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Committee advances update to St. Louis City vegetation ordinance to allow managed native and sustenance gardens
Summary
The Health and Human Development Committee adopted a committee substitute for Board Bill 78, which defines and permits managed native and sustenance gardens, lowers allowable tree-lawn planting height to 24 inches, and tightens fines and fee collection for forestry violations; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation.
Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer, sponsor of Board Bill 78, told the St. Louis City Health and Human Development Committee on July 10 that the measure updates the citys vegetation ordinance to explicitly allow "managed native and sustenance gardens" and to strengthen the rules and fee collection that support Forestry enforcement.
"Today in front of us we have Board Bill 78, which is an update of the City's vegetation ordinance," Schweitzer said, explaining the substitute would add detailed definitions (including "chronic violator" and "meadow vegetation"), set maintenance requirements, and clarify sight-line limits near intersections.
The substitute reduces the maximum allowed plant height in the tree lawn from 36 inches to 24 inches and sets parameters for plantings that would remain outside the public right-of-way. Schweitzer said the bill also tightens…
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