Selected Recent California Newspaper Editorials Hillside Landscaping
Why were Stevenson Ranch homes spared Hillside Landscaping and others not? The fickle nature of fire is one reason. But most importantly was the tract’s use of fire-resistant building materials and designs, and the incorporation of fire-resistant landscaping and setbacks Hillside Landscaping.
The same can be said for several of the newer subdivisions in San Diego County.Hillside Landscaping As the Witch Creek fire consumed hundreds of acres north and east of Rancho Bernardo, Hillside Landscaping not a single home in five of the area’s newest subdivisions was lost.
The program is required for development that sprawls into fire-prone rural areas Hillside Landscaping, imposing stringent construction and landscaping standards. It requires interior sprinklers and broad stretches of protective landscaping that would allow homeowners to remain sheltered in their homes if they cannot evacuate Hillside Landscaping.
Hillside Landscaping Shelter in place may not be a reasonable requirement to impose on all new building in California. But, where urban sprawl encroaches into fire-prone, open-space areas, Hillside Landscaping developers must be required to take steps to protect homeowners and the firefighters who respond to blazes.
That was the point Bakersfield Fire Chief Ron Fraze made last year as he stood his ground Hillside Landscaping, urging City Council members to approve the Hillside Ordinance to govern building on the bluffs and hills of northeast Bakersfield Hillside Landscaping.
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