Sonoma County Municipal Code Art. V Reconstruction and Repair of Fires-Damaged Structures

(a) Scenic landscape units.

(1) Design standards. The director shall establish ministerial design standards for review of applications for reconstruction and repair of residential structures located in scenic landscape units outside of the coastal zone.

(2) Reconstruction and repair of dwellings and other residential structures. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this code, applications for reconstruction and repair of residential structures on fire-damaged lots outside of the coastal zone located in an SR combining district and also within a scenic landscape unit as shown in the general plan open space element shall require review and approval by the director. Applications that conform to the design standards established under Section 40C-50(a) shall be approved. The director's decision shall be final and the provisions of Section[s] 26-92-040(a), (b) of this code shall not apply. Applications that do not comply with the design standards established under Section 40C-50(a) shall be subject to administrative design review under Chapter 26 of this code.

(b) Commercial and industrial structures. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this code, applications for reconstruction of commercial and industrial structures on fire-damaged lots outside the coastal zone may, in the discretion of the director, be subject to administrative design review pursuant to Chapter 26 of this code. If the director determines that administrative design review is not appropriate or otherwise not applicable, the application for reconstruction shall require design review under Chapter 26 of this code.

(Ord. No. 6501, § V(Exh. C), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § V(Exh. C), 12-13-2022)

Manufactured homes may be used as temporary emergency housing on fire- damaged lots by displaced persons where an application and site plan for reconstruction of the primary dwelling has been submitted to the permit and resource management department and the use complies with the standards set forth in Section 40C-30(b), except that the manufactured home may be placed on a pad or foundation. Upon completion of the permanent residential structure, and as a condition of receiving final inspection and approval for occupancy of the permanent residential structure, the manufactured home and any installed pad or foundation shall be removed. Nothing in this section shall preclude use of a manufactured home on a permanent foundation as the primary dwelling or accessory dwelling unit, provided that the manufactured home complies with all applicable requirements of this code. This section does not apply in the coastal zone.

(Ord. No. 6501, § V(Exh. C), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § V(Exh. C), 12-13-2022)

Updated compliance with Section 7-12 of this code shall not be required for reconstruction of a legal permitted or legal nonconforming dwelling on a fire-damaged lot.

(Ord. No. 6501, § V(Exh. C), 12-10-2024; Ord. No. 6398, § V(Exh. C), 12-13-2022)