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v.vi. Internal streets shall have one (1) tree, installed at a <br />minimum three-inch (3”) caliper, every sixty (60). <br />vi.vii. Modification of the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) <br />Overlay District. <br />1. No disturbance of the MTC buffer along adjacent <br />Interstates shall be permitted with the first 50 ft. as <br />measured from the right-of-way unless clearing is <br />consistent with the provisions of Section 6.6.4 (A) of <br />the UDO. 12 <br />2. The remaining portion of the buffer can be disturbed <br />consistent with the following: <br />a. Disturbance shall only be permitted to facilitate <br />development of access roads, parking lots, <br />walkways, and stormwater facilities. <br />No structures, other than stormwater facilities, <br />shall be permitted within this area. <br />b. Reduction shall only be permitted in instances <br />where sight lines and distances from the <br />Interstate are not adversely impacted by the <br />proposed clearing. <br />c. The disturbed area shall have vegetation re- <br />established consistent with the Type C land <br />use buffer standards as detailed in Section <br />6.8.7 of the UDO. <br />d. Vegetation shall be replanted to a minimum <br />50% of the disturbed area. <br />e. As part of the site plan submittal, a formal <br />landscape plan shall be required denoting the <br />following: <br />a. Area to be disturbed, <br />b. Tree survey denoting the existing <br />foliage to be removed, <br />c. The cross section of the buffer area <br />and the area of the Interstate to be <br />impacted, <br />d. A synopsis of proposed land uses in <br />the disturbed area, and <br />e. Detail on any required revegetation of <br />disturbed area. <br /> <br />12 Clarification suggested by staff and recommended for approval by the Planning Board at its October 4, 2017 <br />regular meeting. The applicant has expressed no objections to the revision. Please refer to Attachment 5. <br /> 136