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Interlaken council plans public outreach, home assessments as it prepares to adopt state WUI rules
Summary
After a briefing with Wasatch Fire District officials, the council said it will redraft a local Wildland-Urban Interface ordinance required under House Bill 48, schedule a public presentation and encourage homeowner defensible-space work ahead of 2028 fee changes.
On March 3, the Interlaken Town Council heard an update on House Bill 48 and what town staff described as an urgent need to adopt a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code and map provided by the state.
Council Chair (S2) said fire-district staff told the town that the state-produced map currently places a majority of town properties in a high-risk zone and that adopting the WUI ordinance is necessary to secure state cooperation and funding for fire response. “If we had a fire tomorrow and we hadn’t adopted this, we would get no cooperation from the state and funding to fight the fire,” S2…
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