ORD 472 ORDINANCE NO. 472
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES DESIGNATING VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD
SEVERITY ZONES, AMENDING THE 2007 CALIFORNIA
FIRE CODE, AND AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO
PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE.
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 Map. 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 map
entitled Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which are on file in the City's Planning, Building and
Code Enforcement Department."
Section 2. The map 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 place, is for
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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. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full
force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this 3ri day or June, 1 08.
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ATTEST:
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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; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 472 passed first reading on May 20, 2008, was duly and regularly adopted
by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on June 3, 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
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City Clerk
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES
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 June 18, 2008, she caused to be posted the following document
entitled: City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Ordinance No. 472,AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DESIGNATING VERY HIGH FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES,AMENDING THE 2007 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE,
AND AMENDING TITLE 8 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL
CODE, 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
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct affidavit
of posting.
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City Clerk
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