Option

Require hazard risk assessment in development review for high-hazard areas

Details

Focus of action
Standards
Option

Require hazard risk assessment in development review for high-hazard areas

Focus of action
Standards

Examples from plans

This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.

Option from plan Hazards Sort descending Assets Region Source Plan
Require accounting of sea level rise in all new development applications in shoreline areas. Flooding – Coastal Property Southwest Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Use a detailed analysis of landslide susceptibility when considering infill and development proposals. Consider the impacts of upslope and downslope debris flow pathways using shallow translational slopes Landslides Property Southeast Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 115)
Develop a fire risk assessment for all new development within fire hazard severity zones or the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The WUI is the zone of Wildfire Critical FacilitiesProperty Southwest Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment
Develop a fire risk assessment for all new development within fire hazard severity zones or the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Wildfire Property Southwest Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment