To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of 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
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) which does the following:
a. Finds the Board of Supervisors has determined that the adoption of the State recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the Fire Safe Regulations is not a project and therefore CEQA does not apply; and
b. Finds the proposed adoption of State recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones via ordinance modifying the Fire Safe Regulations is in the public interest; and
c. Finds that the County's adoption of Fire Hazard Severity Zones at the recommended tiers is consistent with the purpose of the ordinance.
2. Adopt the ordinance amending Title III, Division 11, Chapter 1 of Humboldt County Code to add Section 3111-14 - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to publish a post-adoption summary of the Fire Safe Regulations Ordinance Amendment within 15 days after adoption by the Board, and to post in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinances along with the names of those supervisors voting for and against the ordinances.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other
DISCUSSION:
The requested actions are: 1) Adopt the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as mapped by the Fire Marshal; and 2) Amend the Fire Safe Regulations by ordinance to reference the adoption of the mapped zones.
The Board of Supervisors is being asked to adopt an ordinance introduced on Jun...
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