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| 2010-03-01 16:53:29 | ***LANDSCAPE REVIEW FAILED FOR 1705 BELVEDERE ROAD*** |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES FOR REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN |
| | FORMAT. |
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| | 1. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445 (2), OF THE ZONING AND |
| | LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, PLANT MATERIALS USED |
| | PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE |
| | EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF |
| | AGRICULTURE NUMBER 1 GADE STANDARD. BECAUSE THE |
| | EXISTING TREES HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY "HATRACKED" AND |
| | CANNTO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT AND BECAUSE THEY ARE |
| | GROWING UNDER POWER LINES, ALL TREES MUST BE REMOVED |
| | AND REPLACED WITH FLORIDA NUMBER 1 GRADE TREES THAT |
| | MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SETFORTH IN FPL'S "PLANT THE |
| | RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE" GUIDE. THIS PUBLICATION |
| | PROVIDES A LIST OF TREES THAT CAN BE PLANTED NEAR OR |
| | UNDER POWER LINES. IN ADDITION, ALL HEDGES TO REMAIN |
| | SHALL BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND ALL OTHER PLANT MATERIAL |
| | GROWING WITHIN THE HEDGEROWS OTHER THAN THE HEDGE |
| | SPECIES, SHALL BE REMOVED. THE FICUS HEDGE TO REMAIN IS |
| | SUBJECT TO WHITE FLY WHICH IS AFFECTING FICUS |
| | THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA. PLEASE CONSIDER REPLACING THE |
| | HEDGE WITH A NEW HEDGE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM |
| | AND PREFERABLY A NATIVE SPECIES. |
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| | 2. A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT IS REQUIRED. AN APPLICATION |
| | IS AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT DESK OF THE PLANNING AND |
| | ZONING DEPARTMENT. TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED AND |
| | OTHERS WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED. |
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| | 3. THE TABULATION PROVIDED FOR THE EVALUATION OF |
| | COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE XIV OF THE ZONING AND LAND |
| | DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IS INCORRECT. THE OPEN SPACE IS |
| | CALCULATED BY TAKING THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE |
| | ENTIRE SITE AND DEDUCTING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. THE |
| | DIFFERENCE IS THE OPEN SPACE. BASED ON A LOT AREA OF |
| | APPROXIMATELY 17,500 SQUARE FEET AND DEDUCTING THE 880 |
| | SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOOTPRINT, THE OPEN SPACE IS |
| | 16,620 SQUARE FEET. AS AN EXAMPLE, ELEVEN SHADE TREES |
| | ARE REQUIRED AND THREE FLOWERING TREES ARE REQUIRED. |
| | THE OTHER CALCULATIONS NEED TO BE CORRECTED, AS WELL. |
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| | 4. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-444 (B), OUTDOOR GARBAGE OR |
| | TRASH RECEPTACLES AND ALL OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT |
| | SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS APPROPRIATE SCREENING IS |
| | PROVIDED. THE ENCLOSURE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE VISION |
| | OBSCURING GATES. |
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| | 5. PLEASE PROVIDE A PARKING LAYOUT AND INCLUDE THE |
| | STRIPING DETAIL. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) (3) |
| | (A), EACH ROW OF PARKING SPACES SHALL BE TERMINATED BY |
| | LANDSCAPED ISLANDS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE FEET IN WIDTH |
| | (EXCLUDING THE REQUIRED CURB) AND NOT LESS THAN THE |
| | LENGTH OF THE ADJACENT PARKING STALL. THE LANDSCAPED |
| | ISLAND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING |
| | TREE. |
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| | 6. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) (4), FOR OTHER PAVED |
| | AREAS UTILIZED BY MOTOR VEHICLES, INCLUDING AISLES, |
| | LOADING AREAS, CIRCULATION AREAS AND DRIVE-IN SERVICE |
| | AREAS, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SHALL BE PROVIDED AS |
| | FOLLOWS: FOUR SQUARE FEET OF LANDSCAPED AREA SHALL BE |
| | REQUIRED FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET, OR FRACTION THEREOF. |
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| | 7. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (E), AT LEAST 30 PERCENT |
| | OF THE LINEAR FEET AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF ALL |
| | COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES SHALL BE PLANTED WITH TREES, |
| | SHRUBS OR HEDGES. NO FOUNDATION PLANTING HAS BEEN |
| | PROVIDED. |
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| | 8. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) )2), SHADE TREES MUST |
| | BE PLANTED AT 30-FOOT INTERVALS WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE |
| | BUFFER THAT SEPARATES THE VEHICULAR USE AREA FROM AN |
| | ADJACENT THOROUGHFARE. TREES SHOWN WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE |
| | STRIP ALONG THE NORTH PERIMETER EXCEED THE THIRTY FOOT |
| | SPACING REQUIREMENT. |
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| | 9. ALL TREES AND PLANT MATERIAL SHALL BE PLANTED AT OR |
| | SLIGHTLY ABOVE GRADE. THE FIRST HORIZONTAL ROOT AND/OR |
| | THE TRUNK FLARE SHALL BE VISIBLE AFTER THE TREE HAS |
| | BEEN INSTALLED. THE THREE INCH LAYER OF MULCH SHALL BE |
| | PULLED BACK AWAY FROM THE ROOT BALLS OF ALL TREES AND |
| | SHRUBS AND ONLY A FINE LAYER OF MULCH (NOT MORE THAN |
| | ONE INCH) SHALL BE APPLIED OVER THE ROOT BALL. THIS |
| | SHALL BE REFLECTED IN THE PLANTING DETAILS PROVIDED. |
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| | 10. 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. THERE ARE AREAS WITHIN THE PROPERTY |
| | BOUNDARY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE AND IN THE |
| | RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO BELVEDERE ROAD THAT ARE PAVED. |
| | THE PAVEMENT SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THESE AREAS AND |
| | REPLACED WITH SOD. IN ADDITION, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA |
| | ALONG THE ACCESS EASEMENT (NORTH SIDE OF SITE) SHALL BE |
| | SODDED AND MAINTAINED. PLEASE NOTE THAT A SABAL PALM |
| | HAS GROWN IN THE SIDEWALK AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OT THE |
| | SITE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. |
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| | 11. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445 (4) (G) (3) (II), IN ALL |
| | AREAS THAT ARE TO BE PLANTED IN A CULTIVATED LANDSCAPE, |
| | IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED TO HAVE 120 |
| | PERCENT COVERAGE. THIS INCLUDES RIGHTS-OF-WAY. |
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| | 12. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C) (5) (A), LANDSCAPE |
| | AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM VEHICULAR USE AREAS BY |
| | NON-MOUNTABLE, CONCRETE CURBING OF THE TYPE |
| | CHARACTERIZED AS "TYPE D". THE LANDSCAPE AREAS ALONG |
| | THE SOUTH PERIMETER OF THE SITE ARE ODDLY SHAPED AND |
| | ARE NOT CURBED. THESE AREAS SHALL BE RECONFIGURED TO |
| | ALLOW THE SITE TO FUNCTION BETTER AND CURBED. |
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| | 13. THE PROPOSED HEDGES ALONG THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDES |
| | OF THE SITE SHALL BE PLANTED ALONG THE INTERIOR |
| | PERIMETER OF THE LANDCAPE STRIPS WITH TIERED PLANTING |
| | ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE HEDGES. |
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| | 14, CREDIT WAS TAKEN ON THE XERISCAPE CHART FOR A |
| | MOISTURE SENSING CONTROLLER OTHER THAN A RAIN SWITCH, |
| | BUT A NOTE ON THE PLAN INDICATES THAT A RAIN SENSOR |
| | WILL BE INSTALLED. IF A MOISTURE SENSING DEVICE IS |
| | BEING USED, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE EQUIPMENT. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT |
| | KUSSNER @ (561) 822-1462. |
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