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bQQK PAGE � The proposed ordinance is fully analyzed and contained in attachment #1, which is a copy of staffs report sent to the PSAC for its June 26th meeting. In general, the most significant changes contained in the proposed ordinance are as follows: 1. Require increased canopy tree sizes at time of planting in required compatibility buffers where taller buildings are proposed to be located in close proximity to residential properties. 2. Specifically prohibit excessive pruning of mature trees. 3. Require larger replacement trees and shrubs where mature trees or shrubs are required to be replaced on older project sites. 4. Require increased landscaping along roadways, especially arterial roadways by: slightly increasing the number of required canopy trees and maintained hedge height and by requiring landscaping along a site's entire road frontage rather than between parking areas and adjacent roadways only. 5. Allow the Planning and Zoning Commission the authority to require walls or earthen berms as the opaque feature component of a required compatibility buffer on a project by project basis. Some PSAC members expressed concerns regarding increased costs, availability and potential survival and grow -in problems associated with planting 161+ canopy trees. Concerns were also expressed about proposed loading dock screening requirements and a lack of public sector commitment to roadway landscaping. As indicated, the Board could invoke the pending ordinance doctrine on all or specific portions of the proposed ordinance. In staffs opinion, it could take 3-4 months to finalize landscaping requirements. During that time, several development applications may be filed that would be affected by the proposed landscaping enhancement changes. If the Board is in general agreement with the proposed changes, then it could invoke the pending ordinance doctrine for all or a part of the proposed ordinance. eCR 512 Road Widening & Landscaping Improvements In the near future, the county will be initiating several major roadway widening projects. One project that is currently under design by the Public Works Department and its project engineering consultant (Masteller & Moler, Inc.) is the four laning of CR 512 from I-95 to Roseland Road. Based on the Board's policy of beautifying major entryways into the county, planning staff and public works staff have been coordinating on landscaping aspects of the CR 512 widening project design. As proposed, the four -laving of CR 512 from I-95 to Roseland Road will include a new bridge over the South Prong of the St. Sebastian River, a center median and access management improvements, bikepaths and sidewalks, and some degree of landscaping. Also, the project is being designed to accommodate the ultimate six -laving of the roadway. The six laning is not projected to be needed for more than 20 years. Preliminary design alternatives proposed by the consultant have focused on minimizing cost, minimizing right-of-way acquisition, minimizing potential severance liabilities, providing a safe roadway design, minimizing utility and drainage conflicts, and preserving existing native trees on the north side of CR 512 around the South Prong. These alternatives would allow for "soft landscaping" (including understory tree species that have individual trunks not exceeding 4" in diameter) in 0111 JULY 22,1997