TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Director of Planning, Building, and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jason M. Dooley, Chief Deputy County Counsel
SUBJECT: Introduction and intention to adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 8.80, Disaster Recovery
RECOMMENDATION
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PUBLIC HEARING - Introduction of Ordinance
Introduction and intention to adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 8.80 (Disaster Recovery) to extend the effective date and expand the provisions to any declared local emergencies affecting property or structures. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
After the 2017 Napa Complex wildfires, the Board of Supervisors adopted Chapter 8.80 to provide relief to property owners affected by the fires from administrative requirements for rebuilding their homes and other structures. The provisions simplified the review of fire rebuild projects in connection with the Conservation Regulations, Viewshed Regulations, and other provisions of the Napa County Code, without compromising the purposes of those regulations. Chapter 8.80 was amended after the 2018 Steele Fire disaster, and then again after the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex Fire and the 2020 Glass Fire, to ensure that the relief extended to victims of those wildfire disasters. The last amendment extended the effective date of the provisions of Chapter 8.80 to December 31, 2024.
At the July 23, 2024, regular meeting of the Board, the Board directed staff to amend Chapter 8.80 to extend the effective date from December 31, 2024, to October 1, 2025, which is five years after the declaration of local emergency relating to the 2020 Glass Fire. This proposed ordinance makes that amendment to the Code and applies retroactively to cover any applications submitted between December 31, 2024, and the effective date of this ordinance.
In addition, staff proposes expanding the application of Chapter 8.80 to any property damage resulting from a future natural disaster or other condition that gives rise to a dec...
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