Zone 0 Compliant Fencing in Pacific Palisades

Pacific Palisades is named on the Los Angeles Fire Department's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone list; a designation covering the hillside and mountain portions of the neighborhood, which pre-dates the January 2025 Palisades Fire (the Santa Monica Mountains were mapped Very High as far back as 2011). As of August 20, 2026, the City of LA's codified map reference is still the 2011 map; check your parcel on the official viewer for your current designation.

Fire-hazard designation & local ordinance

FHSZ: Very High, hillside/mountain portions

Source: LAFD "Fire Zone History," which describes the zone as covering "most of the hilly and mountainous regions", https://lafd.org/fire-prevention/brush/fire-zone/fire-zone-history. The flatter Village/PCH corridor boundary is not parcel-confirmed; check the viewer rather than asserting a boundary.

SRA/LRA: LRA (City of Los Angeles).

Map-vintage caveat

LAMC §57.4911.1.1 still defines the Very High FHSZ by the 2011 map (Ordinance 181,719); no ordinance adopting the March 2025 state-recommended maps has been found for the City of LA. LADBS's 2026 plan-check materials reference "local and State maps." Both facts are presented with their dates rather than implying one map cleanly governs.

Local Zone 0 ordinance

None identified for the City of LA specifically; the statewide rule’s final draft is approved pending OAL; see our statewide Zone 0 explainer.

Verify your own parcel: check the official CAL FIRE FHSZ viewer: 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.