Presenter urges Charleston to adopt updated Wildland-Urban Interface rules
A town presenter recommended Charleston adopt Ordinance 2026-01 to align local rules with the statesigned update to the World Wildland Urban Interface code, noting mapped wildfire-risk zones south of Highway 189 and potential town responsibilities tied to utilities and fire response.
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Brain Preece, identified in the meeting as the presenter on Ordinance 2026-01, told the council he had researched model templates and state guidance and recommended updating local code to the 2024 World Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) standards now that the state has enacted a related bill. "I have done a lot of research on some of the templates, the state’s wildland website, Troy Morgan with WCF and a few other Fire Chiefs," he said, and he pointed council members to mapping tools that show whether properties fall in low, moderate, high or very high WUI zones.
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