San Leandro, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- SLMC Chapter 3-21
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. No. 2025-007, 6/2/2025
- Map date
- State Fire Marshal, Feb. 24, 2025
- State authority
- Gov. Code § 51179
- Map location
- 835 E. 14th Street, San Leandro
- Prior map
- 2009 map, Ord. No. 2009-001
Summary
San Leandro adopted the State Fire Marshal's February 24, 2025 moderate and high fire hazard severity zone map under SLMC Ch. 3-21, the "Fire Severity Map Ordinance," which locks in Government Code obligations like defensible space and seller disclosure for any property inside the mapped zones.
In accordance with Government Code Section 51179, the designated moderate and high fire hazard severity zones are the zones identified as moderate and high fire hazard severity zones by the State Fire Marshal on February 24, 2025. Exhibit A, incorporated herein and made a part hereof, is the official map that depicts the zones within the City of San Leandro identified by the Fire Marshal.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4967405; v8 updated 2026-07-06).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 3-21, added by Ordinance No. 2025-007 on June 2, 2025, is short but operative: § 3-21-110 explains its purpose is to designate the areas of San Leandro that CAL FIRE has determined, under Government Code § 51179, are moderate and high fire hazard severity zones, and § 3-21-130 formally adopts the zones as mapped by the State Fire Marshal on February 24, 2025 as Exhibit A. Two historical exhibits are kept for reference only: Exhibit B shows the 2009 map adopted by Ordinance No.
2009-001, and Exhibit C overlays the 2009 and 2025 boundaries so property owners can see where the zone lines moved. for designated zones, meaning the local ordinance itself does not invent new standards; it activates the state's existing defensible space, vegetation management, and real estate disclosure requirements for whichever parcels the map now covers. The official map is on file for inspection during business hours at 835 E. 14th Street, available through the City's GIS Coordinator, City Clerk, Chief Building Official, or Deputy Fire Marshal.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 3-21 does not carry its own penalty clause; it is a designation ordinance. Once a parcel is mapped, the substantive duties and enforcement mechanisms come from the state statutes it activates, including CAL FIRE and local fire agency defensible-space inspection authority under Government Code § 51182, and a property inside the zone that is out of compliance with those state defensible-space or vegetation clearance duties is subject to whatever abatement and citation process the enforcing fire agency applies under that state scheme.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know if my property is in San Leandro's fire severity zone?
Did the fire hazard zones change from the old map?
Does being in the zone create new local rules?
Who adopted San Leandro's current fire severity map?
Sources & Official References
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