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35 <br />DESIGN SOLUTION THIRTEEN (13) as outlined on page forty-five (45) of the application <br />reading as follows: <br />`The applicant requests a waiver from Section 3.2 of t7ze EDD Design Manual requiring <br />that brealrs in the MTC buffers be limited to one (1) and no more that twenty-fzve 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 COMMENT: <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 accormnodate <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 CO2. 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 (54) <br />trees per acre be maintained at all times and/or tree with at least 12" in diameter at 4' high, <br />whichever is greater. <br />CHART, TABLE OR DEMONSTRATION: SEE BELOW (supplied by applicant) <br />~E..~KfiG~fi~I V'iLLr'~C <br />~'Jrrsngo County <br /> <br />~VI'i': flt~ =u <br />::Xfitl'1t37 <br />lL'!_~iY <br />YYJ-I"G+ sV_LG~+L'V .^.4/'K IN I,tl"G ~T <br />II.tGpf~.~F-i:9 1V'A7'C"x' O,U~LYfY i~t^'f2.OV£":.tt2J'I"9 <br />F~erprLV n.;rn~ s:unr>auv: <br />• k'IPGIri1T ~;~!'IPN.~.JJL'IJI" <br /> <br />