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Planning staff backs addition of 5-foot "Class C" buffer in landscape ordinance amendment
Summary
Planning staff recommended approval of amendments to Article 12.8 that add a new 5-foot "Class C" landscape buffer, create an exemptions and flexibilities section, and require permeable pavement where the buffer abuts pavement on small lots.
Ms. Hillman, a planning staff presenter, outlined proposed amendments to Article 12.8 of the zoning code that would add a new Class C buffer yard, 5 feet wide, with the same plant composition required for a Class A buffer but a reduced width. The package also creates a new exemptions and flexibilities section and sets conditions for when a Class C buffer may substitute for the current 20-foot Class B buffer for small lots.
The amendments would permit the Class C buffer as a substitute for a 20-foot Class B buffer on lots 7,500 square feet or smaller or 50 feet or less in lot width. When the Class C buffer abuts pavement within the development (for example, a driveway), up to 15 feet of that pavement width must…
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