Highland residents can now care for open space parcels

August 22, 2017, 5:39 pm

By Linda Petersen

HIGHLAND—On June 20, the city council formalized an arrangement for open space maintenance by residents by approving an amendment to the Private Maintenance of Public Open Space Property Ordinance. The amendment requires a resident to submit a petition (an open space subdivision maintenance plan) for such an arrangement. The plan would identify the property which is eligible for maintenance, the type and level of landscape improvements and any conditions associated with private maintenance of the property.

For many years the city had a moratorium on open space agreements where residents could maintain open city space adjacent to their properties. Generally, city leaders preferred to sell open space remnants rather than deal with maintenance agreements. However in some cases, the open space cannot be sold since there are utility easements and other conditions that require that the city retain ownership of them.

In January the city council approved an ordinance allowing for private maintenance agreements for those kinds of parcels, after a resident asked them to remove the moratorium.

In a case where two residents have open space between them, priority would be given to the resident who lives in the subdivision in which the open space was dedicated.

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Highland residents can now care for open space parcels

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