Any such appeal shall be made and processed in accordance with appeal procedures set forth in Section 1007 of the ordinances of this City with regard to appeals to the Zoning Appeals Board.
Upon receipt of a timely notice of appeal, the Building Commissioner shall schedule a date for a public hearing thereon before the General Appeals Board. The Building Commissioner shall give written notice of the appeal and of public hearing on that appeal to the applicant and to each owner of real property within 200 feet of the lot on which the nature area, or the desired nature area, is or is proposed to be located. For the applicant, notice of the public hearing shall be sent by ordinary US mail to the address set forth on the notice of appeal. For all other parties entitled to notice of the public hearing, it shall be sufficient to provide notice by ordinary US mail addressed to the party’s then-current tax mailing address on file with the Montgomery County Auditor, or by any other method reasonably calculated to reach the intended recipient.
(c)Determinations by the City Manager that public or private property is or is not to be designated as public park nature area or private lot nature area shall be effective for one year at a time plus such additional number of days, weeks or months as may elapse until a new determination is made.
551.07 MANAGED NATURAL LANDSCAPE AREAS.
(a)An owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of any privately owned lands may, consistent with this subsection and all other applicable laws, statutes, rules, and ordinances, install and maintain a managed natural landscape area, provided that no such area may be installed or maintained upon the right-of-way strip between the sidewalk and street.
(b)Height requirement. The height restrictions provided in Section 551.02 shall not apply to natural plants, other than turf-grasses or noxious weeds, on privately owned, occupied residential property and properties contiguous to the privately owned, occupied residential property provided that such contiguous properties are owned by the same individual, when such natural plants are part of a managed natural landscape area. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to permit plant material of a height that causes an obstruction to appropriate roadway visibility, as regulated by Section 907 of the Oakwood Streets and Public Services Code, or plant material that by reason of its height is otherwise unsafe or hazardous to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(c)Overhanging vegetation. Managed natural landscaped areas shall not be permitted to overhang or encroach onto any public or private properties, or public sidewalks, streets, or alleys adjacent to the lot, tract or parcel on which they are planted. With the exception of trees, all vegetation in the right-of-way strip between the sidewalk and street must be kept at a height of less than eight (8) inches.
551.99 PENALTY.