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V~ f 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 fg 11 f2 ~3 f4 15 16 f7 l~ ~9 2U 21 2Z 23 24 25 26 27 2~ 29 30 3~ 32 33 34 35 36 37 31~ 39 40 4~ 42 43 44 45 46 47 4~ 49 54 5f ~~ ~ 7 carving and going all day also, Directly across the street isthe go-cart track and this is also very noisy Just to the south of the property is Orange County Speedway. ~i'hese four acres are r~a# suitable far any t;~pe of residential use: Ne built a 4JDt~C-sga~aarP faat home an the site across the road from the concrete plant and lives there full time. He is not going to do anything that is going to Burt the value. He wants to put some mini storage units on the four-acre site behind the concrete company. He asked the County Commissioners to sign into law the conditional use and the ordinance so residents like himself are allowed to do same type of commercial use. Dolly Hunter read a prepared statement. The proposed l~a~dscapa~g ~~anda~d~ ~~ ~~~~~ a~e~sal ~~ ~l~d A~t~ce ~Q~oS~ require using larger plant size at installation than in the existing Zoning Ordinance. These larger sizes are a hardship for the fallowing rPasons~ 0 The proposed larger sizes can primarily be met by using Ball ~ Burlap ~B~B} instead of container graven plant material, A B&B plant is dug out of the ground severing two- thirds of the roots causing root shock in transplanting while a container-grown plant retains all of its roots and transplants more successfully. BBB's take many more years to get established than container-grown plants ~a smaller container-grown plant outgrows and catches up to the size of the larger BBB quickly because of less transplant stress. A BBB weighs a minimum of 500 pounds while a ~ o gallon container-grown plant weighs a maximum of 75 pounds, making transport much easier. BBB's need much mare watering and staking and have a lower chance of survival. D A primary reason for keeping the existing Zoning Ordinance requirements for plant material size at installation is that the proposed sizes gill double and triple the cost of the plant material. The UDO should not also cause a financial hardship above the existing regulations. The following is a comparison of the existing and proposed plant material sizes and their costs, using a cost list f rom Taylor's Nursery in Raleigh, a primary resource for landscape installers see Attachment}. Canopy or Evergreen Tree: Existing -not [ess than 6' tall and ~/4' caliper. Proposed: not less than 8' tall and ~" caliper. A willow Oak -- ~ D gallon at 6' tall, 3/~"caliper costs $59.95; B&B at 8' tall, 2"caliper costs $139.95. A `Savannah' Holly -- ~ 0 gallon at 6' tall, ~/4' caliper costs $49.95; BBB at 8'talC, ~"caliper costs $199.95. Understory Deciduous Tree: Existing--not Tess than 6' tall and 3/~."caliper. Proposed: not less than 8' tall and 1" caliper. A Fringe Tree - 7 gallon at 6' tall and 3/~."caliper cost $49,95; BBB ~' tall ~8' not available},1"caliper costs $139.95. Truthfully, there are very few Iandscape plants available that are 8' tall and those are ~ ~/~"plus caliper}. Understory Evergreen Tree. Existing and Proposed are the same. Shrubs Evergreen and Deciduous: Existing and Proposed are the same. 1 recommend thatthe UDD minimum Iandscape plant sizes at installation remain the same as in the existing Zoning Ordinances. One exception is that the Evergreen Tree and Understory Evergreen Tree size should be a minimum of 4'tall at instaClation because that is the size most available in the trade.