Fiscal Note
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Amending Section 27.05 of the Madison General Ordinances to create registration and enforcement systems for Native Tall Grass Lawn Areas and refine other lawn maintenance provisions within the Section.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This amendment repeals, renumbers, and creates certain provisions within Section 27.05(2)(f) allowing for Native Tall Grass Lawn Areas on privately owned property within the City of Madison pursuant to applicable registration and regulation, while also streamlining other lawn maintenance provisions found within Section 27.05. The provisions repealed primarily include references to Land Management Plans as they related to natural landscape areas. The provisions renumbered and/or created include defining what a Native Tall Grass Lawn Area is, the policy rationales underlying the enactment of this legislation, as well as a comprehensive registration and enforcement system by which all property owners desiring to have a Native Tall Grass Lawn Area must abide.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (1) of Section 27.05 entitled “Safe and Sanitary Maintenance of Property” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as follows:
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to recognize the private and public benefits resulting from the safe, sanitary and attractive responsible maintenance of residential and nonresidential buildings, structures, yards, and terraces or vacant areas. Safe, attractive and well-maintained property will enhance the neighborhood and City and provide a suitable environment for increasing physical and monetary values as well as preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
2. Subdivision (d) of Subsection (2) of Section 27.05 entitled “Safe and Sanitary Maintenance of Property of the Madison General Ordinances is amended as fol...
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