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Deschutes County staff to pursue public review of recommended wildfire building standards after state law change
Summary
County staff recommended and commissioners agreed to move forward with public review of building-code standards known as R3-327 after Senate Bill 83 removed the statewide wildfire-hazard map; the board directed staff to schedule planning commission review and public hearings and to draft code language for early next year.
Kyle Collins, senior planner for Deschutes County, told the board on Nov. 10 that Senate Bill 83 rescinded the statewide wildfire hazard map and the associated statewide regulations enacted in 2021 and created an option for local jurisdictions to adopt components of the previous program locally.
Collins said staff divided the possible local response into two pieces: adopting building-hardening standards for new residential development (the R3-327 standards in the Oregon State Building Code) and…
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