EDH Fire Department New El Dorado Hills Development Projects List
At the January 18, 2018 El Dorado Hills County Water District (EDH Fire Department) Board of Directors meeting, El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s Fire Marshal, Marshall Cox, provided a comprehensive list of current and proposed development projects in El Dorado Hills, and the immediate surrounding communities where the EDH Fire Department provides service, for the Board’s review.
Many residents are not aware that every project proposed in El Dorado Hills is reviewed by the El Dorado Hills Fire Department prior to moving through the approvals process. The Fire Department ensures that all projects are in compliance with fire codes – things like road widths, and building access and heights – to make sure that new projects can be served by EDH FD equipment, and that adequate water supply and fire hydrants are available to serve the project, and the project area, as well as many other criteria. The EDH FD doesn’t make recommendations about projects like the County Planning Services Dept, the Planning Commission, or the County Board of Supervisors (should it be built, should it be modified, is it an appropriate land use, is zoning correct, etc), they simply make sure that a project is in compliance with the fire code, and that the EDH FD has the resources to provide service to the project.
There are many projects on the list that residents my not be aware of, some new, as well as some that may have been forgotten (there are several older projects on the list), such as the Hampton Inn & Suites/Serrano on Saratoga and Arrowhead (which is now known as Sartoga Commercial), or “Town Center ACE Hardware” which currently has no available public information. Additionally, the EDH Fire Department does not monitor road improvement plans, like the new Country Club Dr realignment to Bass Lake Rd, so there are no road projects on the list.
A great aspect of this list is that it provides basic information for all the projects impacting El Dorado Hills in one document – as anyone who has tried to research projects on the El Dorado County website could tell you, there are multiple locations for project documents:
- The Legistar file tracking system/calendar for the County Board of Supervisors, and their appointed Commissions, and decision making agencies
- The county Project Status Pages for Approved Projects, and for Non-Approved Projects
- As well as the Public Notice Pages that are mixed across various County Agencies
With all of these document locations, finding all the available information for any particular project can be overwhelming.
EDH FD Fire Marshal, Marshall Cox was kind enough to provide EDH APAC with an updated copy of the EDH FD New Development Report. APAC volunteers would like to thank Fire Marshal Cox, as well as the EDH Fire Department, for sharing this list, and for their commitment to helping to keep existing and new projects in El Dorado Hills as safe as possible.
Review the complete list in a single PDF document HERE
Here are some snapshots of the individual pages:
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