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| 2018-12-18 16:42:45 | FROM: RAY CARANCI, LANDSCAPE PLANNER 561-822-1462 |
| | PROJECT: PALMS GATEWAY PCD MITSUBISHI Z18080018 |
| | DECEMBER 12, 2018 |
| | I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE REFERENCED PETITION, AND |
| | PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1. SATISFIED. PLEASE INCLUDE ALL CALCULATIONS FOR THE |
| | WEST AND SOUTH BUFFER PORTIONS ON THE LANDSCAPE |
| | REQUIREMENT CHART TO REFLECT WHAT IS CURRENTLY APPROVED |
| | OR SHOW EQUIVALENT SUBSTITUTION. THE PROPOSED PALMS AND |
| | SMALL TREES DO NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS. |
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| | 2. SATISFIED. PROVIDE A TREE AS REQUIRED AND A TERMINAL |
| | LANDSCAPE ISLAND AT THE END OF EACH ROW OF PARKING |
| | SPACES PER SECTION 94-443(C)(3). PROVIDE INTERIOR |
| | ISLANDS WITH SPACING NO MORE THAN 10 SPACES IN A ROW. |
| | PROVIDE DIVIDER ISLANDS AS REQUIRED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE |
| | AREAS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT DO NOT MEET THE |
| | REQUIREMENTS. |
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| | 3. SATISFIED. PROVIDE A PLAN SHOWING THE PARKING |
| | LANDSCAPE AREAS COUNTED TOWARD COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION |
| | 94-443(C)(3) AND (4). |
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| | 4. SATISFIED. SHOW THAT THE REQUIRED PARKING LOT TREES |
| | MEET THE 75% SHADE TREE REQUIREMENT. |
| | REQUIRED TREES INCLUDE ALL TERMINAL ISLAND AND ISLANDS |
| | ADJACENT TO PARKING SPACES. |
| | |
| | 5. SATISFIED. SHOW ALL PARKING SPACE ROW COUNTS ON THE |
| | LANDSCAPE PLAN. |
| | |
| | 6. SATISFIED. SHOW ALL REQUIRED CURBS ADJACENT TO |
| | LANDSCAPE AREAS. WHEEL STOPS ARE SHOWN IN SOME AREAS. |
| | REDUCING THE PAVED AREA AND PLACING THE CURB WITH |
| | OVERHANG IS PREFERRED. |
| | |
| | 7. SATISFIED. CORRECT THE BUILDING PERIMETER LANDSCAPE |
| | REQUIREMENT TO REFLECT THE REQUIRED AS 30% FOR |
| | COMMERCIAL USE. |
| | |
| | 8. SATISFIED. PLEASE CORRECT THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY |
| | LANDSCAPE CHART SO THAT TREES AND SHRUBS ARE NOT |
| | COUNTED TWICE FOR EACH CATEGORY OF NATIVE AND DROUGHT |
| | TOLERANT. |
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| | |
| | 9. SATISFIED. THE LOCATIONS OF WATER AND SEWER LINES ON |
| | THE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOW MANY CONFLICTS WITH TREES AND |
| | LANDSCAPING. RELOCATE UTILITY LOCATIONS OR EXPAND |
| | LANDSCAPE AREAS TO ACCOMMODATE REQUIRED LANDSCAPING. |
| | THE LIFT STATION IS NOT SHOWN WHERE APPROVED. |
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| | 10. SATISFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE THE LANDSCAPE |
| | REQUIREMENTS, FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE CHART, |
| | CALCULATIONS, AND PLANT LIST ON ONLY ONE PAGE OF THE |
| | PLANS. |
| | 11. SATISFIED. SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 94-445 L. |
| | PLANT SPECIES. A MINIMUM OF 60 PERCENT OF PLANT |
| | MATERIAL ADDED SHALL BE FLORIDA NATIVE OR DROUGHT |
| | TOLERANT SPECIES SELECTED FROM THE CITY LIST OR THE |
| | LIST OF SPECIES IN THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF SOUTH |
| | FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WATERWISE SOUTH |
| | FLORIDA LANDSCAPES. |
| | 12. SATISFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE SCREENING FOR ALL ABOVE |
| | GROUND UTILITY VALVES AND BACKFLOWS PREVENTERS. |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 10/2/18: |
| | |
| | 13. SATISFIED. THE LIGHT POLE AND FLAGPOLE CONFLICT |
| | WITH THE GREEN BUTTONWOOD TREE CANOPY IN THE LANDSCAPE |
| | ISLAND IN THE WESTERN ROW OF PARKING. STAFF WOULD |
| | PREFER RELOCATION OF THE LIGHT POLE TO A LOCATION THAT |
| | DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE TREES, AND AN EXPLANATION |
| | AS TO THE |
| | |
| | 14. SATISFIED. SITE CALCULATIONS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN |
| | AND SITE PLAN ARE NOT CONSISTENT, PLEASE REVISE. |
| | |
| | 15. SATISFIED. SEE RECOMMENDATION. STAFF IS CONCERNED |
| | THAT THE LACK OF A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, ESPECIALLY TREE |
| | CANOPY, ON THE EAST PROPERTY LINE COMBINED WITH THE |
| | OPEN ASPHALT DISPLAY AREA CREATE A LARGE HEAT ISLAND. |
| | THE DESIGN FOR DISPLAY AREA RATHER THAN A PARKING AREA |
| | WAS NOT ANTICIPATED WHEN THE WAIVER FOR REMOVING THE |
| | REQUIREMENT FOR LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALONG INTERNAL |
| | PROPERTY LINES WAS APPROVED. |
| | |
| | 16. SATISFIED. CROSS SECTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR THE |
| | LANDSCAPE BUFFER AREAS THAT TRANSITION FROM RETAINING |
| | WALL TO SLOPE ON THE SOUTH AND EAST PROPERTY LINES. |
| | ALSO, INDICATE THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL OF THE |
| | RETAINING WALL, AS THE CROSS SECTIONS SUBMITTED |
| | INDICATE A POURED SOLID WALL VERSUS THE STACKED BLOCK |
| | WALL THAT WAS INSTALLED ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE |
| | ALONG THE SELF STORAGE AND DEL TACO PARCELS. |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 12/18/18: |
| | 17. THE TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLAND AT THE NORTHWEST |
| | CORNER OF THE BUILDING DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF |
| | RUNNING THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PARKING SPACE. IF A |
| | PARKING SPACE CAN BE ELIMINATED, THE ACCESSIBLE |
| | SIDEWALK COULD BE MOVED TO THE EAST, CLOSER TO THE |
| | BUILDING AND ALLOWING THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND TO EXPAND TO |
| | MEET THE REQUIREMENT. |
| | 18. A TREE SEEMS TO BE MISSING FROM THE BUFFER AREA |
| | EAST OF THE WEST ENTRANCE INTO THE SITE FROM THE ACCESS |
| | ROAD. THERE IS A LABEL -SOD A- WHERE A TREE CAN BE |
| | PLACED. |
| | |
| | STAFF RECOMMENDATION: STAFF IS CONCERNED THAT THE LACK |
| | OF TREE CANOPY IN THE OPEN ASPHALT DISPLAY AREA AT THE |
| | EAST SIDE OF THE SITE CREATES A LARGE HEAT ISLAND. THE |
| | USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR DISPLAY AREA RATHER THAN A |
| | PARKING AREA WAS NOT ANTICIPATED WHEN THE WAIVER FOR |
| | REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT FOR LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALONG |
| | INTERNAL PROPERTY LINES WAS APPROVED FOR THE PD. |
| | PLACEMENT OF SOME TREES IN THIS AREA, ALTHOUGH NOT |
| | REQUIRED, WOULD IMPROVE THE PROJECT. |
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