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Committee discusses invasive‑weed definitions, native vegetation goals and enforcement challenges
Summary
The committee reviewed a broad rewrite of the city's weed and managed‑landscape provisions, debated using state lists for "noxious" or "invasive" species, how to identify invasives, and how to encourage native plantings on public property without imposing impractical requirements.
The committee began review of Ordinance 2024‑64, a rewrite addressing noxious and invasive vegetation, managed natural landscapes, and a policy to encourage native species on public property. Speakers emphasized relying on state definitions. "We don't want to be too prescriptive in the ordinance itself," one committee member said; several members recommended using lists from the Ohio Department of Agriculture or other state resources so the city does not need to maintain its own invasive species list. The draft language would allow the director to maintain a local list consistent with state designations. Nut…
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