Layton to adopt Utah WUI code; council narrows map, will ban fireworks in WUI zones

Dec 19, 2025

City fire staff asked the council to adopt the 2006 Utah Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code to stay in the Cooperative Wildfire System required by House Bill 48; staff proposed a reduced local map and noted the state's high-risk assessment currently does not include Layton homes so no immediate homeowner assessments are expected.

The full story

City fire staff presented ordinance 25-26 to adopt the 2006 Utah Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code and to keep Layton in the Cooperative Wildfire System (CWS) created under House Bill 48.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in