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59 <br />D. Land-Use Buffers and t_andscapiing <br />1. t_.andscaping shall be preserved as indicated on the approved <br />preliminary plan and Resources Management Plan that show the <br />typical building enveiopeslopen space areas and shall be inspected <br />and approved- by the Planning and Inspections Department prior to <br />signatures on Fina! Plat_ No part of the landscaping shat! encroach <br />into the 1 Q-' x 70' sight triangles at the intersection. <br />Condition accepted by the applicant. <br />-OR <br />Guaranteed financially through a letter of credit or escrow -agreement <br />submitted to secure required landscape installation and preservation. <br />An estimate- of the cost for required-preservation, plantings and their <br />Installation must be provided. The financial guarantee shat! reflect <br />110% of the estimate and be issued by an accredited financial <br />institution licensed to do business in North Carolina in a form approved <br />by the County Attorney. <br />2. Provisions for protection of existing troes as shown on the approved <br />preliminary site plan shall be included in a document describing <br />development restrictions and requirements to be prepared by Planning <br />S#aff and recorded concurrently with the Final P[at. No clear cutting on <br />individual lots or mass grading is permitted pursuant to Sec#ion 6.8 of <br />the UDC. <br />Condition accepted by the applicant. <br />3. The applicant shall re#ain and maintain existing plantings within the <br />Typical Building Setbacks as indicated on the Site Plan. <br />Condition'accepted by the applicant to protect the exist®g vegetation to the greatest <br />extent possible. If nothing is worth saving between the proposed Iota and the trees to <br />remain will only be burdenlma'rntenanee issue for the hoaneowners, they wiII be cleared <br />along witlR tlae Iots as some of the proposed housing locations are of a undergrowth / <br />reestablishing nature from past timberi~sg activities and no major stands of mature <br />trees present. <br />4. A minimum of twenty {2(?) foot buffer shall be maintained {i.e. left <br />undisturbed} along the subdivision perimeter. Language shalt be <br />provided in the Homeowners Association documents to the effect that <br />clearing within the twenty (20} -foot buffer shat! not be permitted. <br />Condition ae~epted by the applicant. <br />5. A fifty {5Q) foot undisturbed buffer shall be maintained- around the <br />wetland denoted in Lot 28. <br />Condition accepted by the applicant, however the actual lot line will not Abe 50' (roan the <br />wetland and it will be incumbent t€pon the owner/baualder of the adjacent lit to provide <br />the state required bug'er for the pocket wetlands referenced above. <br />6. No mass grading of the site shall occur_ Lots shall be graded only after <br />lot specific plans showing the extent of grading are submitted to the <br />Planning Department and approved at the time of building permit <br />.f:ll [-(1fl921Civi7lSubmittals120 i I-fl8-26 Qmnge Coaaty Plan-iing far PB Mtg 9-6~Does1201 L-OS-Zb Response Ltr,doC <br />Q <br />