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APPROVED 5/10/2010 OC Board of Adjustment – 3/8/2010 Page 7 of 86 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 Nick Herman: Does that indicate trees that exist today or trees that will be planted? Tony Whitaker: Trees that exist today. Nick Herman: Now having described what exists today on this property today in terms of its landscaping features, tell us what, if any, landscaping features will be put in place if this use is approved. Tony Whitaker: We did an analysis of the county ordinance for landscape and tree coverage and tree protection and purposes and we determined that for the frontage of the property where there is a requirement to have a substantial number of trees with those stream tree requirements, really all of these existing trees in this area do in fact meet those requirements so those trees give us credit, really more than enough credit, for meeting the county street tree requirements. Along the western property edge, we took advantage of the resources already there. We were required to have a type B landscape buffer. It is a very opaque buffer to act as a screen to the adjacent property so we took advantage of those existing trees to say they are really a very fine screen already and we will keep those in place. From this point working down, there is really not a significant amount of buffering requirements. We are proposing to replant or plant all new vegetation along the property line from this point down to the stream buffer and the type B requirements that allow certain mixtures or variations of ways you can accommodate that, we have chosen to use entirely evergreen plantings to make sure that whatever is true in the summer of that screening, it is also true in the winter in terms of that vegetation. These are plantings, some are taller, some are smaller but they work together to form that hedge that screen. Also, just to be more concerned and more responsive to neighbors concerns about that, we have also, at the request of Mr. Lonsway, provided a wooden fence along that property line that will be a solid screen by itself. Even if the landscaping were not there, that fence would be that solid screen but we have also proposed and the county regulations do require vegetation in addition to the wooden screen and so we have proposed screening on both side so no one is looking at just a wooden fence, everyone is looking at a wooden fence behind some evergreen vegetation. Nick Herman: I have no other questions about this. Applicant’s Exhibit number 2A and having used it and if there is no objection from Mr. Maitland, I would pass that to receive that into evidence. Now what I want to show you is a series of Exhibits called 3A, 3B an 3C. Are these elevations of the Phase I facility? Tony Whitaker: Yes they are and floor plans and elevations. Nick Herman: Let’s start with 3A. I’ll hold this up. Are Exhibits 3A through 3C part of the application? Tony Whitaker: Yes. Nick Herman: Do you see 3A? Tony Whitaker: Yes. Nick Herman: Tell us what exhibit 3A is? Tony Whitaker: Exhibit 3A is what we call sheet number A1 at the lower right hand corner in the packet and it is the preliminary floor plan for the kennel building, Phase 1 and the Training Room, Phase 2. Nick Herman: Describe what is what on these elevations? Tony Whitaker: To the left side of the page is kennel area. You see the kennel area with the dog runs; there is a center aisle where the staff members walk up and down with the dog runs off to each side roughly 10 runs on each side of that centered walkway. The runs are separated by a divider wall that is up to a certain height, five or six feet; it may be four or five feet high. All the dog runs are separated by solid walls not just by fencing. If you look to the left top, you will see an exit door from the kennel area to the outdoor fenced exercise area. That is way to get to that exercise area without having to do anything other than walk through the doorway from the kennel. To the right of the kennel runs is the middle section of the building which is still in Phase 1 which is the reception are for the customers to walk in where the administrative services are