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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_0276 (2)3. The parking lot shall also be landscaped with canopy trees as required by this section at the rate shown below. This requirement shall be initiated by the initial use or development of the property. Canopy trees shall be provided at a rate of one canopy tree for every 6 spaces. Required canopy trees shall be distributed throughout the parking area and shall be located within or adjacent to parking lots as tree islands, at the end of parking bays, inside medians or between rows of parking spaces. Canopy trees must be a minimum of eight (8) feet high and two (2) inches in diameter, measured six (6) inches above grade at planting. When mature, a canopy tree should be at least forty (40) feet high and have a minimum crown width of thirty (30) feet. A list of appropriate trees can be found in the section below. 4. A landscaped roadway yard shall be provided by each use subject to this requirement. The requirement for a landscaped roadway yard shall be initiated by the occurrence of the same activities as set forth in Section 12.1. A landscaped roadway yard is a landscaped area parallel to the public roadway designed to provide continuity of vegetation along the right-of-way and a pleasing view from the road. Only driveways and crosswalks shall penetrate the landscaped area. The minimum width of the roadway yard shall be fifteen (15) feet measured from and parallel to the public road right-of-way or future right-of-way as designated by the Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan, whichever is most restrictive. It shall be landscaped and maintained with a combination of trees and shrubs, consisting of a minimum of one (1) tree and ten (10) shrubs for each fifty (50) feet. The following is a sample list of recommended trees by common name: Red Maple White Pine Pecan Sycamore Deodar Cedar White Oak White Spruce Pin Oak American Holly Post Oak Black Locust American Linden Red Mulberry American Elm The following is a sample list of recommended shrubs by common name: American Boxwood Common Juniper Carolina Allspice Nandina Flowering Quince Azalea Hedge Cotoneaster Mapleleaf Vtbumum Japanese Holly Sargents Chinese Juniper Japanese Barberry Common Laurelcherry Purple Beautyberry Fragrant Sumac Attorney David Parker said he represented the applicant, and he would be glad to answer any questions. No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Johnson adjourned the hearing. OTIO by Commissioner Tice, after reviewing the findings of fact and determining them to be in order, to approve the Rezoning Request of Case No. 0405- 2/Richard W. Howard from Residential Agricultural to Office Institutional Conditional Use District with the aforementioned conditions. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0. Chairman Johnson declared the meeting to be in a public hearing and invited all persons desiring to speak to come to the dais and be sworn -in due to the conditional uses involved in the rezoning request of Case No.0405-3. Rezoning Request of Case No. 0405-3: Virginia M. Bumgarner Requests that Property be Rezoned from Residential Agricultural to Office Institutional Conditional Use District (Location: 319 Langtree Road, Mooresville, NC — PIN# 4645-63-8458): Planning Supervisor Smith said the applicant desired to rezone a 7.75 acre tract that was currently being used for residential purposes. He said the existing land use was residential and industrial. Smith said the parcels were located in Area Two of the South Iredell Small Area Plan that was adopted in April of 2004. He continued by saying high-end office space, in a campus -style development, was the preferred option for the area. Smith said the staff recommended approval, and on May 5, 2004, the planning board approved the request in a 9-1 vote with the following conditions: A. Where applicable, the front yard setback is to be measured from any future right-of-way as designated in the Iredell County Thoroughfare Plan. No chain link or similar fencing is permitted in the front yard. Fences of natural materials (i.e. wood, brick, stone, etc.) would be permitted in the front yard.