HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-08 CC Ordinance ORDINANCE NO. 2025-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING THE FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAP AND ADDING CHAPTER
15.14 TO THE TEMECULA MUNICIPAL CODE, FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAP AND FINDING THE
ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find,
determine and declare as follows:
(a) Government Code Section 51178 requires the State Fire Marshal to identify
areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent
statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas.
Moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire
weather,and other relevant factors including areas where winds have been identified by the Office of
the State Fire Marshal as a major cause of wildfire spread.
(b) On March 24,2025,pursuant to Government Code Section 51178,the State
Fire Marshal published a map indicating the Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zones
designating various areas in the City of Temecula as moderate, high and very high Fire Hazard
Severity Zones("FHSZ's").
(c) Within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the State Fire Marshall
that identifies fire hazard severity zones, the City made the maps and information available for
public review and comment and placed the information and maps on its website in an
understandable and accessible form.
(d) The City has fulfilled all requirements for the adoption of the FHSZ maps.
Section 2. Addition of Chapter 15.14, Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. Chapter
15.14, Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps, is hereby added to the Temecula Municipal Code to read
as follows:
CHAPTER 15.14 FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MAPS
15.14.010 Adoption of Fire Severity Zone Map. Pursuant to Government Code
section 51179(a),the City Council hereby adopts the fire hazard severity zones for the City
of Temecula as recommended by the State Fire Marshal on March 24, 2025 and the map
entitled "City of Temecula Fire Hazard Severity Zones" depicting fire hazard severity
zones within the City. The City of Temecula Fire Hazard Severity Zones map shall be on
file in the Office of the City Clerk and shall be available upon request. The official map is
also located electronically on the following City website:
https://temeculaca.gov/1651/Fire-Hazard-Severity-Map or such other website as
designated on the City's official website.
15.14.020 Designation may not be decreased.
Pursuant to Government Code section 51179(b)(3)no fire hazard severity zone identified
by the State Fire Marshal for an area within the city may be decreased to a lesser fire
hazard severity zone.
Section 3. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). City staff have
evaluated the proposed Ordinance and determined that it is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3),
15303,and 15308 on the grounds that it can be seen with certainty that the Ordinance will not have
a significant effect on the environment. To the extent this is a project under CEQA, it is
categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land),
15305 (Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations), 15307 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for
Protection of Natural Resources), and 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of
the Environment).
Section 4. Severability. If any section,subsection,sentence,clause,phrase,or portion
of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance,
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases or portions might be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5. Certification. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published and posted in the
manner required by law.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall on the date provided in Government
Code Section 36937.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 10th day of June, 2025.
Brenden Kalfus, Mayor
ATTEST:
Randi Joh , ity Clerk
[SEAL]
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 2025-08 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a meeting of the
City Council of the City of Temecula on the 27th day of May, 2025, and that thereafter, said
Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held
on the 10th day of June, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alexander, Kalfus, Schwank
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Rahn, Stewart
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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