Supervisors add regional fire authority to mitigation fee program

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has added the areacovered by the San Diego County Regional Fire Authority to the county’s Fire Mitigation Fee Program.

The supervisors’ 5-0 vote June 23 adds the zone of County Service Area No. 135 to the Fire Mitigation Fee Program, which assesses developers to fund the cost of fire department facilities serving the new development. The vote also adopted a capital facilities and equipment plan for CSA No. 135, although that adoption was to comply with the provisions of the ordinance and no expenditures are planned for Fiscal Year 2010-11. Because the...