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Preliminary Plat: The Village of Sunfish Lake January 31,2003, Revised February 21, 2003 Page 5 of 7 12. 13. provision is. subject to change' depending on the depth of the utilities. The submitted preliminary plat does not show any drainage easements. These easements must be shown On the final plat. Utilities. The development will be served by municipal water and sanitary sewer. City sanitary services surround the site. The site can be adequately serviced by these Utilities. ~ Density Transitioning In addition to the building landscaping requirements, the developer is also required to provide additional vegetation to act as a buffer between the new' units and the existing single-family homes. Both the eastern and southern property boundaries abut existing single family hbmes. The eastern property boUndary adjacent to single-family homes is roughly 900 feet resulting in an additional eighteen (18) overstory trees, eighteen (18) evergreen trees, and eighteen (18) understory-trees. According to the site plan, there will be five (5) overstory trees, eighteen (,t 8) evergreen trees, and no understory trees planted in this buffer area. In addition, the site plan also Shows thirty-nine (39) shrubs included along this boundary. There are about thirty trees (mixture mainly consisting of oaks and hackberrry) that will be preserved which can count toward and fulfill the overstory requirement. 14. The southern property boundary that is adjacent to existing single family 'hOmes is approximately 1,500 feet in length. This results in the additional planting requirement of thirty (30) 0verstory trees, thirty (30) evergreens, and thirty (30) understory trees in the twenty-five foot wide buffer area. The site plan shows twenty-two (22) overstory trees, forty-one (41)' evergreens, and.no understory trees. There are also around twenty pines and'spruces that will be preserVed (in the southeastern corner) that can count toward the minimum number of evergreen plantings required. To satisfy the density transitioning requirements, there' needs to be ornamental or understory trees included in the buffer strip. Neither the eastern or southern buffer areas on the site plan- show any of these trees being planted. While efforts are being made to preserve some of the existing trees, the minimum of eighteen (18) and thirty (30) ornamental/understory trees need to be planted along the ~astern and southern boundaries respectively. - Tree Preservation. A tree preservation plan (Sheet. Ll-l') has been included as part of the preliminary plat submittal. Tree preservation areas are indicated on-the plan. The plan' shows approximately 2.5 acres of trees being preserved or 30% of the existing tree cover. An effort is being made to preserve some of the significant trees on this property and will result in a reduction of the required landscape planting, as discussed: above. In addition to-the aforementioned trees being preserved, there is also a small patch of oaks that will remain in the northeast comer of this property. Above and beyond the trees that are slated for preservation, there is ti'emendous Potential to preserve a number of young red and white oaks' by relocating them with a tree spade. On site inspections with City Staff to identify possible candidates for relocation should be given strong consideration.. These trees could be Used to satisfy the overStory plantings required for density transitioning and could possibly be used to offset the ornamental/understory plantings as well (depending on the total number that would be transplanted). These would, of course, need to be relocated to the buffer strips along the eastern, and southern boundaries. -219-