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Standards of Evaluation <br />3. Conservation <br />easements or other <br />acceptable means such as <br />dedication to a public <br />agency, conservancy or a <br />similar agency are required <br />to protect wetlands and <br />other habitats while <br />insuring properiong -term <br />maintenance; and <br />4. Provide barriers or <br />fencing, and signage at the <br />edge of habitat buffers to <br />prohibit vehicular and <br />pedestrian access. Limited <br />access may be allowed if <br />proposed in a sensitive <br />manner for environmental <br />education purposes. <br />d. Landscaping and Buffers <br />1, Protection of Existing <br />Vegetation <br />a. Existing vegetation <br />shall be preserved as <br />indicated on the <br />approved landscape <br />plan in accordance with <br />the provisions of Article <br />12.2 of the Zoning <br />Ordinance, <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />x Yes —No <br />Trigon Engineering has <br />indicated there are no areas <br />characteristic of wetlands. A <br />50 foot undisturbed buffer is <br />provided from the designated <br />stream as required in the <br />Zoning Ordinance. <br />__x __Yes —No There is limited access to the <br />site from existing Storey <br />Lane. No other access into <br />the natural areas. Trigon' s <br />report suggests that the <br />forest area on the site is <br />relatively common in the <br />State. <br />x Yes �No Landscape plan and grading <br />plans show the limits of <br />disturbance for the project. <br />All other existing vegetation <br />is preserved. Protective <br />measures are provided for in <br />accordance to Article 12.2, <br />G: \Current Planning Division \EDDIEWIternative SchootWitemative School- FindingsofFact- BOCC.doc <br />a <br />BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />FINDINGS <br />Yes <br />—Yes <br />Yes <br />No <br />