Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z14070047
Project Number Z14070047
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2014-11-12 13:37:21PB 950PPPP - OCTOBER 3, 2014 RESUBMITTAL
 CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND GARAGE MINOR AMENDMENT
 600 OKEECHOBEE BLVD. AND 900 FLORIDA AVE.
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446
  
 - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF FIVE
 (5) PAPER COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN .PDF FORMAT
 OF ALL PLANS. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGES ON THE
 RESUBMITTED PLANS OR THE SUBMITTAL OF INFORMATION/PLANS
 TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
 COMMENTS.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT
 RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE PPRC COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS
 FROM THE DATE OF THESE COMMENTS (BY JANUARY 12, 2015),
 THE CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN. ANY FURTHER
 ACTION SHALL REQUIRE A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE PERMITTED ONE (1)
 ADDITIONAL 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 ($60).
  
 1) REPEAT COMMENT: THE MINOR AMENDMENT (MA) AND THE
 BUILDING PERMIT (BP) HAVE DIFFERENT SQUARE FOOTAGES FOR
 THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS WITHIN THE HOTEL LISTED BELOW. THE
 PLANS SHALL MATCH. IF THE MA IS CORRECT, THEN A
 REVISION IS REQUIRED FOR THE BP PLANS.
  
 A. OPEN SPACE PROVIDED: HOTEL SITE: MA - 29,451 SQ. FT.
 BP - 33,250 SQ. FT.
 B. PUBLIC AREA PARKING SQ. FT.: MA - 40,451 SQ. FT. BP
 42,024 SQ. FT.
 C. PARKING PROVIDED: MA - 447 SPACES BP - 420 SPACES
  
 2) CONDITION OF APPROVAL: PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS
 (PREFERABLY INCLUDING GARAGE EXAMPLE PHOTOS) OF THE
 CABLE GUARDRAILS WITH FABRIC SCREEN. THE CABLE
 GUARDRAILS WITH FABRIC SCREEN SHALL PROVIDE EQUAL OR
 BETTER SHIELDING OF THE CAR HEADLIGHTS THAN A MASONRY
 WALL.
  
 3) THE REMOVAL OF A BENCH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE
 GARAGE HAS SATISFIED THE PASSING ZONE REQUIREMENT.
 PLEASE REMOVE THE OTHER BENCH (AND TRASH CAN) FROM THE
 PLANS AS WELL. THESE DO NOT SERVE A PURPOSE AS THIS
 WILL NOT BE A HIGH PEDESTRIAN AREA SINCE IT IS ONLY A
 THREE (3) FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK AND THE SIDEWALK HAS NO
 DESTINATION. ADDITIONALLY, IF SOMEONE IS SITTING ON THE
 BENCH, THEIR LEGS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF BLOCKING THE
 SIDEWALK.
  
 4) CONDITION OF APPROVAL: AS PART OF THE GARAGE
 BUILDING PERMIT, PROVIDE DETAILS (PREFERABLY INCLUDING
 GARAGE EXAMPLE PHOTOS) OF THE CABLE GUARDRAILS WITH
 FABRIC SCREEN. THE CABLE GUARDRAILS WITH FABRIC SCREEN
 SHALL PROVIDE EQUAL OR BETTER SHIELDING OF THE CAR
 HEADLIGHTS THAN A MASONRY WALL. IF THE CABLE GUARDRAILS
 WITH FABRIC SCREENS ARE NOT APPROVED AS PART OF THE
 BUILDING PERMIT, THEN THE WALLS SHALL BE A SOLID
 MASONRY MATERIAL.
  
 5) CONDITION OF APPROVAL: STAFF HAS REEVALUATED THE
 LOCATION OF THE BICYCLE RACKS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST
 CORNER OF THE GARAGE. SINCE THESE BICYCLE RACKS WILL
 MOST LIKELY BE USED BY EMPLOYEES, THESE SHALL BE PLACED
 INSIDE THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GARAGE (ADJACENT TO
 VALET SPACE 41, ORIENTED THE SAME DIRECTION AS PARKING
 SPACE 41). THIS WILL PROVIDE SPACES THAT ARE COVERED
 FROM THE ELEMENTS, IN LINE WITH THE DOWNTOWN MASTER
 PLAN STANDARDS.
  
 SPECIAL EVENT VALET PARKING
  
 6) REVISED COMMENT: WHEEL STOPS ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT
 THE BUILDING, INCLUDING THE CANOPY SUPPORT POSTS, AND
 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS DRAIN PIPES, AND ARE NOT
 REQUIRED TO SEPARATE THE HEAD TO HEAD PARKING SPACES.
 THE REVISED PLAN SHOWS ALL THE WHEEL STOPS REMOVED,
 INCLUDING THE ONES REQUIRED TO PROTECT THE BUILDING,
 INCLUDING THE CANOPY SUPPORT POSTS, AND MECHANICAL
 SYSTEMS, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED.
  
 7) REPEAT COMMENT: THE PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THE PARKING
 SPACES CAUSES MULTIPLE UNUSABLE SPACES. STAFF HAS
 LISTED EXAMPLES BELOW. THE COMPLETE LAYOUT SHALL BE
 REVIEWED TO VERIFY NO PROBLEMS. STAFF WILL NOT SUPPORT
 THE LOCATIONS THAT REQUIRE MORE THAN TWO CARS TO BE
 MOVED TO RETRIEVE THE PARKED CAR. THERE ARE SPACES ON
 THE SECOND FLOOR THAT REQUIRE AS MANY AS SIX CARS TO BE
 MOVED TO REACH THE OBJECT CAR. THESE "MOVED" CARS WILL
 THEN IMPEDE THE RETRIEVAL OF OTHER CARS.
  
 A. PARKING SPACES 602-610 AND 613-615 DO NOT FUNCTION
 AS THEY ARE BLOCKED ON EITHER END BY THE CANOPY SUPPORT
 POSTS.
  
 B. THE PARALLEL SPACES AT THE END OF EACH ROW LOOK VERY
 DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO PARK IN.
  
 LIGHTING
  
 8) REPEAT COMMENT: THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF
 THE HOTEL IS BEING REMOVED AND RECONSTRUCTED AS PART OF
 THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT. AS PART OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
 THE SIDEWALK AND INSTALLATION LANDSCAPE, THE EXISTING
 LIGHT POLES SHALL BE REPLACED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE
 LIGHT POLES APPROVED AS PART OF THIS MINOR AMENDMENT
 FOR THE BALANCE OF THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
  
 9) CONDITION: AS PART OF THE GARAGE BUILDING PERMIT,
 PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE FIXTURES MOUNTED TO THE
 UNDERSIDE OF THE CANOPY TENTS. THE FIXTURES MOUNTED TO
 THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CANOPY TENTS SHALL INCLUDE A
 METHOD TO KEEP LIGHT GLARE FROM SPILLING ONTO THE
 ADJACENT RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
 RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
  
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