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ARTICLE 6.29 -DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ED) DISTRICTS <br />("Yes" indicates compliance• "No" indicates non -compliance) (continued) <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />d) Landscaping and site <br />t~eaiment. Landscape <br />elements included in these <br />criteria consist of all forms <br />of planting and vegetation, <br />ground forms, rock <br />groupings, water patterns, <br />and all visible construction <br />except buildings and utility <br />structures. New and <br />existing vegetation shall be <br />maintained in a flourishing <br />manner. <br />1. Natural or existing <br />topographic patterns <br />contributing to the beauty <br />and utility of a <br />development shall be <br />preserved and developed. <br />Modification to topography <br />will be permitted where it <br />contributes to good <br />appearance and does not <br />adversely affect significant <br />natural features and <br />drainageways. <br />2. Grades of walks, parking <br />spaces, terraces, and other <br />paved areas shall provide <br />an inviting and stable <br />appearance. <br />3. Landscape treatment shall <br />be provided to enhance <br />architectural features, <br />strengthen vistas and <br />important visual corridors, <br />and provide shade. <br />4. Unity of design shall be <br />achieved by repetition of <br />certain plan varieties and <br />other materials and by <br />correlation with adjacent <br />developments. <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />x Yes No Much of the existing <br /> landscaping will remain. <br /> New landscaping will be <br /> added around the addition <br /> consisting of plantings <br /> consistent with the existing <br /> vegetation. <br />x Yes No Topography will only be <br />modified as necessary to <br />accomplish additions. <br />x Yes No Grades of new walks and <br />paved areas will be <br />consistent with existing <br />grades and provide a stable <br />appearance. <br />x Yes No Landscaping will enhance <br />architectural features and the <br />visual .corridor along Old NC <br />86. The larger remaining <br />trees will also provide shade. <br />x Yes No New landscaping will be <br />added with varieties of <br />plantings consistent with <br />existing vegetation. <br />~1 ~ <br />BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONER <br />FINDINGS <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />Yes No <br />