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elgordoboy

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You seem to be extraordinarily obsessed with setbacks.

pmd8

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You seem to be extraordinarily obsessed with setbacks.
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That, and the 1876 presidential election.  Don't get me started.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="elgordoboy">You seem to be extraordinarily obsessed with setbacks.</blockquote>That, and the 1876 presidential election.  Don&#039;t get me started.

Leader of the Banned

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Landscaping changes?  How about spacing the houses further apart? Or requiring concrete construction like Alys Beach?

He does mention the houses being close together, but almost as an aside.

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When it comes to fires, it's not developments that scare me, it's trees.  Fires burn through forests, and if you live in a development on the edge of one, you have a lot to be worried about.

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Seacrest</blockquote>When it comes to fires, it&#039;s not developments that scare me, it&#039;s trees.  Fires burn through forests, and if you live in a development on the edge of one, you have a lot to be worried about.

raven316

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When it comes to fires, it's not developments that scare me, it's trees.  Fires burn through forests, and if you live in a development on the edge of one, you have a lot to be worried about.
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Yea, cut down all those pesky trees and pave it!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Leader of the Banned">When it comes to fires, it&#039;s not developments that scare me, it&#039;s trees.  Fires burn through forests, and if you live in a development on the edge of one, you have a lot to be worried about.</blockquote>Yea, cut down all those pesky trees and pave it!

Mello Yolo

Beach Comber

best solution.....better than setbacks, spacing and a ban on pinestraw.......landscaping with asbestos.....(!)

Matt J

SWGB

I'll take the Fire Marshalls recommendations, he does know what he's talking about. Also, pretty difficult to move a built house.

I&#039;ll take the Fire Marshalls recommendations, he does know what he&#039;s talking about. Also, pretty difficult to move a built house.

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