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Neighborhood Business Park at Palm Cay - Waiver Request to Major Site Plan in Review
Project #2022070089 #31579 Parcel #35770-055-21
Kimley-Horn & Associates
LDC 6.8.8.B - Building landscaping
CODE states 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 requests waiver to allow less than 60 percent minimum screening of building due to proposed use and bay doors on each unit.
LDC 6.8.6.K(2) - Buffers
CODE states B-Type buffer shall consist of a 20-foot wide landscape strip with a buffer wall. The buffer shall contain at least two shade trees and three accent/ornamental trees for every 100 lineal feet or fractional part thereof. Shrubs and groundcovers, excluding turfgrass, shall comprise at least 50 percent of the required buffer.
APPLICANT requests waiver from buffer wall requirement and to allow existing trees and natural vegetation to be used towards the buffer plant material requirements. Buffer trees were noted to be saved during mass grading of the site.
LDC 6.8.7.A. - Parking areas and vehicular use areas
CODE states A. 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.
APPLICANT requests waiver from hedge planting requirements along the southern edge of the parking as it is interior to the site and will be adequately screened by the southern buffer.
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