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Napa Valley County Zoning Ordinance, CA -- Chapter 18.84 FR Fire Risk Combination District: 18.84.010 "Intent of Classification"
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Napa Valley County Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 18.84 FR Fire Risk Combination District: 18.84.010 "Intent of Classification" calls for the careful evaluation of proposed urban development in the mountainous areas within the County. It would limit growth in those areas where the "combination of natural fuel, loading, slope and fire weather frequency produce a high fire hazard." This Zoning Ordinance compliments the County Fire Code for Urban-Wildland Interface Development Requirements.
The "Intent of classification" section of the Zoning Ordinance is presented below or may be viewed at the web site address shown at the bottom of the document.
Title 18 Zoning
Chapter 18.84 :FR FIRE RISK COMBINATION DISTRICT
18.84.010 Intent of classification.
A. The :FR district classification is intended to:
1. Minimize the potential for wildfires; and
2. Minimize the loss of life and property which accompany wildfires by utilizing an :FR combining district which would limit urban development in areas where the combination of natural fuel loading, slope and fire weather frequency produce a high fire hazard.
B. Those areas to be designated under this zone are fire hazard areas characterized by one or more of the following conditions:
1. Characterized as high-fire-hazard on "Map of the Fire Hazard Classification of Wildlands in Napa County" dated June 7, 1979, prepared by the California Department of Forestry;
2. Steep topography, defined as slopes in excess of twenty-five percent grade as measured from either United States Geological Survey Maps or any topographic map of greater detail or accuracy;
3. Dense vegetation, defined as being shown as solid green "Woods--Brushwood" on the United States Geological Survey topographic maps or any more accurate map, including the heavier brush species, woodland types, and timber type over six feet in height and having a crown density of twenty percent or more;
4. Inadequate roads, defined as roads which do not allow year-round access and exit from the site by large firefighting apparatus;
5. Lack of available water, defined as insufficient water to sustain a flow of two hundred gallons a minute for twenty minutes from well, spring or other source to provide the required fire flow to fire department pumping apparatus to develop the required pressure for hose streams. (Ord. 612 � 2 (part), 1979: prior code � 12394.1)
The "Intent of classification" may be viewed at its web site.
Also, you can view, at its web site, the new Article 5, "Urban-Wildland Interface Development Requirements", in its entirety, which has been added to the Fire Code of Napa Valley County, California.
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