| 2011-09-14 08:28:49 | CASE NOS. PB1446T & U |
| | OAKTON COMMONS ? DAY CARE AMENDMENT & FORMAL SITE PLAN |
| | 8151 OKEECHOBEE BLVD. |
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| | - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446 |
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| | - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN |
| | WRITTEN FORMAT. |
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| | - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF TEN |
| | (10) PAPER COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN .PNG FORMAT |
| | OF ALL PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ON THE |
| | RESUBMITTED PLANS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. |
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| | - THE PPRC COMMENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED AND |
| | SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT BY 5 PM |
| | ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2011, TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THE OCTOBER |
| | 18, 2011 PLANNING BOARD MEETING. |
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| | - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING |
| | DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE PPRC |
| | COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE PPRC |
| | MEETING (NOVEMBER 14, 2011), THE CASE SHALL BE |
| | CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN. ANY FURTHER ACTION SHALL REQUIRE |
| | A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION. |
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| | - PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE PERMITTED ONE (1) |
| | RESUBMITTAL AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. IF PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED |
| | COMMENTS CONTINUE TO NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED, THE |
| | APPLICANT WILL BE ACCESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE |
| | WILL BE 20% OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE ($600). |
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| | THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ADDRESS BOTH THE MAJOR AMENDMENT |
| | AND THE FORMAL SITE PLAN APPLICATIONS. NOTE: NOT ALL |
| | COMMENTS WILL APPLY TO EACH APPLICATION, BUT FOR |
| | BREVITY, ALL COMMENTS WERE COMBINED. |
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| | 1) PLEASE PROVIDE THE FPU, FPL AND CITY OF WEST PALM |
| | BEACH SERVICE LETTERS. |
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| | 2) PLEASE PROVIDE THE TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY LETTER FROM |
| | PALM BEACH COUNTY APPROVING THE CHANGE IN THE MIX OF |
| | USES AND THE BUILD-OUT DATE EXTENSION. |
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| | 3) THE PRESERVE TRACT IS NO LONGER A PART OF THE OAKTON |
| | COMMONS CPD (HAVING BEEN REMOVED BY ORDINANCE NO. |
| | 4327-11). PLEASE REMOVE REFERENCE TO THE PRESERVE FROM |
| | THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT AND THE DATA TABLE SHOWN ON |
| | THE MASTER PLAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 10 FOOT PRESERVE |
| | BUFFER SHALL STILL BE PLANTED WITH NATIVE VEGETATION IN |
| | PHASE III AS PART OF THE REVISED OAKTON COMMONS CPD |
| | DEVELOPMENT ORDER. |
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| | 4) THE CONCEPTUAL AND FINAL LANDSCAPE PLANS SHOW TREES |
| | NOT MEETING THE REQUIRED 14 FOOT MINIMUM HEIGHT. |
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| | 5) A TERMINAL ISLAND TREE IS REQUIRED ON THE SOUTH SIDE |
| | OF THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE. |
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| | 6) PLEASE SHOW THE EXISTING TREE WEST OF THE |
| | NORTHWESTERN PARKING ROW WHICH WILL ACT AS A TERMINAL |
| | ISLAND TREE (WHERE THE PROPOSED LIGHT POLE IS). |
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| | 7) SHOW THE WIDTH OF THE FOUNDATION PLANTER AREA ON THE |
| | EAST SIDE OF THE NEW DAY CARE BUILDING. PER THE DESIGN |
| | GUIDELINES, IT SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 5 FEET IN WIDTH. |
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| | 8) PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE PROPOSED LIGHT POLES WILL NOT |
| | IMPAIR THE LONG TERM GROWTH OF THE PROPOSED AND |
| | EXISTING TREES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF WORK. THE GREEN |
| | BUTTONWOOD TREES IN THE CENTER ISLAND APPEAR CLOSE TO |
| | THE LIGHT POLES. ONE IS BEING INSTALLED WITH A 7 FOOT |
| | SPREAD, 7 FEET FROM THE LIGHT POLE. ADDITIONALLY, |
| | PLEASE SHOW THE EXISTING PRESERVE AREA TREES THAT AREA |
| | ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED LIGHT POLES NORTH OF THE |
| | PARKING AREA. THIS AREA IS VERY DENSELY POPULATED WITH |
| | TREES. |
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| | 9) WHAT ARE THE LIGHTING PLANS FOR THE SIDEWALK |
| | CONNECTION FROM OAKTON PRESERVE WAY TO THE ENTRANCE TO |
| | THE DAYCARE SITE AND FROM OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD TO THE |
| | DAYCARE BUILDING? THE DESIGN GUIDELINES HAVE LIGHTING |
| | REQUIREMENTS. |
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| | 10) PLEASE CHECK THE DATA TABLES ON THE CONCEPTUAL |
| | PLANS AS THERE ARE SOME MINOR ERRORS, EX. TRACT C LOT |
| | AREA CONFLICTS, NO CHANGE TO THE TRACT B IMPERVIOUS |
| | AREA EVEN THOUGH ONE LANDSCAPE ISLAND IS BEING REDUCED |
| | FOR MORE PARKING, AND PARKING COUNTS FOR PHASE 3. |
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| | 11) THE ENLARGED TERMINAL ISLAND, EASE SIDE, IN PHASE 3 |
| | SHOWS THE OLD PARKING COUNT WHEN 2 SPACES WERE REMOVED. |
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| | 12) THERE ARE SABAL PALMS BEING PROPOSED IN ISLANDS ON |
| | THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLANS WHICH NEED TO BE |
| | INSTALLED IN GROUPS OF THREE PER THE LANDSCAPE |
| | REGULATIONS. |
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| | 13) THE AMOUNT OF HANDICAP SPACES FOR THE NUMBER OF |
| | PARKING SPACES BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR THE DAYCARE |
| | APPEARS TO BE ONE SHORT. ON DAYCARE TRACT ARE 29 |
| | PROPOSED (21 + 8 DROP OFF) AND ON THE COMMERCIAL TRACT |
| | ARE 26. THIS TOTAL OF 55 SPACES REQUIRES 3 HANDICAP |
| | SPACES, NOT 2 AS SHOWN. THE BUILDING DIVISION SHALL |
| | VERIFY IN WRITING THAT ONLY 2 SPACES ARE REQUIRED OR 3 |
| | SPACES SHALL BE PROVIDED. ADDITIONALLY THE PARKING DATA |
| | TABLES SHOW INCORRECT NUMBER OF PARKING PROVIDED. |
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| | 14) THE BICYCLE RACK DATA TABLE HAS ERRORS. 19 BICYCLE |
| | SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE 372 PARKING SPACES. |
| | ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 33 SPACES BEING |
| | CONSTRUCTED IN PHASE 2, EVEN THOUGH ONLY 29 ARE BEING |
| | CONSTRUCTED IN THE DAYCARE TRACT. THE 2 BICYCLE SPACES |
| | ARE ADEQUATE FOR THE DAYCARE TRACT PARKING. A NOTE |
| | SHALL BE ADDED THAT THE COMMERCIAL TRACT PARKING |
| | CONSTRUCTED IN PHASE 2 WILL HAVE ITS BICYCLE PARKING |
| | PROVIDED IN THE PHASE 3 CONSTRUCTION. MOVE THE |
| | WESTERNMOST PHASE 3 BIKE RACK TO THE SODDED OPEN AREA |
| | NORTHWEST OF BUILDING B. |
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| | 15) MAINTAIN THE STRIPPING ON THE Y-TURN AROUND ON THE |
| | BANK TRACT. |
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| | 16) PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING THE FUTURE PARK AND RIDE |
| | SPACES TO THE TWO PARKING AREAS ALONG THE NORTH |
| | PROPERTY LINE WHICH HAVE THE SIDEWALK LEADING BETWEEN |
| | THE BUILDINGS AND ULTIMATELY TO THE FUTURE BUS STOP |
| | LOCATION. |
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| | 17) PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE WHICH PHASE WILL INCLUDE |
| | THE 4 SPACE PARKING BAY AND THE DUMPSTER AT THE |
| | NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING B ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE |
| | PLAN. WHAT WILL SEPARATE THE PHASES ON THE GROUND (A |
| | CURB)? |
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| | 18) THE XERISCAPE CALCULATIONS FOR THE OVERALL SITE AND |
| | THE DAYCARE TRACT DO NOT UTILIZE 50 MORE SHADE TREES |
| | THAN REQUIRED IN THE PARKING AREAS, BUT RATHER THE ONE |
| | TREE REQUIRED IN EACH ISLAND. THE SPEC PAGES CALL OUT 3 |
| | INCH MULCH IN ALL BEDS, SO THIS WILL GET THE |
| | REPLACEMENT 10 POINTS. PLEASE CORRECT. |
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| | 19) DESIGNATE THE EXISTING TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG THE |
| | WEST PROPERTY LINE OF THE DAYCARE TRACT (PLANTED AS |
| | PART OF THE ENTRY CONDITION). THESE NEED TO BE COUNTED |
| | BY STAFF TO VERIFY BUFFER TREE COUNTS. |
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| | 20) PROVIDE THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF THE DAYCARE |
| | CALCULATIONS FOR THE NUMBER OF TREES REQUIRED (DONE ON |
| | NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE TRACT). |
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| | 21) A WAIVER IS REQUIRED FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE |
| | COMMERCIAL TRACT ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DAYCARE |
| | TRACT, AS THERE IS NO 5 FOOT WIDE BUFFER BEING |
| | PROVIDED. |
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| | 22) THE NORTHWESTERN MOST ORANGE GEIGER TREE APPEARS TO |
| | BE VERY CLOSE TO THE DRAINAGE LINE. A ROOT BARRIER MAY |
| | BE REQUIRED. |
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| | 23) THE COMMERCIAL AREA SHALL BE PLANTED WITH GRASS |
| | UNTIL DEVELOPED. |
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| | 24) PLEASE SHOW THE HEIGHT AS MEASURED BY THE CITY |
| | DEFINITION. |
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| | 25) WILL ALL OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, A/C, |
| | GENERATORS, BE LOCATED ON THE ROOF? |
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| | 26) PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE OPAQUE PLAY AREA WALL. |
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| | 27) PLEASE PROVIDE THE FACADE AREA SO THAT STAFF CAN |
| | VERIFY THE WALL MOUNTED SIGNAGE ALLOWED ON EACH |
| | FRONTAGE. NOTE: ONLY THREE FA?ADE SIGNS ARE PERMITTED. |
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| | 28) SIGNS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM 5 FOOT SETBACK |
| | FROM RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES. THE NEW SIGN PROPOSED AT 3 |
| | FEET IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. |
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| | 29) THE COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THE OAKTON COMMONS CPD |
| | (TRACTS B AND C) HAS A FRONTAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,020 |
| | LINEAR FEET. PER THE SIGNAGE REGULATIONS, THIS ONLY |
| | ALLOWS 1,020 SQUARE FEET OF HIGH FREE STANDING SIGNS. |
| | THE APPROVED OAKTON COMMONS SIGNAGE PROGRAM ALLOWS |
| | 1,200 SQUARE FEET OF HIGH FREESTANDING SIGNS TO |
| | CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE SIGNAGE ON JUST THREE SIGNS. THE |
| | NEW PROPOSAL WOULD SEEK TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SIGN, TO |
| | BRING THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE TO 1,600 SQUARE FEET OF |
| | SIGNAGE ALLOWED. STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. |
| | CURRENTLY, THE BANK SIGN IS CONSTRUCTED AT 240 SQUARE |
| | FEET (120 PER SIGN FACE). STAFF COULD SUPPORT ADDING |
| | THE NEW SIGN FOR THE DAY CARE TO MATCH THE DIMENSIONS |
| | OF THE BANK SIGN, PROVIDED THAT THE PLANS REDUCE THE |
| | SIGN ENVELOPE ACCORDINGLY. WHILE THE TOTAL ALLOWED SIGN |
| | SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL BE INCREASED TO 1,280 SQUARE FEET, |
| | THE IMPACT OF THE ADDITIONAL SIGN SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL |
| | BE MITIGATED BY THE SMALLER/LOWER SIGNS AT EITHER END |
| | OF THE COMMERCIAL PROJECT. |
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| | 30) THE PATH THROUGH PRESERVE AREA SHALL BE CONCRETE OR |
| | PAVERS, NOT MULCH OR ASPHALT. |
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