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Weber County planning commission recommends denying county's water-wise landscaping text amendment tied to Weber Basin incentives
Summary
The Weber County Planning Commission recommended denial of ZTA 2023-04, a county-initiated amendment that would adopt Weber Basin'recommended water-wise landscaping rules to let unincorporated-county residents access Weber Basin incentives.
The Weber County Planning Commission voted unanimously at a July work session to recommend denial of a county-initiated zoning-text amendment (ZTA 2023-04) that would have implemented Weber Basin Water Conservancy District's recommended "water-wise" landscaping standards across the county to enable residents in unincorporated areas to qualify for certain Weber Basin financial incentives.
The amendment proposed new landscaping limits and standards for new development: for single-family lots, no more than 35% of the front and side yard (or, in the draft, no more than 3,000 square feet) could be irrigated turfgrass; for commercial, industrial, institutional and multifamily developments, irrigated turfgrass would be limited to no more than 15% of total landscape…
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