Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS

Section 608 — BUILDING SITING AND SETBACKS

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · California

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608.1 Intent.

608.1 Intent. This section is intended to reduce the intensity of a Wildfire by reducing the volume and density of flammable vegetation around Development through strategic fuel modification, parcel siting, Building setbacks and the protection of Undeveloped Ridgelines, thus providing increased safety for emergency fire equipment and evacuating civilians, and a point of attack or defense from a Wildfire. [CCR T14 §1276.00]

608.2 General.

608.2 General. All parcels shall provide a minimum 30-foot (9144 mm) setback for all buildings from property lines and the center of a road, except as provided for in Section 608.2.1. [CCR T14 §1276.01(a)] 608.2.1 Setback reduction. A reduction in the minimum setback shall be based upon practical reasons, which may include but are not limited to, parcel dimensions or size; topographic limitations; Development density requirements or other Development patterns that promote low-carbon emission outcomes; sensitive habitat; or other site constraints, and shall provide for an alternative method to…