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Committee debates landscaping guide changes and Heritage Oak permit rules
Summary
The EPRC reviewed a revised landscaping guide with added wildfire-protection language and spent significant time on proposed changes to the Heritage Oak Ordinance, including permit procedure, arborist fees, neighbor notice, replacement planting requirements and possible increases to the diameter threshold for a "heritage oak."
Committee members spent a sustained portion of the Feb. 3 meeting reviewing version 2.1 of the town landscaping guide and proposed changes to the Heritage Oak Ordinance.
The landscaping guide discussion centered on wildfire-protection edits: recommended defensible-space clearances (debated between 5 feet and 10 feet in certain subzones), "clumping" guidance for vegetation, and references to CAL FIRE and Fire Safe Council materials for illustrations. One committee presenter said the…
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