Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z15040027
Project Number Z15040027
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2015-05-13 10:31:00PLANNING AND ZONING COMMENTS:
  
 5/13/2015
  
 BALLPARK OF THE PALM BEACHES COMMENTS FOR PPRC -
 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMENTS
  
 1. RECOMMEND RELOCATION OF THE TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND
 THE EAST AND NORTH SIDE OF THE MAINTENANCE COMPLEX TO
 ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING VISIBILITY OF USERS
 ON THAT PORTION OF THE TRAIL.
  
 2. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS STATES IN SECTION B.3 THAT THE
 "COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE A BERM AND INSTALL A FENCE
 BETWEEN THE STADIUM PROPERTY AND CITY M-CANAL/WATER
 CATCHMENT AREA BUFFER." NO BERM OR FENCE WERE INDICATED
 ON THE PLANS.
  
 3. PROVIDE A CROSS SECTION OF THE BERM/LANDSCAPING
 ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. IF THE BERM IS TO
 SERVE TO RETAIN WATER (STORMWATER/IRRIGATION RUN-OFF)
 ON-SITE, THEN THIS DRAINAGE AND RETENTION NEEDS TO
 OCCUR WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STADIUM PROPERTY. IF
 THE BERM IS EITHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY WITHIN THE
 BOUNDARIES OF THE STADIUM PROPERTY, THEN SITE PLAN WILL
 NEED TO BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE BERM.
  
 4. LIGHT SPILLAGE GENERATED FROM THE MAIN STADIUM WAS
 NOT INCLUDED ON THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN. PLEASE INCLUDE
 VERIFYING THERE WILL NOT BE ADDITIONAL LIGHT SPILLAGE
 IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN STADIUM.
  
 5. STAFF HAS CONCERN THAT THE LIGHT SPILLAGE AT
 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINES IN SOME CASES ARE FOUR TO
 FIVE TIMES GREATER THAN WHAT IS NORMALLY PERMITTED. IS
 THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO LOWER SOME OF THESE
 LIGHT SPILLAGE NUMBERS AND/OR PUT RESTRICTIONS ON A
 TIME THE LIGHTS MUST BE SHUT OFF BY?
  
 6. PLAN INDICATES DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG
 HAVERHILL ROAD FOR PROPOSED TURN LANES. SHOULD THIS
 RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION BE INCLUDED ON THE PLAT? WILL
 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE
 ACREAGE AND SITE CALCULATIONS?
  
 7. OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES ALONG HAVERHILL ROAD, AS
 SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, ARE LOCATED ON THE SUBJECT
 PROPERTY. ZLDR SECTION 94-207(5) REQUIRES THAT ALL
 UTILITIES SERVING THE DEVELOPMENT BE INSTALLED
 UNDERGROUND.
  
 8. PLEASE CLEARLY MARK LOCATION OF EXISTING UTILITY
 POLES ALONG ROADWAYS TO IDENTIFY CONFLICTS WITH
 LANDSCAPING, DRIVEWAYS, AND SIDEWALKS. THE DARK DASHED
 PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE COVERS OVER THE OVERHEAD UTILITY
 LINE LOCATIONS SO IT IS NOT CLEAR WHERE ALL THE POLES
 ARE LOCATED.
  
 9. FENCING, NETTING, AND LIGHT POLES ARE BEING LOCATED
 WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN SEVERAL INSTANCES. THESE
 ITEMS TAKE UP THE LIMITED LANDSCAPING SPACE AND ALSO
 CONFLICT WITH PROPOSED LANDSCAPING. PLEASE REVIEW THESE
 CONFLICTS ON MILITARY TRAIL AND ALONG THE NORTH BUFFER.
 TO MAXIMIZE THE LIMITED BUFFER AREA ESPECIALLY ON THE
 NORTH SIDE, NO FENCING, NETTING, OR LIGHTING SERVING
 THE BASEBALL FIELDS SHOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE
 LANDSCAPE BUFFER AREA.
  
 10. A WAIVER IS BEING REQUESTED TO ELIMINATE THE WALL
 REQUIREMENT BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE NORTH
 AND THE STADIUM PROPERTY. STAFF HAS SOME CONCERN OF THE
 PROXIMITY OF THE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY UNITS TO THE
 NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPACT OF THE
 PROPOSED STADIUM USE ON THAT PROPERTY. IN ADDITION TO
 INCREASING THE LANDSCAPING BUFFERING ALONG THAT
 LOCATION IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED AS
 MITIGATION FOR NOT INSTALLING A WALL?
  
 11. FOR PEOPLE UTILIZING THE EAST PAVED PARKING LOT,
 HOW DO PEOPLE GET FROM THE PARKING AREA TO THE MAIN
 STADIUM WITHOUT HAVING TO WALK DOWN THE MAIN DRIVE
 AISLE? THERE IS A NORTH SOUTH PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO
 THE PRACTICE FIELDS BUT NO PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY TO THE
 MAIN STADIUM.
  
 12. THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN PLAZA LOCATED ON THE WEST
 SIDE OF THE MAIN STADIUM. PLEASE INDICATE WHERE
 PEDESTRIANS WILL CROSS THE DRIVEWAY THAT RUNS ALONG THE
 WEST SIDE OF THE PLAZA. THIS INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS
 ACCESSING THE PLAZA FROM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
  
 13. PLEASE REVISE ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE CALCULATION
 SP0.01 ON SHEET TO SHOW USE OF 5,187 RATHER THAN 5,235
 SPACES, OR CLARIFY WHY THE NUMBERS ARE DIFFERENT.
  
 14. BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE ON SHEET SP0.01 SHOWS AN
 OVERALL COUNT AND DIFFERENT PARTIAL BREAKDOWNS IN TWO
 OF THE SECTIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE ONE COMPREHENSIVE LIST
 OF STRUCTURES AND SQUARE FOOTAGES USED TO ARRIVE AT THE
 CALCULATION. THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT LATER IF SQUARE
 FOOTAGES NEED TO BE INCREASED, DECREASED, OR TRANSFER
 TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THRESHOLDS FOR LEVELS OF
 REVIEW FOR A MAJOR OR MINOR PD AMENDMENT.
  
 15. PLEASE PROVIDE CLARIFICATION ON HOW VEHICLES WILL
 ENTER/EXIT THE LOADING DOCKS. ON THE NORTHERN LOADING
 DOCK IT APPEARS THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO BACK ALL THE
 WAY DOWN THE DRIVE AISLE TO ACCESS THE DOCK.
  
 16. PROVIDE CLARIFICATION IF NETS FOR THE PRACTICE
 FIELDS WILL BE UP ALL YEAR OR TAKEN DOWN AFTER SPRING
 TRAINING SEASON.
  
 17. THERE WAS NO BUS PARKING INDICATED ON THE SITE
 PLAN. HOW IS BUS PARKING PROPOSED TO BE HANDLED?
  
 18. APPLICATION INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR "RECREATION:
 OUTDOOR HIGH INTENSITY" AS A PRIMARY PERMITTED USE.
 THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES AMUSEMENT PARKS, DRIVE-IN
 THEATERS, GO-CART AND OTHER VEHICULAR TRACKS, GOLF
 COURSES, MINIATURE GOLF COURSES, SPORTS PARKS:
 TRAMPOLINES, BATTING CAGES, ETC., SPORTS AND RECREATION
 CAMPS, WATER SLIDES, AND WAVE POOLS. STAFF IS
 RECOMMENDING THE USES ONLY BE LIMITED TO SPORTS PARKS:
 TRAMPOLINES, BATTING CAGES, ETC. AND SPORTS AND
 RECREATION CAMPS SUBCATEGORIES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO
 THE BASEBALL STADIUM. PLEASE CLARIFY THIS IS CONSISTENT
 WITH THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY ON THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY,
 REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL USES LISTED ON PAGE 17 OF THE
 JUSTIFICATION NEED TO BE REVIEWED WITH STAFF. SPECIAL
 EVENTS OF SEC. 78-151 IS NOT A "USE" THAT CAN BE
 REQUESTED AS SOMETHING PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
  
 19. THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC CONTROL (I.E. STOP SIGNS)
 SHOWN ON THE PLAN. WILL THIS BE PROVIDED IN THE
 REVISION REVIEW?
  
 20. PLEASE REVIEW DELINEATION OF SETBACKS ON THE SITE
 PLAN. THERE ARE TWO LOTS BEING PROPOSED, SO SETBACKS
 WILL NEED TO BE APPLIED SEPARATELY TO EACH LOT. PLEASE
 REVISE SITE PLAN AS NECESSARY.
  
 21. IN REVIEW OF THE MODIFICATION OF THRESHOLDS FOR A
 MINOR VERSUS MAJOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT ITEM
 "C" INCLUDES AN INCREASE OVER 10% OF THE PERMISSIBLE
 BUILDING HEIGHT AND ITEM "D" INCLUDES AN INCREASE OVER
 10% OF THE PERMISSIBLE FLOOR AREA RATION OR LOT
 COVERAGE. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A CHANGE IN THE
 LANGUAGE TO STATE THAT RATHER THAN "PERMISSIBLE", IT
 STATES "APPROVED". ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THE TRAFFIC
 IMPACT THRESHOLD WILL BE REQUIRED SO THERE ARE NO
 CONFLICTS WITH ANY RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY
 FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PERSPECTIVE.
  
 22. PROVIDE CALCULATIONS FOR SIGNAGE COPY AREA.
 ADDITIONALLY, PROPOSED SIGNS EXCEED MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
 10 FEET IN HEIGHT FOR THE CS ZONING DISTRICT. WAIVER
 WITH JUSTIFICATION WILL NEED TO BE PROVIDED TO EXCEED
 THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT. [ZLDR SEC. 94-407(15) AND
 94-408(D)]
  
 23. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR THE
 ENTIRE SITE?
  
 24. PROVIDE AN "ENHANCED" BUS SHELTER ON THE WEST AND
 EAST SIDE OF MILITARY TRAIL.
  
 25. BIKE PAD DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN SITE PLAN ARE
 INCORRECT AND NEED TO BE REVISED. THE MINIMUM WIDTH FOR
 A BIKE PAD CONTAINING 10 SPACES SHOULD BE 14', THE
 MINIMUM WIDTH FOR A PAD CONTAINING TWENTY SPACES SHOULD
 BE 26'- 6", AND FOR THE BIKE PAD AREA CONTAINING 48
 SPACES OR TWO ROWS OF 24 SPACES THE WIDTH SHOULD BE A
 MINIMUM OF 31'- 6".
  
 26. APPLICANT NEEDS TO INDICATE IN THE BIKE RACK DETAIL
 INCLUDED IN THE SITE PLAN WHICH BIKE RACK MODEL WILL BE
 INSTALLED ON THIS PROJECT. PLAN ONLY INDICATES TYPICAL
 STYLES.
  
 27. STAFF SUGGESTS REVISING THE PLACEMENT OF THE BIKE
 RACKS SHOWN ADJACENT TO ASTROS MILB FIELD #4 AND
 NATIONALS FIELD #4 TO AREAS CLOSER TO THE EAST PARKING
 LOT. STAFF ALSO SUGGESTS INCLUDING ADDITIONAL BIKE
 PARKING TO THE EAST OF THE STADIUM AND TO INCREASE THE
 NUMBER OF BIKE PARKING NORTH OF THE SOCCER FIELDS.
  
 28. WIDTH OF MULTIPURPOSE PATHS SHOULD BE INCREASED TO
 A MINIMUM OF 12 FEET.
  
 29. INCLUDE A NET AND/OR A FENCE OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT
 BEHIND THE GOALS ON SOUTH SIDE OF SOCCER FIELDS.
  
 30. PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON HAVERHILL ROAD.
  
 31. PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS TO EXISTING PEDESTRIAN
 CROSSING ON MILITARY TRAIL AT SHILOH DRIVE.
 ENHANCEMENTS SHOULD INCLUDE UTILIZATION OF A HIGH
 VISIBILITY SURFACE FOR THE CROSSING.
  
 32. PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING ALONG HAVERHILL SIDE OF
 THE PROPERTY.
  
 33. ZONING CONCURS WITH THE LANDSCAPING COMMENTS
 REGARDING INCREASE THE BUFFER ALONG MILITARY TRAIL
 THROUGH A COMBINATION OF INCREASE LANDSCAPE BUFFER
 WIDTH AND LAYERING OF PLANT MATERIAL TO INCREASE THE
 DENSITY OF THE BUFFER. SIMILAR TREATMENT SHOULD ALSO BE
 DONE ALONG THE PORTION OF THE NORTHERN BUFFER WHICH
 ABUTS THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
  
 34. PROVIDE TREES ON NORTHERN GRASS PARKING AREA. AS
 THE AREA DOES NOT CONSIST OF STRUCTURED PAVED PARKING
 LANDSCAPE ISLAND WITH CURBING IS NOT REQUIRED. PLEASE
 REVISE WAIVER NUMBER 6 REGARDING EXEMPTING THIS
 NORTHERN PARKING AREA FROM ALL LANDSCAPING
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 35. A REQUEST WAS MADE TO PROVIDE AN EASEMENT ON THE
 CITY PARK PROPERTY FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE PALM TRAN
 SHELTER WHEN A ROUTE IS PROVIDED ALONG HAVERHILL ROAD.
 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE EASEMENT FOR A POTENTIAL
 FUTURE PALM TRAN SHELTER BE LOCATED ON THE GRASS
 PARKING AREA LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE MAIN HAVERHILL
 ENTRANCE WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE CENTRALIZED ACCESS TO
 BOTH THE BASEBALL STADIUM AND THE CITY PARK.
  
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
  
 36. SURVEY INDICATES FDOT STORMWATER RETENTION POND
 FENCE ENCROACHMENT ON THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE
 PROPERTY.
  
 37. AIPP REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY WILL BE HANDLED
 THROUGH THE COUNTY AIPP PROCESS FOR APPROVAL.
  
 38. PLEASE REVIEW PAGE 15 OF THE EVENT MANAGEMENT PLAN,
 IT APPEARS THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE FOR THE TURNPIKE AND
 I-95 IS IN THE WRONG LOCATION. APPLICANT IS RESPONSIBLE
 FOR OBTAINING ALL NECESSARY PERMITS FOR INSTALLATION OF
 PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY SIGNAGE LOCATED WITHIN ANY
 RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
  
 39. CITY PARK IS PROPOSED TO BE REVIEWED SEPARATELY
 THROUGH THE FSPR PROCESS. STAFF OFFERS THE FOLLOWING
 COMMENTS TO ENSURE SUBSTANTIAL INTEGRATION IN TO THE
 REST OF THE SITE:
  
 A. PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION DIRECTLY FROM THE
 PARKING AREA TO THE SOCCER FIELDS TO THE SOUTH.
 CURRENTLY, UTILIZATION OF THE MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL IS THE
 PROPOSED ACCESS TO THE SOCCER FIELDS, BUT IT DOES NOT
 PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE PARKING LOT.
  
 B. REVIEW LANDSCAPING AND CURB CUT PROPOSALS FOR
 CONFLICTS WITH UTILITY POLES AND LINES.
  
 C. IN MOST INSTANCES THERE WILL BE TWO WALKING PATHS
 NEAR EACH OTHER ALONG HAVERHILL ROAD, THE EXISTING
 SIDEWALK ALONG THE STREET AND THE MULTIPURPOSE TRAIL.
 IF THE TWO CANNOT BE COMBINED AS PROPOSED ON THE
 MILITARY TRAIL SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THEN PROVIDE
 VISUAL ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH LANDSCAPING, ETC. WHICH
 REDUCES THE APPEARANCE OF REDUNDANT PEDESTRIAN
 PATHWAYS.
  
 D. PROVIDE SAFE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE FROM THE
 SIDEWALK ALONG HAVERHILL ROAD AT THE PARK ENTRANCE INTO
 TO THE MAIN PARK AREA.
  
  
 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
  
 DANIELLE J. KITTREDGE, AICP
 SENIOR PLANNER
 PLANNING & ZONING DIVISION
 PHONE: (561)-822-1443
 EMAIL: [email protected]
  
  
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