Agenda - Planning Commission - 10/02/2003

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P leasureland RV - S itc Plan September 24, 2003 Page 3 of 6 fifty-four (54) trees shown along the p2blic road frontage for Alpaca St and Riverdale Rd, which is adequate. However, there are no overstory plantings shown along the northern property line, adjacent to Highway 10. A minimum of twent?thi'ee (23) overstory trees need to be installed along Highway .10 to satisfy the public road frontage planting requirement. Again, the trees can be spaced at an interval not to exceed 35 fket or they can be planted in clusters along Highway t0. One concern with the public road ~Trontage plantings is that they are located outside of the property, in the public road right-of-way. All trees included in the landscaping.plan need to be located within the property boundary lines. This could be accomplislied by shifting some of the overstory plantings so they are adjacent to Ftigh,~ay ~0. Also, the trees in the parkways can be shifted to be inside the property lines among the shrnbbery. While this may require some mmTanging of the shi'ubs~ it would eliminate the issue of planting-trees outside of the property lines. Please keep in mind that sN'ubs planted beneath the canopy of oversto~ trees will receive less sunlight tkroughout the day and thus, should have at least a moderate tol~erance to shade. The plan indicates that a total of 486 slzrubs will be installed on site. This is short of the minimum requirement of 540 (five shrubs per each required tree). There are no ~tbundation plantings indicated on the plan. This iS ~4n ideal piace for skrubs to be installed. Staff is recommending that additional shrubbery be included around the northeastern, eastern, and southeastern parts of the building (adjacent to the sidewalks). There is no species palette included in the landscaping plan. Each proposed species will need to be indicated on the landscaping plan. The Ramsey Tree Book should be referenced when choosing indivickta[ species. While the individual species are not identified, the sizes tbr each type of planting are. All sizes appk.ar to meet the minimun~ requirements of City Code. Parking Lot £andacaping There are fi~hy-eight (58) customer, employee, and RV service parking stalls indicated on the site plan. Thus, a total of six (6) additional overstory trees .will need to be planted within or adjacent to the pm'king area. The locations should be focused around the customer/employee stalls. The planting area ibr these trees, shall be a minimum of 162 square feet. The current plan does not provide ibr any landscaping speciIic to the pm-king area. Bz~fer);ord Plantings This site is adjacent to residentially zoned properties and thus, there are additional screening requirements. A bufferyard with a minimum of width of fifty (.501) feet is required along the southern property line. This should be planted with a minimum of thirt?two trees (30% of' the overall required plantings). The plan does indicate that there will be fencing installed along a portion of the property line. Staff is recommeriding that the fence be extended along the entire southern boundary of the development. [£ this ~tbnce line is extended the entire length of the prope~-ty, it will reduce the planting requirement by ten percent (!0°/~). resulting in the need for twenty-nine (29) overstory trees within the bn'f~er yard.