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problem to a level consistent with fire fighting response capabilities provided by the City of Redwood City. A.2 The aforesaid local amendment is enacted pursuant to the authority of Section 17958.5 of the California Health and Safety Code, for the purpose of addressing and meeting certain "local conditions" unique and peculiar to the City of Redwood City, which are more specifically described as follows: (a) Many of the multi-family dwellings (i. e., apart- ment houses, condominiums, etc.) constructed within the City have been constructed on deep, narrow lots thereby requiring greater numbers of fire fighting personnel to reach living units located at the rear of such developments than the City has available. (b) For a City of relatively small size, there exists a high level of fire hazard in existing commercial and industrial developments within the City corpor.i.te limits and within unincorporated regions provided fire protection services by the City, due to the extensive use of combustible materials, flammable gases and liquids and the use of highly toxic sub- stances, and to the highly flammable nature of certain structures, as ~~result of their age and type of construction. (c) Numerous flammable structures presently exist in the City's corporate limits in areas with normally high wind conditions. (d) The City contains a relatively high number of hillside single family and multi-family dwellings in high fire danger areas, surrounded by brush and other dense growth and response to said dwellings is often impeded by narrow access roads. Additional- ally, fire suppression in such areas requires specialized equipment which the Fire Department lacks. (e) Existing within the City's corporate limits are a number of fuel storage facilities (gasoline, jet fuel, diesel oil, motor oil) which are not isolated from other possible incompatible industrial and commercial uses.