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DIVISION 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS 7900-7914›PART 1. GENERAL 36501-36525›CHAPTER 6.8. Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones 51175-51189

§ 51176

California Government Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California

The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that public officials are able to identify measures that will retard the rate of spread, and reduce the potential intensity, of uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy resources, life, or property, and to require that those measures be taken.

(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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