WUI CODES AND ORDINANCES
Several cities and counties in Idaho have adopted or are considering adopting planning and zoning ordinances within Wildland Urban Interface areas or in unincorporated portions of a county. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has recently adopted new standards for land development, structural ignitibility, and water supplies. To learn more about obtaining copes of these standards, please read the following letter from the Idaho State Fire Plan Working Group:Letter to County Commissioners Regarding New NFPA Standards—January 2009
Links to County Ordinances Pertaining to WUI
This is a list of known building ordinances in Idaho that address structural standards or defensible space issues within the WUI. While some ordinances are rather comprehensive, others are very simple (or even voluntary). Please check back soon as we will update this list and provide comments as to how some of these ordinances were created. If you know of a code or ordinance that is not on this list, please contact Brett Ingles at bingles@boisestate.edu or (208) 426-2844.
Bannock County—Ordinance #2005-7, Appendix C (Section 401)
Fire Protection Requirements For Residential Development in Hazardous Fire Areas
(19 pages long; approximately the 20th page of the document)
Bear Lake County—Subdivision Ordinance, 5-29-2007
Section T, Fire Protection
(pages 27-28)
Blaine County—Fire Protection Ordinance #2007-06 (Chapter 7: Fire Code)
§ 7-7-5 Modifications to the International Fire Code
Boise County—Subdivision Ordinance #2006-02
§ B11: Fire Plan
(Page 17)
Bonner County—Title 12, Land Use Regulations
Chapter 12-623, Services and Utilites, § (d)
(pages 6-7)
Elmore County—Title 6, Zoning and Development Regulations
Chapter 12, Fire Prevention and Wild Fire Mitigation Standards and Regulations Applying to All Districts
(pages 1-15)
Fremont County—Development Code (2008 Edition, Draft)
Appendix P: Wildland-Urban Fire Interface Overlay District
(pages P-1 to P-10 at the end of the document)
Kootenai County—Ordinance #394
Appendix A: Wildfire Mitigation Plan Requirements for Major Subdivisions in Timbered Areas
(page 49)