For
example, the California Public Resources Code 4291 requires
a 100 foot area of defensible space outward from structures
adjacent to forest, brush or grasslands. Carson City, Nevada
requires defensible space outside of the urban area in the
wildland urban interface (WUI). The Tahoe Regional Planning
Agency (TRPA) has modified regulations, and streamlined
the permit process, to facilitate defensible space projects.
But above all, defensible space is needed to protect homes,
habitats and communities from ever-increasing numbers of
devastating wildfires.
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