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Draft zoning code creates natural landscape option and new maintenance rules for 'wild yards'
5967421 · September 12, 2025
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The draft adds a natural landscape area provision allowing native/wild landscaping while limiting how much of a yard can be wild and requiring maintenance, demarcation and a site plan; staff said they consulted the Urban Forestry Commission.
Staff said the draft zoning code imports a "natural landscape area" provision to allow native and wild landscaping while addressing frequent neighborhood complaints about overgrown yards. The draft would allow a maximum portion of a yard to be natural landscape (staff cited a 50% cap on previous service required in one example), require a…
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