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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-05
ADDING A NEW SECTION 10-8 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE
APPROVING THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL MAP OF THE VERY
HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE WITHIN THE WILDLAND-URBAN
INTERFACE FIRE AREA
The Danville Town Council does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. ADDING A NEW SECTION 10-8 TO THE DANVILLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
A new Section 10-8 is hereby added to the Danville Municipal Code to read as follows:
SECTION 10-8
VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE
10-8.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, certain terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) "Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area" is a geographical area identified by the state as
a "Fire Hazard Severity Zone" in accordance with the Public Resources Code Sections
4201 through 4204 and Government Code Sections 51175 through 51189, or other
areas designated by the enforcing agency to be at a significant risk from wildfires.
(b) "Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone" refers to the designated area on the
Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area map (Exhibit 1) published by the Office of the
State Fire Marshal.
10-8.2 Designation of Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
The recommendations of the Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection designating very high fire hazard severity zones within the Town of Danville
are hereby adopted. These zones are depicted graphically on the map prepared by the
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which map is hereby adopted by reference.
10-8.3 Scope.
This section applies to building materials, systems and/ or assemblies used in the exterior
design and construction of new buildings located within a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire
Area as defined in Chapter 7 A in the California Building Code.
10-8.4 General requirements.
New buildings located in any Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone for which an
application for a building permit is submitted on or after July I, 2008 shall comply with
Chapter 7 A in the California Building Code.
The building official may approve alternate ignition-resistant materials in the construction
of new buildings within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone provided sufficient
evidence is submitted for the testing of said materials.
10-8.5 Enforcing agency.
The Building Division shall administer and enforce the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. Section 1 of this ordinance shall be codified in the
Danville Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Clerk shall have this
ordinance published once within 15 (fifteen) days after adoption in a newspaper of general
circulation. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after adoption.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of the ordinance. The Danville Town Council hereby declares
that they would have adopted the ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases was declared invalid.
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The foregoing ordinance was introduced on June 17, 2008 and approved and adopted by
the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting held on July 1, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Andersen, Arnerich, Doyle, Shimansky, Stepper
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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CITY ATTORNEY )--
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Marie Sunseri, City Clerk of the Town of Danville, hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. 2008-05 of said Town and that said ordinance was
published according to law.
Dated:
City Clerk of the
Town of Danville
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