Ord 698
ORDINANCE NO. 698
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER
15.05.070 TO THE POWAY MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING THE CITY OF POWAY
VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD MAP IN WHICH THE POWAYWILDLAND-URBAN
INTERFACE BUILDING CODE IS ENFORCED WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS,
ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Poway has identified a need to modify the geographic
area in which the City of Poway Wildland-Urban Interface Building Code is enforced;
and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code sections 17958.5 and 17958.7 authorize the
City of Poway to make changes and modifications to state code and regulations that the
City adopts by reference if such changes are reasonably necessary because of local. .
climatic, geological, or topographical conditions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Poway finds that the City of Poway
has certain climatic, geologic, and topographical features that can have a deleterious
effect on emergency services such as fire protection and emergency medical services;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the modifications and changes to the
geographic area in which the City of Poway Wildland-Urban Interface Building Code are
enforced are reasonably necessary because of the local climatic, geological, and
topographical conditions as identified in Attachments A. B, and C; and
WHEREAS, certain amendments to the Poway Wildland Urban-Interface Code
serve to mitigate, to the extent possible, said deleterious effects.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOW:
SECTION 1: Chapter 15.05.070 of the Poway Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
15.05.070 Wildland-Urban Interface Areas.
Section 302.1 is modified to read as follows:
302.1 Declaration. The legislative body shall declare the wildland-urban interface
areas within the jurisdiction. The wildland-urban interface areas shall be based on
findings of fact. The wildland-urban interface area boundary shall be any geographic
area mapped or otherwise identified by the state or local jurisdiction as a very high fire
hazard area, or as set forth by the FAHJ. When the type and condition of vegetation,
topography, weather, and structure density which potentially increases the probability of
vegetation conflagration exists, such an area shall be considered a hazardous fire area.
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SECTION 2: The City Council finds that the adoption of this ordinance is
exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it entails an
expansion of the area that will be subject to the Wildland Urban Interface Building Code
contained in PMC 15.05.070, and there is no possibility this will have a significant effect
on the environment.
SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be codified.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30)
days after the date of its passage. Before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its
passage, it shall be published once with the names of members voting for and against
the same in the Poway News Chieftain, a newspaper of general circulation published in
the City of Poway.
Introduced and first read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Poway
held the 6th day of October, 2009, and thereafter PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular
meeting of said City Council held the 20th day of October, 2009.
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Don Higginson, Mayor /
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO)
I, Linda Troyan, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 698, was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said
City Council held on the 20th day of October, 2009, and that it was so adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: CUNNINGHAM, REXFORD, KRUSE, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: BOYACK
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
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inda Troyan, City Clerk
City of Poway
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