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Forest Lake Council approves two ordinances simplifying landscape regulations

Forest Lake City Council · July 31, 2025
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Summary

The council approved ordinances 7 57 and 7 58 consolidating and streamlining the city’s landscaping requirements to reduce excessive plant-quantity mandates and add flexibility; the Planning Commission recommended approval and the motion carried unanimously.

Forest Lake — The city council voted to approve two ordinances, numbered 7 57 and 7 58, that reorganize and simplify the city’s landscaping regulations in the zoning code.

City staff said the update is part of a larger zoning-code architecture project intended to consolidate scattered landscape rules into a single, clearer chapter. According to staff, the revisions aim to…

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