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Oyster Bay Town bamboo regulation hearing scheduled

Wednesday July 25, 2012 4:52 PM By Bill Bleyer

Bamboo grows in the Town of Huntington. (June

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin

Oyster Bay Town on Tuesday moved to join other Long Island municipalities that regulate the planting of bamboo as an invasive species.

The town board scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 14 on amendments to the town code to regulate the planting of bamboo on residential and commercial properties.

The new rules would prohibit planting or growing bamboo unless the root system is entirely...

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