Agenda - 11-05-20; 8-a - Minutes

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36 buffer. He said this is necessary due to the immutable boundaries on numerous sides of the 1 property, bisecting north, south, east and west. He said for buildings to be functional to the 2 marketplace, there are certain dimensions that must be available. He said bay depths mean 3 something, and these buffers are what the Developer can offer given the physical needs of the 4 buildings. 5 Commissioner Price said the Developer could reduce the number of buildings to allow 6 for more buffer. 7 Frank Csapo said reducing the number of buildings would make the project unviable 8 economically, due to the amount of investment that must be made up front to develop the site. 9 Chair Rich asked if Michael Harvey could state the requirements of the County’s UDO. 10 Michael Harvey said if this parcel were zoned economic development – Hillsborough, 11 there would be a 100-foot perimeter buffer. He said this is required for the edge of the 12 economic development districts. He said the BOCC required a more restrictive buffer of 125 13 feet along the southern and western borders for Settlers Point. He said the Applicant is 14 proposing a 50-foot land use buffer along the southern and western property lines, and a 100-15 foot building setback. 16 Commissioner Marcoplos said 50 feet from one’s property to a road is not very much, 17 and he wondered if there could be a 65-foot buffer with dense vegetative plantings. 18 Frank Csapo said the dimensional request will be hard to accommodate, but dense 19 plantings are achievable. He said within the 50 feet, the Developer can increase the amount of 20 vegetative buffer. 21 Commissioner Marcoplos said he is uncomfortable with that proposal. 22 Chair Rich agreed. She said she remembers this discussion with Settler’s Point, where 23 dense plantings were encouraged, but the larger buffer also existed. 24 Commissioner Greene also agreed. 25 Commissioner Price said the buffer issue goes along with open space, which the 26 Developer is reducing to 25% from the required 30%. 27 Frank Csapo said there is 32% open space on the plan. 28 Michael Harvey said all documents he has reviewed have shown 25%. 29 Frank Csapo said 30% open space can be accommodated. 30 Commissioner Greene asked if the open space includes storm water basins, as she 31 would hope not. 32 Frank Csapo said under the UDO it is included. 33 Commissioner Greene asked if this is where the discrepancy is occurring between the 34 Applicant and County staff. 35 Frank Csapo said no, the paperwork that staff has seen says at least 25%, but the actual 36 plan that the Developer is working with is 32%. 37 Commissioner Greene asked if there can be any assurance that the storm water basins 38 will look like ponds, or actual open space. 39 Frank Csapo said he is unsure of any standard to apply there, but will work with staff to 40 alleviate BOCC concerns. 41 Commissioner Price asked if that will be a retention pond or a draining pond. 42 Frank Csapo said wet ponds. 43 Chair Rich said there is no agreement on the buffers. 44 45 Craig Benedict said the Applicant has agreed to put what is typically in 150 feet into 100 46 feet in a denser manner and linear fashion. He said the UDO has a 75-foot buffer requirement, 47 with specifics about trees. He said this could be compressed to a 50-foot buffer with dense, 48 evergreen plantings. 49 Frank Csapo said this would be acceptable. 50 Chair Rich asked if this falls in line with the UDO. 51