Santa Cruz adopts the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone map under §19.20.010, triggering wildland-urban interface (WUI) building and defensible-space requirements citywide for designated zones.
Properties in mapped Moderate, High, or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones are subject to California Building Code Chapter 7A (WUI building materials), Public Resources Code §4291 defensible space rules, and the City's Chapter 90 wildfire-risk-area trespass and spark-arrester rules. The fire chief may temporarily close wildfire risk areas to public entry during dangerous conditions.
WUI building violations are enforced by the fire code official and chief building official under §19.05.070. Defensible-space failure supports abatement under PRC §4291.
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