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Committee backs HB 215 to protect homeowners’ right to create defensible space in WUI areas
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted and recommended HB 215 (as amended), which prevents local ordinances and HOAs from barring property owners in Wildland‑Urban Interface areas from creating defensible space consistent with the International Wildland‑Urban Interface Code; hazard categories define 30, 50 or 100‑foot buffers.
The House Political Subdivisions Standing Committee unanimously adopted and favorably recommended House Bill 215, which clarifies that property owners in designated wildland‑urban interface (WUI) areas may create defensible space consistent with the International Wildland‑Urban Interface Code.
Rep. Michael J. Petersen, sponsor of HB 215, said the bill ensures a property owner who wants to create defensible…
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