Agenda - 10-01-2024; 5-a - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment – Landscaping Standards

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38 DRAFT EXCERPT 382 Cy Stober: So,we would if we have an enforcement matter or if we have a complaint or if we know of existing 383 legacy trees, say, in a zoning matter, or special use matter, that have been identified on the site 384 plan. We had one just recently that was a bizarre geometry and has a number of larger older 385 trees on a commercial property with light warehousing, but the trees overhang all the warehouses. 386 They're right on the property line, et cetera, et cetera. We did indeed go out onto the property and 387 say, okay, they are there. We are good. And we moved on. And they were identified on the site 388 plan, per the ordinance. And if you want credit for them, then you have to identify these, and we 389 will not do that for you. You cannot pay; this is not a stream identification. The county does not 390 have a fee for this. You need to do it yourself. 391 392 Charity Kirk: So,what is the downside of keeping it at 1 foot, again? What's the oof? 393 394 Cy Stober: It's there's more trees. There are more trees that are smaller. 395 396 Charity Kirk: But the developer is supposed to mark them on the map. 397 398 Cy Stober: Yes. 399 400 Charity Kirk: So, what work is needed from the planning department? 401 402 Cy Stober: We trust, but we verify. 403 404 Charity Kirk: And how have you found the verification? How off is it? 405 406 Cy Stober: Again, it's whether it's a full day's work or it's a couple hours work. That's the difference, but it's 407 fine in either way. We will do what the county needs us to do. It is not a major obstacle to land 408 use, and it just is more time intensive to keep it as it is, and that's fine. 409 410 Charity Kirk: And if we allowed it to be 24 inches,what do you see as the onsite effect on the ground? Not of 411 the counting that you have to do but— 412 413 Cy Stober: You'll have greater clearance, and you'll get less credit for tree preservation, so you'll need to 414 preserve more open space in order to get the preservation credit, so you could,we could achieve 415 more open space preservation because we're crediting less. But you could end up with greater 416 clearance as a result because folks may say I just don't want to deal with this, and just I'm going to 417 clear it and replant. You could go either way. 418 419 Marilyn Carter: Given our climate action plan has explicitly set some goals for planting trees in different parts of 420 the county, I would support maintaining it as it is and the point that Lamar brought up. 421 422 Chris Johnston: And I apologize; I've read this. So, in that same one, No. 8 there, I'm just having a hard time 423 understanding and I need clarity. So, if the vegetation is removed from any reason other than in 424 accordance with the approved landscape and tree preservation plan, the dimensions of the buffer 425 within the impacted area shall be increased by 50 percent, and the number of required plantings 426 shall be increased by 50 percent. I want to better understand, "The number of required plantings 427 shall be increased by 50 percent." Where is that? Is that within the entire parcel? Is that within 428 that particular impacted area? Like is that tied in with that? I just want to better understand what 429 that means,just as a layman. 430 431 Cy Stober: The current interpretation is that it is in the impacted area and immediately adjacent areas. 432 Particularly in the regulated area. 433 434 Chris Johnston: So,within that regulated area,within that impacted area, not only are we increasing the size by 50 435 percent, but we're also increasing the number of plantings by 50 percent. 436