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League flags WUI map, HB215 changes as fees and building-code triggers evolve
Summary
League legal director Jared Tingay told the Legislative Policy Committee that HB41 would adopt the 2024 WUI standard and require municipal WUI maps; HB215 would limit local vegetation ordinances but include a defensible-space carve-out. Cities raised concerns about fee exposure, appeals and structural hazards.
The Utah League of Cities and Towns told members that two early-session bills would reshape how wildland-urban interface risks are mapped and regulated, with possible fee and building-code consequences for homeowners.
"What the municipalities were required to adopt a WUI map for their city by 01/01/2026," Jared Tingay, the League's legal director, told the Legislative Policy Committee. He said the bill now under negotiation would adopt the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface standard and distinguish municipal WUI maps—used to trigger building-code regulations—from a separate state…
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