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DESIGN SOLUTION THIRTEEN (13) as outlined on page forty=five (45) of the application <br />reading as follows: '.C <br />`The applicant requests a waiver from Section 3.2 of the EDD Design Manual requiring <br />that breaks in the MTC buffers be limited to .one (1) and no more that twenty-five percent <br />(25%) of the total buffer' <br />The applicant is requesting that more `buffer breaks' from 25% to 60% be allowed along the <br />Interstate to afford the development additional sight lines from the highway. <br />STAFF BACKGROUND AND CONIlVlENT: <br />The original EDD manual contemplated more industrial, warehouse and distribution along sections <br />of the interstate where it would be more appropriate to maintain screening from industrial buildings, <br />activities and storage. Retail has a different visibility aspect than industrial. Retail design is more <br />aesthetic and its visibility serves as an economic development enhancement that leads to <br />sustainability. Therein, the desire and high tax value that is associated with interstate visibility and <br />retail establishments. <br />The applicant is requesting the ability to create breaks within the required buffer of up to sixty <br />percent (60%). The rationale for the request is that the breaks are necessary to accommodate <br />proposed stormwater `water quality best management practices devices' . The areas will be re- <br />landscaped to `create a more visually interesting landscape incorporating the open areas' that include <br />lower height growth bio-retention plant species that still allow visibility and absorption of COZ. The <br />applicant further requests that within the remaining forty percent (40%) protected buffer area that <br />`hand clearing' of any existing vegetation be allowed provided that a minimum of fifty-four (~4) <br />trees per acre be maintained at all times and/or tree with at least l2" in diameter at 4' high, <br />whichever is greater. <br />CIIART, TABLE OR DEMONSTRATION: SEE BELOW (supplied by applicant) <br />~-lllt! >1XG <br />~- <br />vv IR111J =U' t .Ei:Y~ .°iF`I'ET2 <br />~X3:^1'li '~i= FCnwea 1'U e'.W_M~RY <br />PLLChN^'~' CF2EPt< IN ~i•G :.G:.G <br />9:1' I~:'[Y='L" ^U"1"F:FC ycN.-~i~ I 1 Pu^iwTa ~'~V7Y <br />~ f / Ehl'-t'(! ~~L,LL1•+~L-'t7 :f..F!'K 3N NTI. Ev^~ <br />"1-"~~ IIJ!~'.C',4~i~ Y^t'Ai'1:rZ 0,11~TY 1`J.='F'•.^~/'.J•.7~hfi'S <br />_,..,,.../ e~="~9ATL"L' hC47ltR" PVA T•Ny'S <br />- a7+~msx- E^.117/~NGLi~!FJ.fi- <br />f~~!I~N ~~t~"I~! ~~ <br />as/ag~'~ <br />46 <br />