Marin supervisors reverse course on fire-treated wood

Marin residents can keep using wood treated with fire retardant in new construction under an action taken by county supervisors.

The supervisors voted unanimously Jan. 27 to revise a new county code regulating building standards in the wildland-urban interface that they had just adopted in December.

“That code as adopted included a requirement that went beyond state law prohibiting fire-retardant-treated wood in new construction,” said Sarah Jones, director of the Marin County Community Development Agency.