To: Board of Supervisors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Adopting Ordinance No. 2025-15
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting in its capacity as the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and as the Board of Directors of the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District:
1. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2025-15, adopting the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, with local amendments, as the Wildland-Urban Interface Code within Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, and the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District.
2. ADOPT the attached findings in support of the amendments to the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code.
3. DIRECT the Fire Chief, or designee, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 17958.7, to send a certified copy of Ordinance No. 2025-15, the attached findings, and this Board Order to the California Department of Housing and Community Development and to the California Building Standards Commission.
4. FIND that adoption of the ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA guidelines section 15061(b) (3), because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this activity may have an effect on the environment.
5. DIRECT the Fire Chief, or designee, to file a CEQA Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact is neutral. The adoption of this ordinance will provide the administrative authority to enforce the provisions of the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, as amended.
BACKGROUND:
The California Building Standards Commission has adopted and published the 2025 Building Standards Code, which includes the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code prepared and adopted by the State Fire Marshal. ...
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