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11 <br />LIKE TO PUT A WORD IN FOR SHADE AND CITED CORAL WAY IN CORAL GABLES AS <br />A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF USING SHADE TREES. HE FELT THIS NOT ONLY <br />BEAUTIFIES THE AREA BUT ENHANCES THE STORES LOCATED THERE. <br />DR. HERBERT KALE OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY STATED THAT THEY HAVE <br />BEEN TRYING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO GET AN ORDINANCE SIMILAR TO THE ONE <br />PROPOSED. HE SAID THEY HAD NO INTENTION OF REQUIRING THAT HALF OF AN <br />EXISTING GROVE OF PALM TREES BE REMOVED AND FELT THAT AN ALLOWANCE <br />SHOULD BE MADE FOR THIS EVENTUALITY. HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT VERY FEW <br />AREAS ARE SOLID PALM TREES, AND.IN THE CASE OF SHOPPING CENTERS,. MOST <br />EVERYTHING IS REMOVED ANYWAY; DR. KALE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE <br />OTHER FLORIDA TREES THAT CONTRIBUTE A GREAT DEAL TO SHADE, WATER RE- <br />CHARGE, ETC., AND STRONGLY URGED THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED AFTER <br />THE NECESSARY LEGAL MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE. <br />NORMAN BADENHOP, PRESIDENT OF THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION, <br />URGED THAT THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED WITHOUT WATERING IT DOWN, HE ALSO <br />AGREED THAT TREES OTHER THAN PALMS OFFER BETTER SCREENING. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE OF 815 26TH AVENUE ENCOURAGED THE BOARD TO <br />PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE WITH A STRONG LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. <br />ANN ROBINSON OF 3008 NASSAU DRIVE PUT IN HER VOTE FOR A <br />STRONG LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT SECTION I - PURPOSE AND INTENT, <br />STATES THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL APPLY TO ANYTHING REQUIRING SITE PLAN <br />APPROVAL. HE POINTED OUT THAT IN R-2 THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT DON'T <br />REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL. <br />MR. BERG QUOTED FROM SECTION III, PAGE 3, WHICH STATES,"NO <br />OFF-STREET PARKING AREA SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED, ENLARGED OR RECONSTRUCTED <br />UNTIL A LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR THAT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE <br />ZONING OFFICIAL." HE FELT THAT THIS WOULD COVER THE PROBLEM. <br />CHAIRMAN VIODTKE DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEONE WHO HAS <br />ADEQUATE PARKING WANTING TO ENLARGE OR ALTER THEIR COMMERCIAL BUILDING <br />WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL. HE POINTED OUT THAT IF THEY <br />THEN ALSO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE THE <br />REQUIRED LANDSCAPING, THEY COULD END UP WITH A LESS THAN ADEQUATE <br />PARKING LOT. <br />MR. BERG AGREED THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. <br />16 <br />