A stand of bamboo can continue to screen the hawks and herons that eat the excess fish in a backyard Bloomington water feature.
That was ruling from Bloomington’s three-member board of public works at its Tuesday meeting.
In the first week of September, Bloomington resident Carolyn Geduld had been cited by the city’s housing and neighborhood development (HAND) department for allowing the bamboo to grow on her property in the southeast part of town. It was a warning that the HAND department issued, not a fine
Under Bloomington’s city code, bamboo is defined as an invasive species and cannot be planted or maintained on a property.
Geduld appealed her notice of violation. And the city’s legal department was persuaded by her argument.
Assistant city attorney Chris Wheeler addressed the board in support of the appeal. Geduld attended Tuesday’s board of public works meeting, but did not address the board.
The key to winning over the legal department was not the hawks and herons that Geduld described in her appeal, but the fact that the bamboo was confined to a structure where it could not spread. Continue reading “Bloomington board of public works notebook: Boxed-in bamboo wins appeal”