Residential Feedback - Building Standards

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Interior Sprinklers Recommendation Interior sprinklers required in all homes.

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Rational Sprinklers are already required in stick-built homes and some manufactured homes. Requiring sprinklers in all homes would increase occupant safety and should reduce the likelihood that the home could become the ignition source for a wildfire.

Cost Estimate $6,000 to $8,000 Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• If people want them put them in. If not…

•• Cost is higher than actually new systems (dry) as low as $1.50/sf •• What would it cost to install in an existing stick built?

•• Add sprinklers to the eave on the roof •• Sprinklers in the home do not prevent your roof from catching fire •• CA required by law in all new houses •• Fire prone area roof top sprinklers in the future •• I object to having to pay a licensed sprinkler installer do this job. As I am a skilled plumber (not a contractor) this adds a lot of $$ to my house build

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Building codes are written by the national fire protection association since 1890; US standards •• Many retired folks who want to come back won’t be able to if this is a “code” •• Homes would cost too much, since this would only apply to less expensive mobile (manufactured) homes •• Would PID be able to provide pressure for all the sprinklers and fire hydrants?

•• I can barely afford to rebuild as it is

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

•• Would I have to retrofit my older home to sell it? If I had this would I need flood insurance?

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Permanent Perimeter Foundation Recommendation Permanent perimeter masonry foundation required (State approved XI2 foundation does not meet this requirement).

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Rational A 1-hour fire rated assembly (skirt) is require around the perimeter of open structures, including manufactured homes. Skirts are typically hung from the structure and terminate in a 2x6 pressure treated board on the ground. To maintain their integrity, skirts require maintenance over time. Requiring a permanent perimeter masonry foundation would replace the ignition–resistant skirt with a non-combustible masonry wall. This should increase fire safety and the risks associated with deferred maintenance.

Cost Estimate For a 1,400-square foot home: •• Ignition-resistant skirt: Standard •• Non-combustible permanent perimeter masonry: $15,000 upgrade Ignition Resistant Siding

Pressure Treated 2x6

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Permanent Perimeter Masonry Foundation

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• 1400 square foot home = 70x20 (for example) 70x2 + 20x2 = 180x5 = 900 square feet 1400 square feet home 900 square feet apron 120 square feet shed 2520 square feet + driveway •• Will it fit on 5% of lot? * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• No comments

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Roof Obstructions Recommendation Roof obstructions (panels, communication devices, etc.) shall not allow for the collection of debris.

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Rational This provision should increase focus on designing to avoid debris accumulation.

Cost Estimate $0

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Installers should be required to •• Now that solar is required how can install satellite dishes cleanly in you insure this? conduit or something!

•• I think that if all house roof were •• How can you prevent a leaf from built to same standards then they being “caught” by a chimney or by a would lose their uniqueness and skylight? we would have subdivisions and we don’t want that •• Government stay out •• Proper raised clearance should be sufficient as to allow for debris to pass through.

•• Steeper pitched roofs? * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• The roof line in the photo would collect debris with nothing attached on it

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Gutters Recommendation Gutters prohibited, except over entries and/or to prevent erosion.

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Rational Even gutters protected with gutter guards require maintenance.

Some residents permanently remove gutter guards when cleaning.

Prohibiting gutters would reduce the fire risk from unmaintained/ unprotected gutters.

Cost Estimate $0 Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• What about gutters for cistern/ irrigation?

•• When city codes are written, common sense goes. Some of these codes should be “suggestions” •• 3-4 foot eaves? Yes! •• Design rain gutters so they conform to the slope of the eave •• Government stay away •• Roof and gutters were cleaned 2 days before — house still burned — the perfect storm couldn’t be stopped •• I had a new roof and new gutters with guards and it didn’t stop the fire •• Gutters help protect roof and sides of house from wind driven rain * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• If no gutters, other ideas for all the water, around house after a big rain, want to recycle the rain water •• How can you ensure that elderly and disabled can get their gutters cleaned? Help for these folks would be good. What about the program to pick up trimmings free. Could they help?

•• Clean your gutters •• Gutters help protect roof and sides of house from wind driven rain •• I had a new roof and new gutters with guards and it didn’t stop the fire •• Roofs and gutters were cleaned 2 days before — house still burned — the perfect storm couldn’t be stopped

•• Government stay away •• Design rain gutters so they conform to the slope of the eave •• 3-4 foot eaves? Yes! •• When city codes are written; common sense goes; some of these codes should be “suggestions” •• What about gutters for cistern/ irrigation?

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Roof Overhang Recommendation Minimum 10-inch roof overhang required.

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Rational This provision would encourage rainwater and debris to fall away from the structure.

Cost Estimate $0

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Not necessarily needed for some new building materials * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• New manufactured homes include a 10" to 12" overhang

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Siding 12 Inches Above Grade Recommendation Siding must be a minimum of 12 inches above finished grade for stick-built homes.

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Rational Fire scientists have found that embers pile up along the base of foundations. The building paper used behind siding is flammable.

Requiring siding to be a minimum of 12 inches above grade would reduce the risk of fire entering the house through the seam behind the siding.

Cost Estimate $0 to nominal

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• $20k to put in a permanent raised foundation is not nominal •• 12” unless hard landscaping is installed or rock Fire Risk Ember Cast Ember Cast

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Siding Less Than 12 Inches Above Grade

Siding 12 Inches Above Grade

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• How does this apply to a dome roof?

•• This is doable with pit-set manufactured homes •• No. You are trying to tell me what my home must look like •• The issue is people are not complying to the 6” code now.

Increasing the depth increases costs for ADA front doors and driveways

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Detached Accessory Structures Over 120 Square Feet

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Recommendation Ancillary buildings and structures requiring a building permit shall comply with Wildland-Urban Interface building standards.

Rational Already part of WUI when required by the “enforcing agency.”

This provision should reduce the potential fuel load in Paradise.

Cost Estimate $0 to nominal

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Important for the safety of your neighbor

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• No •• All sheds less than 120 square feet need WUI siding too! Otherwise, flammables inside still a hazard!

•• This would increase cost of accessory building as much as 30%; setback covers risk

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Detached Accessory Structures 120 Square Feet or Less

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Recommendation The Town of Paradise should enforce the California Building Code requirement that any non-WUI compliant accessory structure be located at least 50 feet away from other structure(s).

Rational Reduces fuel load in proximity to the home and helps avoid igniting vegetation.

Cost Estimate $0 WUI Compliant Shed Non-WUI Compliant Shed 50 Foot Setback

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Concern about smaller lots not having room to have the 50 feet away •• Our lot is big enough to accommodate; even if get far enough from ours, too close to neighbor •• Unless metal is used! * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Once again I can’t locate my buildings and yard unless the TOP oks it? NO!

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Garage or Storage Shed Recommendation Garage or minimum 80 square foot storage shed required.

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Rational Residents require a place to store their outdoor combustibles.

This provision would reduce the potential fuel load in proximity to the house.

Cost Estimate •• 2-car garage: $25,000 to $40,000 •• 8’x10’ storage shed: $320

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Make sense to have combustibles in safe place •• Yes — enforce; we were not good at cleaning our rooms as kids •• If it is required to have a building are we going to be paid to put it up? A lot of folks can’t afford the extra cost •• Residents should be fined if they don’t clean up yards, miscellaneous stuff outside of sheds/garages * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Require a garage •• Too much governmental influence on my property •• A bit of irony to consider for storage sheds is currently debris removal not required for outbuildings less than 120 square feet; where does really nasty stuff usually get stored?

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Carports Recommendation Carports that include storage, beyond vehicles, must be setback a minimum of 50 feet from any building/structure.

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Rational Reduces chance that open storage (fuel) in carports will ignite the home.

Cost Estimate $0

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Limit how many vehicles on a lot to less than 10 •• Are we going to have storage police? * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Nice idea but some lots aren’t big enough •• How about limiting derelict cars, boats, and unusable trailers on a lot?!

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Railroad Tie Retaining Walls Recommendation Railroad tie retaining walls prohibited.

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Rational Railroad ties are combustible. They contain creosote, a commercial-grade wood preservative. Creosote-treated wood may produce toxic chemicals as part of the smoke and ashes when burned.

Cost Estimate $0 to nominal

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• How do you dispose of railroad ties currently on the property?

•• We will all be dead before the next fire burns through Paradise •• Require a 10-foot setback •• As long as it is treated I think it should be allowed; it is the residents’ right as a homeowner •• Not for residences; commercial/ downtown — yes •• Not prohibit in the yard; prohibit near the structure * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Nice idea but don’t tell me how to do my yard

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Defensible Space Recommendation Defensible Space ordinance should be adopted by the Town.

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Rational Adoption by ordinance will put this state law to the forefront of the rebuilding effort.

Cost Estimate $0

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• What about people who don’t have big properties; will they meet the requirements? Will there be a special allowance?

•• Common sense •• That’s fire safe council’s job; where are they?

•• Enforce this — very needed!

•• How will this be accomplished on smaller lots * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Enforce the laws in place with proactive fire prevention and enforcement efforts citation!

•• CalFire spends over a million dollars on DSI state wide and Butte County; and very seldom enforces/ citations issued

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Recommendation 5-foot setback required around any structure to combustible material (non-pressure treated wood fencing and retaining walls, plants, mulch, etc.).

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Rational Leading fire scientists have found that 5-foot clear might be the most important concept not covered in the Defensible Space requirements. The 5-foot setback would create a fire break around each house, further protecting windows and seams from direct fire exposure.

Cost Estimate $0 to nominal

Pressure Treated Required for last 5 feet

5-Foot Firebreak (non-pressure treated wood fencing and retaining walls, plants, mulch, etc.)

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Bury propane tanks •• I will have to think of a new design •• What about fire safe foliage landscape •• New builds only •• If it is going to be required to have bush removed, is there going to be a program to help residents enforce this requirement? * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Theory vs. reality; choice vs. mandate; no

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Underground Utilities (Service Lines) Recommendation Electric, gas and communication service lines shall be located underground for residential and commercial and should be served on the same side of the property as the utility service received prefire.

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Rational This provision would reduce the risk of utility poles burning, falling and then blocking ingress and egress routes during a disaster. It would also harden critical infrastructure.

Cost Estimate Less than retrofitting later

Utilities

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•• Whatever $ amount PG&E sets down it will probably cost 4xs that amount; re: rocks, and volcanic cap •• If done in tandem — all providers •• How much is it going to cost us?

Raise monthly charges, taxes?

•• Start with property that people are living on •• I like this idea but the fire started in Pulga * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Underground must include cable, fiber and phone •• PG&E caused the problem and should not charge residents for rectifying it

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How much more would you be willing to spend for increased fire safety?

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Recommendation Manufactured Homes must be newly built (not registered or preowned).

Rational Could save residents the financial hardship associated with purchasing existing units that do not meet Paradise standards.

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• It seems eliminating the potential of people to live in mobile homes and apartments eliminates a great many people who also should have the right to live in our community •• Paradise to be different than all the other towns in California that would target negatively a lot of people who can’t afford to live here •• Should be a suggestion, not a law •• No MFG homes •• Paradise will look like an overgrown trailer park

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• All homes at ground level •• No mixed neighborhoods; zoning for MFH homes •• This standard keeps a lot of residents from returning because they can’t afford a new manufactured home •• Wild fires are different from regular house fire; restrictions do not save a home/mobile during wildfires

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

•• Not sure a pre-owned would meet codes; moving a used home can damage it

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Width of Manufactured Homes Recommendation Manufactured homes must be a minimum of a double-wide unit and have at least a 20-foot by 36-foot footprint.

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Rational The intent is to maintain the integrity of neighborhoods and property values.

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• The construction bids to put the double wide together is more than the house costs; the seam over time is problematic — 20 years out •• The standard is good because there was such a nature of housing many were sub-standard •• Believe that all manufactured homes should have concrete foundations * Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Most newer manufactured homes are double, some lots are not wide enough •• Paradise has been a town based on freedom and less regulations, it’s why I moved here; too much •• Find areas for smaller homes on smaller lots

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Roof Pitch Recommendation Minimum 4/12 roof pitch for all homes.

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Rational Encourages consistency throughout all neighborhoods.

Cost Estimate For manufactured homes: •• 4/12 = Nominal to $5,500 •• 5/12 or 6/12= $10,000 to $20,000

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• I thought cookie cutter houses were out; check HGTV •• Driving the house to the site is problematic to roof shingles

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Have a few designated areas for “affordable homes” •• Once again, theory vs. actual; too many cookie cutter houses if passed •• Let’s not confuse aesthetics with essentials

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Recommendation Minimum size of primary dwelling unit: 800 or 900 or 1,000 square feet on single-family lots.

Rational Many local governments have minimum size requirements (often approximately 1,000 square feet) for singlefamily homes. The intent is to maintain the integrity of neighborhoods and property values. 1,000 square feet corresponds to a compact 2-bedroom home. Accessory Dwelling Units (an independent unit located on the same lot) can be smaller.

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Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Promote “tiny house” construction option •• We’re not like other towns; no tiny homes; no •• This should not be regulated with contractors bidding $300/square foot •• We need a tiny home subdivision •• Tiny homes? Or a section with them?

•• I’m retired; can’t afford to rebuild size of home I lost; insurance isn’t enough; have to build “tiny home” look just bigger; I will look as nice as homes; all homes will be new; individuality matters!

•• Let people decide for themselves on their own lots

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• What about tiny homes?

•• Limit trailer parks •• Making housing similar on blocks »»i.e.

0.5 acre = 1000 0.3 acre = 800 1 acre = 2000 •• Should be based on lot size!

•• = $240,000 at current bids!!!

•• No tiny homes!

•• Please do not limit size! I hardly have enough to build my own tiny home!

•• Limit by lot size •• Tiny houses are a thing •• Proposed tiny homes at 778 square feet •• Depends on lot size

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

•• Don’t regulate my rights or home due to my income •• Depending on neighborhood

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Front Entry Porch (Not Deck) Recommendation Covered front entry porch (minimum 72 square feet) is encouraged on primary dwelling unit.

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Rational Would encourage a “gift to the street” and curb appeal.

Cost Estimate $12,000 to $15,000

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• I don’t want a “gift to the street” porch; control •• What does “encouraged” mean?

•• Encouraged — yes; laws — no •• The market will drive the decision of what aesthetic is “desirable” •• Government stay away •• Homeowner decision!

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Does that mean the house has to be on a slab only?

•• Not everyone wants this feature; if it turns into a requirement, we are taking away the peoples’ choice — the uniqueness of the people and the town would be gone •• I like Paradise just the way it is! I don’t want all the houses to look the same!

•• Too much government choice •• If built fire “rated” should it matter •• Depending on which neighborhood •• Don’t tell me what and how to have my home designed!

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Garages Recommendation Garage encouraged — attached or detached.

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Rational Would encourage garages.

Cost Estimate $25,000 to $40,000

Resident Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Encourage – fine; law – no •• What does “encouraged” mean?

* Information has not been fact-checked by the Town of Paradise

Other Comments* from the May 22 Community Meeting •• Don’t tell me what to build; Paradise was and is a unique town that is why its great; this isn’t San Jose!!

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