the need and location for
1 Fuel Breaks in consultation with the Fire Authority:
2 (1) the permitting or approval of three (3) or more new parcels, excluding lot line adjustments as specified in 4 Government Code (GC) section 66412 (d); or
5 (2) an application for a change of zoning increasing zoning intensity or density; or
7 (3) an application for a change in use permit increasing 8 use intensity or density.
9 (b) Fuel Breaks required by the Local Jurisdiction, in 10 consultation with the Fire Authority, shall be located, 11 designed, and maintained in a condition that reduces the 12 potential of damaging radiant and convective heat or ember 13 exposure to Access routes, Buildings, or infrastructure within 14 the Development.
15 (C) Fue1 Breaks shall have, at a minimum, one point of entry for 16 fire fighters and any Fire Apparatus. The specific number of 17 entry points and entry requirements shall be determined by the 18 Local Jurisdiction, in consultation with the Fire Authority. 19 (d) Fuel Breaks may be required at locations such as, but not 20 limited to:
21 11) Directly adjacent to defensible space as defined by 14 22 CCR § 1299.02 to reduce radiant and convective heat exposure, 23 ember impacts, or support fire suppression tactics;
24 (2) Directly adjacent to Roads to manage radiant and 25 convective heat exposure or ember impacts, increase evacuation
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2 (3) Directly adjacent to a Hazardous Land Use to limit the 3 spread of fire from such uses, reduce radiant and convective 4 heat exposure, or support fire suppression tactics;
5 (4) Strategically located along Ridgelines, in Greenbelts, 6 other locations to reduce radiant and convective heat 7 exposure, ember impacts, or support community level fire 8 suppression tactics.
9 (e) Fuel Breaks shall be completed prior to the commencement of 10 any permitted construction.
11 (f) Fuel Breaks shall be constructed using the most ecologically 12 and site appropriate treatment option, such as, but not limited 13 to, prescribed burning, manual treatment, mechanical treatment, 14 prescribed herbivory, and targeted ground application of 15 herbicides.
16 (g) Where a Local Jurisdiction requires Fuel Breaks, maintenance 17 mechanisms shall be established to ensure the fire behavior 18 objectives and thresholds are maintained over time.
19 (h) The mechanisms required shall be binding upon the property 20 for which the Fuel Break is established, shall ensure adequate 21 maintenance levels, and may include written legal agreements; 22 permanent fees, taxes, or assessments; assessments through a 23 homeowners' association; or other funding mechanisms. 24 Disposal, including chipping, burying, burning or removal to a 25 site approved by the local jurisdiction, of flammable vegetation
1 and fuels caused by site development and construction, road and 2 driveway construction, and fuel modification shall be completed 3 prior to completion of Road construction or final inspection of 4 a building permit.
5 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code.
Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 7 8 1276.04.- Greenbelts, Greenways, Open Spaces and Parks 9 Greenbelts
10 (a) Where a Greenbelt, Greenway, open space, park, landscaped or 11 natural area, or portions thereof, is intended to serve as a 12 Fuel Break, the space or relevant portion thereof shall conform 13 with the requirements in $ 1276.03 (Euel Breaks).
14 15 Subdivision and other Developments, which propose greenbelts as 16 a part of the development plan, shall locate said greenbelts 17 strategically as a separation between wildland fuels and 18 structures. The locations shall be approved by the local 19 authority having jurisdiction and may be consistent with the CAL 20 FIRE Unit Fire Management Plan or Contract County Fire Plan. 21 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Public Resources Code. 22 Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Resources Code. 23 24
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2 The disposal, including burning or removal to site approved by 3 the Local Jurisdiction, in consultatior with the Fire 4 Authority, of flammable vegetation and fuel caused by site 5 construction, Road, and Driveway construct on shall be in accordance with all applicable laws and regulal ons.
7 8 Note: Authority cited: Section 4290, Publi Resources Code.
Reference: Sections 4290 and 4291, Public Reso ices Code.