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15 <br />PLANNING BOARD EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />FINDINGS Findings: TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <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 />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 />D1c. Corridors connecting <br />habitats identified in the <br />biological inventory shall <br />be preserved along <br />streams, buffers, or other <br />wooded areas. If <br />destroyed during <br />construction, such <br />connections shall be <br />restored using <br />appropriate plant <br />materials; <br />D1d. Trees and stumps <br />cleared for roads and <br />building construction <br />shall either be used for <br />timber purposes or <br />shredded for landscape <br />mulch, composted, <br />buried or otherwise <br />disposed of BUT NOT <br />BURNED. <br />2. Berms, fences and <br />landscaping walls may <br />be used with plant <br />materials for screening, <br />provided such features <br />are designed and located <br />in harmony with other <br />site features and <br />functions. <br />x Yes No <br />x Yes No <br />X Not Applicable <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make an <br />affirmative finding based on <br />the following: <br />The applicant testified that <br />while there are no protected <br />habitat areas on the property, <br />the site plan designates an <br />eighty (80) foot stream buffer <br />along the existing stream that <br />is to be left in an undisturbed <br />state. <br />The Planning Board voted <br />unanimously to make an <br />affirmative finding based on <br />the following: <br />The applicant testified that <br />mulch shall be generated and <br />spread on the site or the yard <br />waste shall be disposed of in a <br />manner consistent with County <br />policies. <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 />Berms, fences and <br />landscaping walls are not <br />proposed for this project. <br />ADMINISTRATION <br />RECOMMENDED <br />Findings: <br />x Yes No <br />x Yes No <br />x Yes No <br />X Not Applicable <br />