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, <br /> Item No. <br /> Staff'Report No. 97—.20 C <br /> Meeting Date: 3/24/97 <br /> Type of Business: CB <br /> • WK Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; <br /> CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: James Ericson, Planning Associate <br /> Item Title/Subject: Introduction for First Reading of Ordinance No. 594,An Ordinance <br /> Amending Chapters 606, 607 and 1005 of the Mounds View <br /> Municipal Code Related to the Requirement to Mow Tall Grasses and <br /> Creating an Exemption for Wetland and Native Vegetation; Planning <br /> Case No. SP-012-97 <br /> Date of Report: March 20, 1997 <br /> Summary: <br /> At your meeting on February 24, the City Council conducted the public hearing on this ordinance <br /> and then tabled first reading. The ordinance as proposed at that time would give the following <br /> 4110 exemptions to the requirement to mow"tall grasses" in excess of eight inches: <br /> 1. Native wetland vegetation found in floodplains, drainage ponds or ditches which store <br /> and convey stormwater <br /> 2. Native vegetation found in natural areas which are part of public open space, parks and <br /> nature centers. <br /> 3. Natural plantings, wetland and meadow vegetation indigenous to Minnesota, grown on <br /> any occupied lot or parcel of land and maintained as part of a landscape treatment or <br /> garden area approved by the Director of Community Development. <br /> 4. An area where the land and vegetation appear not to have been graded, landscaped, <br /> mowed or otherwise disturbed by human or mechanical means at any time. <br /> 5. Prairie land restoration by an educational institution or public agency, in areas of at least <br /> five acres <br /> A concern was expressed at the Council meeting about#3 above, in that areas left natural on <br /> individual lots in developed residential neighborhoods may become an annoyance to the neighbors <br /> and that the City would be opening the door to a continuing problem. There was concern <br /> • expressed about native vegetation spreading into neighbors' yards. City Council suggested that <br /> Planning Commission discuss the proposed ordinance further and provide additional input. <br />