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Advance Auto Parts - Waiver Request to Major Site Plan In Review
Project #2023030035 #30435 Parcel #8001-0254-08 & 8001-0254-09
Davis Dinkins 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 requests waiver for west buffer width. Pines boundary are located a minimum of 20 feet from structure. Existing oaks are proposed to be removed.
LDC 6.13.3.D(2) - Types of stormwater management facilities
CODE states Commercial lots or subdivisions. Retention/detention areas shall be designed with a minimum berm width of 5 feet stabilized at six percent grade maximum around the entire perimeter of the facility and side slopes.
APPLICANT states at the design high water level plus 6 inches for freeboard, the berm would be over 5 feet wide. The 3 feet wide berm will provide freeboard that is in excess of the required 6 feet.
LDC 6.13.8.B(7) - Stormwater conveyance criteria
CODE states Sizes. Stormwater conveyance pipes and cross culverts shall be a minimum of 18 inches diameter or equivalent. Driveway culverts shall be a minimum of 15 inches diameter or equivalent for residential use and a minimum of 18 inches diameter or equivalent for commercial use. Roof drains, prior to connection to the overall stormwater system, are exempt from minimum diameter requirements.
APPLICANT states storm pipe calculations indicate 15 inches and 12 inch by 18-inch pipes are appropriately sized for conveyance.
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