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ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations <br /> REFERENCE: Article IY-B-8 - Buffer Strip <br /> ' ']R i G I N OF AMENDMENT:_X_Staff Planning Board _ BOCC Public <br /> Other: Planning Board Chair/Planning <br /> Director <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:...,,x_H i gh Middle Low <br /> COMMENT: . <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 26, 1986 <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-8_8 <br /> ' ' Subdivision Regulations) . <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENTS: Attached - Revision to Article IV-B-8. <br /> ORDINANCE REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE April 16 , 1986 <br /> PLANNING BOARD REVIEW: <br /> BOCC REVIEW: <br /> :_. <br />