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19 <br /> DRAFT <br /> 658 of the meetings or possibly have some type of spreading at that meeting. They usually have a lot <br /> 659 of folks that come out. <br /> 660 <br /> 661 Tom Altieri: Yeah, I've been working with a pastor and that's one of the groups he has mentioned. Thank you. <br /> 662 <br /> 663 Adam Beeman: Thank you. <br /> 664 <br /> 665 Tom Altieri: And Clarion will be here at your December 4th meeting if you didn't pick up on that. So, thank <br /> 666 you. <br /> 667 <br /> 668 Perdita Holtz: While Tom is closing out, I just want to chime in that he has really gone above and beyond all <br /> 669 summer in attempting to form these relationships that the county really doesn't have. He's really <br /> 670 hit it out of the ballpark. Thank you. <br /> 671 <br /> 672 Tom Altieri: Thank you. I've been given the time and the trust to get out there and give it my best shot, so <br /> 673 that's what we're doing. Thank you. <br /> 674 <br /> 675 Adam Beeman: Perdita, you're all set. It's all yours. <br /> 676 <br /> 677 AGENDA ITEM 8: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—Landscaping Standards— <br /> 678 To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on Planning Director-initiated amendments to the UDO <br /> 679 pertaining to landscaping standards. This amendment was reviewed at the April 3, 2024, ORC meeting and is <br /> 680 scheduled for BOCC public hearing in October. <br /> 681 Perdita Holtz: Landscaping amendments for the unified development ordinance. Before us tonight is a packet of <br /> 682 proposed amendments to the unified development ordinance pertaining to landscaping. The <br /> 683 purpose of the amendments is to clarify language, some of the language that's currently in there <br /> 684 can be difficult to interpret or enforce; to incorporate current best practices and standards;to <br /> 685 resolve some concerns that were addressed in a lawsuit that the county was involved in; and to <br /> 686 hopefully have better achievement of county goals. You may recall that this was presented at the <br /> 687 April 3rd ORC meeting. It has been a little while ago since then, so I am going to walk you <br /> 688 through with a bit more detail than we might have done had this been last month and it was more <br /> 689 fresh in your heads. There are minor updates in Articles 3 and 5. Basically,these are just section <br /> 690 reference updates and an update to the type of buffer. The meat of the amendments, if you will, is <br /> 691 going to be in Section 6.8,which is landscaping, buffers, and tree protections. Several of the <br /> 692 proposed amendments in the packets do have footnotes to explain the rationale, so I hope you're <br /> 693 able to take a look at those. First up in Section 8.2,we are looking to clarify that exempt and <br /> 694 expedited subdivisions are not subject to the standards. This is not a change; it's to clarify the <br /> 695 language so that it is more clear to everybody reading that exempt and expedited subdivisions do <br /> 696 not have to conform to the standards in Section 6.8. In Section 6.8.4,we're looking at some <br /> 697 language refinement for improved enforcement through the plat or plan review, and then we're <br /> 698 also looking at adding some standards for tree protection fencing. This is the fencing that you <br /> 699 often see on construction sites around trees-it's usually orange-to help protect trees during <br /> 700 construction. In Section 6.8.5,we're looking to clarify standards and also incorporate best <br /> 701 practices to modernize some of the language, and there is also a relocation of standards from a <br /> 702 different section that have been relocated into this section to hopefully flow a little better and make <br /> 703 a little bit more sense on where they're located. In the landscape buffer section,we're looking to <br /> 704 refine language to better distinguish the purpose and placement of these required buffers between <br /> 705 different land uses, also amending a table to exclusively focus on buffering between different <br /> 706 zoning districts, and then amending a table that would eliminate one of the type of buffers,Type <br /> 707 C,which is currently required in only four instances. There is also a creation of a table,street <br /> 708 trees and planting requirements,to require buffering on public and private streets, and this table is <br /> 709 one that the amendments of the table that I just spoke of, it took streets out of it and made it its <br /> 710 own separate table. I do want to point out on this one that I discovered an error in the numbering, <br /> 711 and you'll see here on the screen that it's 6.8.7.D is crossed out. The correct numbering is <br />