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Elbert County reviews Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code; officials raise enforcement and homeowner-impact concerns
Summary
County staff and a state fire official told the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners that the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code targets home-hardening and vegetation management for new builds and large remodels, but commissioners raised questions about enforcement, surveys, exemptions and homeowner burden.
Elbert County commissioners reviewed the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code on March 9, hearing technical details from county staff and Chris Brunette of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control about when the code applies and how it would be enforced locally.
County staff said the state created a Wildfire Resiliency Code Board that produced the statewide WUI resiliency code and set an adoption target of April 1 with enforcement 90 days later; staff said jurisdictions are expected to adopt the code or an equivalent standard. "The enforcement date will be 3 months after that adoption date," staff said.
Brunette, who identified himself as chief of fire and life safety with the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and volunteer fire marshal for Elbert Fire, told the board the code is "not meant to be a retroactive code, so anything existing at the time of adoption isn't affected" except for major renovations or additions that meet the code's triggers. He added that if an accessory…
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