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Commission approves Demco preliminary site plan after utility agrees to 15‑foot vegetation buffer
Summary
Demco (utility) asked the Planning Commission to remove a prior condition requiring evaluation of an alternate site; Demco agreed to show and maintain a 15‑foot vegetation barrier (native/evergreen or bamboo) on the site plan, and the commission approved the preliminary site plan subject to that note and routine final engineering submissions.
The Planning Commission on April 3 reconsidered action on a Demco substation and approved the utility’s preliminary site plan after Demco agreed to include a 15‑foot vegetation barrier on the site plan and to maintain it.
Matt Gibson, Demco’s director of engineering, told the commission Demco is willing to provide and maintain an aesthetic buffer (vegetation such as evergreens or bamboo) of 15 feet outside the required security fence but is not willing to undertake the relocation‑or‑re‑evaluation of an alternate site that…
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