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| 2009-09-04 13:14:12 | ***SAM'S CLUB LANDSCAPE REVIEW FAILED*** |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN |
| | FORMAT. |
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| | 1. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(3)(A), EVERY TERMINAL |
| | LANDSCAPE ISLAND SHALL CONTAIN ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING |
| | TREE. THE NEWLY CREATED TERMINAL ISLANDS AT THE NORTH |
| | END OF THE PARKING ROWS DO NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. |
| | SOME OF THE OTHER TERMINAL ISLANDS ARE MISSING THE |
| | REQUIRED TREES, AS WELL. |
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| | 2. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-442 (C), WHEN PALM TREES ARE |
| | SUBSTITUTED FOR SHADE TREES, TWO PALM TREES SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED FOR EACH REQUIRED SHADE TREE. 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. THIS APPLIES TO THE NEWLY |
| | CREATED TERMINAL ISLANDS AT THE NORTH END OF THE |
| | PARKING ROWS. A TOTAL OF SIX SABAL PALMS OR TWO SHADE |
| | TREES WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THE END OF EACH DOUBLE |
| | PARKING ROW. |
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| | 3. THOUGH THE PROPOSED HEDGE ALONG THE EAST PERIMETER |
| | IS REQUIRED, THE COCOPLUM HEDGE ON THE NEIGHBORING |
| | PROPERTY CAN BE USED TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AND A |
| | SECOND HEDGE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. HOWEVER, A NOTE |
| | SHALL BE PLACED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT IF THE HEDGE |
| | ON THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY IS EVER REMOVED THEN THIS |
| | PROPERTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO PLANT A HEDGE. HOWEVER, |
| | PLEASE BE AWARE THAT A HEDGE IS REQUIRED AROUND THE |
| | ENTIRE PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND IT SHALL BE REPLACED |
| | IN ALL OTHER AREAS WHERE IT IS MISSING. |
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| | 4. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (E), AT LEAST 30 PERCENT |
| | OF THE LINEAR FEET AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF ALL |
| | COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES SHALL BE PLANTED WITH TREES, |
| | SHRUBS OR HEDGES. PLEASE PROVIDE THE CALCULATIONS. |
| | LANDSCAPING SHALL BE INCORPORATED IN FRONT OF THE NEW |
| | ADDITION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. |
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| | 5. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-442 (D), PRIVATE LAND AND |
| | PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BETWEEN STREET OR SIDEWALK |
| | SURFACES AND REQUIRED BUFFER STRIPS AND LANDSCAPED OPEN |
| | SPACE AREAS SHALL BE PLANTED WITH GRASS. GRASS AREAS |
| | SHALL BE SODDED. THE APPLICANT SHALL RESOD ALL LAWN |
| | AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY |
| | WHERE THE GRASS HAS DIED OR IS WEED INFESTED. |
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| | 6. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445 (4)(G)(3), AUTOMATIC |
| | IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SHALL BE USED FOR THE CULTIVATED |
| | LANDSCAPE AREAS FOR ALL PROPERTIES. THERE SHALL BE 120% |
| | COVERAGE OF ALL LANDSCAPED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SITE, |
| | INCLUDING THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY. |
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| | 7. PURSUANT TO 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 AND SHALL |
| | CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE. THE |
| | PARKING ROW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS MISSING |
| | AN INTERIOR ISLAND AND SOME OF THE OTHER INTERIOR |
| | ISLANDS ARE MISSING THE REQUIRED TREES. |
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| | 8. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(3)(C), IF DIVIDER |
| | MEDIANS ARE USED, THEY SHALL FORM A CONTINUOUS |
| | LANDSCAPED STRIP BETWEEN ABUTTING ROWS OF PARKING |
| | SPACES. SHADE OR FLOWERING TREES WITHIN A DIVIDER |
| | MEDIAN SHALL BE PLANTED AT 30-FOOT INTERVALS. THE |
| | EXISTING TREE SPECIES USED IN THE MEDIANS IS LIVE OAK |
| | AND THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO COMPLETE THE |
| | PLANTING. |
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| | 9. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445 (4)(I), AUSTRALIAN PINE, |
| | BRAZILIAN PEPPER, EARLEAF ACACIA AND ALL OTHER INVASIVE |
| | AND PROHIBITED TREE SPECIES SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE |
| | SITE. |
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| | 10.THERE IS A DEAD ROYAL PALM AT THE MILITARY TRAIL |
| | ENTRY MEDIAN BY THE SIGN. THERE IS A LONE ROYAL PALM |
| | GROWING IN A GROUPING OF SABAL PALMS IN THE MEDIAN AT |
| | THE MAIN ENTRY. THIS PALM COULD BE MOVED TO THE |
| | ENTRANCE IN FROM MILITARY TRAIL AND REPLACED WITH |
| | ANOTHER SABAL PALM. THE CONDITION OF THE LANDSCAPING |
| | ALONG TBOTH ENTRNACES IS IN POOR CONDITION AND SHALL BE |
| | UPGRADED. |
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| | 11. CASSIA FISTULA IS BRIITTLE AND TENDS TO BREAK APART |
| | . IT HAS A VERY SPARSE CROWN AND IS DECIDUOUS. THE |
| | TABEBUIA CARAIBA HAS A VERY POOR ROOT SYSTEM AND THE |
| | TREE TENDS TO BLOW OVER IN HIGH WIND. THE APPLICANT |
| | SHALL CONSIDER USING OTHER TREE SPECIES THAT ARE |
| | EVERGREEN AND STORM TOLERANT. ALSO, THE MAJORITY OF THE |
| | EXISTING ISLAND TREES ARE BLACK OLIVES. IN ORDER TO |
| | HAVE SOME CONTINUITY, ADIDITIONAL TREES MAY NEED TO BE |
| | REMOVED OR RELOCATED TO ALLOW THE PLANTING OF A SINGLE |
| | TREE SPECIES WITHIN A ROW THAT CROSSES THE PARKING LOT |
| | FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. THE APPLICANT SHALL DEVELOP |
| | A PLAN THAT HAS REPETITION OF SPECIES AND AVOIDS RANDOM |
| | PLANTING OF DIFFERENT SPECIES. |
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| | 12. LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE SHALL BE |
| | BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS. ALL EXISTING TREES AND |
| | PLANT MATERIALS SHALL BE FLORIDA # 1 GRADE OR BETTER OR |
| | REPLACEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED. EXISTING TREES THAT WILL |
| | REMAIN SHALL BE CORRECTIVELY PRUNED BY A CERTIFIED |
| | ARBORIST. |
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| | 13. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-444 (B), OUTDOOR GARBAGE |
| | RECEPTACLES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS APPROPRIATE |
| | SCREENIG IS PROVIDED. SCREENING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF |
| | BRICK, DECORATIVE CONCRETE, OTHER DECORATIVE MASONRY, |
| | OR COMPARABLY DURABLE WOOD AND STEEL. WALLS SHALL BE |
| | LANDSCAPED WITH SHRUBS AND HEDGES PLANTED AT TWO-FOOT |
| | INTERVALS. A FOUR-SIDED ENCLOSURE WITH AN OBSCURING |
| | GATE IS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED TRASH COMPACTOR |
| | IS SHOWN WITHIN THE TRAVEL AISLE AND SHOULD BE LOCATED |
| | ELSEWHERE. |
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| | 14. IN KEEPING WITH XERISCAPE GUIDELINES, THE APPLICANT |
| | SHALL CONSIDER THE USE OF LOW GROWING GROUND COVER AS A |
| | REPLACEMENT TO SOD IN MANY OF THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND |
| | LANDSCAPE STRIPS. THE REDUCTION IN SOD WILL REDUCE |
| | WATER CONSUMPTION AND MAINTENANCE. |
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| | 15. A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT APPLICATION SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT WITH |
| | TWO COPIES OF THE APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT |
| | KUSSNER @ (561) 822-1462. |
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