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| 2009-03-18 19:55:38 | PLANNING AND ZONING DEPT: ***ZONING FAILED*** |
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| | 1. PLEASE PROVIDE ALL RESPONSES IN WRITING. |
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| | 2. PROVIDE A LANDSCAPE PLAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE |
| | FOLLOWING PROVISIONS: PURSUANT TO THE CITY OF WEST PALM |
| | BEACH ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (ZLDR), |
| | SECTION 94-442(2)(A): GENERAL LANDSCAPING STANDARDS FOR |
| | SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE AS FALLOWS: |
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| | A. SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS. FOR SINGLE-FAMILY |
| | DWELLING UNITS, AT LEAST ONE SHADE, FLOWERING OR FRUIT |
| | TREE SHALL BE PLANTED FOR EACH 1,200 SQUARE FEET OF |
| | OPEN SPACE OR PORTION THEREOF. FOR SINGLE-FAMILY |
| | DWELLING UNITS, AT LEAST ONE SHRUB SHALL BE PLANTED FOR |
| | EACH 500 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE OR PORTION THEREOF. |
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| | YOU WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THE CALCULATIONS OF YOUR TOTAL |
| | OPEN SPACE. TO CALCULATE YOUR OPEN SPACE AREA, YOU WILL |
| | NEED TO FIRST FIGURE OUT YOUR TOTAL LOT AREA (LENGTH X |
| | WIDTH OF THE LOT) AND SUBTRACT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF |
| | THE BUILDING'S FOOTPRINT. THIS WILL GIVE YOU YOUR OPEN |
| | SPACE CALCULATION, WHICH YOU CAN THEN DIVIDE BY 1,200 |
| | TO GET THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED SHADE TREES, AND DIVIDE |
| | BY 500 TO GET YOUR TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUIRED SHRUBS. |
| | PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: |
| | -- IF YOUR EXISTING LANDSCAPING FALLS SHORT OF THESE |
| | CALCULATED NUMBERS, ADDITIONAL TREES/SHRUBS WILL NEED |
| | TO BE INSTALLED. **NOTE: PALM TREES DO NOT COUNT AS |
| | SHADE TREES. |
| | -- SHOW ON SITE PLAN OR SURVEY: THE LOCATION, TYPE, AND |
| | SIZE OF THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING. |
| | -- SHRUBS NEED TO BE A MINIMUM TWO (2) GALLON CONTAINER |
| | SIZE. TREES NEED TO BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET IN HEIGHT |
| | WITH A CLEAR TRUNK SPACE OF AT LEASE FIVE (5) FEET. |
| | -- PURSUANT TO THE ZLDR, SECTION 94-445(4)(G)(3), ALL |
| | YARD/LANDSCAPE AREAS ARE REQUIRED TO BE IRRIGATED. |
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| | 3. HAS THE EXISTING POOL EQUIMENT BEEN RELOCATED AS A |
| | RESULT OF THIS PROJECT? IF YES, PLEASE INDICATE THE |
| | SETBACK DIMENSIONS FROM THE POOL EQUIPMENT TO ALL |
| | ADJACENT PROPERTY LINES. NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE ZLDR, |
| | SECTION 94-305(B)(4): MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT MAY NOT |
| | PROJECT MORE THAN 4 FEET INTO AN REQUIRED SETBACK. |
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| | 4. DRIVEWAY SHALL BE SUBMITTED UNDER SEPERATE PERMIT. |
| | NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE ZLDR, SECTION 94-482: REQUIRED |
| | OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES FOR LESS THAN FOUR |
| | RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE |
| | PROPERTY ON WHICH THE UNITS ARE CONSTRUCTED. REQUIRED |
| | PARKING MAY BE LOCATED IN A FRONT YARD; HOWEVER, THE |
| | LESSER OF 1,000 SQUARE FEET OR 75 PERCENT OF THE FRONT |
| | YARD AREA MUST BE LANDSCAPED. PARKING AREAS LOCATED IN |
| | THE FRONT YARD SHALL BE SURFACED WITH A SMOOTH, |
| | NONDUSTING SURFACE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBSECTION |
| | 33-485(E). IT SHALL BE A VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER TO |
| | PARK ON ANY UNPAVED AREAS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE. |
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| | PLEASE INDICATE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ALL IMPERMEABLE |
| | SURFACES (EXISTING AND PROPOSED) LOCATED WITHIN THE |
| | FRONT YARD (FROM FRONT PROPERTY LINE TO THE FRONT |
| | BUILDING FACADE). |
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| | IS THE DRIVEWAY APPROACH BEING WIDENED? IF YES, A |
| | RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT WILL NEED TO BE ACQUIRED FROM THE |
| | CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT (561.494.1040), FOR THE |
| | PROPOSED WIDENING OF THE APPROACH EXTENSION. |
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| | NOTE: THE SUBMITTAL OF THE REQUESTED INFORMATION MAY |
| | GENERATE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. |
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| | FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE ZONING AND LAND |
| | DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE AT |
| | WWW.MUNICODE.COM OR VISIT THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AT |
| | WWW.CITYOFWPB.COM/PLAN/INDEX.HTM. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO |
| | CONTACT ME. |
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| | MAGGIE CRUZ, ASSOCIATE PLANNER |
| | PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT |
| | TEL: (561) 822-1444 OR (561) 805-6720 |
| | E-MAIL: [email protected] |
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