Question raised: would code repeal affect tree and landscaping requests?
Commissioners used landscaping examples — including reducing required trees on narrow lots or placing plantings only on one side of an entry — to probe whether repealing the minor-mod provision would change how tree/landscape requests are reviewed; staff said an alternative landscape plan/variance process already handles those cases.
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Commissioner Pollard asked a practical question early in the session: if the code requires two trees per lot but a developer wants one because lots are smaller, or wants plantings on only one side of an entry, would that be treated as a 'minor modification'? "So if the code says in a neighborhood that each lot is supposed to have 2 trees...and the developer comes in and says...I'd rather put 1 tree," Pollard asked.
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