Weber County, UT Fire Regulations: Brush Clearance (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code
- Applies in
- Mapped F and DRR-1 zones only
- Geographic trigger
- 1/2 mile east of SR89/Harrison Blvd line
- Local amendment
- Sec 403.7 threshold cut 12% to 10%
- Filed with
- Weber Fire District
Summary
Weber County has adopted the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code by reference as the county's own WUI code, covering vegetation and fire-hazard rules in canyon and mountain zones. It applies only in mapped F and DRR-1 zones east of a described line running along Harrison Boulevard, Mountain Road, and Pleasant View Drive toward the Wasatch Range.
Weber County hereby adopts the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code, as modified in accordance with section 20-3-2, as the Weber County Wildland Urban Interface Code, and incorporates it by reference into the county Code. ... The Wildland Urban Interface Code of Weber County is applicable in all developed areas in unincorporated Weber County that meet both of the following criteria: They are located in: F zones; DRR-1 zones; or CV zones that are entirely surrounded by F zones, DRR-1 zones, or any combination of F zones, DRR-1 zones, and forest or resort zones in an adjacent county... All other areas of Weber County are exempt from the requirements of the Wildland Urban Interface Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: ?).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 20-3 of the county code adopts the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code, with county modifications, as the Weber County Wildland Urban Interface Code, incorporating it by reference; future state amendments automatically become part of the county's version unless the county or the Weber Fire District adopts its own conflicting modifications. Section 20-3-3 confines that code to developed areas, meaning commercial or residential buildings and their lots, that sit in Forest (F) zones, the Destination and Recreation Resort (DRR-1) zone, or Commercial Valley (CV) zones fully surrounded by those zones, and that also lie within a mapped band beginning one-half mile toward the Wasatch mountains from a boundary line running along State Route 89, Harrison Boulevard, Mountain Road, Fruitland Drive, and Pleasant View Drive up to the Box Elder County line.
Everywhere else in the county is exempt. 2, and adding a fire-sprinkler alternative where no adequate water supply exists. Three copies of the adopted code are filed with the Weber Fire District for public inspection under Section 20-3-5, and enforcement runs through Chapter 20-4.
Violations & Fines
Because the Wildland Urban Interface Code is adopted as part of the county's fire code, violations are enforced through Chapter 20-4 Enforcement, which sets definitions, inspection authority, and penalties specific to fire code violations, separate from the general land use citation schedule. A property in a mapped F or DRR-1 zone that fails to meet the adopted WUI standards, including the vegetation and defensible-space requirements incorporated from the state code, is subject to inspection and penalty under that chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
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