Westminster, CA Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

010, states that except as provided in that chapter, the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 Edition, as published by the California Building Standards Commission, shall be and become the Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the city, and a copy is kept on file for public examination in the office of the Building Official. 020 confirms the 2025 Edition of that code is adopted with no local amendments, so the state text governs wildfire building standards in Westminster without any city-specific carve-outs. 2 to require that 'Roof coverings in all other areas other than Fire Hazard Severity Zones or a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) area' meet at minimum a Class B fire-retardant roof covering standard whenever more than half of an existing roof is replaced within a year, on any new structure, or on any roof covering applied during alteration, repair or replacement.

The 'other than' clause signals that property located inside a Fire Hazard Severity Zone or WUI area is held to the WUI Code's own, generally stricter Chapter 7A material standards rather than to the base Class B minimum that applies elsewhere in the city.