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22 DRAFT 822 823 Statler Gilfillen: You could put a tree almost, a 4-foot tree almost right on the foundation, and that is structurally 824 not good for the foundation. I have a shed with an ash tree that is cracking a foundation right now. 825 826 Beth Bronson: But these are non-residential development standards, correct? 827 828 Perdita Holtz: They are.This is an existing standard. The red is the new stuff. 829 830 Charity Kirk: I mean, I do think when I was talking to Patrick about this a long time ago, he was trying to clarify 831 this for a certain amount of non-landscapers out there,well, some portion of it. So,for the non- 832 landscapers that don't understand having a little bit more clarity about a minimum distance away 833 from the building foundation might be, I think, I would agree that that would probably be helpful. 834 835 Perdita Holtz: People have to submit the plan of how they're going to plant, and during staff review, I think that 836 things like that could be caught if they're saying that they're going to plant their holly bush a foot 837 from the foundation. 838 839 Charity Kirk: Yeah, it could, but it might not be caught, too, and it would be easier for people to have something 840 in writing. 841 842 Statler Gilfillen: When a plant is very small, it's very common just to put it right up against the foundation. 843 844 Perdita Holtz: I believe you should work it into your motion if you want to make this change. 845 846 Charity Kirk: So, Statler,what is the minimum distance from the foundation that you would suggest? 847 848 Statler Gilfillen: Typically, it's enough so you can walk behind, between the plant and the foundation,which is 849 about 2 feet. 850 851 Charity Kirk: So, a minimum of 2 feet. 852 853 Statler Gilfillen: Minimum of 2 feet, and then 5 or 6 feet of planting beyond that should be acceptable to control it. 854 855 Beth Bronson: Yeah, and again, I think that we're taking this as a very literal thing, and to add it to the motion is 856 going to maybe clarify, but it may actually make it more confusing,too. In that sense, it's about 857 non-commercial buildings. It's that you can't see the dirty foot from where the dirt is after they're 858 done building, and then you don't see the corners of the building going into the ground. That's my 859 understanding of what the intention here is, is that you don't just have a bar building going around. 860 Now,that said, to previously points, that could be 10, 15 feet away from the foundation because, 861 typically, some non-commercial buildings are not going to be right up on the sidewalk or within 5 862 feet of the right of way. And in something like a more dense urban area, like a municipality, 1 863 could see that development standard being different or there being exceptions to that, such as 864 Part 2. 865 866 Marilyn Carter: Is there going to be a motion made? Because I have a different question I'd like to pose, 867 completely different subject. 868 869 Adam Beeman: No,we're not in motion section yet. We got a ways to go. 870 871 Charity Kirk: So,would tacking on a sentence, so vegetation of varying heights and textures shall be placed 872 along walls and fences to soften the planes. Landscaping should be planted a minimum of 2 feet 873 from the foundation. Like just tag that on at the end? 874 875 Perdita Holtz: I would suggest doing a Sub A and just saying something like landscaping should be planted at 876 least 2 feet from the foundation.