Bill Gentile Jun 18 2025 at 6:33AM on page 1
Suggested Revision
Please prioritize the effort to revise Ogden regulations to allow Ogden City resident participation in the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District available rebates - in particular, the Landscape Lawn Exchange program, which is intended to remove landscape lawn and replace it with low-water landscape materials including low-water plants, to create attractive, low-water alternatives to grass areas. Ogden City has yet to qualify for this program, as Ogden has not adopted the minimum requirements for landscape ordinances to include:
Areas within the public right of way between the curb and gutter and the sidewalk shall not be landscaped with lawn.
Lawn areas will not be allowed in areas that are less than 8 ft wide at its narrowest point.
Lawn areas will not exceed 35% of the front and side yard landscaped areas for single-family residential.
New commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family developments shall not have lawn areas that exceed 15% of the total landscaped area, outside of designated active recreational areas that meet District design and landscape standards.
As such, Ogden residents are unable to participate, improve upon their properties, and conserve thousands of gallons of both culinary and secondary water.
For more info: link
Areas within the public right of way between the curb and gutter and the sidewalk shall not be landscaped with lawn.
Lawn areas will not be allowed in areas that are less than 8 ft wide at its narrowest point.
Lawn areas will not exceed 35% of the front and side yard landscaped areas for single-family residential.
New commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-family developments shall not have lawn areas that exceed 15% of the total landscaped area, outside of designated active recreational areas that meet District design and landscape standards.
As such, Ogden residents are unable to participate, improve upon their properties, and conserve thousands of gallons of both culinary and secondary water.
For more info: link
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