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Montezuma County officials urge state to lead on new wildland-urban interface rules, warn of local capacity and cost implications
Summary
County attorney and commissioners discussed imminent state wildland-urban interface rulemaking, saying the rules (finalized July 1 in draft form) could require local implementation functions the county does not now perform and would create staffing and cost pressures.
Montezuma County officials on June 17 discussed a draft set of state wildland-urban interface rules and urged the state to take the lead on implementation, citing limited local staff capacity and potential costs to the county.
County Attorney Tarnowski reported the draft rules are close to finalization, with an effective rulemaking date of July 1. The rules envision counties implementing enforcement and processing for new construction in the wildland-urban interface; staff noted the county currently does not operate a…
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