Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z16080012
Project Number Z16080012
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2016-09-13 10:26:58PB 1559J
 1515 SOUTH FLAGLER CONDO (A.K.A. THE MODERN PD)
 1515 SOUTH FLAGLER
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446
  
 - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF ELEVEN
 (11) [IF MAJOR AMENDMENT] OR FIVE (5) [IF REMAINS MINOR
 AMENDMENT] 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.
  
 - IF THE PLAN ELEMENTS REQUIRING A MAJOR AMENDMENT
 REMAIN THEN THE PPRC COMMENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY
 ADDRESSED AND SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING DIVISION BY 5
 PM ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE
 SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER 15, 2016 PLANNING BOARD
 MEETING.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT
 RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE PPRC COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS
 FROM THE DATE OF THE PPRC MEETING (BY NOVEMBER 14,
 2016), THE CASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN. ANY
 FURTHER ACTION SHALL REQUIRE A NEW DEVELOPMENT
 APPLICATION.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE PERMITTED ONE (1)
 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).
  
 - IF THE CASE IS A MAJOR AMENDMENT THEN PUBLIC HEARING
 NOTIFICATION SIGNAGE SHALL BE POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 94-39(I)(5) OF THE ZONING
 AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND AN ADDITIONAL
 $2,916 IN APPLICATION AND ADVERTISING FEES ARE
 REQUIRED. YOU WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAILERS.
  
 - IF THIS CONTINUES AS A MINOR AMENDMENT, IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 94-35(D)(6)A, SINCE THIS IS A NEW SITE
 PLAN WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, YOU NEED TO GET
 APPROVAL OF A LEVEL II SITE PLAN CONCURRENT WITH THE
 MINOR AMENDMENT. WHILE NO ADDITIONAL APPLICATION
 DOCUMENTS OR PLANS ARE REQUIRED AS THEY WOULD BE A
 DUPLICATION OF THE MATERIAL SUBMITTED WITH THE MINOR
 AMENDMENT APPLICATION, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE
 APPLICATION FEE OF $1,500.
  
 1) THE SOUTH SIDE PEDESTAL SETBACK FOR THE APPROVED
 MODERN RPD IS 24 FEET. THE SOUTHERN SETBACK SHOWN ON
 SHEET A111 IS ONLY 23 FEET 10 INCHES AND SHEET A125 IS
 ONLY 23 FEET. THIS NEW REDUCED SETBACK REQUIRES A MAJOR
 AMENDMENT APPROVAL BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
  
 2) THE ENTRY CANOPY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING
 IS SHOWN AT FIVE (5) FEET FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.
 THE NORTH SIDE SETBACK FOR THE MODERN RPD IS
 ESTABLISHED AT 34 FEET 10 INCHES, WITH A STRUCTURAL
 INTRUSION INTO THE SETBACK FOR THE NORTH SIDE TO BE A
 MAXIMUM OF SIX (6) FEET, WHICH REQUIRES ALL ELEMENTS ON
 THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO BE A MINIMUM OF 28
 FEET 10 INCHES FROM THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE. THE
 CANOPY, AS SHOWN, DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIRED
 SETBACK AND THUS REQUIRES A NEW WAIVER APPROVAL BY THE
 CITY COMMISSION AS PART OF A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
  
 3) THE BUILDING COMPARISON DRAWINGS ON SHEET A125 AND
 A127 SHOW DIFFERING LOCATIONS FOR THE OUTLINE OF THE
 EXISTING MODERN. THE A127 ELEVATION SHOWS THE TOWER
 BALCONIES ENCROACHING INTO THE PERMITTED SETBACKS,
 WHICH REQUIRES A NEW WAIVER APPROVAL BY THE CITY
 COMMISSION AS PART OF A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
  
 4) THE REAR PEDESTAL SETBACK FOR THE APPROVED MODERN
 RPD IS 24 FEET 4 INCHES. SHEET A129 SHOWS THE NORTHWEST
 PORTION OF THE PEDESTAL WITH A SETBACK OF ONLY 13 FEET
 6 5/8 INCHES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SETBACK IS MEASURED
 FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AT THE POINT ADJACENT TO THE
 SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE PEDESTAL. SINCE THE PROPERTY
 LINE JOGS EASTWARD NORTH OF THE STRIP OF LAND LEADING
 TO SOUTH OLIVE AVENUE, THE BUILDING PEDESTAL NEEDS TO
 SHIFT ACCORDINGLY TO MAINTAIN THE APPROVED SETBACK. THE
 BUILDING AS SHOWN REQUIRES A NEW WAIVER APPROVAL BY THE
 CITY COMMISSION AS PART OF A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
  
 5) THE HEIGHT OF THE PEDESTAL, INCLUDING THE PARKING
 LIFT AND THE RAISED PLANTER (SHEET A129) IS THREE FEET
 HIGHER THAN THE APPROVED MODERN RPD HEIGHT OF THE
 PEDESTAL, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 5 PERCENT
 OF THE PEDESTAL HEIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
 PROPERTY. THIS EXCEEDS WHAT STAFF CAN APPROVE AS PART
 OF A MINOR AMENDMENT.
  
 6) PROVIDE DETAILS, TO INCLUDE ELEVATIONS OF THE
 PROPOSED COOLING TOWER AND ENCLOSURE AND THE
 TRANSFORMERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT MAY
 ONLY ENCROACH FOUR (4) FEET INTO A REQUIRED SETBACK.
 BOTH OF THESE ENCROACH MORE THAN THE PERMITTED FOUR (4)
 FEET AND THUS, AS SHOWN, REQUIRE A NEW WAIVER APPROVAL
 BY THE CITY COMMISSION AS PART OF A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
  
 7) THE APPROVED MODERN RPD INCLUDED A PUBLICLY
 ACCESSIBLE PASSIVE PARK WITH AN AREA OF 11,455 ALONG
 FLAGLER DRIVE. PLEASE SHOW THIS AREA AND ITS CONCEPTUAL
 DESIGN, WITH DETAILS, ON THE PROPOSED PLAN. THE
 PROVIDED PLANS SHOW A LESSER AREA GIVEN UP AS THE
 PASSIVE PARK.
  
 8) THE SURVEY LISTS A PRIVATE ROAD EASEMENT OVER A
 PORTION OF THE STRIP OF LAND THAT LEADS TO SOUTH OLIVE
 AVENUE. PROVIDE A COPY OF THE EASEMENT SO THAT STAFF
 CAN VERIFY HOW THE STRIP OF LAND IS ENCUMBERED AND IF
 THE PROPOSED WATER METER AND BY-PASS PIPING IS
 PERMITTED.
  
 9) PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS FOR THE PROPOSED WATER METER
 AND BY-PASS PIPING, TO INCLUDE HOW IT LOOKS ABOVE
 GROUND. THE CIVIL PLAN SHOWS AN ENCROACHMENT OF THE
 PRIVATE ROAD EASEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPROVED
 MODERN RPD REQUIRES THAT THE ENTIRE 12 FOOT WIDE STRIP
 IS GRANTED AN ACCESS EASEMENT.
  
 10) ARE RESIDENTS GOING TO HAVE ASSIGNED PARKING
 SPACES?
  
 11) THE PLANS DO NOT INCLUDE A PARKING TABLE. THE
 PARKING TABLE SHALL INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED AND
 PROPOSED PARKING SPACES, ADA PARKING SPACES, GUEST
 SPACES AND BICYCLE SPACES. IT SHALL ALSO CLEARLY LIST
 THE NUMBER OF TANDEM AND LIFT SPACES.
  
 12) PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GENERAL CITY PARKING CODE DOES
 NOT COUNT TANDEM (OR TRIDEM) OR LIFT PARKING SPACES AS
 COUNTING TOWARD MEETING REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, BUT
 THEY MAY BE PROVIDED AS EXTRA SPACES. THEREFORE 105 OF
 THE PARKING SPACES SHOWN ON THE PLAN MAY NOT BE COUNTED
 AS MEETING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT THE CITY
 COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY ADDING A CONDITION THAT THESE
 SPACES COUNT TOWARD MEETING PARKING REQUIREMENTS
 (ADOPTING THE DOWNTOWN PARKING ALLOWANCE) AS PART OF A
 MAJOR AMENDMENT. THE EXISTING MODERN RPD APPROVAL
 PROVIDED 196 PARKING SPACES THAT WERE NOT TANDEM SPACES
 AND CLEARLY EXCLUDED THE TANDEM SPACES FROM MEETING THE
 PARING REQUIREMENTS. THE TABLE SHALL CLEARLY STATE THAT
 THE TANDEM (AND TRIDEM) AND LIFT PARKING WILL ONLY BE
 UTILIZED BY VALET.
  
 13) THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PARKING SPACES/PARKING ROWS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED ON THE PLANS. THE DIMENSIONS SHALL
 INCLUDE THE DIMENSIONS FROM THE COLUMNS.
  
 14) THE DIMENSIONS FOR ALL THE DRIVE AISLES SHALL BE
 SHOWN ON THE PLANS.
  
 15) THE PLANS SHOW THE GARBAGE AND MOVING TRUCKS
 EXITING THE SITE VIA THE SAME ONE-WAY DRIVE AISLE WHICH
 THEY ENTER, JUST IN A REVERSE FLOW. FOR SAFETY REASONS
 THIS IS NOT PERMITTED. THE TRUCKS SHALL USE TWO CLEARLY
 MARKED, SEPARATE LANES.
  
 16) THE AUTOTURN PLAN SHOWS THE TRUCKS SWINGING INTO
 THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC BEFORE ENTERING THE SITE
 (AND EXITING THE SITE FOR THE GARBAGE TRUCK) WHICH IS
 NOT PERMITTED.
  
 17) THE AUTOTURN PLAN SHOWS THE SU-40 TRUCKS RUNNING
 OVER THE CURB IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THIS IS NOT
 PERMITTED. PLEASE CORRECT.
  
 18) THE EASTERN MOST DRIVE WAY IS SHOWN WITH AN EGRESS
 ARROW; HOWEVER, ITS WIDTH AND PROXIMITY TO THE VALET
 ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING AREA ENCOURAGE ITS USE AS AN
 ENTRY POINT TO THE GARAGE. THIS EGRESS POINT SHALL BE
 REDESIGNED TO DISCOURAGE ENTRY TO THE GARAGE. IF IT IS
 LEFT IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, STAFF WILL HAVE TO
 COUNT IT AS AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT. THIS WOULD
 EXCEED THE PERMITTED TWO ACCESS POINTS TO A PUBLIC
 RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH REQUIRES A CITY COMMISSION WAIVER
 AS A MAJOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT.
  
 19) THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST TWO BICYCLE RACKS (FOUR
 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES) PROVIDED NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO
 THE BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 94-485(Q).
  
 20) PLEASE DEMONSTRATE HOW THE REMAINDER OF THE
 REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES (MINIMUM SIX BICYCLES)
 WILL MEET CITY BICYCLE PARKING SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND
 FIT IN THE BICYCLE STORAGE AREA. PLEASE NOTE THAT STAFF
 RECOMMENDS PROVIDING ENOUGH SPACE TO HOUSE MORE THAN
 SIX BICYCLES.
  
 21) PLEASE PROVIDE VERIFICATION THAT THE PROPOSED PLAN
 WIDENS THE ARKONA COURT TRAVEL LANE TO 22 FEET ADJACENT
 TO THE PROPERTY AS REQUIRED BY THE APPROVED MODERN RPD
 PLAN.
  
 22) SECTION 94-485(J)(1) PROHIBITS PARKING
 CONFIGURATIONS WHICH REQUIRE BACKING DIRECTLY ONTO A
 STREET, SO THE EIGHT ANGLED PARKING SPACES ARE NOT
 PERMITTED. THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVED 11 PARALLEL
 PARKING SPACES ALONG ARKONA COURT. ALTERNATIVE
 CONFIGURATIONS OR NUMBER OF SPACES REQUIRE APPROVAL AS
 A MAJOR AMENDMENT BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
  
 23) PLEASE VERIFY WITH THE CITY'S ENGINEERING SERVICES
 DIVISION THAT ON-STREET PARKING SPACE NO. 11 IS A
 SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM FLAGLER DRIVE.
  
 24) ALL REQUIRED FIRE HYDRANTS SHALL BE CLEARLY SHOWN
 AND LABELED ON THE SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLANS. THE
 PROPOSED LANDSCAPE SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO COMPLY WITH
 HYDRANT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
  
 25) PLEASE PROVIDE LIGHTING LOCATIONS, INCLUDING POLE
 DETAILS, AND PHOTOMETRIC PLANS AT THIS TIME SO THAT
 ZONING STAFF CAN REVIEW.
  
 26) PROVIDE CROSS SECTIONS OF THE BUFFERS SHOWING THE
 SPECIFIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS PROPOSED AND ANY GRADE
 VARIATIONS. THE ELEVATION DRAWINGS WITH ELEVATIONS DO
 NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL OR ACCURATE CONDITIONS - EX.
 THE SOUTHERN PERIMETER SWALE.
  
 27) PROVIDE BETTER DETAILS ON WHAT THE EXTERIOR FACADE
 OF THE PEDESTAL WILL LOOK LIKE FROM THE EXTERIOR
 PROPERTIES AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
  
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