The faction of the Greens in the Erding City Council wants to get a ban on stone or gravel gardens.
To this end, parliamentary group leader Herbert Maier has sent an application to Mayor Max Gotz (CSU), which is available to our newspaper.
Erding - The Greens want to write the ban in all development plans and building permits.
In his justification, Maier points out "that unfortunately more and more rock gardens are being created that do not offer a habitat for insects, birds, hedgehogs and so on".
These had a negative effect on natural diversity and the microclimate.
The parliamentary group also refers to the legal regulation according to which "undeveloped areas must be left capable of absorbing water".
Many gravel gardens, according to Maier, are, however, laid out on foil or fleece.
The area is then largely sealed.
"Such gravel gardens therefore violate the current legal situation," says Maier.
In addition, there is a greening requirement in the building regulations, which means that areas have to be greened or planted.
Indeed, rock gardens are very much in fashion at the moment, and you can see more and more in Erding.
They are considered to be particularly easy to care for.
The same applies to artificial turf in gardens, which is also being seen more and more frequently.
If the city council were to force itself to ban it, it would not be alone.
Baden-Württemberg, for example, has imposed a nationwide ban.
But even large cities such as Dortmund, Erlangen, Würzburg and Bremen no longer allow this design.
In the region there are bans in Poing, Haar, Unterschleißheim, Fürstenfeldbruck and Peißenberg, among others.
The topic is now affecting the municipalities because the Bavarian building regulations have been changed and allow town halls more freedom of choice.
Building Minister Kerstin Schreyer believes local solutions are better than a nationwide ban.
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