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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> INANCE: Subdivision Regulations 96s <br />.-RENCE: IV-B-8-c Landscaping Standards <br /> IV-B-8-c-1 Required Landscaping <br /> IV-B-8-e Recommended Standards for Installation <br /> and Maintenance <br />�IN F AMENDMENT: _X_Staff_X-.Planning Board_X_BOCC_Public <br /> Other: <br />�F PRIORITY RECOTiliENDATION:_x High_Middle_Low <br /> Comment: <br /> CTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 23t 1987 <br />"OSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section IV-B-8-c-1 of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations and related <br /> sections to address concerns regarding the <br /> number, location and cost of plants to be <br /> installed in new subdivisions. <br />-CTS/ISSUES: On December It 1986, the Board of Commissioners, <br /> acting upon a recommendation of the Planning <br /> Board, placed a moratorium on enforcement of <br /> Section IV-B-8-c-1 of the Subdivision <br /> Regulations, pending further study of the <br /> standards. Concerns had been expressed by land <br /> owners and developers about the high cost of <br /> complying with the regulations, particularly as <br /> related to side and rear yard setback areas. <br /> Clarification of application of the standards <br /> was also desired as related to the location of <br /> plant materials within setback areas. <br /> TING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: The existing provisions of <br /> Section IV-B-8-c are as follows: <br /> IV-B-8-c LAn� dscapj to arils <br /> "Where a subdivision is proposed either on land <br /> which has been previously cleared, -or trees have <br /> been approved for removal under one or more of <br /> the exceptions listed in Article IV-B-8-b-2 <br /> above, new trees shall be planted in accordance <br /> with the provisions of this Article. " <br /> The existing provisions of Section IV-B-8-c-1 <br /> are as follows: <br /> TV-B-8-c-1 Fieo lred Landsca,�*i' <br /> "As a requirement of subdivision approval, the <br /> subdivider shall plant sufficient trees so that <br /> there is at least one (1) tree for every <br /> thirty-five (35) feet of frontage along both <br /> 123 <br />