2024 Rahn Way -Plans & Approval Low Maint MowMary Granley
From: Mary Granley
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:10 AM
To: 'danp@cvchurch.org'
Subject: Approval for Low Maintenance Mowing - 2024 Rahn Way
Attachments: MEMO & STDS FOR LOW MAINT MOWING PROGRAM DEC 2010.docx; 2024 Rahn Rd
Low Maint Mowing site plan.pdf
Dan,
Thank you for considering a Low Maintenance Mowing program for Cedar Valley Church at
2024 Rahn Way. Please proceed with your program as submitted on the site plan complying
with the standards we discussed, as attached.
Thank you,
Mary Granley
Mary Granley 1 Senior Code Enforcement Technician 1 City of Eagan
City Hall 13830 Pilot Knob Road I Eagan, MN 55122 I (651) 675-5690 I (651) 675-5694 (Fax) I mgranlevCa)citvofeagan.com
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City of Bad Nano
To: Jon Hohenstein, Director of Community Development
Mike Ridley, City Planner
From: Mary Granley, Code Enforcement
Date: December 20, 2010
Subject: Low Maintenance Mowing Program Standards toward GreenSteps
Cities Recognition
Attached are standards that have been reviewed by the Engineering, Forestry, Park
Maintenance, Fire, Water Resources and Community Developments Departments.
These standards have been determined by staff as the "best practices" approach to
low maintenance mowing of a property, while still providing for health and safety of
the general public.
These are the standards we would like to pursue in the spring when the growing
season begins.
LOW MAINTENANCE MOWING PROGRAM STANDARDS
The City is supportive of Low Maintenance Mowing Programs that benefit the
environment, while at the same time providing a less expensive approach to turf
maintenance for the owner. It is important to note that there is no such thing as a "no
maintenance" mowing program. Any program implemented would require at best a
minimum amount of maintenance, and the impact on health and safety of individuals
must be considered. Following are basic standards to apply to a Low Maintenance
Mowing Program:
• Continuously remove any trash or refuse that taller plants tend to gather
• Maintain turf grass to a height of 8" or Tess within 30' of all structures (buildings,
sheds, etc.)
• Keep street sightlines clear at intersections, driveways, entrances, parking lots,
etc. by mowing and maintaining a minimum of 3' from back of curb
• Maintain walkway and pathway edging to a height of 8" or less within 8-12" of
walkways and pathways for pedestrian safety
• Control/flail mow twice a year to eliminate and control woody plant materials on
commercial properties
X • Maintain fence and property line vegetation to a height of 8" of Tess within 5' of
the fence and property lines
• No excess soil, vegetation or debris should collect within catch basins or other
water drainage collection systems; inspect infiltration basins for excess sediment
and debris on a semi-annual basis if catch basins or other water drainage
collection systems are present on the property
• Low maintenance mowing properties will be marked with informational signage
indicating participation in the program; 6" x 6" signs shall state "Low
Maintenance Mowing" and will be placed at entrance points to the site
• Manage any prohibited or restricted noxious weeds and specially regulated
plants as determined by MN Statute 18.78 in the non -mowed areas by cutting,
hand -pulling or chemical control, or controlling the weed spread, as follows;
Eradicate List (all above and below ground parts of the plant must be
destroyed)
o Yellow Starthistle
o Grecian Foxglove
o Oriental Bittersweet
Controlled List (destroy all propagating parts and prevent seed
maturation and dispersal, thereby reducing established populations and
preventing reproduction and spread)
o Purple Loosestrife
o Garlic Mustard
o Spotted Knapweed
o Leafy Spurge
o Wild Parsnip
o Common Tansy
o Canada Thistle
o Musk Thistle
o Plumeless Thistle
State Restricted Noxious Weeds (prevent their spread by prohibiting the
importation, sale, and transportation of their propagating parts in the
state except as allowed by MN Statute)
o Common or European Buckthorn
o Glossy Buckthorn
State Specially Regulated Plant (must be eradicated for public safety
along rights-of-way, trails, public accesses, business properties open to
the public or on any lands where public access for business or commerce
is granted; must be eradicated along property borders when neighboring
landowners' request)
o Poison Ivy
• Other areas of concern will be considered and maintained as they have been
historically
o Low maintenance is not the same as prairie restoration, which is
addressed in Sec. 10.21 of the City Code
o Steep slopes are impractical to mow, but must be maintained for refuse
and noxious weeds
o Native natural buffers around wetlands are positive for the environment
o Large unmaintained areas in parks are not mowed as they are simply too
large, there is no good reason to do so, and this program is consistent
with the Park's goal of letting nature take its course
o Weed control within all large unmaintained City-owned areas is
inconsistent, there are hundreds of acres, it would take too many staff to
get the work done, and although flail mowing is used on some sites,
spraying and pulling are not practical in all instances