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Draft code would codify street-tree spacing, wetland buffers and require snow-storage plans
Summary
Consultants recommended codifying street-tree spacing (one tree per 50 ft, 1 per 100 ft on very large lots), retaining perennially vegetated buffers for surface waters, and requiring applicants to identify snow-storage areas on site plans to help protect wetlands and stormwater quality.
Landscape and natural-resource standards were described to commissioners on Feb. 11, including explicit planting-point calculations, street-tree spacing and recommendations for wetland and surface-water buffers.
The consultants proposed that plan-commission review, rather than staff, handle deviations from landscape standards; they recommended codifying street-tree requirements at one tree per 50 linear feet of street frontage (counting toward planting points) and reducing…
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