Vernal trims WUI draft map to six parcels, schedules Jan. 27 public open house
Staff revised the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) draft map to reduce affected areas from 14 to 6 parcel-specific boundaries and removed Ashley Creek Apartments and Escalante Drive from consideration. A public open house is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2026, with the item expected to return to Council in early February.
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Assistant City Manager Braeden Christofferson told the Council that revisions to the draft Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) map reduced the number of affected areas from fourteen to six and limited boundaries to parcel-specific areas. He said Ashley Creek Apartments and Escalante Drive were removed from consideration and that adjacent parcels would not be impacted under the revised draft.
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