General Requirements

1.	At the discretion of the Commission, where landscaped buffer requirements are minimal, Sections 1.2 - 1.4, below, shall not be required. Instead the applicant shall submit the following information: a plan of the proposed landscaped buffer describing the existing conditions, the type and location of fencing and the location, species, sizes and quantities of new plant material.
2.	At the discretion of the Commission, where landscaped buffer requirements are of a complex and extensive nature, professional consultants having expertise appropriate to the needs of each buffer shall be engaged in the planning and design of the landscape work.
3.	All planning, design and construction of each landscaped buffer shall be such that all provisions of the B.C. Society of Landscape Architects (B.C.S.L.A.)/ B.C. Nursery Trades Association (B.C.N.T.A.) Landscape Standard are met.
4.	A set of working documents accurately describing existing conditions and the proposed buffer design shall be provided to and approved by the Agricultural Land Commission before the commencement of construction. Working drawings shall show, at least: existing grades; proposed grades; locations of existing plants or vegetation to be retained; locations of existing plants or vegetation to be removed; locations of existing and proposed features (i.e. buildings, fencing etc.) and utilities.

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