DEPARTMENT: Development Services
SUBJECT:
Tree Preservation Variance from UDC 35-523 (f) & 35-523(h) for Westpointe East Units 22S & 22R
SUMMARY:
Request by Mr. Trey Dawson with Pape-Dawson Engineers on behalf of WPE Ventures, LLC, for the Westpointe East Units 22S & 22R for approval of a variance request from the Unified Development Code 35-523(f) Table 523-1A states that, "up to 80% of significant and heritage trees may be mitigated rather than preserved" and 35-523 (h), "significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas." Mitigation for Westpointe East Units 22S & 22R, will be met by planting a total of 1060 inches of trees on 106 residential lots.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Council District: ETJ
Tract Size: 106 Residential lots
Staff Coordinator: Mark C Bird, City Arborist, (210) 207-0278
ANALYSIS:
The Development Services Department (DSD) has reviewed the information presented in Mr. Trey Dawson's letter submitted April 23, 2015.
The proposed Westpointe East, Units 22R and 22S are two single-family residential subdivisions with a combined 106 lots within the Westpointe East MDP #010A-08 that require a large amount of fill to raise some of the residential lots out of the floodplain.
The Unified Development Code (UDC) - Article V, Section 35-523(f) Table 523-1A states that, "up to 80% of significant and heritage trees may be mitigated rather than preserved" and 35-523 (h), 100-Year Floodplain(s) and Environmentally Sensitive Areas states that, "significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas." (2010 Tree Preservation Ordinance)
The applicant wishes to go below the minimum 80% preservation for significant trees in the Floodplain Buffer/ESA, and below 20% preservation of significant trees for the Westpointe East Units 22S and 22R Subdivision ...
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