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Major Site Plan for Marion Soccer Academy - Waiver Request to Major Site Plan in Review
11638 S US HWY 301 Belleview
Project #2024020094 #31215 Parcel #39151-000-00
Abshier Engineering
LDC 6.11.4.B - Cross Access
CODE states Cross Access (Parallel Access). (1) Cross access is required to reduce the use of the public street system, provide for movement between adjacent and complementary land uses, limit access to Arterial and Collector roads, and minimize full median openings. Cross access shall be shown on the plans and shall be established through a public easement. (2) Cross access shall be provided and constructed for all commercial, industrial, and multi-family residential development on arterial and collector roads unless it is determined by the County Engineer to not be practical or reasonable due to adjacent features, specific type of development, or the potential development of the adjacent property.
APPLICANT states this site is to be used to teach children to play soccer. The fields will be Astroturf and the facility gated to protect the fields. Traffic for adjacent parcels is a concern with all the children at the site. This is like a school or county park which are not required cross access for the same reason.
LDC 6.8.7.A - Parking areas and vehicular use areas
CODE states A minimum five-foot wide landscape area consisting of shrubs and groundcovers, excluding turfgrass, shall be provided around the perimeter of parking areas to form a landscape screen with a minimum height of three feet achieved within one year of planting. A land use buffer that abuts a parking area may satisfy this requirement.
LDC 6.8.7.D(2) - Parking areas and vehicular use areas
CODE states All parking lot islands, including terminal parking lot islands, shall contain one shade tree unless site lighting fixtures are proposed in said island. Double parking lot islands (where double-loaded parking bays are proposed) shall contain two shade trees.
LDC 6.8.7.E - Parking areas and vehicular use areas
CODE states Each row of parking spaces shall be terminated by a landscaped island.
APPLICANT states the parking areas are proposed to be grass. No 5-foot landscape strip or end of the parking row islands are needed. There are trees shown at the end of the parking areas.
LDC 6.8.8.A. & B. - Building landscaping
CODE states A. Landscape plantings shall be provided along the public view sides of all proposed structures to reduce the monotony of large blank walls, reduce heat gain and glare, and enhance the aesthetic appearance of the building. B. Landscape areas shall be provided adjacent to or within 25 feet from the building walls and shall extend along 60 percent of the total length of the wall, excluding those areas required for access to the building.
APPLICANT states the only "building" proposed is a small bathroom. It is behind a cargo container that is 8 feet wide that will be used for storage and concession. No food to be cooked.
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