| 2009-12-08 15:59:37 | ***LANDSCAPE REVIEW FOR RESUBMITTAL FAILED*** |
| | IGLESIA EVANGELICA SANTIDAD DE CRATO CHURCH |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN |
| | FORMAT. |
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| | CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | COMMENTING DEPARTMENT: LANDSCAPE |
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| | PPRC: MAY 13, 2009 |
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| | ZBA CASE NO. 3249 |
| | CLASS B SPECIAL USE PERMIT |
| | FEA MINISTRIES, INC. |
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| | COMMENTS: |
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| | PLEASE RESPOND TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN FORMAT. |
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| | 1. REPEAT COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE THE TABULATION |
| | NECESSARY FOR THE EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE |
| | XIV OF THE ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, |
| | INCLUDING THE XERISCAPE DESIGN OPTIONS. THE LANDSCAPE |
| | AND XERISCAPE CALCULATIONS ARE INCORRECT. OPEN SPACE IS |
| | CALCULATED BY TAKING THE TOTAL LOT AREA AND DEDUCTING |
| | THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE COMBINED BUILDINGS |
| | FOOTPRINT. THE PARKING LOT AND WALKWAYS ARE NOT |
| | DEDUCTED. THE INTERIOR AND PERIMETER TREE COUNTS ARE |
| | NOT THE SAME AS THE CALCULATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. |
| | REGARDING THE XERISCAPE TABULATIONS, PLEASE INDICATE |
| | THE TYPE OF SOD, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR TAKING THE |
| | FIVE (5) POINTS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANT GRASS. |
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| | 2. REPEAT COMMENT: ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED UTILITIES, |
| | EASEMENTS, OVERHEAD LINES, STREET LIGHTS AND ANYTHING |
| | ELSE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING |
| | SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TO AVOID |
| | CONFLICTS. |
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| | 3. REPEAT COMMENT: A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT IS |
| | REQUIRED. PLEASE IDENTIFY ALL EXISTING TREES AND |
| | INDICATE WHICH TREES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE, BE REMOVED |
| | OR BE RELOCATED. MOST TREES ON SITE ARE NOT IN GOOD |
| | CONDITION AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. ALL TREES TO REMAIN |
| | SHALL BE FLORIDA #1 GRADE OR BETTER. OTHERWISE, THEY |
| | MUST BE CORRECTIVELY PRUNED BY A CERTIFIED ARBORIST IF |
| | THEY CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS OR |
| | REPLACED IF CORRECTIVE PRUNING WILL NOT BRING THEM INTO |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. BASED UPON THE |
| | LATEST LANDSCAPE PLAN, TREES ARE BEING SAVED THAT |
| | CANNOT BE BROUGHT BACK TO AN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. |
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| | 4. THE PARKING ROW ALONG THE SOUTHEAST PERIMETER OF |
| | THE SITE SHALL BE MOVED FIVE (5) FEET TO THE WEST, |
| | THEREBY SHRINKING THE DIVIDER MEDIAN TO EIGHT AND |
| | ONE-HALF (8 1/2) FEET IN WIDTH. THIS WILL ALLOW THE |
| | LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE TO BE EXPANDED |
| | TO TEN (10) FEET. |
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| | 5 REPEAT COMMENT: PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-444 (B), |
| | OUTDOOR GARBAGE OR TRASH RECEPTACLES, FUEL OIL OR |
| | PROPANE TANK, GROUND LEVEL AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, |
| | GENERATORS AND OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL NOT BE |
| | PERMITTED UNLESS APPROPRIATE SCREENING IS PROVIDED. THE |
| | ONLY ITEM IDENTIFIED ON THE PLAN WAS THE DUMPSTER |
| | ENCLOSURE AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE ENCLOSURE WAS SHOWN |
| | IN TWO (2) DIFFERENT PLACES ON SHEET C-5. . PLEASE SHOW |
| | ALL OTHER ITEMS ON THE PLANS AND IDENTIFY THE MANNER IN |
| | WHICH THEY WILL BE SCREENED. |
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| | 6. REPEAT COMMENT: PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) (3), |
| | OFF-STREET PARKING LOTS CONTAINING AT LEAST 12 INTERIOR |
| | PARKING SPACES SHALL CONTAIN LANDSCAPE AREAS. THE TOTAL |
| | SIZE OF SUCH LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE EQUAL TO TEN |
| | SQUARE FEET FOR EACH PARKING SPACE AND SHALL BE |
| | PROVIDED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF AN OFF-STREET PARKING |
| | AREA. LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE |
| | OR FLOWERING TREE FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET OF REQUIRED |
| | LANDSCAPED AREAS. A MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF ALL TREES |
| | THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE PLANTED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF |
| | AN OFF-STREET PARKING AREA SHALL BE SHADE TREES. THE |
| | CALCULATION SHOWN IS INCORRECT. |
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| | 7. REPEAT COMMENT: PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (TABLE |
| | XIV-1), THE REQUIRED PERIMETER LANDSCAPE STRIPS SHALL |
| | BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE FEET IN WIDTH, EXCLUDING ANY CURB. |
| | THE USE OF BOTH CURBS AND CARSTOPS IS NOT NECESSARY. |
| | STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CURBING BE INSTALLED IN LIEU OF |
| | CAR STOPS WITH THE PAVEMENT ELIMINATED BEYOND THE CURB. |
| | ALTHOUGH NO PLANT MATERIAL WITH A MATURE HEIGHT OF SIX |
| | INCHES OR TREES CAN BE PLANTED WITHIN THE VEHICULAR |
| | OVERHANG AREA, THE EXPANDED GREEN AREA WILL ALLOW THE |
| | TREES TO DEVELOP A LARGER ROOT SYSTEM. ALL SPACES COULD |
| | BE 16 FEET IN LENGTH (BETWEEN END OF SPACE AND CURB) |
| | WITH A TWO (2) FOOT OVERHANG. NO CARSTOPS WOULD BE |
| | REQUIRED IF THIS IS DONE. OTHERWISE, IF THE CARSTOPS |
| | ARE USED WITHIN THE 18 FOOT SPACES, THEN THE CURB COULD |
| | BE ELIMINATED. LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND THE PERIMETER |
| | LANDCAPE BUFFER MUST BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE (5) FEET IN |
| | WIDTH, EXCLUDING ANY CURBING OR VEHICULAR OVERHANG. |
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| | 8. REPEAT COMMENT: PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) (3) |
| | (A), ALL TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS SHALL CONTAIN AT |
| | LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE. THE LANDSCAPE AREAS |
| | AT BOTH ENDS OF THE BACK-OUT PARKING ROW SHALL CONTAIN |
| | A TREE AND A HEDGE. THE ONE REMAINING TREE AT THE WEST |
| | END OF THE BACK-OUT PARKING ROW SHALL BE REPLACED AND A |
| | TREE IS NEEDED AT THE OTHER END OF THE PARKING ROW. NO |
| | TREES ARE PROPOSED AT THE ENDS OF THE TWO (2) PARKING |
| | ROWS THAT TERMINATE AT THE NEW BUILDING. |
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| | 9. THE FENCE ADJACENT TO DOCK STREET SHALL BE RELOCATED |
| | TO THE INSIDE OF THE LANDSCAPE SETBACK, WITH THE |
| | PROPOSED HEDGE TO BE PLANTED ALONG THE STREET SIDE OF |
| | THE FENCE. NO FENCES ARE SHOWN ON ANY OF THE MOST |
| | RECENT PLANS EXCEPT FOR THE EROSION CONTROL FENCE. |
| | PLEASE INDICATE IF THERE WILL BE ANY FENCES ON SITE. |
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| | 10. REPEAT COMMENT: PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-442 (D), |
| | PRIVATE LAND AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY BETWEEN STREET OR |
| | SIDEWALK SURFACES AND REQUIRED BUFFER STRIPS AND |
| | LANDSCAPED OPEN SPACE AREAS SHALL BE PLANTED WITH |
| | GRASS. GRASS AREAS SHALL BE SODDED. SOD SHALL BE |
| | INSTALLED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO DOCK STREET |
| | AND AT THE WESTERN TIP OF THE SITE. |
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| | 11. THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE PLANS. THE |
| | RETENTION AREAS, THE DRIVEWAY LEADING TO THE DUMPSTER |
| | ENCLOSURE AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE PARALLEL PARKING |
| | STALLS ARE A FEW OF THE INCONSISTENCIES. ALL PLANS MUST |
| | BE CONSISTENT. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT |
| | KUSSNER @ (561) 822-1462. |
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