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Lexington planning commission finalizes recommended edits to Chapter 156 landscaping and tree rules
Summary
On Feb. 18, 2025, the Town Election and Planning Commission met at Town Hall to review and refine proposed amendments to Chapter 156, the town’s landscaping and tree ordinance, and directed staff to prepare a final draft for a March public hearing and recommendation to council.
On Feb. 18, 2025, the Town Election and Planning Commission met at Town Hall to review and refine proposed amendments to Chapter 156, the town’s landscape and tree ordinance, and directed staff to prepare a final draft for a March public hearing and a recommendation to town council.
The commission’s discussion focused on maintenance and sight-visibility concerns, street-tree placement and root-control requirements, scenic-corridor buffers and optional entrance landscaping, parking-island sizing, and procedures for approving removal of protected trees. Planning staff told commissioners that stakeholder meetings with home builders, landscape architects, Lexington County staff, public-safety representatives and utility supervisors shaped the current draft.
The commission agreed to several specific changes and clarifications and asked staff to return a cleaned-up redline and a final draft for the commission’s March public hearing (scheduled for March 19, 2025). Key outcomes included: allowing an optional entranceway…
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