Project Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Date Application Received: 8/16/13 Date Application Considered as Complete: 08/16/13 60-Day Review Period Expires: 10/15/13 To: Chair Leskinen, Planning Commission Members Jessica Loftus, City Administrator From: Melanie Curtis, Planning & Zoning Coordinator V Date: 11 February 2013 Item Description: #13-3630— Bill Coffman on behalf of Ervin Wachman —Bayside Meadows Waiver of Boulevard Landscape Requirements & Road Name Assignment Public Hearing Zoning District: RR-113 One Family Rural Residential District (2 acre/200' width) Existing Lot Areas: 13.01±acres dry + 0.71± acres wetland 13.72± acres total List of Exhibits: Exhibit A. Revised Landscape Plan ExhibitB. Applicant's Request Exhibit Approved Landscape Plan — Final Plat Bayside Meadows ExhibitD. Council Minutes — 06/24/13 Exhibit E. Neighbor Comments Received Council Exhibit C Applicable City Code Section: Sec. 82-226. - Preservation of natural features and amenities. a) Generally. Existing features which would add value to residential development or to the city as a whole, such as trees, watercourses and falls, beaches, historic spots, and similar irreplaceable assets, shall be preserved in the design of the subdivision. No trees shall be removed from any subdivision nor any change of grade of the land effected until approval of the preliminary subdivision has been granted. All trees on the subdivision plan required to be retained shall be preserved, and all trees where required shall be welled and protected against change of grade. The vegetation map shall show the number and location of existing trees, as required by this chapter, and shall further indicate all those marked for retention, and the location of all proposed shade trees required along the street side of each lot as required by this chapter. b) Shade trees planted by subdivider. (1) Asa requirement of subdivision approval, the city may require that the subdivider plant shade trees on the property of the subdivision. Such trees are to be planted within five feet of the right-of-way of the roads within and abutting the subdivision, or, at the discretion of the city, within the right-of-way of such roads. One tree shall be planted for every 40 feet of frontage along each road unless the council, upon recommendation of city staff, shall grant a waiver. (2) New trees to be provided pursuant to this chapter shall be approved by the city and shall be planted in accordance with the specifications of the city. Such trees shall have a minimum trunk diameter, measured 12 inches above ground level, of not less than two inches. Only oak, honey locust, hard maples, ginkgo, ash or other long-lived shade trees acceptable to the city shall be planted.