Conservation Concierges Fire-safe Residential Landscape & Fuel Clearance Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024020963
Public Agency
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Document Title
Conservation Concierges Fire-safe Residential Landscape & Fuel Clearance Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/26/2024
Document Description
The project consists of fire-safe vegetation management, hazardous fuels reduction, and removal of dead or dying vegetation within a homeowner’s property line and fuel clearances up to 30 - 100 feet from structures depending on Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ). The purposes of this project are to make fire safety recommendations, provide vegetation management services, and maintain fuel clearances around residences to reduce ignitability of homes in the event of a wildfire.
Conservation Concierges has received a Wildfire Prevention Grant from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to perform hazardous fuel reductions and increase fire resiliency and preparedness for communities most vulnerable to the threat of wildfire in the region. The project area represents communities around the San Fernando Valley that have a high risk of danger from prevalent wildfire incidence in the region.
Contact Information
Name
Daniel Sanchez
Agency Name
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Job Title
Forestry Assistant
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Cherokee-lar O'Dea
Agency Name
Conservation Concierges
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Unincorporated Los Angeles County Communities (see NOE)
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Township
T2N
Range
R16W
Other Information
T2N R17W
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4 15304 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
Activities proposed by this project are covered under a class 4 exemption for minor alterations to land (Sec. 15304). Landscaping activities proposed by this project are exempt because they will replace existing landscaped vegetation with more fire-safe and drought-tolerant options (15304(b)), and fuels reduction for the purposes of fire safety are exempt 30 feet from a structure or 100 feet in high fire hazard areas (15304(i)), which will cover targeted areas for fuels reduction within the property line.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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