ORD 471U ORDINANCE NO.471U
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DESIGNATING VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD
SEVERITY ZONES, AMENDING THE 2007 CALIFORNIA
FIRE CODE, AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO
PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 8 of Title 8 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code is
hereby amended by adding new Section 8.08.060 thereto to read as follows:
"Section 8.08.060. Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone Maps. The City
Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes hereby designates Very High Fire Hazard
Severity Zones, as recommended by the Director of the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection and the County of Los Angeles Fire Department, as
designated on the maps entitled Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which are on file in the
City's Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department."
Section 2. The maps entitled Fire Hazard Severity Zone are hereby attached
to this Ordinance as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 3. CEQA Findings. The City Council hereby finds that it can be seen
with certainty that there is no possibility that the adoption and implementation of this
Ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment. The Ordinance does not
authorize construction and, in fact, imposes greater restrictions on certain development
in order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare. The Ordinance is
therefore exempt from the environmental review requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of Title 14 of the California
Code of Regulations.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or
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place, 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 validity of the remainder of
this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 5. Urgency Findings. The Director of the California Department of
Forestry and Fire Protection recently completed the preparation of the attached Maps
and submitted them for review by the City and the County of Los Angeles Fire
Department. The Fire Department and the City recently completed their review of the
Maps. With the mapping completed, the City is required -by State law to adopt the Fire
Hazard Severity Maps by July 1, 2008. This is because the new fire prevention
construction requirements adopted with the new 2007 Building Code, which are related
to the new fire hazard maps, go into effect on that date. To protect the public, health,
safety and welfare, it is imperative that the maps and the new building code provisions
become effective simultaneously and be in effect by July 1, 2008. Accordingly, to meet
this deadline, it is necessary to adopt this urgency ordinance, which will become
effective immediately upon adoption. This ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, declares the facts constituting the
urgency, and is passed by at least a four-fifths vote of the City Council. Accordingly,
this measure is adopted immediately upon introduction pursuant to Government Code
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Section 36934 and shall take effect immediately pursuant to Government Code Section
36937(b).
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this th ay of M , 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; the
foregoing Ordinance No. 471 U was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting thereof held on May 20, 2008, and that the same was
passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
Ayes: Clark, Gardiner, Long, Wolowicz, and Mayor Stern
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
City Clerk
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Ordinance No.471 U EXHIBIT A
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RANCHOPALOS ERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all times herein mentioned, she was and now is the appointed City Clerk
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes;
That on May 27, 2008, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Ordinance No. 471 U, AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DESIGNATING
VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES, AMENDING THE 2007
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE,AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING THE URGENCY
THEREOF , a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following locations:
City Hall Ladera Linda Community Center
30940 Hawthorne Blvd. 32201 Forrestal Drive
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes
Hesse Park
29301 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes
certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct e'ffidavit
of posting.
City Clerk
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