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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-33 - Suppression and Control of Hazardous Fire Areas• • u RESOLUTION NO. 97- 33 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DIRECTING THE FIRE AND MARINE CHIEF TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SUPPRESS AND CONTROL HAZARDOUS FIRE AREAS. WHEREAS, many homes have been destroyed throughout California, and deaths and injuries occurred because of the proximity of structures to highly flammable brush and vegetation; and WHEREAS, these fires and the resulting destruction confirms that appropriate brush clearance zones between structures and wildland areas are absolutely necessary to protect property from damage and persons from injury or death; and WHEREAS, certain areas of the City of Newport Beach present a continuing fire danger because of the density of natural growth, the difficulty in steepness of terrain, the proximity to structures, the accessibility to the public, and restrictions to access by fire suppression equipment; and WHEREAS, the Newport Beach Municipal Code and the Uniform Fire Code authorize the City Council to direct the Fire and Marine Chief to take appropriate action to suppress and control hazardous fire areas by mandating clearance of brush and vegetative growth within certain distances from habitated structures; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: 1. The Fire Marshal is hereby instructed to give notice to the owners of all property adjacent to grass or brush covered land and hazardous fire areas to provide and maintain an effective firebreak and additional fire protection as required by the Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 16 of Appendix II -A of the Uniform Fire Code and as provided in Chapter 9 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code; and 2. If the property owner fails to take appropriate corrective actions as required by the Fire Marshal the City shall perform all necessary work and make the expense of correction the responsibility of the property owner. ADOPTED, this 28th day of ATTEST: ,1997. MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. • CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 97 -33, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 28th day of April, 1997, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: O'Neil, Thomson, Edwards, Glover, Noyes, and Mayor Debay Noes: None Absent: Hedges Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 29th day of April, 1997. • (Seal) • City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California