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Residents press Encinitas to clarify 'rewilding' and native‑plant rules amid wildfire concerns
Summary
Public commenters at the Encinitas workshop urged clearer definitions and implementation rules for rewilding and the native‑plant ordinance, raising fire‑safety, maintenance and private‑property concerns; staff said single‑family homes are generally exempt and that fire codes supersede the native‑plant rules.
A heated exchange at the Encinitas Resource Management Element workshop focused on how the draft’s rewilding language and native‑plant proposal would apply in practice, and whether those policies could increase wildfire risk for private properties.
A resident said she was "extremely concerned about the native plants policy," warning that native landscaping on large lots had become dense, difficult to maintain and a fire hazard in nearby cases described during the meeting. Multiple commenters described situations where mitigation or…
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