Perris, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 CA Wildland-Urban Interface Code
- Local amendments
- None: adopted as-is
- Applies in
- Designated fire hazard severity zones
- Governing section
- § 16.08.057C
Summary
Perris adopts the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code to regulate construction, alteration, and maintenance of buildings within the city's designated fire hazard severity zones.
Except as provided in this chapter, the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 edition, including Appendices A, B, F and G, shall become the Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the City for regulating the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, replacement, enlargement, replacement, repair, removal, demolition, conservation, occupancy, equipment, use, and maintenance of all buildings and/or structures in the City fire hazard severity zones. The California Wildland-Urban Interface Code and its Appendix chapters will be on file for public examination in the office of the Building Official/Fire Marshal.
(Ord. No. 1465, § 7, 12-9-2025)
Sec. 16.08.057D. - Amendments to the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code. The 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code is adopted in its entirety, including Appendices A, B, F and G, with no amendments.
(Ord. No. 1465, § 7, 12-9-2025)
Sec. 16.08.058. - Adoption of the 2025 California Fire Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Perris Municipal Code § 16.08.057C adopts the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 Edition, including Appendices A, B, F, and G, as the city's Wildland-Urban Interface Code. It governs construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, replacement, removal, demolition, occupancy, equipment, use, and maintenance of buildings and structures located in the city's designated fire hazard severity zones. Section 16.08.057D adopts the code without local amendments. A related Fire Code amendment (§ 16.08.059, Section 305.6.1) separately bars outdoor fires in Wildfire Risk Areas and adopted Fire Hazard Severity Zones without a permit from the fire code official.
Violations & Fines
Building or altering a structure in a designated fire hazard severity zone without meeting Wildland-Urban Interface Code standards violates § 16.08.057C and can block permit approval or final inspection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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