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i. <br />AGENDA SESSION <br />Ttem ��2 <br />� ' <br />♦ . ,, ,` � <br />'I'om �Iounds View Pla.rnxing Commission �-, <br />Fra�o Pamela Sheldon, CommuniYy Development Director �� � <br />f <br />.�i1fl�J���e .�p—��.Z�g% <br />Ordiriance I�to. 594: Aiiowing wetland and naiive ve��iation to be exempted from �he <br />requirement for rnowing grasses aver �" in heighfi <br />I�at�o February 28, 1997 <br />IVieetirrg of �iiarch 5, 1997 <br />At the meeting on Febr�aary 24, 1997, City Cou�c� tabled first readiri� of Ord°ulance IVo. 594 and <br />requested fiarther revisions. This ord°uzance would provide five exempf�ons #o the usuaI <br />requirement to mow "tall grasses" in excess of eight inches. The ex�mptions would include fihe <br />following situations: <br />i. Native wetland vegetation fouzrd ir� floodpla.�ns, drainage ponds or ditches which s�ore <br />and convey stormwater <br />2. Aiative vegetation found an naiurai areas wiuch are part of public open space, parks and <br />nature centers. <br />Natural plantings, weiland and meadow vegetation indigenous to 1Viuuiesota, grown on <br />any occupied Iot or parcel of land and maintained as part of a la.ridscape treaiment or <br />garden area approved by the Direcior of Communi�y Deveiopment. <br />4. An ar�a where the land and vegetation appear not to have been �raded, landscaped, <br />mowed or otherwise disturbed by human or mechanical means at any time. <br />Prairie land restoration by an educational institution or public agency, in areas of ai least <br />f ve acres <br />A concern was expressed at the Council meeting about #3 above, in that areas lefi nat�ral on <br />individual Iots in developed residential neighborhoods may become an annoyance io th� neighbors <br />and that we wer� openirgg the door to a coniinuing problem. There w�s concem expressed about <br />naiive vegetation spreading into neighbors' yards. <br />