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Commission directs staff to draft maintenance‑bond ordinance for post‑construction landscaping
Summary
To address landscaping failures after site acceptance, commissioners asked staff to draft an ordinance requiring maintenance bonds for landscape performance (size, species, replacement) so the city can use the bond to remedy failures after construction is complete.
The Planning & Zoning Commission on Oct. 23 directed staff to draft an ordinance requiring maintenance surety (bond) for landscaping after site development is accepted, a step staff and commissioners said would give the city a practical remedy when plantings die or landscape work fails.
Development Services staff described options used by other Texas cities: post‑acceptance maintenance bonds tied to a calculated…
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