Advocates file appeal over revisions to Josephine County fire protection requirements
A Southern Oregon land-use nonprofit recently filed an appeal seeking to reverse changes to wildfire safety standards in Josephine County.
Earlier this year, Josephine County commissioners relaxed long-standing requirements that residents have fire protection in rural and forested areas.
The state law that defines requirements for development of single-family housing in forestland says that the structures must be located within a fire protection district or be covered by a contract with a private fire company.
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