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Pitkin County adopts statewide Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code into local building and land-use rules
Summary
The county adopted amendments inserting the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (CWRC) into the local building code and made complementary land-use changes; staff clarified mapping, added limited material restrictions near structures and outlined outreach and inspections plans for ground-truthing and property assessments.
Pitkin County commissioners adopted March 25 the Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code (CWRC) provisions into the county's building code and approved companion land-use amendments to align local rules with the statewide model code.
Jeff Ericen, the county's chief building official, said the state model (based on the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code and the Home Ignition Guide) must be adopted into the building code by July 1; the county inserted CWRC provisions into Title 11 (building code) so they can take effect…
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