| 2014-01-27 11:21:28 | CASE NO. PB 1577C |
| | BRAMAN AUDI DSI MINOR AMENDMENT - RESUBMITTAL 11-25-13 |
| | 2101 OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD |
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| | - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446 |
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| | - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN |
| | WRITTEN FORMAT. |
| | - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF SIX |
| | (6) PAPER COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN .PDF FORMAT |
| | OF ALL PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ON THE |
| | RESUBMITTED PLANS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. |
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| | - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT |
| | RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE PPRC COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS |
| | FROM THE DATE OF THESE COMMENTS (BY MARCH 27, 2014), |
| | THE CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN.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) |
| | ADDITIONAL 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 ($60). |
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| | 1. REPEAT COMMENT: STAFF WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A |
| | BUSINESS TAX/CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR THE PROPERTY. THIS |
| | WILL NEED TO BE RECTIFIED AND ANY OUTSTANDING FEES PAID |
| | TO THE CITY PRIOR TO ANY APPROVALS FOR THIS SITE. |
| | PLEASE NOTE THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE IS NOT PERMITTED AT |
| | THIS LOCATION, SO IN ORDER FOR VEHICLES TO REMAIN, A |
| | BUSINESS TAX/CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR CAR SALES IS |
| | REQUIRED, OR THE VEHICLES SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE |
| | SITE. |
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| | 2. REPEAT COMMENT: THE SURVEY PROVIDED WITH THE |
| | APPLICATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE. |
| | THE ACREAGE NUMBERS FROM A SURVEY MAY CHANGE SOME OF |
| | THE DATA TABLES. THE SURVEY SHALL ALSO BE REVISED SO AS |
| | TO BE ABSTRACTED TO SHOW EASEMENTS, RESERVATIONS AND |
| | RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY. NO UPDATED SURVEY, SIGNED AND |
| | SEALED BY A LICENSED SURVEYOR, WAS PROVIDED WITH THIS |
| | APPLICATION. THE CIVIL SHEET, BASED ON A SURVEY, DOES |
| | NOT QUALIFY AS A SURVEY. |
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| | 3. REPEAT COMMENT: THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRAFFIC LETTER |
| | LISTS THE BUILD-OUT DATE AS DECEMBER 31, 2012, WITH THE |
| | CONDITION THAT THE CITY ISSUE NO DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS |
| | AFTER THIS DATE. A REVISED EXTENSION LETTER IS REQUIRED |
| | WITH THIS APPLICATION. THE CITY'S EXTENSION OF THE |
| | COMMENCEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT DATE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE |
| | BUILD-OUT DATE STATED AS PART OF THE PALM BEACH COUNTY |
| | TRAFFIC LETTER. PLEASE CONTACT MASOUD ATEFI AT PALM |
| | BEACH COUNTY ENGINEERING TO GET A REVISED LETTER. |
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| | 4. REPEAT COMMENT: THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN MODIFIES THE |
| | EXISTING CURB CUTS ON OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD AND |
| | CHILLINGWORTH DRIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE A PRE-DETERMINATION |
| | LETTER FROM FDOT THAT THEY WILL PERMIT THE CHANGES TO |
| | THE OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD RIGHT-OF-WAY. AN FDOT |
| | RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT FOR OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD AND A CITY |
| | RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT FOR CHILLINGWORTH DRIVE AND THE |
| | ALLEY WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING |
| | PERMIT FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE SITE. PLEASE BE |
| | AWARE THAT THE PRE-DETERMINATION LETTER IS REQUIRED |
| | PRIOR TO STAFF APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. |
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| | 5. REVISED COMMENT BASED ON RESUBMITTED PLANS: THE |
| | LANDSCAPE COMPLIANCE CHART SHALL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT |
| | THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE OF 101,502 SQUARE FEET (40% OF |
| | THE STATED SITE AREA OF 253,755 SQUARE FEET). THE |
| | AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE REQUIRES THAT ONE ADDITIONAL SHADE |
| | TREE SHALL BE SHOWN AS "REQUIRED" WITH ALL THE DATA |
| | TABLES UPDATED APPROPRIATELY. |
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| | 7. REPEAT COMMENT: THE LANDSCAPE, CIVIL AND SITE PLANS |
| | SHOW DIFFERING CONDITIONS. EXAMPLE - FIRE HYDRANTS |
| | (BOTH EXISTING AND PROPOSED) ARE SHOWN IN DIFFERENT |
| | LOCATION ON ALL PLANS. ALL PLANS SHALL SHOW SAME SITE |
| | CONDITIONS. |
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| | 8. REPEAT COMMENT: UTILITIES SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE |
| | LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE EXFILTRATION TRENCHES ARE SHOWN IN |
| | DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE CIVIL AND LANDSCAPE PLANS ALONG |
| | THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDES OF THE SITE. THE |
| | LOCATION OF THE EASTERN TRENCHES, AS SHOWN ON THE CIVIL |
| | PLAN, IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH RELOCATED OAK TREES IN |
| | THE PARKING LOT INTERIOR AND TERMINAL ISLANDS. THERE |
| | ARE FIRE LINES AND CONNECTIONS SHOWN ON THE CIVIL PLAN |
| | THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ARE IN |
| | DIRECT CONFLICT WITH TREES. THE NORTH/SOUTH SEWER LINE |
| | RUNS DIRECTLY UNDER TREES. FIRE HYDRANTS HAVE BEEN |
| | LOCATED WITHIN TERMINAL ISLANDS, WHICH NO LONGER HAVE |
| | TREES. THE UTILITY LINES, FIRE HYDRANTS, ETC SHALL NOT |
| | INTERFERE WITH THE PLACEMENT OF TREES IN CODE REQUIRED |
| | LOCATIONS. IF A FIRE HYDRANT IS PLACED IN A LANDSCAPE |
| | ISLAND, THEN THE ISLAND SHALL BE INCREASED IN SIZE TO |
| | ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE HYDRANT AND THE TREE. THE BACKFLOW |
| | PREVENTER IS NOT SHOWN ON THE PLANS. |
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| | 9. REPEAT COMMENT: A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT IS REQUIRED |
| | PRIOR TO THE REMOVAL/RELOCATION OF ANY TREES OR THE |
| | APPROVAL OF THE FINAL LANDSCAPE PLAN. |
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| | 10. REPEAT COMMENT: BASED ON THE PLANT SCHEDULE, STAFF |
| | CALCULATES THAT THERE ARE 156 TOTAL TREES (INC. PALM |
| | TREE UNITS) ON THE SITE WITH 60 OF THEM BEING PALMS. |
| | THIS CONFLICTS WITH THE NUMBERS STATED ON THE PLANS FOR |
| | THE PALM TREE PERCENTAGE. BASED ON THE STAFF NUMBERS, |
| | THE SIGHT HAS 38% PALM TREES, WHICH EXCEEDS THE 35% |
| | PERMITTED. |
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| | 12. REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION PLANTING |
| | CALCULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE FOR EACH STRUCTURE. STAFF |
| | MEASUREMENTS SHOW 1,090 LINEAR FEET AROUND THE BUILDING |
| | (NOT 1,049 FEET), WHICH REQUIRES 327 FEET OF FOUNDATION |
| | PLANTING. STAFF MEASURED 330 FEET PROVIDED, NOT 351 |
| | FEET, WHICH COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS BUT NEEDS TO |
| | BE SHOWN CORRECTLY ON THE DATA TABLE. |
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| | 13. NEW COMMENT: THE LANDSCAPE CODE COMPLIANCE CHART |
| | HAS SOME DATA WHICH NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. |
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| | A. THE NORTHERN BUFFER ONLY HAS 16 PROVIDED TREES. THE |
| | 2 WESTERNMOST ALEXANDER PALMS MAY NOT COUNT AS |
| | COMPLYING WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS SINCE THEY |
| | ARE NOT PLANTED IN A GROUP CONSISTING OF AT LEAST 3 |
| | PALM TREES. |
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| | B. THE SOUTHERN BUFFER REQUIRES 16 TREES (ALL LANDSCAPE |
| | ROUNDING IS DONE UP). THE BUFFER IS LISTED AT 10 FEET |
| | WIDE, WHILE IT IS AT 5 FEET IN WIDTH FOR AT LEAST HALF |
| | OF ITS LENGTH. |
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| | C. THE PLANS LIST ONLY SHADE TREES AS MEETING THE |
| | PARKING LOT REQUIREMENTS, WHEN THE PLANS SHOW CASSIA |
| | (FLOWERING TREES) IN SOME OF THE PARKING LOT ISLANDS. |
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| | 14. NEW COMMENT: THE DOUBLE MONTGOMERY PALMS LOCATED |
| | IN THE 2 TERMINAL ISLANDS OF THE NORTHERNMOST ROW OF |
| | EMPLOYEE PARKING (ADJACENT TO THE BICYCLE RACK) DO NOT |
| | MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE THAT PALMS BE PLANTED |
| | IN GROUPS OF 3. |
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| | 15. REVISED COMMENT: THE LAYOUT OF THE 5 BICYCLE RACK |
| | ELEMENTS ON THE PAD, AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS, SUPPORT |
| | PARKING FOR 11 BICYCLES. THE CITY WILL NOT APPROVE THE |
| | LAYOUT AS THE SIDE OF ONE ELEMENT IS POSITIONED TOO |
| | CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE PAD (NOT 24 INCHES). PLEASE |
| | NOTE THAT ONE RACK ELEMENT CAN SUPPORT 2 BICYCLES |
| | PROVIDED THAT IT IS PLACED PROPERLY ON THE PAD. |
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| | 16. REPEAT COMMENT: THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN NEEDS TO SHOW |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED DSI LIGHTING CONDITIONS. |
| | NO INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED LIGHTS AND THE CUT-OFF |
| | FEATURES WAS PROVIDED. COMPLIANCE WITH THE DSI |
| | CONDITION LISTED IS NOT PROVIDED - THERE IS A VALUE |
| | SHOWN AT 2.1 FOOTCANDLES ALONG OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD AND |
| | VALUES AS HIGH AS 2.4 FOOTCANDLES ALONG CHILLINGWORTH |
| | DRIVE AND NO INFORMATION THAT THE REMAINING VALUES WERE |
| | MEASURED AT THREE (3) FEET ABOVE GRADE: |
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| | DSI CONDITION: LIGHT TRESPASS FROM THE SITE SHALL NOT |
| | EXCEED 2.0 FOOTCANDLES AT THREE (3) FEET ABOVE GRADE |
| | WHEN MEASURED AT THE CURB ALONG OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD |
| | AND CHILLINGWORTH DRIVE. |
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| | 17. FOLLOW-UP COMMENT: FPL HAS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT |
| | THE PLANTING OF ROYAL PALM TREES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF |
| | THEIR OVERHEAD POWER LINES ALONG OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD. |
| | WHILE THE CRAPE MYRTLE TREES SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE |
| | RIGHT TREE RIGHT PLACE, PLEASE CONSIDER THE USE OF |
| | SPINDLE PALMS (TENTATIVELY APPROVED AT THIS LOCATION BY |
| | BRIAN KANE OF FPL) IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT |
| | PALM TREE LOOK THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THIS |
| | LOCATION AND OTHER PROPERTIES FRONTING OKEECHOBEE |
| | BOULEVARD. PLEASE REMEMBER IF PALMS ARE CHOSEN, THEN |
| | THERE WOULD NEED TO BE OTHER SUBSTITUTIONS TO MAINTAIN |
| | ONLY 35% PALM TREES ON SITE. |
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| | 18. NEW COMMENT: THE RESUBMITTED PLANS FAIL TO SHOW |
| | THE ROOF TOP PARKING LAYOUT. STAFF COUNTED THE NUMBER |
| | OF SPACES FROM THE LAST SET OF PLANS THAT WERE |
| | SUBMITTED AND NOTICED THAT THE PARKING COUNT NUMBERS |
| | FOR THE SPACES ONLY LISTED 90 INVENTORY SPACES, WHILE |
| | THERE WERE PHYSICALLY 98 SHOWN. THE 98 SPACES WERE USED |
| | TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED SPACES. UPON |
| | RESUBMITTAL OF THE UPDATED PLANS, THE CORRECT COUNTS |
| | SHALL BE NOTED ON THE PLAN. |
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| | 19. NEW COMMENT: TWO OF THE PARKING ROWS HAVE THE |
| | NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES MISLABELED. THE SOUTHEAST MOST |
| | "STORAGE" ROW HAS 8 SPACES YET THE LABEL SAYS 9 AND THE |
| | NORTHWEST MOST "EMPLOYEE" ROW HAS 6 SPACES YET THE |
| | LABEL SAYS 5. THIS AFFECTS THE PARKING TABLE, BOTH |
| | REQUIRED AND PROVIDED DATA. |
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| | 20. NEW COMMENT: A COUNT OF THE CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE |
| | PARKING SPACES RESULTS IN 113 SPACES NOT 116 SPACES |
| | PROVIDED AS LISTED ON THE PARKING DATA TABLE. |
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