New landscaping requirements, including two shade trees per new home lot
Summary
New single-family and duplex lots will need two shade trees — one in the front yard — and buffer rules were cleaned up, including dropping shared-buffer requirements and letting landscape architects seal buffer plans. The board also softened the parking-lot shrub height back to 18 inches to keep plant variety and costs reasonable.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed May 18, 2026.
Impact analysis
Builders and developers face added planting costs per lot, though testimony suggested the requirements were reduced from more expensive earlier drafts.
Homebuyers and neighborhoods, who get shadier, better-looking streetscapes.
Developers, who absorb the planting and maintenance costs.
Mentions & discussions (1)
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Marion County
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.