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Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass, by creating a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass is amended by adding a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to read as follows:
Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes
(a) Definitions
As used in this Section, certain terms are defined as follows:
"Invasive Plant" means any plant species identified as invasive by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Act.
"Managed Natural Landscape" means a planned, intentional, and maintained planting of plants native to Pennsylvania and its climate and soil conditions, including but not limited to rain, native, and pollinator gardens.
"Native Plant" means any plant species that is indigenous to Pennsylvania and its ecoregions according to Level III of the Environmental Protection Agency's designated Ecoregions of North America. This shall include native trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, clubmosses, sedges, rushes, herbaceous perennials, and annuals.
"Native Garden" means a planned, intentional planting of plants native to Pennsylvania and its climate and soil conditions.
"Pollinator Garden" means a garden designed to support pollinators, such as butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds, by providing a variety of plant species that provide food, water, and shelter for pollinators.
"Rain Garden" means an excavated shallow surface depression planted with specifically selected native plants to treat and capture runoff.
"Turfgrass Lawn" means a lawn comprised of grasses commonly used in regularly cut or mowed lawns or active recreation...
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