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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations 123 <br /> REFERENCE: Article IV-B-8 - Landscaping and Buffer Requirements <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT:_X_Staff Planning Board BOCC Public <br /> Other: Planning Board Chair/Planning <br /> Director <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:_x_High Middle Low <br /> COMMENT: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 27, 1986 <br /> ******************************** <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To provide more definitive standards for <br /> the provision of buffers between incompatible land uses and to <br /> set standards for the preservation of existing tree cover and <br /> installation of new vegetation where nonexistent. <br /> ISSUES/ IMPACTS: Existing ordinance provisions provide an <br /> open-ended standard regarding buffer strips and no provision for <br /> preservation of existing tree cover. The proposed standards will <br /> address such concerns and will enable the County to protect <br /> important ecological , aesthetic, recreational and economic <br /> assets. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: Attached - Article IV-B-8 <br /> (Subdivision Regulations) . <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENTS: Attached - Revision to Article IV-B-8. <br /> ************************************ <br /> ORDINANCE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE: April 16, 1986 <br /> PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: May 13, 1986 <br /> BOCC REVIEW: <br />