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File #: 25-733    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: New Business
File created: 5/29/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 6/10/2025 Final action:
Title: Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance Amending Title III, Division 11, Chapter 1 of the Humboldt County Code to add Section 3111-14 - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones; Adopting the Recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Local Responsibility Area.
Strategic Framework: 9999 - Core Services / Other
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1A - Ordinance No. ___ adding Section 3111-14 to HCC, 3. Attachment 1B - LRA Fire Hazard Severity Zones as identified by State Fire Marshal Map, 4. Attachment 2 - Pre-Adoption Summary, 5. Attachment 3 - Post-Adoption Summary, 6. Attachment 4 - Draft Resolution

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Departmental

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
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Introduce for First Reading an Ordinance Amending Title III, Division 11, Chapter 1 of the Humboldt County Code to add Section 3111-14 - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones; Adopting the Recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Local Responsibility Area.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Introduce the attached Ordinance amending Title III, Division 11, Chapter 1 of Humboldt County Code to add Section 3111-14 - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones; adopting the recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Local Responsibility Area; and
2. Set the Ordinance for adoption on June 24, 2025; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish the required pre-adoption summary of the ordinance and to post a certified copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance in the office of the Clerk of the Board, both the publication and posting to be done at least five (5) days prior to the Board meeting at which the Ordinance will be adopted [Government Code Section 25124(b)(1)]; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board, within 15 days after adoption of the Ordinance, to publish a post-adoption summary of the Ordinance with the names of the Supervisors voting for and against the Ordinance, and to post in the office of the Clerk of the Board a certified copy of the full text of the adopted Ordinance and amendments along with the names of those Supervisors voting for and against the Ordinance [Government Code section 25124(b)(1)].

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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1008 - Update General Plan ordinances for quality of environment

DISCUSSION:
This item introduces for adoption the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as mapped by the Bo...

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