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Commission upholds $220 weed-violation ticket for 405 College Avenue after dispute over pollinator garden
Summary
Richmond Code Enforcement and neighbors disagreed whether the vegetation at 405 College Avenue was an intentional pollinator garden or an uncultivated weed problem. The Unsafe Building Commission upheld a $220 weed-violation ticket after hearing from the owner, neighbors and Code Enforcement.
The Richmond City Unsafe Building Commission on Aug. 19 upheld a $220 code-enforcement ticket issued to the owner of 405 College Avenue after a dispute over whether the property's front beds constituted a maintained pollinator garden or uncultivated vegetation exceeding allowable height.
Sherry Ritchie of the Richmond Code Enforcement Department told the commission the property, owned by Daniel Sims, had multiple notices dating to May 2021 documenting overgrown vegetation. Inspectors returned to the property in May 2025, took photographs showing vegetation exceeding three feet and issued a cut order; contractors hired by the city performed the cut. Ritchie said she could not reliably distinguish flowering pollinator…
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