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District to formalize wildland-urban-interface bonding, tightening notices and forfeiture process

Wasatch County Fire Protection Special Service District Board · August 13, 2024
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Summary

Staff proposed formal Wildland-Urban-Interface enforcement policy to clarify the district's $5,000 partial-bond practice, add homeowner notice, pre-bond inspections, a 24-month compliance window and an 18—6/24-month forfeiture notification schedule; the policy is under legal review and will return to the board.

District staff described a proposed Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) enforcement policy intended to formalize and clarify the district's existing partial-bond practice for landscaping and defensible-space compliance.

Speaker 6 explained that the present practice has involved $5,000 partial bonds for projects completed in winter months when landscaping cannot be installed, but the district has observed abuses and "gray areas" where bonds were transferred between owners without…

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