HomeMy WebLinkAboutLandscape Comments 050820MEMORANDUM
TO: MONTE MOORE, ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
FROM: TRACY SPILLMAN, PLANS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR
SUBJECT: REVIEW OF THE BUFFER AND LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE APRIL 22, 2020, SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE MEETING
CC: TIM HERNDON, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
DATE: MAY 08, 2020
1. 1300 Centerview Dr (S- 1876)
1. No Comment
2. SWC of Potter St and West 30th St (Z- 9517)
1. Any new site development must comply with the City’s minimal landscape and
buffer ordinance requirements.
2. A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that
abuts adjoining property, or the right-of-way of any street. This strip shall be at
least nine (9) feet wide. One (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines shall be planted
for every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip.
3. Screening requirements will need to be met for the vehicular use areas adjacent to
street right-of-way. Provide screening shrubs with an average linear spacing of not
less at three (3) feet within the required landscape area. Provide trees with an
average linear spacing of not less than thirty (30) feet.
4. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as
feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements
can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger.
3. Vernon Estates Drive (Z-9514)
1. Any new site development must comply with the City’s minimal landscape and
buffer ordinance requirements.
2. A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that
abuts adjoining property, or the right-of-way of any street. This strip shall be at
least nine (9) feet wide. One (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines shall be planted
for every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip.
3. A land use buffer six (6) percent of the average width / depth of the lot will be
required when an adjacent property has a dissimilar use of a more restrictive nature.
The maximum width of the required buffer is fifty (50) feet. As a component of all
land use buffer requirements, opaque screening, whether a fence or other device, a
minimum of six (6) feet in height shall be required upon the property line side of
the buffer. Easements cannot count toward fulfilling this requirement. The
plantings, existing and purposed, shall be provided within the landscape ordinance
of the city, section 15-81.
The site averages approximately 800 feet in width. A minimum forty-eight (48)
foot buffer is required. The south buffer area is deficient.
Screening requirements will need to be met adjacent to the residential zoned
properties.
4. Building landscape areas shall be provided between the vehicular use area used for
public parking and the general vicinity of the building. These shall be provided at
the rate equivalent to planter strip three (3) feet wide along the vehicular use area.
One (1) tree and four (4) shrubs shall be planted in the building landscape areas for
each forty (40) linear feet of vehicular use area abutting the building.
5. An automatic irrigation system to water landscaped areas shall be required for
developments of one (1) acre or larger.
6. The development of two (2) acres or more requires the landscape plan to be
stamped with the seal of a Registered Landscape Architect.
7. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as
feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements
can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger.