Duchen hopes to convince his colleagues to reinstate regulations that have prevented developers from adding as many structures within the wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas of the district as other areas. Those rules expired on Nov. 16, and Alter expressed hope that her colleagues would reinstate those rules after she leaves Council. Duchen said, "I think it's absolutely worth trying to extend those."
The second-most prevalent way fires spread is from structure to structure," Duchen said, citing additional structures allowed by the changed rules as posing "a tremendous risk for those (WUI) neighborhoods, and we have quite a few of those in the district.
It's really about putting more guardrails on things. ... The setbacks were significant. I already know of cases when six to 10 trees are coming out because of redevelopment," he said.
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