| 2010-08-20 15:35:04 | ***LANDSCAPE REVIEW FAILED*** |
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| | PLEASE RESPOND TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN FORMAT. |
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| | 1. LANDSCAPING REQUIRES A SEPARATE PERMIT. PLEASE |
| | SUBMIT A LANDSCAPE APPLCATION AND TWO SETS OF PLANS TO |
| | CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. PLEASE PROVIDE A CERTIFIED COST |
| | ESTIMATE THAT INCLUDES THE TOTAL COST OF ALL LANDSCAPE |
| | MATERIALS AND LABOR. |
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| | 2. THERE IS AN EXISTING STRANGLER FIG (FICUS) TREE |
| | ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING SCHEDULED TO |
| | REMAIN. THE ROOTS ARE GROWING INTO A BACKFLOW PREVENTOR |
| | AND UNDER THE SLAB HOUSING THE AIR CONDITIONING. IN |
| | ADDITION, THERE ARE OVERHEAD LINES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. |
| | THAT TREE SHOULD BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A TREE |
| | APPROVED BY FPL. PLEASE REFER TO THE FPL WEBSITE AND |
| | CLICK ONTO "PLANT THE RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE" |
| | WHICH LISTS VARIOUS TREE SPECIES THAT CAN BE PLANTED |
| | NEAR OR UNDER POWER LINES. PERHAPS THE ARECA PALMS THAT |
| | WERE TO REMAIN COULD BE MOVED INTO THIS LOCATION. |
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| | 3. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-444 (B), OUTDOOR GARBAGE OR |
| | TRASH RECEPTACLES, FUEL TANKS, AND OTHER MECHANICAL |
| | EQUIPMENT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS APPROPRIATE |
| | SCREENING IS PROVIDED. SCREENING SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED |
| | OF BRICK, DECORATIVE CONCRETE, OTHER DECORATIVE |
| | MASONRY, OR COMPARABLY DURABLE WOOD AND STEEL. WALLS |
| | SHALL BE LANDSCAPED WITH SHRUBS AND HEDGES PLANTED AT |
| | TWO-FOOT INTERVALS. VISION OBSCURING GATES ARE |
| | REQUIRED. THIS APPLIES TO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT |
| | SURROUNDS THE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS ALONG THE NORTH |
| | SIDE OF THE SITE. CHAIN LINK FENCE WITH OR WITHOUT |
| | SLATS DOES NOT MEET THE INTENT OF THE CODE. IN ADDITION |
| | TO THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, THERE IS AN UNSCREENED |
| | DUMPSTER IN THE REAR PARKING LOT. |
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| | 4. A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT IS REQUIRED. THE |
| | APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE FRONT DESK OF THE |
| | PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. THE TABEBUIA TREE, |
| | MISIDENTIFIED AS A FICUS TREE, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER |
| | OF THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED . THERE IS A |
| | ROYAL PALM ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING NEAR |
| | THE WALKWAY THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE PLAN. |
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| | 5. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO |
| | THIS SITE. THE PARKING LOT DOES NOT MEET ANY MINIMUM |
| | STANDARD. THE APPLICANT SHOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING A |
| | PERIMETER BUFFER AROUND THE PARKING LOT TO HELP SCREEN |
| | IF FROM THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT |
| | KUSSNER @ (561) 822-1462. |