1st Landscape ReviewCase No. ZA21-0026 Review No. One Dated: April 7, 2021 Number of Pages: 1
Project Name: XO Marriage Center (Site Plan)
Contact: Keith Martin Phone: (817) 748-8229 Fax: (817) 481-5713
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The following comments are based on the review of plans received on March 29, 2021 . Comments designated with a number may be incorporated into the formal review to be considered
by either the Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council. Other items will not be addressed by either the P&Z or City Council. It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact
the department representative shown above and make modifications as required by the comment.
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TREE CONSERVATION COMMENTS:
1. Please provide the existing tree cover calculations on the Tree Conservation Plan. The existing tree cover calculations consist of the total percentage of existing tree cover on the
property, the total percentage of existing tree cover proposed to be removed, and the total percentage of existing tree cover proposed to be preserved.
* Except as provided by subsection 7.2.b. of the Tree Preservation Ordinance, a Tree Conservation Analysis or Tree Conservation Plan shall be approved if it will preserve existing tree
cover in accordance with the percentage requirements established by Table 2.0. If the property has previously received a tree permit related to development, the percentage of existing
tree cover at the time the first such permit was issued shall be used to calculate the minimum existing tree cover that must be preserved under this section.
Table 2.0 – Existing Tree Cover Preservation Requirements
Percentage of existing tree cover on the entire site
Minimum percentage of the existing tree cover to be preserved*
0% – 20%
70%
20.1 – 40%
60%
40.1% - 60%
50%
60.1% - 80%
40%
80.1% - 100%
30%
*The minimum percentage of existing tree cover to be preserved shall exclude any area in public rights-of-way as approved by City Council.
For property sought to be zoned for the Downtown zoning district or a planned development zoning district, including an S-P-1 Site Plan, S-P-2 Site Plan, Transition, Rural Conservation,
Planned Unit Development, or Employment Center zoning district, the City Council shall consider the application for a Conservation Analysis or Plan in conjunction with the corresponding
development application (as established in Table 1.0). The Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the application and make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the application.
The City Council shall approve the Plan or Analysis if the Council finds that the Plan or Analysis provides for the:
i. placement of building pads, parking areas, driveways, streets, and utility easements so as to maximize the preservation of environmental features of the property including mature
tree
stands, natural creeks and ponds, and significant grades;
ii. maximizes the preservation of tree cover preservation areas indicated on the Environmental Resource Protection Map;
iii. maximizes the preservation of existing tree stands with the potential to buffer residential areas from the noise, glare, and visual effects of nonresidential uses;
iv. maximizes the preservation of existing trees, if any, adjoining a natural or man-made drainage creek;
v. maximizes the preservation of existing protected trees along rural roadways and other streets as identified and prioritized in the Street Typology designation; and
vi. mitigation of altered trees through proposed tree replacement procedures pursuant to this Ordinance.
* Please be aware that all existing trees shown to be preserved on the City Council approved Tree Conservation Plan must be preserved and protected during all phases and construction
of the development. Alteration or removal of any of the existing trees shown to be preserved on the approved Tree Conservation Plan is a violation of the Tree Preservation Ordinance
and the zoning as approved by the Southlake City Council. Please ensure that the layout of all structures, easements, utilities, structures grading, and any other structure proposed
to be constructed do not conflict with existing trees intended to be preserved.
LANDSCAPE COMMENTS:
1. Provide a color-coded Landscape Plan.
2. Please label all required bufferyards by width and type on both the Site Plan and Landscape Plan.
3. Ensure that all parking lot landscape islands are at least 12’ wide from back-of-curb to back-of-curb. Parking lot islands shall have a minimum width of 12’ back-to-back if curbed
or 13’ edge-to-edge if no curb is intended and shall be equal to the length of the parking stall.
4. All parking planter islands in parking areas shall contain a minimum of one (1) canopy tree with the remaining area in shrubs, ground cover, ornamental grasses or seasonal color.
Planter islands which have light poles for lighting the parking areas may substitute two (2) understory/accent trees for the required canopy tree.
5. In the Interior Landscape Summary Chart show the correct “Required” and “Provided” interior landscape areas and the associated landscape plant material calculations. The minimum required
interior landscape area is based on 50% of the building footprint area, 5,354 square feet. An additional 1% landscaping area is required in the existing zoning for the third story,
so the total required area is 5408 square feet. The provided interior landscape area is all landscape area except the required bufferyards.
6. Provide the required 5’ Type ‘A’ bufferyard abutting the church property. A 10’ Type ‘E’ Bufferyard is required along E. Kirkwood Blvd. and Grace Ln. The Type ‘B’ bufferyard shown
is listed as an optional bufferyard.
7. The labeled bufferyards on the Site Plan do not match the “Required” and “Provided” bufferyards within the Bufferyards Summary Chart. Show “Required” and “Provided” rows for the north,
south, west and east property lines.
8. Within the Interior Landscape and Bufferyards Summary Charts show the exact amount of plant material being provided, not including existing tree credits. Note existing trees credits
in the bottom “Notes” section of the summary Charts.
9. Include the Seasonal Color plant material calculations in the Interior Landscape Summary Chart.
10. Provide the property line lengths on the Site Plan and Landscape Plan.
* Existing tree credits shall only be granted if the tree/s are in healthy condition and all requirements of the Tree Preservation Ordinance have been met as determined at the time of
inspection for a Permanent Certificate of Occupancy.
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