Community Development Agency
GENERAL PLAN, SPECIFIC PLANS, AND ORDINANCES
- ZONING
- CODE ENFORCEMENT
- RESIDENTIAL DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
- LAND USE PLANNING FORMS
- BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- Planning Commission
- East County Board of Zoning
Adjustments - West County Board of Zoning
Adjustments - Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Castro Valley Municipal Advisory
Council - Eden Area Municipal Advisory
Council - Fairview Municipal Advisory
Council - Sunol Citizens Advisory Council
- Parks, Recreation & Historical
Commission
- MEETINGS
- PENDING LAND USE PROJECTS
- CEQA PROJECTS
- SURFACE MINE PERMITS
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
- WASTE PROGRAM
- ALTAMONT OPEN SPACE
- QUICK LINKS
- ARCHIVE
Safety Element Amendments
Project Description
State law requires the County to have a General Plan which contains seven elements: Land Use, Circulation, Housing, Open Space, Conservation, Safety, and Noise. The County must periodically amend these elements to reflect changing conditions within the unincorporated communities and also to maintain compliance with state and federal laws. The Safety Element establishes policies and programs to protect the community from risks associated with seismic, geologic, flood, and wildfire hazards. The proposed amendments to the Safety Element of the County General Plan are intended to bring the element into compliance with the following state laws.
The California Disaster Assistance Act, enacted in 2007, established a disaster assistance program that provides financial assistance from the State for costs incurred by local governments as a result of a disaster event. The act includes provisions to motivate local officials to take a proactive stance by including lessons learned from past disasters in general plans and zoning ordinances as a means of preventing, and/or mitigating future impacts from disaster events on new building.
Senate Bill 1241 (Kehoe, 2012) requires that the Safety Elements of local general plans be revised, upon the next update to the Housing Element, to address state responsibility areas and very high fire hazard severity zones. The revision must include information about wildfire hazards, as well as goals, policies, and objectives and feasible implementation measures for the protection of the community from the unreasonable risk of wildfire.
Staff Contacts
Sharon Grewal, AICP
Alameda County Planning Department
224 West Winton Avenue, Suite 111
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone: (510) 670-5400
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Schedule of Community Meetings and Public Hearings
December 5, 2016 Planning Commission Meeting (PDF - 192kb)*
October 17, 2016 Planning Commission Meeting (PDF - 192kb)*