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Resident urges review of right‑of‑way mowing policy after city crews removed native plants for sight‑line safety
Summary
A long-time small‑business owner told the council she wants an ecological approach to public right‑of‑way vegetation; city staff said crews removed plants in a public right‑of‑way because of sight‑line complaints and potential liability.
Deborah Wise, a Hannibal resident and small-business owner of 40 years, asked the council on July 15 to reexamine the city’s enforcement of right‑of‑way vegetation rules after workers cut plants in the public strip adjacent to her sidewalk.
Wise told the council she had planted native and pollinator plants in the easement between her sidewalk and the street and that crews cut them after…
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