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16 <br />PLANNING BOARD EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />FINDINGS Findings: TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />C3. Conservation <br />easements or other <br />acceptable means such <br />as dedication to a public <br />agency, conservancy or <br />a similar agency are <br />required to protect <br />wetlands and other <br />habitats while insuring <br />proper long-term <br />maintenance; and <br />X Not Applicable <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make a finding <br />indicating that this item is not <br />applicable based on staffs <br />testimony, specifically the <br />Zoning Enforcement Officer, <br />and memorandum from ERCD <br />Staff indicating that there are <br />no wetlands on the property <br />requiring the imposition of a <br />conservation easement <br />C4. Provide barriers or <br />fencing, and signage at <br />the edge of habitat <br />buffers to prohibit <br />vehicular and pedestrian <br />access. <br />d) Landscaping and Buffers <br />X Not Applicable <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make a finding <br />indicating that this item is not <br />applicable based on the <br />following: <br />The Biological Inventory and <br />the Resource Management <br />Plan indicates that there are <br />no habitat buffers required for <br />this property. <br />1. Protection of Existing <br />Vegetation <br />D1a. Existing vegetation <br />shall be preserved as <br />indicated on the <br />approved landscape plan <br />in accordance with the <br />provisions of Article 12.2 <br />of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />x Yes No <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make an <br />affirmative finding based on <br />the following: <br />The site and grading plans <br />show the limits of disturbance <br />for the project. <br />D1 b. Tree protection <br />measures shall be <br />installed and maintained <br />between all areas of <br />disturbance and trees to <br />be retained as shown on <br />the approved landscape <br />plan. A detail of the tree <br />protection barrier <br />proposed shall be <br />included as part of the <br />landscape plan <br />submitted with the <br />application; <br />x Yes No <br />All other existing vegetation is <br />preserved. <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make an <br />affirmative finding based on <br />the following: <br />The applicant testified that tree <br />protection fencing will be <br />provided along the edge of all <br />land clearing. The County will <br />review the fence location prior <br />to site clearing. <br />ADMINISTRATION <br />RECOMMENDED <br />Findings: <br />X Not Applicable <br />X Not Applicable <br />x Yes No <br />x Yes No <br />