Hedges Ordinance
Summary
The city is rewriting its hedge rules with a 100-foot 'bona fide complainant' radius, clearer height definitions and citywide maintenance requirements. Council wants the height-measurement language tightened before a first reading next week; residents worry the complaint limits suppress reporting.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 8, 2026.
Impact analysis
Any administrative design review process was shelved partly over cost; a full-cost-recovery filing fee of roughly $1,000 was floated.
Residents whose safety views are blocked by overgrown hedges, and hedge owners who get clearer, enforceable rules.
Complainants living more than 100 feet from an alleged violation, whose complaints would only be logged informally.
Mentions & discussions (5)
City Council — September 8, 2026
A new ordinance would add a chapter to the municipal code specifically regulating hedges, introduced for a first reading.
City Council — September 1, 2026
The city is rewriting its hedge rules with a 100-foot 'bona fide complainant' radius, clearer height definitions and citywide maintenance requirements. Council wants the height-measurement language tightened before a first reading next week; residents worry the complaint limits suppress reporting.
City Council — July 21, 2026
Complaints from a single prolific filer prompted a rewrite of the city's hedge rules. The council is keeping the 42-inch front limit but making complaints come from genuinely affected neighbors and clarifying how height is measured on sloped lots.
City Council — July 14, 2026
A resident proposed a twice-yearly mailer to cut hedge and sight-line complaints and opposed any enforcement pause; the council will take up the hedge ordinance July 21.
City Council — June 2, 2026
Dozens of North Redondo residents say the hedge ordinance (10.10.2.1524) is ambiguous and being weaponized by complaints from a single non-neighbor, forcing removal of decades-old landscaping. Speakers asked for a pause on enforcement, a bona fide-neighbor complaint requirement, clear measurable standards, and an appeal process.
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