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Neighbors press Reston Association over 'rewilded' front yard; board declines to consider covenant appeal
Summary
Multiple Charlestown Lane residents urged the Reston Association to speed enforcement after a neighbor converted her front lawn to a wildlife meadow. After executive-session consideration, the board voted not to take up the covenants appeal at this meeting.
Neighbors on Charlestown Lane told the Reston Association board on July 24 that a single property left to grow as a wildlife meadow is creating safety, health and sight-line problems for the block. At a public-comment period, three neighbors described repeated complaints and urged faster enforcement of association covenants. “For three years we've been trying to work with this and this is the first year she has appealed,” resident Kelly Westenhoff said. Westenhoff described the front-yard meadow as largely milkweed and dogbane and…
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