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Home My WebLink AboutDept Report 05-21-02 Urban Forester 't, ;:iJ;.--- ~ .,_.'..... 1 w u ,!;!!!!p, Laurence M From: Sent: To: Subject: Brewer, Scott I Tuesday, May 21,20025:24 PM Lawrence, Kelli A; Hollibaugh, Mike P; Lillig, Laurence M Martin Marietta Report ~ Martin Marietta Bufferyard.doc... Kelli/ Mike: Martin Marietta bufferyard/landscape report: Scott Brewer Urban Forester, City of Carmel Department of Community Services One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 571-2478 1 CARMEL/CLAY URBAN FORESTRY DEPARTMENT REPORT May 21, 20M' &:2.. Subject: Review of Mining and Reclamation Plan for Martin Marietta Materials, including Landscaping and Buffer yard Plantings The Urban Forester has been meeting with the applicant and their landscape and mitigation contactor, J. F. New & Associates, Inc. to form an acceptable landscape buffer yard plan which meets the Carmel/Clay Zoning Ordinance and would be acceptable to the adjacent property owners. As of today, Max Williams of Martian Marietta has submitted planting commitments for buffer yards that meet the ordinance requirements. They are attached and total 900 trees to be planted, with the majority weighted along north perimeter bordering the Kingswood subdivision (430 trees). J.F. New has submitted a planting plan that graphically shows the planting areas and buffer yard requirements. All plant materials are native species, an advantage in such planting, including 3 types of oak, tulip tree, sycamore, sugar maple, redbud, serviceberry, and white pine. Native shrubs will also be planted as understory vegetation. The mound and area behind the fence will be seeded with native prairie grasses and forbs. There are two items that the Urban Forester recommends differ from the submitted plan. One, the trees are specified as being a minimum of .75 inches in diameter and about 5 feet high. These are one to two year old starts in one to three gallon containers. Over 7 to 10 years they will grow to a very substantial buffer, but in the short term may not adequately satisfy the buffering desired by the neighboring properties. Minimum for an immediate buffer should be 1.75 inches in diameter. Two, the final reclamation detail shows the reclamation starting at 31 feet from the property's edge. If this done, it will remove most of the planted buffer at the time of reclamation. Any future reclamation disturbance should not begin any closer than the 50-foot buffer yard limit. Other than those two issues, the plan appears adequate and weighted toward providing the Kingswood homeowners with a substantial wooded buffer. The exact planting arrangements and graphic details of the remaining buffer yards can be settled administratively at a future date. AREA VEGETATION LENGTH WIDTH ACREAGE BUFFERYARD NO. OF TREES NO. OF TREES SUGGESTED NO. PER 100 FEET OF TREES TO BE PLANTED South side of Kingswood Trees 1970 50 2.26 D 19 374 430 South side of Kingswood Grasses 1970 55 2.49 N/A N/A East side of park after above Trees 700 50 0.80 C 14 98 115 East side of park after above Grasses 700 55 0.88 N/A N/A North side of 106th Street Trees 2530 N/A B 11 278 235 West side of Hazel Dell Pkwy. Maintain existing vegetation. Add no trees. N/A West side of Hazel Dell Pkwy. Trees 750 N/A D 19 143 120 TOTAL 893 900 NOTE: SECTION 26.4 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE SPECIFIES THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF TREES REQUIRED. THIS SUBMISSION ADDRESSES THE PROJECT AREA OUTLINED ON THE 1" = 100' PORTION OF THIS MAP. THE BUFFERYARD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MUELLER PROPERTY ARE INDICATED ON THE 1" = (SCALE TO BE DETERMINED) PORTION OF THE MAP. THE TOTAL OF 893 TREES REQUIRED WILL BE REAlLOCATED TO INCREASE THOSE ALONG THE KINGSWOOD SUBDIVISION FROM 374 TO 430 BASED ON THE CHART BELOW. AREA VEGETATION LENGTH BUFFERYARD NO. OF TREES PER 100 FEET NO. OF TREES PER REQUIREMENTS 374 SUGGESTED NO. OF TREES TO BE PLANTED 430 A - South side of Kingswood A - South side of Kingswood B - East side of park B - East side of park C - North side of 106th Street D - West side of Hazel Dell Pkwy. E - West side of Hazel Dell Pkwy. TOTAL Trees 1970 D 19 Grasses 1970 N/A N/A Trees 700 C 14 Grasses 700 N/A N/A Trees 2530 B 11 Maintain existing vegetation. Add no trees due to setback from Hazel Dell Parkway. Trees 750 D 19 98 115 278 235 143 893 120 900 ('~ 317 573 5975 P.02/02 . /,.. 7 .:-~/ .... "" I ;- .11i l PROJECT AREA -A~A 1l ~ ftfUM- (l I. ^",ATI^~ PI AN ....... TOTAL P. 132 \. ,: