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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Subdivision Regulations .r & a REFERENCE: IV-B-8-c Landscaping Standards IV-B-8-c-1 Required Landscaping IV-B-8-e Recommended Standards for Installation and Maintenance ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _.X_Staff planning Board_X_BOCC Public Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:_x_High_Middle`Low Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 23. 1987 *********************************************** PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Section IV-B-8-c-1 of the Subdivision Regulations and related sections to address concerns regarding the number. location and cost of plants to be installed in new subdivisions. IMPACTS/ISSUES: On December 1. 1986. the Board of Commissioners, acting upon a recommendation of the Planning Board, placed a moratorium on enforcement of Section IV-B-8-c-1 of the Subdivision Regulations, pending further study of the standards. Concerns had been expressed by land owners and developers about the high cost of complying with the regulations. particularly as related to side and rear yard setback areas. Clarification of application of the standards was also desired as related to the location of plant materials within setback areas. EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS: The existing provisions of Section IV-B-8-c are as follows: IV-B-8-c Landscaping Standayd5 "Where a subdivision is proposed either on land which has been previously cleared. or trees have been approved for removal under one or more of the exceptions listed in Article IV-B-8-b-2 above, new trees shall be planted in accordance with the provisions of this Article. " The existing provisions of Section IV-B-8-c-1 are as follows: IV-B-8-c-1 Required Landscaping As a requirement of subdivision approval, the subdivider shall plant sufficient trees so that there is at least one (1) tree for every thirty-five (35) feet of frontage along both 123