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575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403 tel 802.846.4106 fax 802.846.4101 www.sburl.com
TO: South Burlington Development Review Board
FROM: Marla Keene, Development Review Planner
SUBJECT: SP‐18‐51 102 Allen Road Site Plan Application
DATE: January 15, 2019 Development Review Board meeting
NFI Vermont, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the applicant, is seeking site plan approval to amend a previously
approved plan by constructing a 3,255 square foot building addition to an existing group home. At the
December 4, 2018 hearing, the Board heard the applicant and continued the hearing to deliberate on
deficiencies in their landscaping plan. The applicant has not submitted any new materials for this hearing.
A) SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS
Landscaping and Screening Requirements
At the December 4 hearing, the Board discussed with the applicant the need to install additional landscaping
and provide replacement for the removed vegetation. The applicant has performed a survey of the trees to be
removed.
Staff has provided copies of the two most recently approved site plans for the property, each of which focuses
on a different portion of the Site, and excerpted the relevant section of the LDRs below.
The LDRs require a minimum landscaping value of 3% of the building cost up to $500,000, which in this case
works out to $7,500. In addition, any landscaping which was included on a previously approved site plan must
be maintained in perpetuity. The previous site plans for this property included the wooded areas where the
applicant is proposing to remove trees with a total size of 32 caliper inches. The Board’s precedent is to require
replacement of those 32 caliper inches of trees.
The current landscape plan provides $8,165 in landscape value, which includes five 5‐6’ arborvitaes, four 2 ½”
maples, and four 2 ½” white pines. Since the minimum is $7,500, $665 of that value can be considered
“replacement” for the trees to be removed.
Staff recommends the Board discuss the tree replacement deficiency with the applicant.
3.06 I. Landscape Maintenance. Maintenance and responsibility. All planting shown on an
approved site plan shall be maintained by the property owner in a vigorous growing condition
throughout the duration of the use. Plants not so maintained shall be replaced with new plants at the
beginning of the next immediately following growing season. Trees with a caliper of less than 5” may
be replaced on an inch‐by‐inch basis with trees of the same genus of at least 2” caliper each. No permit
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shall be required for such replacements provided they conform to the approved site plan. Replacement
of trees with a caliper of greater than 5” shall require an amendment to the site plan.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the applicant work with Staff and the Development Review Board to address the issues
herein.
Respectfully submitted,
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Marla Keene, Development Review Planner