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Council adopts landscape and tree-preservation standards; requires green space and native-plant guidance
Summary
Council approved zoning and subdivision amendments adding landscape standards: street trees, widened buffer yards, minimum green-space percentages, enhanced tree credits and a native-plant appendix.
The Town of Woodfin Town Council approved a zoning-text amendment on June 17 that adds or strengthens landscaping, tree-preservation and green-space requirements across multiple zoning and subdivision rules.
Planning staff, supported by a council subcommittee, proposed the ordinance to add street-tree requirements, widen buffer yards, set minimum green-space thresholds and increase credit for preservation of large trees. The ordinance keeps the existing Mountain Village standards but extends clearer landscape rules to other zoning districts, including requirements for vegetative screening of dumpsters and utility/service areas and limits on speculative grading.
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