General Plan - Moreno Valley

CHAPTER 9 – GOALS AND OBJECTIVESObjective 6.14Maintain the capacity to respond rapidly toemergency situations.Policies:6.14.1 Locate fire stations in accordance withthe Fire Station Master Plan as shownin Figure 6-1. The exact location ofeach fire station may be modifiedbased on availability of land and otherfactors.6.14.2 Relate the timing of fire stationconstruction to the rise of servicedemand in surrounding areas.Objective 6.15Ensure that property in or adjacent to wildlandareas is reasonably protected from wildlandfire hazard, consistent with the maintenanceof a viable natural ecology.Policies:6.15.1 Encourage programs to minimize thefire hazard, including but not limited tothe prevention of fuel build-up wherewildland areas are adjacent to urbandevelopment.6.15.2 Tailor fire prevention measuresimplemented in wildland areas to boththe aesthetic and functional needs ofthe natural environment.Objective 6.16Ensure that uses within urbanized areas areplanned and designed consistent withaccepted safety.Policies:6.16.1 Ensure that ordinances, resolutionsand policies relating to urbandevelopment are consistent with therequirements of acceptable fire safety,MORENO VALLEY GENERAL PLANincluding requirements for smokedetectors, emergency water supplyand automatic fire sprinkler systems.6.16.2 Encourage the systematic mitigationof existing fire hazards related to landurban development or patterns ofurban development as they areidentified and as resources permit.6.16.3 Ensure that adequate emergencyingress and egress is provided foreach development.6.16.4 Within the safety zones (e.g. AirCrash Hazard Zones and ClearZones) shown in Figure 6-5,residential uses shall not bepermitted, and business uses shall berestricted to low intensity uses asdefined in the March Air ReserveBase Air Installation Compatible UseZone Report, as amended from timeto time.Objective 6.17Provide non-emergency public servicesprovided that such demands do not interferewith fire protection and other emergencyservices.9.6.3 SAFETY ELEMENT PROGRAMS6-1 Request that public utility companiesinspect their facilities and distributionnetworks to determine the potentialimpact of earthquake damage.6-2 Evaluate historic buildings relative tothe need for mitigation of geologichazards, while weighing theirhistorical value against the potentialhazard of their collapse.6-3 Reevaluate designated truck routes interms of noise impact on existing landuses to determine if those establishedroutes and the hours of their usePage 9-34 July 11, 2006