How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport City Council this week will consider a new fire hazard map that expands Lakeport’s acreage in the highest-hazard zone, review a police plan to address illegal fireworks and public safety ahead of the July 4 holiday, and hold a second hearing on updates to local water safety regulations.
The council will meet Tuesday, June 3, at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
The agenda can be found here.
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The meeting will hold the first public hearing on the ordinance adopting the new fire hazard severity zone, or FHSZ, map for local responsibility areas, or LRA, released by Cal Fire in February. It has been the first update to the LRA map since 2011.
The map designates urban and wildland areas under the LRA into “very high,” “high” and “moderate” zones in terms of fire hazard.
It has added 14,000 acres in Lake County to the “very high” zone — an 878% expansion in acreage classified as the most hazardous.
Lakeport used to have zero acreage rated as “very high;” now it has grown to 603 acres in the new map.
Local agencies are required by state law to adopt the map through an ordinance. The staff report also noted that under the state government code, adjustments can only be made to raise the rating — not lower it.
“City staff is not recommending any modifications to the FHSZ map provided by the State Fire Marshal,” the staff report said. “Parcels that span multiple FHSZ designations will be treated as falling within the highest hazard classification present on the parcel.”
The city has received three written communications raising concerns about the map’s impact on fire insurance, real estate disclosures and defensible space requirements, according to the staff report.
Under council business, the council will consider the illegal fireworks police operation plan for the 30-day period surrounding July 4, from June 17 through July 16.
With a firework show event and sales of safe fireworks moving forward, the city is expecting more people and more traffic.
On July 4, the police department will deploy all staff and mutual aid staff from other law enforcement agencies in the county, according to the staff report. The Lakeport Fire Protection District will also be ready to provide additional support.
“As in past years the possession and use of illegal fireworks remained a significant problem in the city in 2024,” said the staff report, adding that the police and fire departments will deploy an “illegal fireworks enforcement team.”
Also under council business is the second public hearing on proposed amendments to a city law that governs water safety.
A new statewide rule took effect on July 1, 2024, that changes how cities must protect their water systems from backflow — that’s when dirty or unsafe water flows backward into clean drinking water pipes.
The new rule replaces the old state rule, which is now outdated. But parts of Lakeport's city laws still refer to that old rule, which are required to be updated.
The first public hearing was held at the May 5 meeting.
On the consent agenda — items considered noncontroversial and usually accepted as a slate on one vote — are ordinances; minutes of the previous meeting on May 20; approval of the warrant register of May 20; approval of application 2025-030, with staff recommendations, for the Dickens’ Faire event; and approval of application 2025-031, with staff recommendations, for the Fourth of July Craft Fair.
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