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PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />FINDINGS TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />19 <br />BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />FINDINGS <br />b. Tree protection <br />x Yes —No Tree protection fencing will —Yes —No <br />measures shall be installed <br />be provided along the edge <br />and maintained between all <br />of all land clearing. The <br />areas of disturbance and <br />County will review the fence <br />trees to be retained as <br />location prior to site clearing. <br />shown on the approved <br />landscape plan. A detail of <br />--x _Yes —No Drought tolerant species are _Yes „_No <br />the tree protection barrier <br />provided. <br />proposed shall be included <br />as part of the landscape <br />plan submitted with the <br />application; <br />c. Corridors connecting <br />x Yes __No A 50' stream buffer will be _Yes No <br />habitats identified in the <br />provided. Large corridors for <br />biological inventory shall be <br />wildlife movement are <br />preserved along streams, <br />available at the north and <br />buffers, or other wooded <br />east side of the proposed <br />areas, if destroyed during <br />project. <br />construction, such <br />connections shall be <br />restored using appropriate <br />plant materials; <br />d. Trees and stumps x Yes —No Mulch shall be generated and _Yes _No <br />Geared for roads and spread on the site, <br />building construction shall <br />either be used for timber <br />purposes or shredded for <br />landscape mulch, <br />composted, buried or <br />otherwise disposed of BUT <br />NOT BURNED. <br />2. Berms, fences and x Yes �No Berms, fences and Yes _No <br />landscaping walls may be landscaping walls are not <br />used with plant materials for proposed for this project. <br />screening, provided such <br />features are designed and <br />located in harmony with <br />other site features and <br />functions. <br />3. To minimize visual impact <br />x Yes �No Trees and plantings are _Yes _No <br />by blending architecture into <br />consistent with existing area. <br />the surrounding landscape, <br />Foundation plantings will be <br />foundation plantings are <br />planted at all freestanding <br />required at all freestanding <br />entrance signs. <br />entrance signs. <br />4. Use of xeriscaping <br />--x _Yes —No Drought tolerant species are _Yes „_No <br />principles. <br />provided. <br />WCurrent Planning DlvisiWEDDIBAlternative SchoolkAlternative School- FlndingsofFact-BOCC.doc <br />