Council reviews wildland-urban interface map; 2024 fire-code changes and insurance implications discussed

Mar 5, 2026

Presenters showed an urban-interface map highlighting high structure exposure areas and discussed two boundary options; staff flagged differences between the town's adopted 2006 code and a potential 2024 code and noted pending legislation (House Bill 48) that could affect homeowner insurance treatment of designated areas.

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Troy Morgan and Cling Neerings presented a map of the town's wildland-urban interface, pointing out areas with a structure exposure score of 5 or greater. "They discussed two options for designating the wildland-urban interface: continuing down through Daniels Creek or extending it to Highway 189," the presenters said. Troy highlighted the high-exposure areas in orange on the map.

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