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Scappoose Fire chief tells commissioners county lacks authority to approve Luma Vista gate without fire-service approval
Summary
Jeff Pritchard, Scappoose Fire District fire chief, told Columbia County commissioners the county lacks authority under the Oregon Fire Code and a county ordinance that delegates access standards to the fire service, and urged better engagement and public-record documentation after an improperly noticed Sept. 17 meeting discussion.
Jeff Pritchard, fire chief for the Scappoose Fire District, used the visitors' comment period at the Sept. 24 Columbia County Board of Commissioners meeting to raise concerns about a Sept. 17 county meeting that he said had not been properly noticed and where the board discussed approving a gate on a public way that the fire district does not approve under applicable fire standards.
Pritchard told commissioners the county lacked authority to approve the gate because the Oregon Fire Code and an adopted county ordinance delegate access standards…
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