City officials blame limited staffing as one of the reasons the ordinance, passed in 1997, is not being enforced now.
Sam Kmack Tucson has failed to enforce a policy meant to preserve native plants like saguaros for at least the past 20 years, a shortcoming that officials said saps limited groundwater, hinders the city’s climate goals and wreaks havoc on the area’s iconic Southwestern landscape.
“We’ve got this ordinance in place and we’re simply not enforcing it,” said Councilman Steve Kozachik, who raised the issue at Tuesday’s council meeting along with Councilman Kevin Dahl. “If we’re going to be focused on climate this whole climate action plan, and we have ordinances in place that are specifically intended to address that, then we need to walk the talk.”
Officials said the department is struggling to carry out its basic functions, like issuing construction permits, so making the time to count the number of native plants on a lot hasn’t been easy. The new staffers might be tasked with enforcing the native plant ordinance as well, though officials doubt that’s enough to turn things around. Future positions might also be hard to fill because the highly-skilled roles require expertise about local plants and landscaping.
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