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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(Square Feet) <br />11,550 <br /> <br />(%) <br />35% Min <br /> <br />(Square Feet) <br />20,118 <br /> <br />(%) <br />61% <br /> <br />Under the City's landscape plan design requirements 23.03 caliper inches of trees are <br />required (the minimum total caliper inchcs rcquired for trees can be arrived at by dividing the <br />gross square footage of all floors of the building [7,368] by 320) for this case. In addition, <br />NB District requirements state that an additional landscaping equal to 3 caliper inches per 40 <br />feet of public street frontage shall be added. The additional amount oflandscaping required <br />would equal 27.87 caliper inches. Therefore, the total caliper inches of trees required would <br />be 50.90. The NB District requirements also state that "buffer yard landscaping shall not be <br />included into the minimum landscaping calculation (Section A,5,a)" [Zoning Ordinance <br />Section 5,H,5,b]. <br /> <br />City staff received a copy of a revised (full-size) landscape plan from the applicant on <br />February 26, 2004. Scaled down copies of the revised landscape plan were not availablc at <br />the time that the PC Packets were mailed out. However, the reviscd landscape plan showed <br />increased caliper inchcs of trees with most of that increase coming from more coniferous <br />trees. At the neighborhood meeting on February 26th, those residents in attendance indicated <br />that they were comfortable with the revised landscape plan. The applicant has proposed <br />52.50 caliper inches of deciduous and ornamental trees and 79.95 caliper inches of <br />coniferous trees in the provided area near Addition J. The result is 132.45 total caliper <br />inches, but only 37.50 caliper inches outside of the buffer yard area (sce Scction 5,H,5,b), <br />Since thc proposed building and parking lot have bcen sitcd to leavc as much space as <br />possible for the buffer yard, thcrc is likely not sufficient space to add any more landscaping <br />to the site without overcrowding the proposed trees. Staff would also note that the caliper <br />inches of trees do not comply with the percentages outlined in the City of Arden Hills <br />Landscaping Plan standards (as shown on table below). <br /> <br />Caliper Inches of proposed trees are outlined on the table below <br /> <br />The spruce trees (coniferous) proposed by the applicant actually fall somcwhere between the <br />categorics listed below as they are 3.33 caliper inches (8-foot hcight divided by 2.4). Staff <br />has included the spruce trees in the 2 to 3 inch caliper category. <br /> <br />\\Earth\Planning\Planning Cascs\2004\04-06 MSP Master and Final PlJD for Cleveland and County Road D (PENDlNG)\03~03-D4 PC Report <br />MSP .doc <br /> <br />Page 5 of 10 <br />