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Commission rejects suggested wording to require preserving native plant communities as too broad
Summary
Staff and multiple commissioners opposed adding a policy sentence to ‘preserve native plant communities’ to the invasives/native plants policy because the language could be interpreted to prohibit common development activities and create legal problems; the suggestion was not adopted.
A proposed edit to the natural‑resources language that would add “preserve native plant communities” alongside invasive‑plant removal was rejected by staff and the commission as written.
Planning staff told the commission the proposed phrase was “too broad in the context of a land use plan,” saying that “every single development activity removes native plant communities” and that the suggested wording could be interpreted to block many ordinary development…
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