95-176 RESOLUTION NO. 95R-176
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM ESTABLISHING FINDINGS SUPPORTING
THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AREAS FROM THE VERY
HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE DESIGNATION
RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY
WHEREAS, the State Legislature has added Chapter 6.8
(commencing with Government Code Section 51175) to Part I of
Division I of Title 5 of the Government Code (hereinafter the
"Bates Bill") providing for designation of areas in the state as
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and identifying measures to
retard the rate of spread and reduce the potential intensity of
uncontrolled fires; and
WHEREAS, the California Director of Forestry and Fire
Protection (hereinafter "California Director") has recommended
certain areas within the City of Anaheim be classified as Very
High Fire Hazard Severity Zones; and
WHEREAS, the California Director recommended that all of the
area east of the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) and south of the
Riverside Freeway (SR-91) be included within the Very High Fire
Hazard Severity Zone; and
WHEREAS, the Bates Bill provides for a local agency, at its
discretion, to exclude areas from the Very High Fire Hazard
Severity Zone following a finding supported by substantial
evidence in the record that the requirements of Government Code
Section 51182 are not necessary for effective fire protection
within the area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to include only
those areas recommended by the California Director identified in
Ordinance No. aS~3 within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
and to exclude all remaining areas of the City of Anaheim east of
the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55) and south of the Riverside Freeway
(SR-91).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim that inclusion of certain areas recommended by
the California Director within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity
Zone is not necessary for effective protection within those areas
for the following reasons:
1. The City Council, concurrently with the introduction of
Ordinance No. 5523 establishing the Very High Fire Hazard
Severity Zones in only a segment of the area recommended by
the California Director, has adopted Ordinances:
(a) Amending Appendix II-A of the Uniform Fire Code,
1991 Amendment requiring all areas of the city of
Anaheim located east of the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55)
and south of the Riverside Freeway (SR-91) (hereinafter
"Special Protection Area") to comply with all of the
provisions of Appendix II-A of the Uniform Fire Code,
1991 Edition.
Appendix II-A will provide fire-protection measures to
the Special Protection Area to control the spread of
fire which might be caused by recreational,
residential, commercial, industrial or other activities
conducted in hazardous fire areas equal to the brush
and vegetative clearance requirements of the Bates
Bill.
(b) Amending Sections 3201 and 3203 of the Uniform
Building Code, 1991 Edition to require Class A roof
coverings for all new construction or re-roofing of any
existing building when Fifty Percent (50%) or more of
the total roof area is re-roofed within any one-year
period in the Special Protection Area. This Ordinance
also requires non-combustible insulation in the
installation of skylights, penthouses, solar-energy
collectors, and light-transmitting plastics when
installed with a Class A roof anywhere within the City
of Anaheim.
Adoption of this Ordinance provides the City of Anaheim
additional fire-protection measures to structures
within the wildland/urban intermix area of the City
equal to those measures specified in the Bates Bill and
other legislative requirements imposed upon areas
within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted this ~
day of O~t~h~r , 1995.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
No. 95R-176 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council
held on the 3rd day of October, 1995, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: Tait, Lopez, Zemel, Feldhaus, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 95R-176 on
the 3rd day of October, 1995.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim
this 3rd day of October, 1995.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original
of Resolution No. 95R-176 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on
October 3rd, 1995.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM