Bill Text: CA SB571 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Fire safety: ingress and egress route recommendations: report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-09-10 - Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. [SB571 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB571-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
January 10, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
January 03, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 21, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Allen (Coauthor: Senator Stern) |
February 15, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 4290 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:4290.
(a) The board shall adopt regulations implementing minimum fire safety standards related to defensible space that are applicable to state responsibility area lands under the authority of the department, and to lands classified and designated as very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 51177 of the Government Code. These regulations apply to the perimeters and access to all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction within state responsibility areas approved after January 1, 1991, and within lands classified and designated as very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined in subdivision (i) of Section 51177 of the Government Code after July 1, 2021. The board shall not adopt building standards, as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code, under the authority of this section. As an integral part of fire safety standards, the State Fire Marshal has the authority to adopt regulations for roof coverings and openings into the attic areas of buildings specified in Section 13108.5 of the Health and Safety Code. The regulations apply to the placement of mobile homes as defined by National Fire Protection Association standards. These regulations do not apply where an application for a building permit was filed before January 1, 1991, or to parcel or tentative maps or other developments approved before January 1, 1991, if the final map for the tentative map is approved within the time prescribed by the local ordinance. The regulations shall include all of the following:(c)(1)On or before January 1, 2027, the board shall adopt minimum fire safety standards relating to ingress and egress routes for new development proposed to be constructed in high and very high fire hazard severity zones, as identified pursuant to Section 51178 of the Government Code or locally adopted equivalent. The board shall take all of the following into consideration when establishing the regulations:
(A)The size of the development. The regulations may be scaled, and individual ingress and egress routes required in a new development may be tiered, based on the size of the development.
(B)Traffic impact to existing communities.
(C)Points of ignition for potential wildfires.
(2)For purposes of this subdivision, “development” means any residential, commercial, or other development that would require the evacuation of 40 or more vehicles at any given time.