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| 2008-06-24 15:28:37 | PPRC COMMENTS |
| | MAY 14, 2008 |
| | PB CASE NO. 1399F, G |
| | SEDONA COMMONS - 8132 OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD |
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| | PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT |
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| | LANDSCAPE COMMENTS |
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| | 1. PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN |
| | WRITTEN FORMAT |
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| | 2. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 94-443(3)(A), EVERY |
| | TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLAND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE |
| | (1) SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE.THE REQUIRED TREES WITHIN |
| | TERMINAL ISLANDS ARE MISSING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS |
| | THROUGHOUT THE SITE.THE UTILITIES NEED TO BE KEPT OUT |
| | OF THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS?NOT THE REQUIRED TREES. |
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| | 3. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 94-443(3)(B), |
| | INTERIOR LANDSCAPE ISLANDS SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE |
| | (1) SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE.NO TREE WAS PROPOSED FOR |
| | THE CENTER LANDSCAPE ISLAND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE |
| | RETAIL BUILDING OR IN THE CENTER LANDSCAPE ISLAND ON |
| | THE WEST SIDE OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. |
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| | 4. SOME OF THE SITE LIGHTING AND VARIOUS UTILITIES ARE |
| | IN CONFLICT WITH PROPOSED LANDSCAPING, ESPECIALLY |
| | WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.SITE LIGHTING AND |
| | ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROPOSED |
| | LANDSCAPING SHALL BE SHOWN ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TO |
| | AVOID POTENTIAL CONFLICTS.UTILITIES SHALL BE KEPT OUT |
| | OF THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND OTHER REQUIRED LANDSCAPE |
| | BUFFERS. |
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| | 5. IF THERE ARE ANY LANDSCAPE DEFICIENCIES WITHIN |
| | ESTABLISHED AREAS, THE LANDSCAPING WILL NEED TO BE |
| | BROUGHT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS.ALL EXISTING |
| | LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE SHALL BE IN GOOD |
| | CONDITION AND WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE LANDSCAPE |
| | FINAL. |
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| | 6. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIV, 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.NO GRASS WAS PROPOSED ALONG OKEECHOBEE |
| | BOULEVARD OR BENOIST FARMS ROAD.GRASS AREAS SHALL BE |
| | SODDED. PLEASE REMOVE ALL REFERENCE TO SEEDING ON THE |
| | INFORMATION SHEET.IN ADDITION, THE NOTE ON LP-1 THAT |
| | REFERENCES IRRIGATION COVERAGE SHALL INCLUDE THE |
| | RIGHTS-OF-WAY. |
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| | 7. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443(B)(4), AT LEAST ONE (1) |
| | SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE SHALL BE PLANTED IN THE |
| | REQUIRED BUFFER STRIP FOR EACH 30 LINEAR FEET OR |
| | PORTION THEREOF ALONG THE WEST PERIMETER OF THE SITE. |
| | THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH SPACE PROVIDED FOR THE |
| | PROPOSED TREES ALONG THE WEST PERIMETER.STAFF |
| | RECOMMENDS THAT THE LANDSCAPE STRIP ALONG THE EAST SIDE |
| | OF BUILDING #7 BE REMOVED, AND THE BUILDING BE SHIFTED |
| | TO THE EAST.THIS WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE |
| | AREA TO THE WEST SIDE THAT WILL ALLOW ROOM TO PLANT |
| | PALMS OR SMALL TREES.THE BIKE RACK COULD BE MOVED TO |
| | THE OVERSIZED LANDSCAPE ISLAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE |
| | PARKING LOT ENTRANCE. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF RECOMMENDS |
| | THAT THE 26 FOOT DRIVE AISLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF |
| | BUILDING #6 BE REDUCED TO 24 FEET.THAT WOULD ALLOW |
| | THE BUILDING TO BE SHIFTED TO THE EAST BY 2 FEET, |
| | THEREBY ALLOWING TREES TO BE PLANTED ALONG THE WEST |
| | SIDE OF THE BUILDING WITHIN AN EXPANDED LANDSCAPE |
| | STRIP. |
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| | 8. PLEASE REVISE THE ?CODE COMPLIANCE CHART? TO |
| | ACCURATELY SHOW WHAT IS REQUIRED, EXISTING AND |
| | PROPOSED.THE PROPOSED TABLE SHALL BE THE COMPOSITE OF |
| | THE EXISTING AND NEWLY PLANTED TREES, SHRUBS AND GROUND |
| | COVER.BASED UPON THE LANDSCAPE CALCULATIONS PROVIDED, |
| | THERE ARE DEFICIENCIES IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF |
| | PROPOSED LANDSCAPING AND THE NUMBER OF SHADE TREES |
| | PROPOSED. |
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| | 9. PLEASE PROVIDE THE TABULATION NECESSARY TO COMPLY |
| | WITH SECTION 94-442(G), WHICH REQUIRES THE APPLICATION |
| | OF CERTAIN XERISCAPE TECHNIQUES FOR LANDSCAPING. |
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| | 10. IN KEEPING WITH XERISCAPE AND MAINTENANCE |
| | PRINCIPLES, PALM GROUPINGS SHALL BE UNDER PLANTED WITH |
| | SHRUBS AND/OR GROUND COVER.IN ADDITION, SMALL |
| | ISOLATED AREAS SUCH AS THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS SOUTH OF |
| | BUILDINGS 1-5 SHALL BE PLANTED WITH SHRUBBERY INSTEAD |
| | OF THE PROPOSED SOD. |
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| | 11. IN GENERAL, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING VISIBLE FROM |
| | ADJACENT RIGHTS-OF-WAY IS WEAK.PLEASE PROVIDE AN |
| | ADDITIONAL LAYER OF PLANTING ALONG THE BERM ON THE |
| | STREET SIDE OF THE HEDGE.SPECIMEN SHRUBS AND GROUND |
| | COVER SHOULD BE ADDED TO ENHANCE THE LANDSCAPE.THE |
| | HEDGE AND BERM ALONG THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY COULD BE LAID |
| | OUT IN A CURVILINEAR FASHION WITH THE SABAL GROUPINGS |
| | AND UNDER PLANTING ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE SLOPE AND |
| | THE SHADE TREES ON THE BACK SIDE, TO CREATE MORE |
| | INTEREST. |
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| | 12. TREES SHOULD BE ADDED IN THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND THAT |
| | SEPARATES THE BY-PASS LANE FROM THE AUTO TELLER LANES. |
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| | 13. THE MEDIAN ALONG OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD SHALL BE |
| | LANDSCAPED AND MAINTAINED WITH THIS APPLICATION, BASED |
| | UPON THE COUNTY?S APPROVED SITE PLAN. |
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