Zone 0 Fire Hazard Designation in Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach has Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones all present. The City Council adopted the 2025 LRA maps on June 24, 2025. As of August 20, 2026, no Laguna Beach-specific Zone 0 fencing ordinance has been identified beyond the statewide Zone 0 rule (final draft approved August 19, 2026; pending OAL).

Fire-hazard designation & local ordinance

FHSZ: Moderate, High, and Very High all present

Laguna Beach has Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones all present, varying by area; no single blanket tier applies uniformly across the city.

City of Laguna Beach; New LRA FHSZ Maps for Public Comment page (Fire Department, Fire Prevention). Source: City of Laguna Beach, https://www.lagunabeachcity.net/government/departments/fire/fire-prevention/new-lra-fhsz-maps-for-public-comments

SRA/LRA: LRA.

Ordinance adoption

The Laguna Beach City Council adopted the 2025 LRA maps on June 24, 2025, per Government Code §§51178.5/51179.

Local Zone 0 fence-specific ordinance

None identified for Laguna Beach. Statewide Zone 0’s final draft is approved pending OAL; see our statewide Zone 0 explainer rather than re-explaining it here.

Verify your own parcel: Because Laguna Beach has multiple fire-hazard tiers present within city limits, checking your specific parcel on the official CAL FIRE FHSZ Viewer is especially important here: https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones

Fire-hazard designation information on this page reflects our understanding as of August 20, 2026; designations and ordinances may change. Verify current requirements with CAL FIRE or your local fire authority.