[Massplanners] Drought Tolerant Landscaping Requirements

[Corrin Meise-Munns]

Longmeadow is interested in this as well. I went through SITES
accreditation a few years ago, and it seems to me that many of the
Sustainable SITES Initiative's principles could be adopted into Subdivision
Rules and Regulations and the landscaping criteria housed in Zoning code,
without having to require total SITES certification of projects. Provided,
of course, that there is political will to do so.

Thanks,
Corrin Meise-Munns
Assistant Town Manager / Planning & Community Development Director
Town of Longmeadow


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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:49:49 -0400
> From: "Stephanie Davies" <seniorplanner at cityofattleboro.us>
> To: <massplanners at masscptc.org>
> Subject: [Massplanners] Drought Tolerant Landscaping Requirements
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> Hello fellow planners,
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> We are wondering if any communities have landscaping ordinances/by-laws
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> require drought-tolerant plantings or limit lawn area, for example?  We are
> starting internal discussions on this topic and would love to reference any
> examples.
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> Thank you!
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> -Stephanie
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> Stephanie Davies
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> Senior Land Use Planner
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> City of Attleboro
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> 77 Park Street
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> Attleboro, MA 02703
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> 508.223.2222, ext. 3144
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*Corrin Meise-Munns* *(she/her)*
Assistant Town Manager / Director of Planning & Community Development
Town of Longmeadow, MA
(413) 565-4110
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