November 2020. Austin–one of the fastest-growing communities in the country–is the first major city in Texas to adopt a wildland-urban interface code. The new regulations will take effect in January 2021 and will require wildfire-resistant building materials on new construction in areas of wildfire hazard.
Adopting a WUI Code was one of CPAW’s recommendations for Austin. Read more about Austin’s wildfire risk reduction strategies and key lessons learned that can help any community working to deploy land use planning strategies.