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Riverton council defers site-plan landscaping code changes to align with waterwise standards
Summary
Council continued consideration of site-plan development standard amendments after staff and commissioners recommended more work to align landscaping percentages and tree rules with water-conservation guidance.
The Riverton City Council continued consideration of proposed amendments to the city's site-plan development standards, directing staff to refine landscaping language and better align the code with Waterwise landscaping guidelines.
Planning staff described the package as largely a housekeeping update to move away from prescriptive plant lists and toward staff-driven arborist review and site-specific recommendations. The changes would give the city's planning staff and arborist more discretion to approve plant selection, irrigation and landscape design through the site-plan review process rather than a rigid checklist in code.
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