Fire Code Board of Appeals

Land use consultant supported the appeals board but urged clear criteria and alternatives like vegetation management and turnouts for dead-end road exceptions.

COLAB representative warned dead-end road rulings can destroy property values and urged giving owners a chance to comply before property is deemed unbuildable.

HBA representative supported the appeals board only if final decisions rest with the Board of Supervisors, and said dead-end road criteria are unworkable for large ranch parcels.

Urged that appeals come back to the Board of Supervisors for consistency, transparency, and fairness.

Supported the appeals board for Title 16 but wanted Title 14 dead-end road exceptions to stay with the Board, plus objective criteria and the long-promised other-counties survey.

Attorney with Brownstein asked the Board to reject the staff recommendation and keep final appeal authority with the Board of Supervisors for fire-safe regulation appeals.

Ranch resident echoed calls for alternatives and Board-level appeals, and thanked Peschong for the Franklin Creek bridge.

Spoke for her mother Ann Barnes, whose Barrel Canyon-adjacent property at a dead-end road would be effectively valueless without an appeals process.