Legislation Details

File #: 2026-24854   
Type: New Business Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/23/2026 Meeting Body Development Review Committee
On agenda: 10/26/2026 Final action:
Title: McDonald’s – Silver Springs – Major Site Plan 00113 – Waiver Request to Buffers Parcel #: 32395-004-00 #WaiverPIR-001497-2026 Common Oak Engineering LDC 6.8.6.K(3) Buffers CODE states C-Type buffer shall consist of a 15-foot wide landscape strip without 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 and form a layered landscape screen with a minimum height of three feet achieved within one year. APPLICANT waiver requested for relief from the 50% groundcover and shrubs requirement due to an existing swale and electric easement for the west and north buffers. Also requesting relief from the standard numerical tree counts due to the 30' Clay Electric Easement. This electric easement and swale limit the space available for landscaping and as well as location of trees due to over...
Sponsors: Board of County Commissioners
Attachments: 1. 6.4 McDonald's Silver Springs Major Site Plan 001113 - Waiver Request to Buffers 001497.pdf

 

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McDonald’s - Silver Springs - Major Site Plan 00113 - Waiver Request to Buffers

Parcel #: 32395-004-00     #WaiverPIR-001497-2026

Common Oak Engineering

 

LDC 6.8.6.K(3) Buffers

CODE states C-Type buffer shall consist of a 15-foot wide landscape strip without 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 and form a layered landscape screen with a minimum height of three feet achieved within one year.

APPLICANT waiver requested for relief from the 50% groundcover and shrubs requirement due to an existing swale and electric easement for the west and north buffers. Also requesting relief from the standard numerical tree counts due to the 30' Clay Electric Easement. This electric easement and swale limit the space available for landscaping and as well as location of trees due to overhead power lines for the north buffer.

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