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Planning commission approves landscape plan for new storage facility at 425 Highway 74 South
Summary
The commission approved the landscape plan for a self-storage facility on Highway 74 after staff explained tree-caliper requirements, existing site constraints (easements and retaining walls) and a modest tree-save area that reduced tree requirements.
The Planning Commission on July 28 approved the landscape plan for a proposed self-storage facility at 425 Highway 74 South, finding the planting layout meets requirements given site limitations from retaining walls, easements and a shared drive with an adjacent property.
Staff said the site is zoned GI (General Industrial) and that the Land Development Ordinance requires tree-caliper plantings based on impervious area. For this site, the ordinance's standard calculation (based on the listed impervious area) produced a requirement of 210 caliper inches of canopy trees and 138 caliper inches of understory trees. Staff reported the…
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