Wildfire vegetation reduction permits
Proposed permit program letting qualifying residents reduce vegetation on a strip of City open land next to their property to cut wildfire fuel.
In review
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- City-owned open lands such as the Foothills Natural Area and Jordan River Parkway
- City Council: Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation (hearing postponed)
- City Council work session: Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation
- City Council: Setting hearings: wildfire vegetation permits and 504 South 900 East rezone
- City Council work session: Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation
In brief
Wildfire vegetation reduction permits appears on 4 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of May 5, 2020 to the City Council meeting of June 2, 2020.
The most recent agenda collected for it, the City Council meeting of June 2, 2020, listed it with no result recorded.
Follow the money and project delivery
Wildfire vegetation reduction permits
- Council action
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
- Money in the record
No itemized amount linked in the records collected.
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Every hearing and vote
June 2, 2020 · City Council
Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation (hearing postponed)
Pending
The agenda says this public hearing was postponed and the Council would set a new date once one is identified. The ordinance would create a permit program letting qualifying residents reduce vegetation on a strip of City open land next to their property.
May 12, 2020 · City Council work session
Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation
Pending
A briefing on the proposed permit program for residents to reduce vegetation on City open land next to their property. A hearing was set for June 2 and action tentatively for June 9.
May 5, 2020 · City Council
Setting hearings: wildfire vegetation permits and 504 South 900 East rezone
Pending
On consent, the Council was to set a June 2 hearing on wildfire vegetation reduction permits and a May 19 hearing on rezoning 504 South 900 East from RMF-35 to R-MU-35 with a master plan amendment from Medium Density Residential to Medium Residential/Mixed Use, for a mixed-use development with no site plan yet.
- Petitions: PLNPCM2018-00839 and PLNPCM2018-00898
May 5, 2020 · City Council work session
Vegetation reduction permits for wildfire mitigation
Pending
The Council was to be briefed on a proposed permit program letting qualifying residents reduce vegetation on a strip of City-owned open land next to their property, such as the Foothills Natural Area or Jordan River Parkway, to reduce wildfire fuel. The agenda says it balances the City's limited land-management budget against residents' wildfire concerns. A hearing was planned for June 2.