8/30/19 2:50 pm Property Owner Firewise and Hazard Tree Removal

For a PDF of this Borough policy,
to email or print, click here:
https://tinyurl.com/KPBFirewisePolicy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is a neighboring landowner to many private property owners. The borough also encourages property owners to firewise their properties and encourages landowners to take proactive steps for the removal of hazard trees including beetle killed spruce.

It is the policy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Land Management Division that property owners may limb, brush, and thin vegetation on vacant borough land within 100 feet of private structures as part of overall firewise measures without requiring special permission from the Land Management Division.

It is also the policy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough that property owners may remove standing trees from vacant borough land that pose a direct threat of damaging private property by falling, such as beetle kill spruce along fence lines, driveways, or near buildings, without requiring special permission from the Land Management Division. For more information call 907-714-2205.

These policies are made as interpretation of KPB 17.10.250 (C) Casual Use.

For more information on Firewise in Alaska, click here: https://tinyurl.com/AKFirewise

Other Firewise information can be found at:
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Preparing-homes-for-wildfire