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Salt Lake City plans to adopt a new fire code for wildfire-urban interface areas.

Residents fear insurance issues and landscaping impacts from the proposed zoning changes.

The city council must finalize the map by year's end to comply with HB48.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's capital city is another step closer to adopting a new fire code for homes and properties next to areas most prone to wildfires.

However, Salt Lake City's proposed zoning text amendment — required to comply with a new state law — is also stoking fears from homeowners who are concerned that insurance companies could drop coverage of their homes, or that management of public land next to them puts them at risk.

The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the proposed chan

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