Agenda - Planning Commission - 04/07/2005

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Preliminary Plat and Site Plan Review': Rum River Estates :i April [, 2005 Page 4 of 5 ........ · _ __.A ~ ,a-fflc ,,Cnei. aiori h,alysis for this project has been ordered. The placement 12. lramc ~eneranon ~na!ya~a. ~ m, , ~. , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . . ~ - · ............ ~-~ ~.~ {*~-- bre~ for ~e local school district ~s affected ~e or counters mtne nero w~ pu,t~n~u ~ cw: v~,~ . · delive~ date for the report. ~:~ ~ '-~: ~: ~ ~ 13. Drainage and Utili~ Easemen~Wetl~{ ~t~be ~ncumbered with a drainage and utiliW easement. It append ~at the prelimina~ plat co~phesCw[~s reqmrement. 14. Dens i~ T rans itioning. ~e development ~ n6t s%ject to densiW ~sitioning. · 15. Landscaping. We are h receipti0fai~c~h~ plan ~at was submiaed on MarCh 17, 2005. Using the c~opy cover fomula, the mhim~ req~rea C~°~y c°Ver is 64,237 squ~e' feet. A combination of existing trees and new plantings ~e being d~itiZed~to.h~ll::~s requkement. The new plantings consist of dccid~o~ ~d ~o~feto~ oversto~ ~ees, om~enml ~ees, and s~bs approxima~dy 30,1 ~0 sq~e fect.:~1 0~:~c ~r°~sed: plantings meet the m~mum size requirements and ail species ~e considered to be a%cPmble~:~O~ pmfeged ~ outl~ed in ~e R~sey Tree Book. remainder o~ ~he re uired canOp~ cov~r~:~lt W~ ac~ewd by prese~ing existing wgemfion, w~ch is discussed below. : ~' ~ ~ The ~ollowing commen~ are offer reg~d~g~c t~dscap~ng pl~: · In the planting speei~e~tio~ ~f ~ ~ ~sk~ ~ present w~th the ~a~ed and ~urlap ~ees~ ~t least the top t~rd o~ i~ mus~ ~e r~mo.v~d ~B~r ~.~c~ ~e~n.pl~eed i~ ~e planting hole and p~all~ Also, as much o~ ~e bUrt~p s~ul~ ~ ~t ~ ~s ~ossi~le~ not lust ~olde~ ~ek (~ ~e ~udap ~ ~een ~eated to resist decay or tf ~t t~ ~: ~ ~ ~ · ~e depth of the plant~g hole ~hoUld'.~adj~*d so ~at the m~ flar~ is at ~ade level. .---:- · Organic mulch should be used~mo~ ~1[ ;~e~ plantings to a dep& of 4-6 ~ches, but should be pulled back so it is not agaimt the stems of~e - ~ ' ..... }----~-~*~i,;:~hh~e~ ~at ~e to be oresemed ~oughout ~e construction 16. l ree rrese~anon.. I nere are ap~u~t~[~:¢uw?~ - ~ · process consisting mostly of ~n~ red ~d ~,~ine, and nonhero pin oak. Roughly ~-five (35) of the trees being presemed qmli~ to b~ cr~ilbflito~ ~e required canopy cover (at least 8 inches in diameter and meaning~lly located). ~se~ ~es~il~;e0~timte aborn 42,736 square feet of canopy cover. Fu~hemore, many of these ~ee~ ~ wetl~~ young r, smaller ~ees will provide some screening for the existing properties to the no~h. ~ ;~ Tree save fencing is required aroma all :~e~s ;~r ~oups of trees to be prese~ed. The fencing shall include, at a minimum, the entire area ~neath;th~ ~ee!Can°py, which is ~own as the critical root zone. No construction activi, w~tsoever may oCe~ wi~i~ these areas. Moreover, no construction shall begin until this fencing has been installed ~d:[approVe4 b~t~ Ci,.' . Finally, any clearing involving oak trees e~°t fd~cur between April 15 and July 15 to protect against oak wilt. ~f oak trees exist on or adjacem~toi:th~ '4~elopment area, i plan must be submiUed outlining the actions that will be taken to prote~ thosa ~{e~ ff0k oak wilt.