Berkeley Municipal Code Art. 4 Wildland-Urban Interface Area Requirements

Chapter 4 of the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code is partially adopted with adopted sections below. (Sections adopted by the State Fire Marshal remain unless modified below.)

402.3 Existing conditions. Existing buildings shall be provided with address markers in accordance with Sections 403.2.4 and 403.2.5. Existing roads and fire protection equipment shall be provided with markings in accordance with Sections 403.4 403.2.2 and 403.2.3 404.8, respectively.

SECTION 403—ACCESS

USER NOTE: The standards in Section 403 applicable to roads shall not apply to roads used solely for agriculture; mining; or the management of timberland or harvesting of forest products. [CCR, Title 14 §1270.03(d)]

403.1 General. Roads and driveways, whether public or private, unless exempted under 14 CCR § 1270.03(d), shall provide for safe access for emergency wildfire equipment and civilian evacuation concurrently, and shall provide unobstructed traffic circulation during a wildfire emergency consistent 403.1.1 to 403.1.9. [CCR, Title 14 §1273.00]

Where conflicts occur between Section 403 – Access and the Berkeley Fire Code Appendix D – Fire Apparatus Access Roads, the provisions of the most restrictive code shall govern.

403.2.4 Addresses for Buildings.

a. All Buildings shall be issued an address by the Local Jurisdiction City of Berkeley which conforms to that jurisdiction’s the City’s overall address system. Utility and miscellaneous Group U Buildings are not required to have a separate address; however, each Residential Unit within a Building shall be separately identified.

b. The size of letters, numbers and symbols for addresses shall conform to the standards in the California Fire Building Code Section 502.1, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9.

c. Addresses for residential Buildings shall be reflectorized.

404.5 Adequate water supply. Fire-flow requirements shall be determined in accordance with Appendix B or BB of the California Berkeley Fire Code, as applicable.

(Ord. 7991-NS § 1, 2025)