Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z12040009
Project Number Z12040009
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2012-09-07 16:23:29CASE NO. PB 891R
 PALM BEACH OUTLETS FORMAL SITE PLAN REVIEW
 1801 PALM BEACH LAKES BOULEVARD
 3RD SUBMITTAL
  
 - 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 .PDF FORMAT
 OF ALL PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ON THE
 RESUBMITTED PLANS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT
 RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM
 THE DATE OF THESE COMMENTS (SEPTEMBER 7, 2012), THE
 CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN. ANY FURTHER ACTION
 SHALL REQUIRE A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 1) REPEAT COMMENT - NO DATA WAS PROVIDED ON THE
 FOUNDATION PLANTING FOR THE OUTLET CENTER. THE LINEAR
 FEET OF THE OUTLET CENTER AND THE LINEAR FEET OF THE
 FOUNDATION PLANNING WERE NOT PROVIDED TO VERIFY THE 85%
 PROPOSED NUMBER INCLUDED ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
 VISUALLY IT APPEARS TO MEET THE STANDARDS BUT PLEASE
 PROVIDE THE PRECISE CALCULATIONS.
  
 2) THE SILVER BUTTONWOODS IN THE PARKING LOT DO NOT
 MEET THE 12-14 FOOT AT INSTALLATION REQUIREMENT (THIS
 WAS MISTAKENLY STATED AS I-95 TREES ON PRIOR COMMENT).
  
 3) REPEAT COMMENT - THE PALM HEIGHTS AT SIX (6) AND
 EIGHT (8) FEET OF GREY WOOD ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE
 ENTRY DRIVES AND THE PARKING LOTS.
  
 4) REPEAT COMMENT - THE PLANS DO NOT SHOW ALL THE
 ISLANDS FULLY PLANTED WITH GROUND COVER THAT DO NOT
 HAVE TREES/PALMS. SEE SHEET LP-3.
  
 5) REPEAT COMMENT - PLEASE CHECK THE EXFILTRATION DRAIN
 VS. TREE PLACEMENT. EX. SHEET LP-3 MONTGOMERY PALM
 ALONG THE ENTRY DRIVE SEEMS TO HAVE A CONFLICT.
  
 6) SHEET LP-3 HAS A PURPLE TRUMPET TREE SHOWN PLANTED
 IN A PARKING SPACE.
  
 7) THE EXFILTRATION LINES ON SHEET LP-4 THAT CURRENTLY
 RUN UNDER THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS SHALL BE REDESIGNED SO
 THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
 THE DIAMONDS SHALL BE REMOVED AND THE TREES SHALL BE
 LOCATED IN THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS.
  
 8) REPEAT COMMENT - THE BAYS OPPOSITE THE OPENINGS TO
 THE SERVICE BAYS SHALL HAVE THEIR DOORS PLACED SUCH
 THAT THEY ARE NOT LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE OPENING.
 THERE ARE DOORS SHOWN DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE SERVICE
 BAY OPENING FOR BUILDINGS J-1 AND J-5 WHEN THERE IS AN
 OPPORTUNITY TO LOCATE THE DOORS ELSEWHERE ON THE BAY.
  
 9) REPEAT COMMENT - THE BICYCLE RACKS SHALL NOT BE
 LOCATED ON THE BUILDING ENDS BY THE SERVICE COURTS. THE
 CODE REQUIRES THEM TO BE LOCATED IN CONVENIENT, HIGHLY
 VISIBLE, ACTIVE AREAS NEAR PRINCIPAL ENTRANCES. THE
 SOUTHEASTERN AND WESTERN BICYCLE RACKS DO NOT MEET THIS
 STANDARD AND, PER RICK GREENE, PLANNING MANAGER, SHALL
 BE RELOCATED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OUTLET CENTER
 NEAR THE ENTRANCES.
  
 10) ALL OF THE BICYCLE RACK PADS ARE SHOWN AT 11.6 FEET
 IN WIDTH. THIS IS THE CORRECT WIDTH FOR THE PADS WITH
 FOUR BICYCLE RACK ELEMENTS, BUT IS WIDER THAN WHAT IS
 REQUIRED FOR THE TWO PADS WITH THREE BICYCLE RACK
 ELEMENTS. IF THE PADS ARE TO BE INSTALLED AT 11.6 FEET
 IN WIDTH, THEN STAFF SUGGESTS INSTALLING ONE MORE
 BICYCLE RACK ELEMENT ON EACH PAD OR ENSURING THAT THE
 THREE PROPOSED BICYCLE RACK ELEMENTS ARE INSTALLED IN A
 LOCATION SO THAT A FOURTH CAN BE INSTALLED IF
 NECESSARY.
  
 11) REPEAT COMMENT - PROVIDE WRITTEN VERIFICATION FROM
 PALM TRAN THAT THE DESIGN OF THE TRANSFER FACILITY IS
 ACCEPTABLE. HAS IT BEEN VERIFIED THAT THE BUSSES CAN
 MAKE ALL OF THE TURNS AND THAT THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE
 IN THE AREA DOES NOT BLOCK THE VIEW OF THE DRIVERS WHEN
 MAKING TURNS?
  
 12) THE TERMINAL ISLAND ADJACENT TO THE ADA PARKING
 SPACE ACCESS AISLE NEAR THE PALM TRAN FACILITY SHALL BE
 EXTENDED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE SPACE PER THE ZONING
 AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
  
 13) REPEAT COMMENT - PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE FINAL BUS
 SHELTER LAYOUT, TO INCLUDE SETBACKS AND THE TYPE OF
 BENCHES TO BE INSTALLED. PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT THE
 POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRING DIVIDED BENCHES AT THIS
 LOCATION. WHERE IS THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THIS AREA?
 WHERE IS THE LIGHTING LOCATED?
  
 14) SOME OF THE LIGHT POLES ARE LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO
 TREES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. PLEASE
 ENSURE THAT THE LIGHT POLES ARE NOT PLACED SUCH THAT
 THEY WILL REQUIRE SEVERE TREE TRIMMING AS THE TREE
 GROWS. PLEASE CONSIDER THE USE OF LED LIGHTING FOR
 SAFETY AND TO REDUCE YOUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
  
 15) PLEASE VERIFY THAT THE CURBS ALONG THE SODDED
 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AREAS ARE OF A TYPE "D" OR
 EQUIVALENT.
  
 16) NOT ALL PARKING SPACES SHOW WHEEL STOPS. EX. ON
 SHEETS FSP-2 & FSP-4. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN A NUMBER OF
 LOCATIONS THE HEAD OF THE PARKING SPACE CURB LINE COULD
 BE MOVED TO WHERE THE WHEEL STOPS ARE SHOWN AND THE
 CARS WOULD OVERHANG A SODDED AREA INSTEAD OF ASPHALT.
 THIS WOULD REDUCE THE COST OF PROVIDING A CURB AND
 WHEEL STOPS, INCREASE THE LANDSCAPE AREA ON THE SITE,
 AND ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PERVIOUS AREA.
  
 17) THE NEW PARKING ROW SHOWN IN PBA 3 DOES NOT HAVE
 THE REQUIRED TERMINAL TREES.
  
 18) PLEASE DESCRIBE THE USE OF THE FOUR SPACE PARKING
 LOT ADJACENT TO THE WPBPD OFFICE? WILL THIS BE
 RESTRICTED PARKING (I.E. NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC)? IF IT
 INCLUDES PUBLIC PARKING, THERE WILL NEED TO BE AN ADA
 SPACE, PER LUIS MARTINEZ, CHIEF BUILDING PLANS
 EXAMINER.
  
 19) THE FORMAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS FOR THE ULTIMATE
 BUILD-OUT OF PBA 2A, ANCILLARY PARKING THROUGHOUT THE
 SITE AND THE PALM TRAN FACILITY. PER THE SECTION IX OF
 THE DESIGN GUIDELINES, PLEASE PROVIDE INTERIM (PHASING)
 PLANS TO SHOW THE BUILD OUT SCENARIOS LISTED BELOW. THE
 PLANS SHALL CLEARLY SHOW, GRAPHICALLY AND IN TABULAR
 FORM, HOW THE MINIMUM PARKING IS BEING MET FOR THE
 BUILDINGS WHICH ARE OCCUPIED AND OCCUPIABLE, HOW THE
 CONSTRUCTION STAGING/PARKING IS BEING ACHIEVED, HOW
 CIRCULATION IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED TO THE VARIOUS
 BUILDINGS, PARKING AREAS AND CONSTRUCTION AREA. THERE
 SHALL BE SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR ALL THE USERS. INTERIM
 PARKING AREA USAGE, SUCH AS PBA 3, SHALL ALSO BE
 OUTLINED (TIMING, DURATION, ETC.).
  
 A. THE FASHION OUTLET BUILDINGS PLUS THE EXISTING JC
 PENNY, THE VACANT BANK BUILDING, PALM TRAN BUS TRANSFER
 AREA AND FIRESTONE.
  
 B. THE FASHION OUTLET BUILDINGS PLUS THE EXISTING JC
 PENNY, THE VACANT BANK BUILDING, PALM TRAN BUSS
 TRANSFER AREA AND FIRESTONE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PBA
 1.
  
 20) SIGN PLAN COMMENTS:
  
 A. SIGN TYPE 6 & 7 CANOPY SIGNS EXTEND PAST THE FACE OF
 THE CANOPY, WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE APPROVED
 DESIGN GUIDELINES.
  
 B. THE TOWER SIGNAGE IS NOT CALCULATED CORRECTLY ON THE
 SIGN PLAN. THIS SIGNAGE FALLS WITHIN THE TWO (2) SQUARE
 FEET FOR ONE (1) LINEAR FOOT OF FACADE REQUIREMENT.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT SINCE THE SIGN ZONE ON THE TOWERS IS
 41 FEET HIGH, THE SIGNS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TOWER WILL
 BE VISIBLE AND ARE NOT COUNTED AS "INTERIOR" SIGNAGE.
 ALL SIGNAGE ON THE TOWER WILL NEED TO ADHERE TO THE
 SIGN SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 C. PLEASE DO NOT COUNT THE LINEAR FEET OF THE SCREEN
 WALLS AND THE LINEAR FEET OF THE BUILDING FACADE TO
 DETERMINE THE PERMITTED SIGN SQUARE FOOTAGE. ONLY THE
 EXTERIOR BUILDING FACADE COUNTS. HOWEVER, THE SIGNS MAY
 BE LOCATED ON THE SCREEN WALLS.
  
 D. THE FACADE CALCULATION KEY DIAGRAM SHALL BE REVISED.
  
 E. THE PERMANENT WINDOW SIGNAGE IS ONLY PERMITTED TO BE
 10% NOT 25% AS STATED IN THE SIGN PLAN.
  
 F. SIGN TYPE 10 IS ONLY PERMITTED TO BE 22 SQUARE FEET
 PER SIDE, NOT 24 SQUARE FEET AS SHOWN.
  
 G. SIGN TYPE 11 IS ONLY PERMITTED TO BE 24 SQUARE FEET
 PER SIDE, NOT 33 SQUARE FEET AS SHOWN.
  
 H. THE PARK AND RIDE/CARPOOL SIGNS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN
 THE INITIAL SIGN PROGRAM. THE SPECIFICS NEED TO BE
 APPROVED BY ALEX HANSEN, SENOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.
  
 - NOTWITHSTANDING THE COMMENTS PROVIDED ABOVE, THE
 ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE OUTLET CENTER AND THE
 ELEVATIONS (EXCLUDING THE SERVICE DOOR COMMENT) APPEAR
 TO MEET THE PALM BEACH OUTLET DESIGN GUIDELINES. PLEASE
 REMEMBER THAT ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE
 SCREENED. STAFF WAS UNABLE TO EVALUATE THIS REQUIREMENT
 SINCE NO BUILD OUT PLANS WERE SUBMITTED, BUT THIS WILL
 BE REVIEWED AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
  
 STAFF WILL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU TO DISCUSS ANY
 COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL.
  
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