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ORDINANCE #26-XXX <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF <br />MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 (NUISANCES) <br />AND CHAPTER 106 (ZONING CODE) <br /> <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey Ordains: <br /> <br />Underlined text is inserted into City Code. <br />Strikethrough text is deleted from City Code. <br /> <br /> <br />SECTION 1. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of <br />Ramsey. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 30 (NUISANCE CODE). <br /> <br />The following portion of Chapter 30, Section 1 (Definitions), is amended as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 30-1. – Definitions <br /> <br />Acceptable prairie restoration means an area of semi or continuous ground cover consisting of <br />native grasses and forbs, with an identified plant species matrix that does not include identified, <br />state-listed noxious weeds or invasive non-native plants. With respect to any undesirable plants, <br />the establishment and long-term maintenance plan shall address the eradication measures to be <br />employed. <br /> <br />Managed natural landscape means a planned, intentional and maintained planting of native or <br />non-native grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs, or trees, including but not limited to rain <br />gardens, meadow vegetation, and ornamental plantings. It does not include turf-grass lawns left <br />unattended or unmaintained for the purpose of returning to a natural state. <br /> <br />Meadow vegetation means grasses and flowering broad-leaf plants that are native to, or adapted <br />to, the State of Minnesota, and that are commonly found in meadow and prairie plant <br />communities, excluding noxious weeds. <br /> <br />Noxious weeds shall have the meaning assigned by Minnesota Statutes, Section 18.77, Subd. 8. <br /> <br />The following portion of Chapter 30, Section 3 (Property Conditions), is amended as follows: <br />