DATE: February 28, 2023 and March 14, 2023
TO: Board of Directors, San Diego County Fire Protection District 02
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
NOTICED PUBLIC HEARING:
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ORDINANCES ADOPTING AND RATIFYING THE 2023 CONSOLIDATED FIRE CODE, REPEALING THE COUNTY FIRE CODE, AND AMENDING THE COUNTY DEFENSIBLE SPACE ORDINANCE; FIND THE ACTIONS ARE EXEMPT, OR ALTERNATIVELY, NOT PROJECTS UNDER CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (2/28/2023 - FIRST READING; 3/14/2023 - SECOND READING UNLESS ORDINANCE IS MODIFIED ON SECOND READING) (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Based on a triennial cycle, the California Building Standards Commission publishes the California Building Standards Code (Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations). Part 9 of Title 24 is known as the California Fire Code. The California Health and Safety Code provides that counties and fire protection districts may adopt the California Fire Code by reference or establish more restrictive standards than the California Fire Code, if such changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions.
On February 25, 2020, the County of San Diego (County) enacted the previous version of the California Fire Code into the County's Code of Regulatory Ordinances (County Fire Code). On December 7, 2020, the San Diego County Fire Protection District (SDCFPD) was established, transferring fire protection services from the County to the SDCFPD. As part of today's proposed actions, the Board of Supervisors would repeal the existing County Fire Code, and the SDCFPD Board of Directors would adopt the updated 2022 California Fire Code with modifications, which shall be enforced as the 2023 Consolidated Fire Code by the SDCFPD. Additionally, the 2023 Consolidated Fire Code will incorporate fire protection requirements from the County's Defensible Space Ordinance (DSO), and the existing DSO will be amended to address that change.
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