A first-of-its-kind city ordinance aims to help the South Lake Tahoe community be safer and more fire resilient.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE â 'They were definitely too close, so we had them removed entirely,' Al Breitwieser, a South Lake Tahoe resident, said.Breitwieser is talking about three trees planted in his backyard that posed a risk to his home if a fire should spark nearby. 'It's in the forefront of our minds,' Breitwieser said.
The ordinance breaks down into a three-zone system.The first zone requires homeowners to remove dry brush, shrubs, wood piles or anything flammable away five feet from their homes.'It's not just the plants we're worried about, it's anything flammable,' George said. The second zone requires native plants and shrubs to be spaced apart from one another â between five to 30 feet from their homes.
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