6-20-1. Purpose.

(1) This chapter presents minimum planning criteria for the protection of life and property from a wildfire. It includes information on safe procedures and practices at the wildland/urban interface or intermix. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the construction, alteration, moving, repair, maintenance and use of any building, structure or premises within the wildland/urban interface or intermix areas.
(2) Buildings or structures moved into or within the wildland/urban interface shall comply with the provisions of this chapter for new buildings or structures.
(3) The objective of this chapter is to establish minimum regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding of life and property. This regulation is intended to mitigate the risk to life and structures from intrusion of fire from wildland fires, fire exposures from adjacent structures and to mitigate structure fires from spreading to wild lands. The extent of this regulation is intended to be tiered commensurate with the relative level of hazard present.
(4) The unrestricted use of property in wildland/urban interface areas is a potential threat to life and property from fire and resulting erosion. Safeguards to prevent the occurrence of fires and to provide adequate fire protection facilities to control the spread of fire in wildland/urban interface areas shall be in accordance with this chapter.
(5) This chapter shall supplement the building and fire codes. (Ord. 02-12, 05/21/02)