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Residents and conservation groups press council to add height exemption for pollinator and naturalistic gardens
Summary
Speakers at public forum urged council to amend Charlotte's overgrown vegetation rule to exempt native meadows and pollinator gardens from the 12-inch height limit; several speakers asked council to refer a formal ordinance change to committee.
At the councilpublic forum, students, wildlife advocates and members of the Coalition to Protect Urban Nature urged City Council to amend Charlotte code that makes it unlawful to allow grass, weeds or vegetation taller than a specified limit. Student speaker Celia Call cited declines in pollinator populations and said Charlotte has made pollinator commitments through Bee City USA but that the citycode (Chapter 10, Article 3, Division 4, Sec. 10-155 was…
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