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Approved 7/8/2013 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 6/10/2013 Page 51 of 92 <br />SECTION 5.10.8 (B) – GENERAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS – SPECIAL USE PERMITS – 1 <br />CONTINUED ("Yes" indicates compliance; "No" indicates non-compliance) 2 <br />Ordinance <br />Requirements <br />PLANNING <br />STAFF <br />RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />TO SUPPORT <br />FINDINGS <br />BOA <br /> FINDINGS <br /> <br />5.10.8 (B) (4) (e) <br />Landscape and Buffers <br /> <br />(i) A Type C Landscape <br />Buffer shall be provided <br />between the wireless <br />support structures and its <br />accessory structures and <br />adjoining <br />property/properties. <br />(ii) Existing vegetation <br />may be removed only to <br />the extent necessary to <br />accommodate the <br />wireless support <br />structures, equipment <br />buildings, and support <br />structures such as guy <br />wires. <br />(iii) Plantings around the <br />compound perimeter, <br />outside of any fence or <br />wall, shall be composed <br />entirely of fast growing <br />evergreen vegetation. <br />(iv) New plantings and <br />existing vegetation used <br />for screening shall be at <br />least six feet in height or <br />greater at planting. <br />(v) Proposed plantings <br />(name, type, height) shall <br />be shown on the <br />Landscape Plan for the <br />facility. <br />(vi) Landscaping shall <br />provide a screen on a <br />year-round basis. <br /> <br /> X Yes ___No Tab(s) 3 and 6 of the <br />application booklet <br />contains the required <br />information. <br /> <br />The proposed tower is <br />located in a heavily <br />wooded area of the <br />property. Existing <br />vegetation satisfies the <br />landscape buffer <br />requirement. <br /> <br /> _x_Yes ___No <br />3