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Council narrows artificial‑turf lot‑coverage rule, asks staff to pursue later broader study
Summary
The Kirkland City Council on May 6 voted to change the city’s approach to counting artificial turf in residential lot‑coverage calculations and directed staff to return later with a broader study of turf impacts.
The Kirkland City Council on May 6 voted to change the city’s approach to counting artificial turf in residential lot‑coverage calculations and directed staff to return later with a broader study of turf impacts.
Nut graf: After a staff presentation about how artificial turf is treated under Kirkland’s lot‑coverage rules (currently a 50% exemption when turf is used in certain configurations), council approved a motion to adopt a revised policy that reduces artificial‑turf counting to 25% of the turf area when calculating lot coverage. Council also asked staff to pursue a…
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