Special Exception - 4050 Ralph Jones Drive

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4 passed onto the client. The Petitioners would state that in the areas of the main drives parking bays; they have paved those portions, which are visible from the public street frontage. The Petitioners would hope that the Board Members would agree that approval of the use of gravel for this particular industrial use in the areas shown, would not be detrimental to any surrounding property or have an adverse affect on said properties. The second Variance request is from the requirement of providing Type "B" landscape screening of outside storage areas and providing perimeter landscape deciduous trees at a minimum spacing of 40 feet on- center along the East, North, West and South property lines to providing no additional perimeter landscape deciduous trees and to using the existing vegetation as screening and landscaping along the South property line. The Petitioners and contingent purchaser would state that along the main frontages of William Richardson Court and Ralph Jones Drive, they plan to keep the existing dense over-story deciduous trees and the existing landscaping in the East and South setback yards. They also plan to place a six-foot high landscape berm with evergreen trees and small shrubs along the north line of the outside storage area and construct an eight-foot high vinyl-coated chain link fence on the North and West perimeter of the storage area. A galvanized eight-foot high chain link fence would enclose the remaining East and South perimeter of the outside storage area. The Petitioners and contingent purchaser believe keeping a large portion of the existing landscaping with the addition of the above described improvements, meets the intent of the perimeter landscaping requirements of the ordinance and approval of this Variance would not adversely affect any adjacent owner. The third Variance request is from the required screening of outside storage areas with a ornamental, solid wall, architectural screen, masonry or similar fence with an open space of less than 30~ including entry/exit gates made of materials compatible with the fence, supplemented by a Type "B" Partial screening along the North, East, South and West property lines to the following: Along the North line of the proposed outside storage area, an eight (8) foot high vinyl-coated chain link fence and a minimum of eight (8) evergreen trees having a minimum height of six (6) feet on a six (6) foot high landscape berm spaced as shown; including additional deciduous shrubs and small trees grouped also as shown on said berm. Along the East and South property lines - an eight (8) foot high chain link fence and existing landscaping, and along the West line an eight (8) foot high vinyl-coated chain link fence used with existing landscaping and six (6), six-foot evergreen trees as shown. The contingent purchasers propose to place a six foot high landscape berm along the north line of the outside storage area with evergreen trees placed on the berm and supplemented with small deciduous shrubs. There will also be an eight (8) foot high vinyl-coated chain link fence, which will provide required security for stored equipment and materials. The proposed landscaping and six (6) foot high berm should provide a visual barrier between the proposed outside storage area and the