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,~ DRAFT -CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL - BUCKHORN VILLAGE May 7, 2008 <br />SECTION 2-4-2 LANDSCAPING AND PRESERVATION DESIGN: C <br />1. All required internal and external landscaping shall be installed, or bonded, and <br />maintained by the developer or their successor in perpetuity, <br />2. All internal landscaping associated with the development of an individual land use shall <br />be installed or bonded prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy allowing for the <br />occupancy of any building within the development site, <br />3. All landscaping shall be comprised of indigenous, drought resistant, vegetation, <br />4. A comprehensive, and detailed, landscaping plan shall.. be submitted to the Orange <br />County Planning Department prior to any internal or external earth disturbing activity_or <br />road work for review and approval by members of the staff as well as the following <br />Planning partners, including: <br />a. 'Cooperative Extension (staff arborist), <br />b. NC DOT if encroachments are needed, <br />c. Local utility companies (i.e. power, cable, phone, etc) <br />5. Developer shall demonstrate compliance with all applicable local and State regulations <br />within the submitted landscaping plan as well as the approved BVPD Master Plan, <br />6. A11 external landscaping shall be watered through reclaimed stormwater, or on-site wells <br />in the event that stormwater in unavailable, as proposed by the developer within the <br />approved Master Plan. Detailed plans showing the anticipated method of care (i.e. <br />underground sprinklers, maintenance personnel, etc) shall be submitted as part of the <br />Landscape plan for review and approval by staff. <br />7. The developer shall provide any combination of the following strategies for all of the <br />non-roof paved surfaces: <br />i. Covered, at a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%), with tree shade <br />within five (5) years of occupancy, <br />ii. Paved with materials with a Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) of at least 29, <br />or <br />iii. .Paved with pervious concrete. <br />8. Limits of disturbance shall no more than: <br />i. Forty (40') feet beyond any building perimeter, <br />ii. Ten (10') feet beyond any sidewalk, patio, surface parking, and utilities <br />less than twelve (12") inches in diameter, <br />iii. Fifteen (15') beyond the edge of any roadway and main utility main <br />trench, and <br />iv. Twenty-five (25') feet beyond other constructed areas. <br /> <br />