Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z10120009
Project Number Z10120009
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2011-06-13 09:47:17CASE NO. PB1600C 1ST RESUBMITTAL COMMENTS
 PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY
 FORMAL SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR NEW BUILDINGS
 1901 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE
 JUNE 7, 2011
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446
  
 - 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 .PNG FORMAT
 OF ALL PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ON THE
 RESUBMITTED PLANS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 - 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 THESE COMMENTS
 (AUGUST 7, 2011), THE CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED
 WITHDRAWN. ANY FURTHER ACTION SHALL REQUIRE A NEW
 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT ADDITIONAL RESUBMITTALS WILL BE
 ACCESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE WILL BE 20% OF THE
 ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE ($300).
  
 1) REPEAT COMMENT - THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED
 BUILDING HEIGHT IS 36 FEET. THE DATA TABLE LISTS THE
 BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THE NEW STRUCTURES AS 42 FEET.
  
 THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS CORRECTLY STATED ON THE VERSION
 OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL BE GOING BEFORE THE CITY
 COMMISSION ON JUNE 26. THE CORRECT HEIGHT SHALL BE
 STATED ON THE PLANS RESUBMITTED AS PART OF THE FORMAL
 SITE PLAN.
  
 A. REPEAT COMMENT - THE CITY MEASURES THE HEIGHT OF
 STRUCTURES FROM THE FINISHED GRADE NOT THE FINISHED
 FLOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE THE HEIGHT DIMENSIONS BASED ON
 THIS STANDARD.
  
 THE DIMENSIONS COMPLYING WITH THIS STANDARD WERE NOT
 INCLUDED ON THE RESUBMITTED ELEVATIONS. STAFF WILL
 REQUIRE THIS DIMENSION AT TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT, SO
 IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE DIMENSION BE SHOWN WITH THE
 RESUBMITTAL.
  
 B. REPEAT COMMENT - PROVIDE THE HEIGHT DIMENSIONS FOR
 ALL ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS (EX. TOPS OF PARAPETS AND
 OTHER ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS).
  
 THE DIMENSION TO THE TOP OF THE TOP OF THE TENSILE
 FABRIC CANOPY AND ITS SUPPORTS WAS NOT PROVIDED. PLEASE
 NOTE THAT THE DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR THE OTHER ELEMENTS
 WERE FROM FINISHED FLOOR NOT FINISHED GRADE.
  
 C. COMMENT MODIFIED - PLEASE NOTE THAT THE
 ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT MAY NOT
 EXCEED 50 FEET.
  
 THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT HEIGHT IS STATED ON THE
 VERSION OF THE MASTER PLAN THAT WILL BE GOING BEFORE
 THE CITY COMMISSION ON JUNE 26. THE CORRECT HEIGHT
 SHALL BE STATED ON THE PLANS RESUBMITTED AS PART OF THE
 FORMAL SITE PLAN.
  
 2) REPEAT COMMENT - THE NORTH ELEVATION OF THE
 EDUCATION BUILDING SHOWS A STRUCTURAL OVERHANG AT THE
 2ND FLOOR. STRUCTURAL INTRUSIONS MAY PROJECT NO FURTHER
 THAN THREE (3) FEET INTO ANY REQUIRED SETBACK. PLEASE
 PROVIDE DIMENSIONS FOR THE OVERHANG ON BOTH THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS AND THE SITE PLAN TO VERIFY THAT THE
 OVERHANG IS NO CLOSER THAN 12 FEET FROM THE NORTH
 PROPERTY LINE.
  
 DIMENSIONS NOT INCLUDED.
  
 3) REPEAT COMMENT - PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE PROPOSED
 WALL ALONG FLAGLER DRIVE AND SOUTH OLIVE AVENUE,
 ESPECIALLY HEIGHT AND MATERIAL.
  
 THE HEIGHT (4 FEET) AND MATERIAL (CONCRETE) WERE STATED
 ON THE PLANS FOR THE FLAGLER DRIVE WALL, BUT NO
 ELEVATION DETAIL WAS PROVIDED (AS STATED ON THE PLANS).
 A NOTE SHALL BE ADDED FOR THE S. OLIVE WALL STATING,
 "WALL SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION DIVISION APPROVED DESIGN".
  
 4) REPEAT COMMENT - THE PLANS, ELEVATIONS AND COLOR
 RENDERING ALL SHOW SIGNAGE. PROVIDE SIGNAGE DETAILS SO
 STAFF MAY REVIEW FOR CODE COMPLIANCE. THIS WILL ENSURE
 THAT THE SIGN PERMITTING PROCESS GOES SMOOTHLY.
  
 NO SIGNAGE DETAILS PROVIDED.
  
 5) CLARIFICATION REQUIRED - PROVIDE THE LOCATIONS OF
 ALL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATORS, BACKFLOW PREVENTERS, AC
 UNITS, AND OTHER MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND HOW IT WILL
 BE SCREENED BY LANDSCAPE OR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
  
 THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDES SCREENING FOR TRANSFORMERS. IS
 THIS THE METHOD THAT ALL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WILL USE
 TO SCREEN? NOTE: GENERATORS REQUIRE AN ENCLOSURE AS
 WELL AS LANDSCAPE. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN DOES NOT APPEAR
 TO HAVE A TRANSFORMER SHOWN, AND THE BACKFLOW PREVENTER
 AND ONE OF THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE LOCATED WITHIN
 PLANTING BEDS. THE PLANTING BEDS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED
 AND ALL EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION
 OF ANY TRANSFORMERS NOW, PRIOR TO THE PLAN BEING
 FINALIZED.
  
 6) CLARIFICATION REQUIRED - PROVIDE THE LOCATION AND
 DETAILS OF ALL LIGHTING ON THE CAMPUS.
  
 THE SPECIFIC HEIGHT OF THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS IS NOT
 LISTED, BUT RATHER A RANGE FROM 24 TO 42 INCHES IS
 GIVEN. WHICH HEIGHT IS PROPOSED? THE HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION DIVISION SHALL APPROVE THE LIGHTS WITHIN
 THE MANGO PROMENADE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE PARKING LOT
 LIGHTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT SHALL BE RESIDENTIAL IN
 NATURE AND CONFORM TO THE CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT.
 PLEASE CONTACT FRIEDERIKE MITTNER, CITY HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION PLANNER.
  
 7) CLARIFICATION REQUIRED - A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN IS
 REQUIRED. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLAN SHALL SHOW THAT
 LIGHT LEVELS DO NOT EXCEED 0.5 FOOT CANDLES AT THE
 NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES [SECTION
 94-310(D)].
  
 PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED HOURS OF
 OPERATION FOR THE PARKING LOT LIGHTING. PLEASE REMEMBER
 THAT THE PARKING LOT IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
  
 8) REPEAT COMMENT - THE SITE AND CIVIL PLANS SHALL
 INCLUDE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BICYCLE RACK (IT DOES NOT
 SCALE AS DEEP ENOUGH ON THE CIVIL PLAN).
  
 THE BICYCLE RACK IS SHOWN AS 14 FEET X 6 FEET ON THE
 DETAIL SHEET, YET IT IS SHOWN SMALLER IN BOTH LENGTH
 AND WIDTH ON THE SITE, LANDSCAPE AND CIVIL PLANS. THE
 BICYCLE RACK SHALL BE SHOWN AT ITS CORRECT SIZE ON THE
 PLANS TO PREVENT ANY CONFLICTS.
  
 9) REPEAT COMMENT - THE "PROJECT TEAM" TABLES ON ALL
 PLANS SHALL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CORRECT INFORMATION
 (UNITY IS NO LONGER THE OWNER).
  
 LANDSCAPE PLAN NOT UPDATED.
  
 10) PARTIAL REPEAT - THE SETBACK PORTION OF THE SITE
 DATA TABLE NEEDS TO SEPARATELY STATE THE SETBACKS FOR
 THE RELOCATED BUILDING. THIS SHALL INCLUDE THE WAIVERS
 APPROVED AS PART OF ORD. NO. 4303-10.
  
 THE REQUIRED SETBACKS FOR THE RELOCATED BUILDING ARE
 NOT CORRECTLY LISTED - GRANTED WAIVERS BY THE
 ORDINANCE.
  
 11) MODIFIED COMMENT - THE LANDSCAPE DATA SHALL
 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE PHASE I AND PHASE II
 LANDSCAPE INSTALLATIONS. PHASE II SHALL ONLY INCLUDE
 THE FOUNDATION PLANTING FOR THE ATHLETIC BUILDING.
  
 THE PHASING SHALL BE REVISED TO INCLUDE THE PARKING LOT
 RELOCATION AS PHASE I WITH THE EDUCATION AND ATHLETIC
 BUILDINGS AS PHASE II AND PHASE III, RESPECTIVELY.
  
 12) REPEAT COMMENT - THE SIZE AND SPECIES OF ALL
 EXISTING AND RELOCATED TREES AND SHRUBS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. THE LANDSCAPE PLAN
 APPROVED WITH THIS APPLICATION WILL SERVE AS THE
 LANDSCAPE PLAN OF RECORD, SO ALL DETAILS ARE NEEDED.
  
 THE LANDSCAPE PLANS SHOW A NEW TREE IN THE SOUTHERN ROW
 OF EMPLOYEE PARKING. THE WAIVER TO ALLOW UP TO 14
 PARKING SPACES IN A ROW WAS SPECIFICALLY GRANTED TO
 PRESERVE THE EXISTING MATURE LIVE OAK TREE. THIS TREE
 MAY NOT BE REMOVED. IF IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NOT AS
 THE ISLAND IS SHOWN, THEN PLEASE DISCUSS WITH STAFF
 SOME SOLUTIONS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE, SUCH AS A
 RECONFIGURATION OF THE LOT TO FLIP THE LOCATION OF THE
 DEDICATED TURN AROUND SPACE TO NORTH PARKING ROW.
  
 13) REPEAT COMMENT - PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER
 DETAILS SHEET WITH THE LANDSCAPE PLAN NOT THE MASTER
 PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER DETAIL SHEET
 CROSS SECTIONS DO NOT MATCH THE LOCATIONS DESIGNATED ON
 THE MASTER PLAN. SOME OF THEM DO NOT REFLECT THE
 LANDSCAPE PROPOSED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
  
 BUFFER DETAILS NOT CONSISTENT WITH PLAN.
  
 14) REPEAT COMMENT - THE 25 FOOT LANDSCAPE AREA ALONG
 FLAGLER DRIVE HAS CHANGED FROM THE CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE
 PLAN APPROVED AS PART OF ORD. NO. 4303-10. THIS AREA IS
 TO HAVE UPLAND MEANDERING LANDSCAPE OR BE A BIOSWALE
 WITH APPROPRIATE MEANDERING LANDSCAPE. IT IS SHOWN ON
 THE SUBMITTED PLANS AS AN OPEN SODDED AREA, WHICH
 COMBINED WITH THE CIVIL PLAN'S PROPOSED DRAINAGE
 INDICATES THAT IT WILL BE A 25 FOOT WIDE UNLANDSCAPED
 SWALE. THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A FLAGLER DRIVE
 LANDSCAPE BUFFER, NOR DOES IT MEET THE LANDSCAPE CODE
 BUFFER REQUIREMENTS. THE FOUNDATION PLANTING FOR THE
 ATHLETIC BUILDING MAY NOT DOUBLE AS THE REQUIRED
 LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
  
 RESPONSE PROVIDED WAS "NEED AN ANSWER". STAFF REQUIRES
 A BIT MORE NARRATIVE FOR THIS COMMENT TO BE ADDRESSED
 OR PREFERABLY, THE PLANS TO BE REVISED.
  
 15) REPEAT COMMENT - PER ORD. NO. 4303-10, ALL NEW
 TREES SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 14 FEET IN HEIGHT AT
 INSTALLATION. NOT ALL OF THE TREES SPECIFIED ON THE
 LANDSCAPE PLAN MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
  
 THE 14 FOOT MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR ALL NEW
 TREES WAS TO OFFSET ALL OF THE REQUESTED LANDSCAPE
 WAIVERS, INCLUDING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER INTERRUPTION
 ALONG COCOANUT AND TUXEDO LANES AND THE REDUCED BUFFER
 ADJACENT TO THE EMPLOYEE PARKING.
  
 16) MODIFIED COMMENT - PER ORD. NO. 4303-10, THE
 OVERNIGHT BUS PARKING SPACES SHALL BE SCREENED FROM THE
 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE LANDSCAPE MATERIAL
 PROPOSED ALONG COCOANUT LANE, WEST OF THE BUS PARKING,
 DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SCREENING OF THE BUSSES. THE
 MATERIAL SHALL BE OF A SUFFICIENT HEIGHT TO SCREEN THE
 BUSSES AT INSTALLATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE
 INSTALLATION OF A SIX (6) FOOT PODOCARPUS HEDGE. THE
 HEDGE SHOULD BE LOCATED AS CLOSE TO THE PROPOSED FENCE
 AS POSSIBLE. THE TREES SHALL BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE
 HEDGE AND THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY.
  
 AT THE MEETING ON JANUARY 26, 2011, THE PBDA AGREED TO
 INSTALL A SIX (6) FOOT TALL PODOCARPUS HEDGE ALONG
 COCOANUT TO SCREEN THE BUSES IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH
 THE ORDINANCE.
  
 17) REPEAT COMMENT - PLEASE REMEMBER THAT PER ORD. NO.
 4303-10, THE FOLLOWING ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
 BUILDING PERMIT:
  
 THE FIRST BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THE
 LISTED ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED. PLEASE NOTE THAT
 A., C. AND D. WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEW PHASE II
 DEVELOPMENT - CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS AND THE
 RELOCATION OF THE ROADWAY.
  
 A. PROVIDE THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT WITH A
 TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, APPROVED BY THE CITY'S TRAFFIC
 ENGINEER, WHICH INCLUDES THE LOCATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC
 DIRECTING PERSONNEL AND A WRITTEN NARRATIVE HOW THE
 TRAFFIC CONTROL OPERATIONS WILL FUNCTION FOR THE
 PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF TIMES. THE COST TO CONSTRUCT,
 INSTALL AND MAINTAIN ANY OFF-SITE SIGNAGE OR TRAFFIC
 CONTROL AIDES SHALL BE BORNE BY THE PBDA.
  
 B. PREPARE A CONSTRUCTION SITE SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT
 PLAN FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT CRIME
 PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (CPTED)
 OFFICIAL.
  
 C. RECORD A PLAT FOR THE ENTIRE PBDA CAMPUS. PRIOR TO
 RECORDATION, THE PLAT SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW
 THROUGH THE MINOR SUBDIVISION PROCESS TO INCLUDE ALL
 REQUIRED EASEMENTS. THE RELOCATION AND/OR ABANDONMENT
 OF EASEMENTS WILL REQUIRE APPLICATIONS TO BE FILED WITH
 THE ENGINEERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
  
 D. SUBMIT COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY PLANS TO THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
  
 18) NEW COMMENT - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE NEW OUTDOOR STAGE
 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ACADEMICS BUILDING. HOW WILL
 IT BE ACCESSED?
  
 19) NEW COMMENT - THE REVISED MASTER PLAN SHALL INCLUDE
 THE RELOCATED ADA WALKWAY FROM THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT
 AND THE REVISED PARKING TABLE WHICH CORRECTS THE
 PARKING COUNTS AND THE BUS PARKING.
  
 20) NEW COMMENT - THE CROSS SECTION PROVIDED WITH THE
 SITE WORK PERMIT PAVING AND DRAINAGE PLANS SHOWS THAT
 0.5 FEET OF THE REQUIRED 8.5 FOOT WIDE PARALLEL PARKING
 SPACE IS IN THE TUXEDO LANE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS NEEDS TO
 BE ADDRESSED. A POSSIBILITY IS TO SHIFT THE FEATURES TO
 THE SOUTH INTO THE EXCESS 0.7 FEET ADJACENT TO THE
 LANDSCAPE BUFFER. PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE EXISTING
 ORANGE COURT CIRCLES ARE CORRECTLY REFLECTED AND THAT
 LANDSCAPE IS ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY (THE PLANS APPEAR TO
 SHOW HEDGES IN THE 2 FOOT PARKING OVERHANG).
  
 21) NEW COMMENT - THE BUS PARKING DETAIL IS IN CORRECT
 AS IT SHOWS A HEDGE IN FRONT OF IT, NOT AS SIDEWALK AS
 SHOWN ON THE PLANS. THE PARALLEL PARKING SPACE DETAIL
 SHOWS THE PARKING SPACE AT 22 FEET LONG. A COMPACT
 PARKING SPACE DETAIL IS REQUIRED.
  
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