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47 <br />The site plan requirements are as follows: <br />Each application.for a building permit shall be accompanied by a site plan <br />or plans which show the information specified in the proposed text. <br />Proposed site standards include: <br />a) Conformance with the landscaping and screening requirements in.proposed <br />Article 12 Land sap �IIS+ screenjy�. <br />b) The provision of a 100 foot buffer area from the edge of the <br />right -of -way of an interstate highway that shall remain in its natural state at <br />the time of construction where wooded and landscaped in accordance with an <br />approved plan which takes into consideration the growth and maturity of <br />existing trees, the policy of fostering wooded areas in the buffer, and other <br />landscaping factors. Within these areas, ingress, egress and utility service <br />shall be permitted, but no other disturbance for site improvement shall be <br />permitted. <br />c) A 100 foot setback adjacent to the interstate regardless of whether it <br />be the front, side or rear yard. <br />d) A 50 foot setback adjacent to intersecting roads at an interchange for <br />the entire width of the district at these interchanges. <br />e) Conformance with off - street parking requirements specified in Article <br />10 O Street $a. kr inc anc_Agadiinn- <br />f) Conformance with the signage requirements of Article 9 signs, <br />Proposed amendments to the Article 9 would not allow outdoor advertising in the <br />MTC district, and would restrict signs to incidental and information signs <br />only. <br />g) A minimum of 258 of the total area shall remain in its natural <br />vegetated condition. Area containing wooded area or areas with trees 12" in <br />diameter at breast height shall be retained and set aside to meet the <br />requirement before other areas are so used. Commissioner Willhoit referred to <br />6.24.2 and suggested using the term "circumference" instead of "diameter" and <br />define the tern or instead of "breast high" use a standard height. <br />Myron Martin of Hillsborough Planning Board stated that with the impact of <br />>} I -40, this board also wants to consider and make recommendations on the <br />proposal. <br />S.B. olive urged the Boards to provide protection for the Upper New Hope <br />Creek basin. New Hope Creek has been used for research and it is important to <br />avoid spills. . He noted that catch basins maintained by DOT would be most <br />useful. He added there is also a possibility of danger to Duke Forest. <br />John McAdams, engineer and representative of J.P. Goforth, felt that the <br />proposal would benefit the County and he does support site planning, yet he <br />feels a 100' buffer is inequitable and amounts to a "taking of land ". He <br />referred to DOT procedures and actions on acquiring lands for the I -40 <br />right -of -way. <br />Whitted clarified the proposal does not apply to single and two family <br />dwelings. Kizer added it does apply to higher residential densities. <br />Willhoit asked if the basis for DOT's requisition and settlement was <br />residential property. licadans responded it was the status of the property at <br />the titre not enhancement value. <br />McAdams stressed that care should be taken so that the proposal is <br />equitable so that we do not end up with a very pleasing visual buffer for the <br />good of the entire community and the transents the cost of which buffer is <br />borne by the property ovmers within the district. <br />