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| 2010-04-14 12:55:42 | AMY STELLY |
| | PLANNING AND ZONING |
| | 822-1442 |
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| | 1. OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS |
| | THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS APPROVED FOR A CLASS B SPECIAL |
| | USE PERMIT FOR A DAYCARE IN 2001. THE APPROVED USE |
| | REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 1125 SQUARE FEET FOR A PLAY AREA. |
| | THE PLAY AREA FOR THE USE MUST BE SHOWN ON THE SITE |
| | PLAN. |
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| | PLEASE INDICATE THE INDICATE THE NEW AREA (SQUARE |
| | FOOTAGE) OF THE PLAZA CURRENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE |
| | EXISTING CHURCH AND THE ONE STORY BUILDING. A MINIMUM |
| | OF 900 SQ. FT. IS REQUIRED BY SEC 94-444 (A)(3) OF THE |
| | ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (ZLDR). |
| | ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED BY SEC 94-444 |
| | (A) OF THE ZLDR: |
| | (4) CURB CUTS PROVIDING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESS ONTO A |
| | PLAZA ARE PROHIBITED; HOWEVER, PLAZAS MAY BE DESIGNED |
| | TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. |
| | (5) AT LEAST ONE TREE SHALL BE PLANTED IN REQUIRED |
| | PLAZA FOR EACH 900 SQUARE FEET OR PORTION THEREOF. |
| | SHADE TREES SHALL BE PLANTED WITHIN THE PLAZA AREA OR |
| | ALONG THE PERIPHERY. |
| | (6) AT LEAST ONE LINEAR FOOT OF SEATING FOR EVERY 30 |
| | SQUARE FEET OF PLAZA SPACE. SEATING SURFACES SHALL HAVE |
| | A DEPTH OF BETWEEN 16 AND 20 INCHES. |
| | (7) RAMPS SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE HANDICAPPED TO |
| | ALL PEDESTRIAN AND SEATING AREAS AND SHALL BE IN |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT |
| | REQUIREMENTS. |
| | (8) FLOORS AND OTHER PLAZA SURFACES, EXCLUDING PLANTING |
| | AREAS, SHALL BE MADE OF CONCRETE OR OTHER EQUALLY |
| | DURABLE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. |
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| | 2. DISPOSAL FACILITIES |
| | ALL DUMPSTERS AND TRASH RECEPTACLES MUST BE SCREENED |
| | AND LANDSCAPED ACCORDING TO SEC 94-444 (B) OF THE ZLDR. |
| | PLEASE PROVIDE DRAWINGS WHICH DETAIL THE CONSTRUCTION |
| | OF THE ENCLOSURE AND THE ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING. |
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| | 3. BUFFERING AND SCREENING |
| | (A) ACCORDING TO SEC 94-443 OF THE ZLDR, PROPERTY USED |
| | FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PURPOSES LOCATED ADJACENT TO A |
| | RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT SHALL INSTALL AND MAINTAIN |
| | ALONG THE ENTIRE PROPERTY LINE A PROTECTIVE SCREEN WALL |
| | AND A LANDSCAPED BUFFER. PROTECTIVE SCREEN WALLS AND |
| | BUFFERS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET OR EXCEED THE |
| | SPECIFICATIONS OF THIS SECTION. |
| | (1) PROTECTIVE SCREEN WALLS. |
| | A. WALLS SHALL BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET IN HEIGHT AND |
| | SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK, DECORATIVE CONCRETE, |
| | OTHER DECORATIVE MASONRY, OR COMPARABLY DURABLE AND |
| | AESTHETIC WOOD OR METAL, EXCLUDING METAL OR WOOD SLATS |
| | IN CHAINLINK FENCES, SHALL BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET IN |
| | HEIGHT. |
| | B. WALLS SHALL NOT CONTAIN ANY OPENINGS EXCEPT THOSE |
| | GATES OR SIMILAR MEANS OF ACCESS THAT MAY BE APPROVED |
| | IN THE COURSE OF SITE PLAN REVIEW. |
| | C. WALLS SHALL EXTEND THE FULL LENGTH OF THE |
| | NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL |
| | DISTRICT. WALLS IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES IN HEIGHT SHALL |
| | NOT BE ERECTED WITHIN 20 FEET OF A RESIDENTIAL FRONT |
| | PROPERTY LINE. |
| | (2) LANDSCAPE BUFFER. |
| | A. THE BUFFER SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET IN WIDTH |
| | AT MATURITY. |
| | B. ALL PORTIONS OF THE BUFFER SHALL BE COVERED WITH |
| | GRASS, GROUND COVER, SHRUBBERY, MULCH, OR OTHER |
| | SUITABLE LIVE PLANT MATERIAL. |
| | C. AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE SHALL BE |
| | PLANTED IN A REQUIRED BUFFER FOR EACH 30 LINEAR FEET OR |
| | PORTION THEREOF. REQUIRED SHADE OR FLOWERING TREES MAY |
| | BE PLANTED AT INTERVALS OR MAY BE CLUSTERED IF |
| | CLUSTERING IMPROVES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BUFFER. |
| | REQUIRED TREES TO SERVE AS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ADJACENT |
| | TO A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT MUST BE VISIBLE FROM |
| | THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE WALL TO ENHANCE THE BUFFERING |
| | EFFECT. CLUSTERING OF REQUIRED TREES SHALL BE SUBJECT |
| | TO CITY APPROVAL. |
| | D. REQUIRED HEDGES SHALL BE PLANTED WITH TWO-FOOT TO |
| | THREE-FOOT INTERVALS OR CLUSTERED IF THE EFFECTIVENESS |
| | OF THE BUFFER IS IMPROVED. HEDGES SHALL BE PLANTED |
| | PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION 94-445(4)E. |
| | E. THE AMOUNT OF REQUIRED PLANT MATERIAL AND OF |
| | REQUIRED BUFFER LENGTH SHALL BE MEASURED ALONG THE |
| | CENTERLINE OF THE BUFFER. |
| | F. REQUIRED TREES, HEDGES AND SHRUBS MAY NOT BE |
| | CLUSTERED WHEN PLANTED NEXT TO BUFFER PARKING LOTS. |
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| | (B) A BUFFER STRIP ALONG THE ENTIRE EDGE OF PROPERTY |
| | ADJACENT TO A PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE SHALL BE INSTALLED |
| | AND MAINTAINED. THE BUFFER STRIP SHALL BE DESIGNED AND |
| | LANDSCAPED AS FOLLOWS: |
| | (2) THE BUFFER STRIP MAY NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY MORE |
| | THAN 25 PERCENT OF ITS REQUIRED LENGTH TO PROVIDE FOR |
| | SIGNS OR VEHICULAR INGRESS AND EGRESS. |
| | (3) TREES, SHRUBS, GRASS, GROUND COVER, OR OTHER |
| | SUITABLE LIVE PLANT MATERIAL SHALL BE PLANTED OVER THE |
| | ENTIRE BUFFER STRIP AREA. HOWEVER, PAVING MAY BE USED |
| | IN AREAS OF INTENSIVE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION. |
| | (4) AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE SHALL BE |
| | PLANTED IN A REQUIRED BUFFER STRIP FOR EACH 30 LINEAR |
| | FEET OR PORTION THEREOF. PAVED AREAS USED FOR |
| | PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION AND VEHICULAR ACCESS SHALL BE |
| | INCLUDED WHEN CALCULATING THE LENGTH OF THE BUFFER |
| | STRIP. TREES MAY BE CLUSTERED OR PLANTED IRREGULARLY AS |
| | DEEMED APPROPRIATE. CLUSTERING OF REQUIRED TREES SHALL |
| | BE SUBJECT TO CITY APPROVAL. |
| | (5) TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF REQUIRED PLANT MATERIAL, |
| | THE REQUIRED BUFFER STRIP LENGTH SHALL BE MEASURED |
| | ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE BUFFER. |
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| | (C) SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING FOR VEHICULAR USE AREAS. |
| | A LANDSCAPE BUFFER SHALL BE INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED |
| | WHEN SUCH USES ARE ADJACENT TO OR VISIBLE FROM A PUBLIC |
| | THOROUGHFARE. SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED AS REQUIRED BY THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) A DECORATIVE WALL: VEHICULAR USE AREAS SHALL BE |
| | SCREENED FROM RESIDENTIAL USES AND DISTRICTS BY A |
| | 36-INCH HIGH BRICK, DECORATIVE CONCRETE, OTHER |
| | DECORATIVE MASONRY, OR COMPARABLY DURABLE WOOD OR METAL |
| | WALL AROUND THE PERIPHERY. THE SCREEN DOES NOT INCLUDE |
| | METAL OR WOOD SLATS IN CHAINLINK FENCES. THE WALL MAY |
| | NOT BE INTERRUPTED ALONG MORE THAN 20 PERCENT OF |
| | REQUIRED LENGTH TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR INGRESS AND |
| | EGRESS; HOWEVER, THIS PROVISION MAY BE WAIVED TO |
| | ACCOMMODATE NORMAL VEHICULAR INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR |
| | PROPERTIES POSSESSING MINIMAL FRONTAGE. |
| | (2) A LANDSCAPED BUFFER: VEHICULAR USE AREAS SHALL BE |
| | SCREENED FROM THOROUGHFARES AND RESIDENTIAL USES AND |
| | DISTRICTS BY A LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF AT LEAST FIVE FEET |
| | IN WIDTH. HEDGES SHALL BE PLANTED WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE |
| | BUFFER AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF |
| | SUBSECTION 94-445(4)E. SHADE TREES MUST BE PLANTED AT |
| | 30-FOOT INTERVALS. |
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| | 4. PARKING |
| | THE PROPOSED PARKING AND THE RELOCATED PARKING SPACES |
| | ARE CURRENTLY ENCROACHING ON A VACANT LOT. PLEASE |
| | PROVIDE A UNITY OF TITLE SHOWING THAT THE LAND FOR THE |
| | PROPOSED PARKING AREA HAS BEEN UNIFIED WITH THE LAND |
| | FOR THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE EXISTING PARKING LOT. |
| | ACCORDING TO SEC 94-443(C)(3) OF THE ZLDR: |
| | OFF-STREET PARKING LOTS CONTAINING AT LEAST 12 INTERIOR |
| | PARKING SPACES SHALL CONTAIN LANDSCAPE AREAS. THE TOTAL |
| | SIZE OF SUCH LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE EQUAL TO TEN |
| | SQUARE FEET FOR EACH PARKING SPACE AND SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF AN OFF-STREET PARKING |
| | AREA. LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE |
| | OR FLOWERING TREE FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET OF REQUIRED |
| | LANDSCAPED AREA. A MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF ALL TREES |
| | THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PLANTED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF |
| | AN OFF-STREET PARKING AREA SHALL BE SHADE TREES. THE |
| | SHADE TREES SHALL BE LOCATED IN SUCH A MANNER TO |
| | PRODUCE MAXIMUM OVERHEAD CANOPY FOR THE VEHICLES. ALL |
| | PARKING LOT LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE PLANTED WITH |
| | GRASS, GROUND COVER, SHRUBBERY, OR OTHER SUITABLE LIVE |
| | PLANT MATERIAL. PARKING LOT LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE |
| | DESIGNED, PLANTED, AND MAINTAINED TO PERMIT CLEAR |
| | VISION BETWEEN THE HEIGHT OF TWO FEET AND EIGHT FEET |
| | ABOVE GRADE. TERMINAL ISLANDS, INTERIOR ISLANDS AND |
| | DIVIDER MEDIANS SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO RETAIN MAXIMUM |
| | WATER IN THE TURF AREAS. PLEASE REFERE TO FIGURE XIV-1 |
| | O0F THE ZLDR FOR AN EXAMPLE OF THE LOCATION AND |
| | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT LANDSCAPE AREAS |
| | AND THE PROPERTY. |
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| | AN ACCESSIBLE PATH SHOULD BE SHOWN THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE |
| | THE USER TO WALK BEHIND A PARKED CAR. |
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| | THE PARKING DETAIL SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS |
| | INCONSISTENT WITH THE STALL PAINTING DETAIL SHOWN IN |
| | SEC. 94-485 OF THE CODE. |
| | ACCORDING TO SEC 94-485 OF THE ZLDR |
| | (E) SURFACING OF PARKING AND LOADING SPACES. PRIOR TO |
| | ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, ALL PARKING AND |
| | LOADING SPACES, ACCESS DRIVES, AND MANEUVERING LANES |
| | SHALL BE PAVED WITH A NONDUSTING SURFACE IN COMPLIANCE |
| | WITH STANDARDS SPECIFIED BY THE CITY. THE PLANNING |
| | DIRECTOR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY'S ENGINEERS, |
| | MAY APPROVE TYPES OF PAVING NOT SPECIFIED UPON A |
| | FINDING THAT SUCH OTHER TYPES ARE EQUIVALENT IN |
| | APPEARANCE AND DURABILITY. PARKING SURFACES SHALL BE |
| | MAINTAINED FREE OF ALL WEEDS, GRASS, DUST, AND |
| | ACCUMULATED TRASH. |
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| | (F)STORM DRAINAGE FOR PARKING AND LOADING SPACES. |
| | OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED |
| | WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ADEQUATELY DESIGNED AND |
| | MAINTAINED AS REQUIRED BY THE FOLLOWING: |
| | (1) TO PREVENT THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER FROM NORMAL |
| | RAINFALL; AND |
| | (2) TO PREVENT THE RUNOFF OF RAINFALL ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD |
| | PROPERTY AT RATES GREATER THAN WOULD RESULT IF THE SITE |
| | WERE UNDEVELOPED. DRAINAGE SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED IN |
| | ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY |
| | ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. |
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