<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">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.</font><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">Thanks,</font></div><div class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">Corrin Meise-Munns</font></div><div class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">Assistant Town Manager / Planning & Community Development Director</font></div><div class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">Town of Longmeadow</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br><br>
6. Drought Tolerant Landscaping Requirements (Stephanie Davies)<br> <br>
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Message: 6<br>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:49:49 -0400<br>
From: "Stephanie Davies" <<a href="mailto:seniorplanner@cityofattleboro.us" target="_blank">seniorplanner@cityofattleboro.us</a>><br>
To: <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>><br>
Subject: [Massplanners] Drought Tolerant Landscaping Requirements<br>
Message-ID: <001f01d8b6ff$9857db80$c9079280$@<a href="http://cityofattleboro.us" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">cityofattleboro.us</a>><br>
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Hello fellow planners,<br>
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We are wondering if any communities have landscaping ordinances/by-laws that<br>
require drought-tolerant plantings or limit lawn area, for example? We are<br>
starting internal discussions on this topic and would love to reference any<br>
examples.<br>
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Thank you!<br>
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-Stephanie <br>
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Stephanie Davies<br>
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Senior Land Use Planner<br>
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City of Attleboro<br>
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77 Park Street<br>
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Attleboro, MA 02703<br>
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508.223.2222, ext. 3144<br>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Corrin Meise-Munns</b> <i><font color="#444444">(she/her)</font></i><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">Assistant Town Manager / Director of Planning & Community Development</span><font color="#444444"><i><br></i></font><div><div><font color="#444444">Town of Longmeadow, MA</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">(413) 565-4110</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>