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Forest Lake Council approves revisions to landscape rules, adopts ordinances 757 and 758

Forest Lake City Council · August 26, 2025
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Summary

The Forest Lake City Council approved two ordinances (No. 757 and No. 758) that consolidate and ease landscaping requirements in the zoning code, creating more flexibility for developers and retaining a fund for tree-mitigation in public places.

Forest Lake City Council on the night of the meeting approved two ordinances that reorganize the city’s landscape regulations to reduce the quantity of required plant materials and make mitigation more flexible.

Community development staff presented the zoning-code update, describing it as an effort to consolidate landscape standards that had been scattered through multiple sections. “I…

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