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File #: 25-0761    Version: 1
Status: Public Hearing
File created: 6/16/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/8/2025 Final action:
Title: Ordinance 2025-11: Amending Section 9.04.470 (Local Agency Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone) To Adopt the 2025 Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, As Designated By The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Pursuant to California Government Code Section 51178
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment A - Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map, 3. Attachment B - Ordinance No. 2025-11

Title

Ordinance 2025-11: Amending Section 9.04.470 (Local Agency Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone) To Adopt the 2025 Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, As Designated By The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Pursuant to California Government Code Section 51178

Recommendation

a)                     Conduct a public hearing;

b)                     Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly; and

c)                     Waive full reading, direct the City Clerk to read by title only, introduce Ordinance No. 2025-11, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach, California, Amending Section 9.04.470 (Local Agency Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone) To Adopt the 2025 Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, As Designated By The California Department of Forestry And Fire Protection And Pursuant to California Government Code Section 51178; and pass to a second reading on July 22, 2025.