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Committee to refine wooded-lot permit allowing landowners to let large lots return to natural growth
Summary
Staff presented a new "wooded-lot" option to exempt larger lots (greater than one acre) from repeated weed/grass permit enforcement by approving a plan showing the area to be left natural; committee instructed staff to return with clarified language and to remove onerous pest-control requirements.
The committee discussed a proposed addition to the city's grass/noxious-weed rules that would allow owners of larger lots to request approval for designated "wooded" or natural-growth areas instead of repeated mowing requirements.
Under the draft, lot owners with parcels greater than one acre could submit a plan or drawing identifying the area to be left native or natural; staff said typical approvals would include a…
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