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Council reviews first reading of landscape ordinance changes to allow native-seed plantings, address wildfire risk

3859333 · June 16, 2025
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Planning staff presented a first reading of code changes that would allow native plantings grown from seed, tighten mulching rules, prohibit crumb-rubber infill, and expand web guidance on wildfire mitigation and pest management; no action was taken at first reading.

City planning staff presented a first reading on June 16 of proposed amendments to Lakeway—s landscape ordinances designed to encourage native, drought-tolerant plantings and to reduce wildfire risk.

Building and planning staff described two primary goals for the update: allow native plants grown from seed (which typically require different coverage and erosion-control timelines than sod) and include provisions that better address wildfire mitigation. Staff said the present code effectively discouraged seed-grown native plantings by imposing coverage and erosion-control…

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