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Commission approves alternate landscaping plan for Dawson Forest development with two-year maintenance condition
Summary
The planning commission approved an alternate landscaping plan proposed by Powell Property Group that substitutes fruit, fragrance and flowering plantings for the county's tree-density calculation, with a condition to secure a two-year landscape maintenance bond or similar surety.
The Dawson County Planning Commission approved a variance (VA 25-20) allowing an alternate landscaping plan for outparcels of the Dawson Forest development, permitting a design that emphasizes fruit, fragrant and flowering plantings rather than strictly meeting the county's existing tree-density formula.
The applicant, Dennis Powell of Powell Property Group, described a landscaping approach that uses blueberries, raspberries, low-growing groundcovers, Kousa dogwoods…
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