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Sustainability board recommends adding 50 native species, boosting native-plant incentive to 20% in Chapter 30
Summary
Oshkosh City Sustainability Advisory Board voted to recommend adding an expanded list of Wisconsin native plants to the city’s Chapter 30 landscaping code, raise the current 10% native-plant bonus to 20%, remove several species recommended by UW Extension, and allow mixed perennial plantings for landscaping point calculations.
The Oshkosh City Sustainability Advisory Board on March 3 voted to recommend changes to Chapter 30 of the city’s zoning code that would add a 50-species list of Wisconsin native plants, increase the native-species landscaping bonus from 10% to 20%, remove species UW Extension advised should be deleted from the existing list, and allow a mix-and-match method for perennial plant point calculations.
Board members said the changes are intended to make native plants more attractive to developers by increasing their landscaping point value and to encourage greater planting diversity. Emma (staff member) read an update on the existing and proposed species lists and explained that any change to point values would require Plan Commission review and a formal zoning ordinance amendment.
The nut graff for developers: Chapter 30 currently assigns landscaping points by plant size and category; the board’s recommendations would (1) add the additional…
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