Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z09110003
Project Number Z09110003
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2009-12-07 19:48:47ZONING PLANS AND PLATS REVIEW COMMITTEE (PPRC) REVIEW
  
 CASE NO.: ZBA 3258
 ADDRESS: 4801 DREHER TRAIL NORTH
 APPLICANT/CONTACT: JON SCHMIDT
 TELEPHONE NO.: 561.684.6141
 SCOPE OF APPLICATION: EXPANSION TO EXISTING CULTURAL
 FACILITY
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
 REVIEW COMMENTS:
  
 1. AS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (ZBA)
 APPLICATION, FIFTEEN (15) SETS OF ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 2. THE PROPOSED EXPANSION SHALL GO BEFORE THE PARKS &
 RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PRAC) PRIOR TO THE
 SCHEDULING BEFORE THE ZBA. ADDITIONALLY, A PRESENTATION
 SHALL BE MADE TO THE CITY COMMISSION, IN AN APPROPRIATE
 FORUM, PRIOR TO SCHEDULING BEFORE THE ZBA.
  
 3. ALL REMAINING UTILITY LETTERS SHALL BE PROVIDED
 (FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES, COMCAST, FLORIDA POWER &
 LIGHT, AND CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES).
  
 4. PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT THE DIFFERENT LINE STYLES ARE
 FOR WHAT IS PRESUMED TO BE THE LEASE BOUNDARIES. IS
 INTERSTATE-95 A PART OF THE LEASE? THE LINE THAT RUNS
 PARALLEL TO THE SOUND WALL/FENCE DOES NOT SEEM TO
 CORRESPOND WITH THE LIMITS OF THE INTERSTATE-95
 RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS SHOWN ON THE SURVEY. ADDITIONALLY,
 WHAT AREA OF LAND IS THE SITE/LANDSCAPE DATA TABLES
 GENERATED FROM?
  
 5. THE EASEMENTS SHOWN ON THE SITE/LANDSCAPE PLANS DO
 NOT MATCH THE SURVEY. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL PLANS ARE
 CONSISTENT.
  
 6. AS DISPLAYED, LANDSCAPING IS PROPOSED TO BE
 INSTALLED WITHIN THE EXISTING FP&L UTILITY EASEMENTS.
 WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE EASEMENT HOLDER SHALL BE
 OBTAINED PRIOR TO SCHEDULING BEFORE THE ZBA.
  
 7. IF THE EXISTING DIRT ROAD IS TO REMAIN, IT SHALL BE
 PAVED AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE MINIMUM
 STANDARDS. PLEASE CLARIFY WHY THE EXISTING FENCE IS TO
 REMAIN; ITS LOCATION AND CONDITION AS PROPOSED DOES NOT
 APPEAR TO BE FUNCTIONAL AND SHALL BE REMOVED.
  
 8. THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW TREES BEING PROPOSED WITHIN
 CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING OVERHEAD LINES. PLEASE
 VERIFY THAT THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS.
  
 9. PLEASE LOCATE AND IDENTIFY ALL ABOVE-GROUND UTILITY
 AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON THE SITE/LANDSCAPE PLANS.
 ADDITIONALLY, SCREENING MAY BE REQUIRED.
  
 10. IT APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE CONFLICT BETWEEN AT
 LEAST ONE (1) OF THE ROYAL PALMS PROPOSED AT THE
 NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND EXISTING
 UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. PLEASE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY TO
 ENSURE MINIMUM SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS.
  
 11. IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENT, THERE ALSO
 APPEARS TO BE CONFLICT WITH THE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND
 UTILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW ADDITION.
  
 12. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE PROPOSED LIMITS OF THE NEW POND
 CONFIGURATION AND HOW THIS RELATES TO THE PROPOSED
 PARKING LOT. DOES THIS INFLUENCE THE DRAINAGE
 CAPACITY/SYSTEM? IF SO, HAVE THE NECESSARY APPROVALS
 BEEN OBTAINED FOR SUCH MODIFICATION? WILL THE EXISTING
 FENCE SIMPLY DEAD-END, OR WILL IT BE RECONFIGURED
 AROUND THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT? EXISTING FENCING NEEDS
 TO BE CLEANED UP AND FENCING THAT NO LONGER IS
 FUNCTIONAL SHALL BE REMOVED. ADDITIONAL DETAIL IN THIS
 AREA SHALL BE PROVIDED AND ANY APPROVAL DOCUMENTS SHALL
 BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO SCHEDULING BEFORE THE ZBA.
  
 13. SEVERAL EXISTING LIGHT POLES APPEAR TO CONFLICT
 WITH PROPOSED SIDEWALKS ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
 SIDES OF THE ADDITION AND EXISTING STRUCTURE. PLEASE
 CLARIFY AS TO WHETHER THESE WILL REMAIN OR IF THEY ARE
 BEING REMOVED/RELOCATED.
  
 14. A PARKING SPACE STRIPING DETAIL SHALL BE PROVIDED
 INDICATING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING AND LAND
 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (ZLDRS).
  
 15. ADDITIONAL SCREENING, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 94-444(D) OF THE ZLDRS, SHALL BE PROVIDED AROUND THE
 EXISTING A/C AREA. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE NOTE THE
 LOCATION OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE
 REQUIRED FOR THE NEW ADDITION.
  
 16. THE PROPOSED FLOOR AREA OF THE NEW ADDITION, AS
 IDENTIFIED IN THE SITE DATA TABLE AND PROJECT FACT
 SHEET, DOES NOT MATCH THAT IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE
 TRAFFIC STUDY AND CONCURRENCY LETTER. PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
 17. SUFFICIENT DETAIL NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZLDRS; DIMENSIONING OF IMPROVEMENTS
 NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED (I.E. LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, DRIVE
 AISLES, PARKING ROWS, ETC.), IDENTIFY LOCATIONS OF
 EXTERIOR DOORWAYS, ETC.
  
 18. PLEASE CONSIDER REDISTRIBUTING THE LANDSCAPE
 ISLANDS WITHIN THE PARKING LOT TO MAKE THEM EVENLY
 SPACED WITHIN THE PARKING ROWS.
  
 19. THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE EXISTING
 BUILDING WHERE POWER POLES APPEAR TO CONFLICT WITH
 PROPOSED LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE PARKING LOT ISLANDS.
  
 20. PLEASE CONSIDER PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING
 BETWEEN THE EXISTING PORTABLE ALUMINUM BUILDING AND THE
 PROPOSED PARKING LOT.
  
 21. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-485(O)(1) OF THE ZLDRS,
 PARKING LOTS CONTAINING 101 PARKING SPACES SHALL
 PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF FIVE (5) DISABLED SPACES; ONLY
 FOUR (4) ARE PROVIDED.
  
 22. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-485(P) OF THE ZLDRS, THE
 LOADING SPACE SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET X 50 FEET;
 THE SITE DATE TABLE INDICATES A MINIMUM OF 15 FEET X 55
 FEET. PLEASE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
  
 23. THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED LOADING SPACE DOES NOT
 APPEAR TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THE LOCATION AND ANGLE
 MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER/EXIT THE SPACE WITHOUT
 CROSSING TRAFFIC AND THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CONNECTION
 BETWEEN THE LOADING AREA AND THE EXISTING/PROPOSED
 BUILDING.
  
 24. THE LOCATION AND NUMBER OF BICYCLE PARKING SPACES
 SHALL BE INDENTIFIED. ONE (1) BICYCLE SPACE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED FOR EVERY 20 AUTOMOBILE SPACES. A DETAIL OF
 THE PROPOSED BICYCLE RACK SHALL BE PROVIDED AND SHALL
 CONFORM TO THE CITY???S MINIMUM CRITERIA.
  
 25. PLEASE INDICATE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FROM
 THE EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT ARE BEING RECONSTRUCTED.
  
 26. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE USE OF THE STRUCTURE, IT
 IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING BE
 PROVIDED FOR BUSES. BUSES SHALL NOT BE PARKED ON GRASS
 AND/OR THE DIRT ROAD, AND LOADING/UNLOADING SHOULD NOT
 INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
  
 27. THE MINIMUM REQUIRED LANDSCAPING BUFFERING SHALL BE
 PROVIDED ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. IN ADDITION,
 BUFFERING SHALL BE PROVIDED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED
 PARKING AND THE PALM BEACH ZOO PROPERTY LOCATED TO THE
 SOUTH.
  
 28. PLEASE CLARIFY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE EXISTING
 CONCRETE PAD (FORMER TENT SITE) WILL BE REMOVED. THE
 SITE PLAN INDICATES IS LOCATION, BUT DOES NOT IDENTIFY
 WHAT WILL OCCUR. THE CONCEPTUAL DRAINAGE PLAN NOTES
 THAT IT IS TO BE REMOVED.
  
 29. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF ANY
 EXISTING/PROPOSED DUMPSTERS. ALL GARBAGE RECEPTACLES
 SHALL BE SCREENED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 94-444(B)
 OF THE ZLDRS.
  
 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING WHEN RESUBMITTING:
  
 A) WRITTEN RESPONSES TO COMMENTS MADE BY ALL
 DEPARTMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED UPON RESUBMISSION.
  
 B) 15 SETS OF REVISED PLANS AND/OR DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED, ALONG WITH ONE (1) REDUCED COPY (11 INCHES X
 17 INCHES), AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF ALL PLANS.
  
 C) PLEASE NOTE THAT RE-SUBMITTALS MAY BE SUBJECT TO
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 D) IF NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE
 ISSUANCE OF THESE COMMENTS, THE APPLICATION WILL BE
 CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN AND ANY FURTHER ACTION WILL
 REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 E) 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.
  
 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
  
 JOHN ROACH, SENIOR PLANNER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
 401 CLEMATIS STREET - P.O. BOX 3366
 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402
  
 PHONE: 561.822.1435
 FAX: 561.822.1459
  
 EMAIL: [email protected]
  
 WWW.CITYOFWPB.COM
  
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