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Cypress Rd Industrial Park Administration Building - Major Site Plan 33205 - Waiver to Major Site Plan in Review
Parcel #: 9029-0722-34 STA-000066
Culver Engineering, LLC
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 - South buffer - waiver to use existing vegetation to satisfy all requirements (shade trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, and groundcovers) for the Type 'C' buffer. The existing vegetation is full and thick and was left primarily for this purpose during site clearing (which was approved by Marion County).
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 - West buffer - waiver to use existing vegetation to satisfy all requirements (shade trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, groundcover, and buffer wall) for Type 'B' buffer. The existing vegetation is full and thick and left primarily for this purpose during the site clearing (which was approved by Marion County 4/21). The property to the west is/was a sand mine and has been extensively excavated.
LDC6.8.6(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 - North buffer - waiver to use existing vegetation to satisfy all requirements (shade trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, groundcover, and buffer wall) for Type 'B' buffer. The existing vegetation is full and thick and left primarily for this purpose during the site clearing (which was approved by Marion County 4/21). There is an additional minimum 25' vegetative buffer on the adjacent property. This property is railroad ROW and buffer is likely to remain.
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