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Board adopts updated landscape regulations to focus on frontage, buffering and stormwater

5843366 · September 3, 2025
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Hot Springs approved a new landscape ordinance that shifts regulation emphasis from parking counts to street frontage, buffering adjacent uses, and stormwater coordination; staff said the change produces similar planting outcomes for typical developments.

The Board of Directors adopted a new landscape ordinance that overhauls how landscaping requirements are applied to new multi-family, mixed-use and nonresidential projects. The revised code focuses on street frontage, minimizing impacts to adjacent uses and coordinating landscaping with city stormwater goals rather than basing requirements…

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