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APPROVED
DATE: 05/23/22
FILE NUMBER: a 0210030
May 11, 2022
Outer Banks/10 Meridian — CZC, DES A-2022-0039
Alternative Compliance to Address UDC 11-313-8C.2a and 11-313-8C.2b
Our request for alternative compliance involves UDC 11-313-8C.2a which requires "Landscape
planters shall contain a minimum of fifty (50) square feet, and the planting area shall not be
less than five (5) feet in any dimension, measured inside curbs," and UDC 11-313-8C.2b which
requires "No linear grouping of parking spaces shall exceed twelve (12) in a row, without an
internal planter island. The planter island shall run the length of the parking space and may be
reduced by two (2) feet to allow for improved vehicular maneuvering.
Our justification for alternative compliance is based on UDC 11-513-513.2d, which states "Other
regulatory agencies or departments having jurisdiction are requiring design standards that
conflict with the requirements of this article" and UDC 11-5B-5B.2e "The proposed design
includes innovative design features based on "new urbanism", "neotraditional design'; or other
architectural and/or site designs that promote walkable and mixed use neighborhoods."
The proposed planter islands in the interior residential parking fields are 6'-0" square planters
placed diagonally between parking spaces in lieu of planters between stalls as required by UDC
11-313-8C.2a. Please refer to the Site Plan included with this application. As such we meet the
minimum 5 feet in either direction measured from inside of curb but are short of the 50 square
feet with 25 square feet provided. This configuration also meets the intent for including a planter
island every twelve parking spaces.
Our CUP approval for this project requires additional parking (995 spaces) in excess of the code
minimum (898 spaces). In order to achieve the increased parking, we propose these diagonal
planters to allow parking where there typically would be a full-length planter. It should be noted
the project exceeds minimum open space requirements and the diagonal planters do not
compromise the landscaping and site amenities otherwise required of the residential portion of
the project.
From a practical standpoint, we believe the diagonal interior planters to be an "innovative design
feature" that meets the intent of the landscape requirements for interior parking fields and allows
the project to promote a mixed -use neighborhood (UDC 11-513-513.2e) and meet the increased
parking conditioned by City Council at the CUP hearing (UDC 11-513-513.2d).
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