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Moore council adopts ordinance allowing city-contracted plantings, charges to water bills for persistent landscaping violations
Summary
The Moore City Council approved Ordinance No. 37-25 to enforce commercial landscaping requirements, allowing the city to hire contractors to plant required trees and shrubs and bill owners via the water bill; administrative abatement fee set at $300.
Moore City Council on June 2 approved Ordinance No. 37-25, amending the Moore Land Development Code to create a formal enforcement and abatement procedure for required landscaping on commercial properties. The ordinance authorizes the city to hire contractors to install trees and shrubs on properties that fail to comply after notice and to place the abatement charge on the property’s water bill instead of filing a lien.
City staff said the change follows rounds of commercial landscaping inspections. "This ordinance would allow the city to hire contractors to have the appropriate amount of trees and shrubs planted for them. And then we would bill the occupants or the property owners," said Elizabeth, a city staff member presenting the item.
The ordinance creates a distinct…
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