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Summit County, UT -- Wildfire Hazard Classification and Fuels Treatment Provisions for New Developments
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Regulatory
Fuelbreaks
Designation of high risk areas
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County
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Utah
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Program Description: |
Hazard Assessment
The Summit County wildfire hazard review provisions specify that in designated areas, proposed new developments must be assessed and rated on their wildfire risk. The assessment must be conducted using the Fire Hazard Severity Scale developed by the State of Utah, Division of State Lands and Forestry. The rating is based of slope, aspect, response time of the fire agency, vegetation type and density. The development is assigned a composite score based on the analysis and categorized into one of three hazard levels�moderate, high, or extreme. The determined rating must be submitted by the developer as part of the development's sketch plan.
Fuel Hazard Modification
The ordinance requires that hazardous fuels in the form of native vegetation be cleared around structures and around the perimeter of subdivisions where appropriate to assist in wildfire prevention. Fuel breaks are not intended as complete vegetation removals; but rather, they should serve as a change in fuel continuity, type of fuel, and degree of flammability of fuel so that the rate of fire spread is reduced. Fire district personnel will make recommendations as to the appropriate amount of vegetation of fuel to be removed/left within a fuel break area.
Fuel break minimum clearing distances required are: 30, 50, and 75 feet in moderate, high, and extreme fire hazard areas, respectively around structure; and 75 and 100 feet in high and extreme hazard areas, respectively around the developments perimeter.
Fuel Break Easements
Fuel breaks must be identified on the recorded plat for the subdivision. It must be noted on the plat that fuel breaks are to be maintained by the landowner or the homeowners' association. Failure to maintain the fuel break will result in charges to the landowner for expenses incurred by the state to conduct the necessary maintenance.
Contact Information:
For more information, contact Dale Jablonski, via email, at the Utah DNR, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, or phone 435-789-8384.
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