City of Saint Paul - File #: Ord 19-69

• File #: Ord 19-69
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/4/2019
• Title: Amending Section 105.04 of the Legislative Code to aid construction of boulevard rain gardens.
• Sponsors: Amy Brendmoen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/9/2019	2	Mayor's Office	Signed
12/4/2019	2	City Council	Adopted	Pass
11/20/2019	2	City Council	Public Hearing Closed; Laid Over to Fourth Reading/Final Adoption	Pass
11/6/2019	2	City Council	Laid Over to Third Reading/Public Hearing
10/23/2019	2	City Council	Laid Over to Second Reading

Title
Amending Section 105.04 of the Legislative Code to aid construction of boulevard rain gardens.

Body


SECTION 1

WHEREAS, the City of St. Paul enacted Section 105.04 of the Legilstaive Code to allow property owners to plant and maintain the boulevard areas adjoining their property in a manner which enhances and imporves the aesthetic appearance of city streets, avenues and alleys; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to make minor amendments to Section 105.04 to clarify and modify the restrictions on where plantings are permitted; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:

SECTION 2

The Saint Paul Legislative Code Section 105.04 is hereby amended.

Sec. 105.04. - Boulevard planting.

(a) Purpose. It is the purpose and intent of the city to allow property owners to plant and maintain the boulevard areas adjoining their property in a manner which enhances and improves the aesthetic appearance of city streets, avenues and alleys.
(b) Definitions.
Boulevard shall mean the public right-of-way lying between the property line and sidewalk, and between the sidewalk and the roadway, or where no sidewalk exists, between the property line and the roadway.
Boulevard plantings shall mean plantings that do not meet the definition of boulevard rain garden.
Boulevard rain garden shall mean a landscaped depressed area that can hold stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces while it infiltrates into the soil below.
Drip line shall mean an imaginary vertical line that extends from the outermost branches of a tree's canopy to the ground.
Noxious weeds shall mean the annual, biennial and perennial plants which are deemed by the commissioner of agriculture to be injurious to public health, environment, public roads, crops, livestock and other property, as set forth in Minn. Rules 1505.0730, including but not limited to: Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed), Cannabis sativa (hemp), Rhus radicans (poison i...