Gardening should be permitted to the curb, with height and set\u002Dback restrictions the same as those for fences.
The proposed changes still require having a lawn in areas where there are no sidewalks. This disproportionately affects certain neighbourhoods, such as older parts of Alta Vista and Westboro, as well as parts of newer suburban neighbourhoods farther from downtown, such as Kanata.
There are lots of good reasons to update this bylaw. Some of the city’s stated objectives include encouraging pollinator gardens and plant diversity, and increasing the land’s capacity to absorb storm water and withstand drought. More gardens and less grass and paved areas is worthwhile. The proposed changes even include preventing people from growing invasive plants on the right-of-way.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Under the proposed changes, no gardening is to be permitted within one metre of a road where there is no curb. What if you don’t currently have any grass, and thus don’t own a lawn mower? This requirement goes against the city’s stated intention of increasing biodiversity and reducing monocultures such as mown grass.
Gardening should be permitted to the curb, with height and set-back restrictions the same as those for fences, to preserve sight-lines for turning vehicles. A height restriction of 30 cm around fire hydrants, and one metre adjacent to roads and sidewalks would seem to meet safety requirements. Requiring mown grass runs counter to the intent of the amendment.
Ensuring driver visibility and access to fire hydrants is important, but there is no rationale for treating neighbourhoods without curbs differently under the law., has a PhD in social and ecological sustainability and is the secretary and communications strategist for the
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