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Alta Council debates state WUI code and delays tree‑removal rule changes
Summary
Council members and fire officials discussed House Bill 48 and the state's Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI) code; the council agreed to decouple adoption of the WUI code from contentious local tree‑removal/site‑plan language and continued those local amendments to December.
Alta council members spent a large portion of the Nov. 11 meeting discussing the implications of House Bill 48 and the state Wildland‑Urban Interface (WUI) code, which the legislature mandated municipalities to adopt.
Fire Marshal Wade Watkins and town staff briefed the council on the WUI code, the forthcoming state 'high risk' map (expected January 2026), and two distinct tracks the town must consider: (1) adopting the WUI code and defining a municipal WUI boundary, and (2) how statewide assessments and property‑level triage may later be carried out by the state or its contractors. As Watkins explained, the municipal adoption governs the building/fire code in town; separate state mapping and assessments will influence fees and mitigation expectations.
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