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Home My WebLink About05 SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1568 - FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONESDocusign Envelope ID: OAC17D8D-EO4C-4140-ACFF-742560759195 MEETING DATE TO FROM Agenda Item 5 AGENDA REPORT Reviewed: Initial City Manager a`V� Finance Director N/A JUNE 17, 2025 ALDO E. SCHINDLER, CITY MANAGER ERICA N. YASUDA, CITY CLERK SUBJECT: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1568 - DESIGNATING THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S 2025 LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA LAW SUMMARY: Adoption of Ordinance No. 1568 designates the State Fire Marshal's 2025 local responsibility area fire hazard severity zones as required by California law. RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council have second reading by title only and adoption of Ordinance No. 1568. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with this item. CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN: This ordinance aligns with the City's strong community and regional relationships goals, by enhancing collaborative efforts with agencies within and outside Tustin on issues of mutual interest and concern. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION: On June 3, 2025, the City Council had first reading by title only of Ordinance No. 1568: ORDINANCE NO. 1568 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DESIGNATING THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S 2025 LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA LAW Erica N. yasuda Erica N. Yasuda City Clerk Docusign Envelope ID: OAC17D8D-E04C-4140-ACFF-742560759195 City Council Agenda Report Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No.1568 June 17, 2025 Page 2 Attachment: 1. Ordinance No. 1568 Docusign Envelope ID: OAC17D8D-EO4C-4140-ACFF-742560759195 ORDINANCE NO. 1568 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DESIGNATING THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S 2025 LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA LAW RECITALS A. The City of Tustin is required by California Government Code section 51179 to adopt an ordinance that designates the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as recommended by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. B. The designated areas must include all areas in the City of Tustin that the State Fire Marshal has designated on its 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map pursuant to California Government Code section 51178. California Government Code section 51179(b)(3) provides that "A local agency shall not decrease the level of fire hazard severity zone as identified by the State Fire Marshal for any area within the jurisdiction of the local agency..." NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Designation of Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The City hereby designates the Fire Hazard Severity Zones as recommended by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to California Government Code Section 51178. SECTION II: Map of Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The map attached hereto as Exhibit 1, approved by the City Council, is hereby incorporated by reference, and entitled "City of Tustin Fire Hazard Severity Zones." The official map is also located at the following website: https://www.tustinca.org/1600/Fire-Hazard-Severity-Zone SECTION III: Multiple Designations on a Single Parcel. In order to effectively administer fire protection within the border areas between differing fire hazard severity zones it is necessary that, when a single parcel is subject to more than one fire hazard severity zone, the requirements that apply to the stricter designation on that parcel shall be administered and enforced for the entire parcel. To that end, in the event that a parcel is subject to more than one fire hazard severity zone on the City of Tustin Fire Hazard Severity Zones map, the stricter designation shall apply to the entire parcel. SECTION IV: If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the Ordinance 1568 Page 1 of 3 Docusign Envelope ID: OAC17D8D-EO4C-4140-ACFF-742560759195 validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, words or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION V: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED, at a regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Tustin on this day of , 2025. AUSTIN LUMBARD, Mayor ATTEST: ERICA N. YASUDA, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: F cuSigned by: Z'79 DA 1rF3K1EKD , City Attorney Ordinance 1568 Page 2of3 Docusign Envelope ID: OAC17D8D-EO4C-4140-ACFF-742560759195 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF TUSTIN ) CERTIFICATION FOR ORDINANCE NO. 1568 Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 1568 was duly and regularly introduced at the regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of June, 2025, and was given its second reading, passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of , 2025, by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: COUNCILMEMBER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER RECUSED: ERICA N. YASUDA, City Clerk Ordinance 1568 Page 3 of 3 CITY OF TUSTIN - ORANGE COUNTY pU ioFY i! oFEaXiMFNlOe pE �F/RE SINGE 1885 Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones Tustin As Identified by the State Fire Marshal March 24, 2025 41 The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California Data Sources: Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. Neither the State nor the Department shall Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources, CA Natural Resources Agency CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZSRA23_3, FHSZLRA_25_1) be liable under any circumstances for any direct, special, incidental, Joe Tyler, Director/Fire Chief, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CAL FIRE State Responsibility Areas (SRA25_1) or consequential damages with respect to any claim by any user or third party on account of, or arising from, the use of data or maps. Daniel Berlant, State Fire Marshal, CA Department of Forestry and Fire Protection City and County boundaries as of 10/22/24 (CA Board of Equalization)