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Ocala 3 Parking - Waiver Request to Major Site Plan in Review
Project #2023050052 #31084 Parcel #23191-002-00
Menadier Engineering
LDC 6.7.4. - Shade trees
CODE states Shade trees are required for all developments excluding residential developments. A. The post-development ratio of shade trees to the area of the site shall be a minimum of one shade tree per 3,000 square feet. B. Shade trees may include: (1) Protected and preserved trees which have a favorable assessment, and/or (2) Trees as required for buffers, parking areas, vehicle use areas, and building areas, and/or (3) Trees as required as replacement trees. C. When mature trees with a full canopy of 30-foot radius or larger, with a favorable assessment, are preserved on the project site, a credit of two shade trees may be used towards the overall shade tree requirement. D. Required shade trees shall meet the minimum size requirements in Section 6.8.10.C.
APPLICANT requests waiver to minimum number of shade tree requirements. The proposed project is a truck parking lot. We are providing an enhanced buffer along western boundary and multiple trees within each landscape island. There are approximately 10-acres not being developed at this time that will be used to meet the minimum shade tree requirements.
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 to the requirement to construct a wall within Type B buffer. We are proposing a 40-foot-wide buffer with enhanced tree plantings.
LDC 6.8.7.C - Parking areas and vehicular use areas
CODE states A landscaped parking lot island shall be located every ten parking spaces and shall be a minimum of 200 square feet in size with properly drained soils. For paved parking areas within a Primary SPZ, including those with permeable or porous surfaces, parking lot islands shall be completely planted with shrubs or groundcovers; the use of turfgrass is prohibited.
APPLICANT requests waiver to exceed 10 parking spaces in a row. The proposed use is a long-term truck parking lot in an industrial area. Oversized landscape islands are provided at the terminus of all rows with multiple shade trees.
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