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1 Craig Benedict said that this could be reworded to prohibit new homes in this area. 2 Commissioner Jacobs said "flood hazard" is also not in the glossary and it should be 3 added. 4 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 6-61 (B)(2) and protecting measures for 5 existing landscapes. He said that this is a blanket statement that is overly broad. He thinks that 6 it should be applicable only where it is applicable and not be so broad. 7 Commissioner Jacobs said that there is also nothing about "tree protection area" in the 8 glossary. 9 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to #11 on the same page and said that there 10 may be cases where gravel could be used within the drop line of preserved trees and gravel is 11 considered impervious in Orange County. 12 Commissioner Jacobs suggested asking someone that has experience with trees. 13 The Board agreed to flag this. 14 Commissioner Jacobs pointed out #4 on the same page and Shannon Berry said that 15 they meant to strike this, but it was inadvertently left in. 16 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 6-62 (7) and said to list where one could 17 find the CPTED standards. 18 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 6-65 and said that he would rather not 19 prohibit a certain hedge variety. 20 Frank Clifton said that enforcing these regulations will be extremely difficult. 21 Commissioner Yuhasz suggested striking this reference altogether. 22 23 Commissioner Jacobs said that there are many places throughout the document where 24 numerals are not consistent. Shannon Berry said that one through ten will be written out and 11 25 up will be numbers. 26 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 6-66 (e) and said that the Planning 27 Department should not be inspecting the health of plants and requiring that plants must be 28 replanted. 29 Frank Thomas from The Homebuilders Association said that there should be a limit to 30 the bonding of landscaping and it should not exceed how long the developer is responsible for 31 the property. 32 Commissioner Gordon verified that the new changes would be in a different color. 33 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to #2 and said that it could be worded, "the 34 Planning Department may conduct inspections to monitor the health and status of the required 35 landscaping." This would indicate that they could make an inspection and it would not 36 necessarily be required. 37 Frank Clifton suggested having a time specific after the initial site plan approval. 38 Commissioner Gordon said that she would be content with letting the Planning staff 39 figure out a good way to do this. The Board agreed. 40 Commissioner Yuhasz pointed out that the question of trees' volume at maturity deals 41 only with the economic development districts. There can be different standards for economic 42 development districts than for residential development. 43 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to page 6-67 (E)(2) and the critical root zones of 44 trees within the buffer must be protected. He said that if there is a large tree right on the edge 45 of the buffer that might have a 30-40 foot root zone, then you cannot cut the tree down, but now 46 there is a 30-foot buffer and it is being turned into a 60-70 foot buffer around the tree. He said 47 that if there is a narrow lot, this could significantly impact the ability to do things on the lot. 48 Commissioner Gordon said that it would help to have a definition of "critical root zone." 49 Commissioner Jacobs suggested some wording in #2, after the last comma, "the 50 preference would be to extend the buffer to the edge of the critical root zone." \