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| 2008-05-14 15:52:17 | PLANS AND PLATS REVIEW COMMITTEE |
| | MAY 14, 2008 |
| | PLANNING BOARD CASE NO. 1564A |
| | HANLEY CENTER MAIN CAMPUS ? PLANNED DEVELOPMENT |
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| | PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT |
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| | LANDSCAPE COMMENTS |
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| | 1. PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN |
| | WRITTEN FORMAT. |
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| | 2. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 94-443(C)(3)(B), |
| | ONE INTERIOR LANDSCAPE ISLAND SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR |
| | EVERY TEN PARKING SPACES OR FRACTION THEREOF.INTERIOR |
| | LANDSCAPE ISLANDS SHALL BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET WIDE |
| | (INSIDE DIMENSION) AND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE |
| | OR FLOWERING TREE.ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS WILL |
| | NEED TO BE ADDED TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT.SOME |
| | OF THE EXISTING ISLANDS ARE NOT MEETING THE WIDTH |
| | REQUIREMENT. |
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| | 3. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443(C)(3)(A), EACH ROW OF |
| | PARKING SPACES SHALL BE TERMINATED BY LANDSCAPED |
| | ISLANDS.THE LANDSCAPED ISLAND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST |
| | ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE.THERE IS AT LEAST ONE |
| | AREA OF THE SITE WHERE TWO PARKING ROWS ARE TERMINATED |
| | BY A LARGE LANDSCAPE ISLAND AND ONLY ONE TREE HAS BEEN |
| | PROVIDED, INSTEAD OF THE TWO TREES REQUIRED. |
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| | 4. MUCH OF THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING IS WITHIN UTILITY |
| | EASEMENTS.PLEASE OBTAIN WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE |
| | EASEMENT HOLDER TO ALLOW THE PLANTING WITHIN THEIR |
| | EASEMENTS. |
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| | 5. THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONFLICTS BETWEEN PROPOSED |
| | LANDSCAPING AND UTILITIES.ALL EASEMENTS AND UTILITIES |
| | SUCH AS OVERHEAD LINES, METERS, CLEAN-OUTS, TELEPHONE |
| | LINES, WATER AND SEWER LINES, ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS AND |
| | ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE LANDSCAPING |
| | SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE LANDSCAPE PLANS.ALL STREET |
| | LIGHTS SHALL ALSO BE SHOWN ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. |
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| | 6. A NEW TREE ALTERATION PERMIT APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE |
| | SUBMITTED WITH THIS CURRENT PROJECT. ALL EXISTING AND |
| | PROPOSED TREES MUST BE ACCURATELY IDENTIFIED. PLEASE |
| | PROVIDE THE TOTAL LOSS OF TREE CANOPY MEASURED IN |
| | SQUARE FEET OR BY CALIPER INCH OF TRUNK DIAMETER FOR |
| | THE 104 TREES PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.DETERMINE THE |
| | AMOUNT OF NEW CANOPY THAT WILL BE ADDED BASED UPON THE |
| | SPECIFICATIONS ON THE PLANT LIST.YOU WILL BE |
| | RESPONSIBLE TO MITIGATE THE DIFFERENCE (NET LOSS) OF |
| | TREE CANOPY ON SITE OR ON CITY PROPERTY. |
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| | 7. INSTALL LANDSCAPING ON THE INSIDE OF THE PROPOSED 26 |
| | FOOT WALL TO CREATE A VISTA AS VIEWED FROM THE DINING |
| | ROOM.PERHAPS FICUS REPENS COULD BE ATTACHED TO BOTH |
| | SIDES OF THE WALL TO SOFTEN THE IMPACT OF AN EIGHT FOOT |
| | WALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING BEING |
| | INSTALLED BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE DINING ROOM. |
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| | 8. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445(4)(B), WHENEVER THE |
| | CLUSTERING OF PALM TREES IS UTILIZED, A MINIMUM OF |
| | THREE PALM TREES PER CLUSTER SHALL BE REQUIRED.THE |
| | PROPOSED PALMS IN THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS (TERMINAL AND |
| | INTERIOR) SHALL BE GROUPED IN CLUSTERS OF THREE TO |
| | SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTION FOR REQUIRED SHADE TREES. |
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| | 9. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443(B)(4), AT LEAST ONE SHADE |
| | OR FLOWERING TREE SHALL BE PLANTED IN A REQUIRED BUFFER |
| | STRIP FOR EACH 30 LINEAR FEET OR FRACTION THEREOF ALONG |
| | THE NORTH PERIMETER OF THE SITE TO FILL THE GAPS.TREE |
| | SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE SITE SHALL BE SELECTED BASED |
| | UPON FPL?S ?PLANT THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE? |
| | THAT REGULATES WHAT TREES CAN BE PLANTED NEAR OR UNDER |
| | POWER LINES. |
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| | 10. BASED UPON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE |
| | XERISCAPE DESIGN OPTION CHART, FIVE POINTS HAVE BEEN |
| | CREDITED FOR UTILIZATION OF A MOISTURE SENSING |
| | CONTROLLER OTHER THAN A RAINSWITCH.IN ORDER TO TAKE |
| | ADVANTAGE OF THIS, YOU MUST SPECIFY THE EQUIPMENT THAT |
| | WILL BE INSTALLED. |
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| | 11. IN ORDER TO FOLLOW XERISCAPE PRINCIPLES AND REDUCE |
| | MAINTENANCE, THE USE OF GROUND COVER INSTEAD OF SOD |
| | SHOULD BE UTILIZED IN SMALL AREAS SUCH AS LANDSCAPE |
| | ISLANDS. |
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| | 12. MUCH OF THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING IS TO REMAIN.ALL |
| | EXISTING TREES AND PLANT MATERIAL SHALL BE IN GOOD |
| | CONDITION.A CERTIFIED ARBORIST SHALL BE HIRED TO |
| | PRUNE ALL TREES IN NEED OF CORRECTIVE PRUNING. ALL |
| | TREES AND PLANTS THAT DONOT MEET THE FLORIDA NUMBER 1 |
| | GRADES AND STANDARDS SHALL BE REPLACED. |
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