Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z19090006
Project Number Z19090006
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2020-01-13 12:30:26PLANS AND PLATS REVIEW COMMITTEE (PPRC) ZONING REVIEW
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 DATE OF REVIEW: 01.13.2020
 PROJECT NO.: Z19090006
 CASE NO.: PB 1086C
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 PLEASE PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
 REVIEW COMMENTS:
  
 1. [ SATISFIED ] - WITH ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL,
 NOTES, LABELS, ETC. THE SITE PLAN NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED
 AT A LARGER SCALE. PROVIDE AN OVERALL SITE PLAN, BUT
 THEN DO ENLARGED SHEETS WITH MATCHLINES.
  
 2. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - STAFF WOULD LIKE TO
 CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO ALTERNATIVE SITE PLAN DESIGNS
 THAT PRESENT A MORE URBAN FEEL WITH BUILDING PRESENCE
 ON THE STREET, PARKING BEHIND, PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCES
 DIRECTLY FROM THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK INTO THE BUILDING,
 RELOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER AWAY FROM THE MAIN
 THOROUGHFARE, ETC.
  
 2.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? PLEASE NOTE THAT STAFF WILL
 LIKELY DISCUSS THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN, ETC. AS PART OF
 THE FUTURE STAFF REPORT.
  
 3. [ NOT SATISFIED ] - AN APPROVAL TRAFFIC CONCURRENCY
 LETTER SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY.
  
 4. [ SATISFIED ] - THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT NEEDS TO
 BE CLEARER ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE MAJOR AMENDMENT. FOR
 EXAMPLE, IN THE SECTION UNDER ?SITE DESIGN? IT IS
 DESCRIBING IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE A PART OF THE MINOR
 AMENDMENT, BUT THE DESCRIPTION MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THEY
 ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
  
 5. [ NOT SATISFIED ] - REPLAT OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE
 REQUIRED.
  
 5.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? REPLAT OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE A
 CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
  
 6. [ NOT SATISFIED ] - UNITY OF CONTROL WILL BE
 REQUIRED.
  
 6.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? UNITY OF CONTROL WILL BE A
 CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
  
 7. [ SATISFIED ] - ALL PLANS NEED TO REFLECT THE SCOPE
 OF WORK NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED TRUCK
 ROUTE.
  
 8. [ NOT SATISFIED ] - UPDATED FDOT LETTER SHALL BE
 PROVIDED.
  
 9. [ NOT SATISFIED ] - PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE UTILITY
 LETTERS PROVIDED REFLECT THEIR REVIEW OF THE SCOPE OF
 THE MAJOR AMENDMENT; IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THE
 LETTERS ARE DATED THE SAME AS THOSE THAT WERE PROVIDED
 AS PART OF THE MINOR AMENDMENT APPLICATION.
  
 9.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? RESPONSES TO YOUR AUGUST 21,
 2019, REQUESTS SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM EACH OF THE
 UTILITY COMPANIES.
  
 10. [ SATISFIED ] - AT THE NEW DRIVE-THRU RESTAURANT,
 PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THERE ARE GATES ACROSS THE
 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. THE GATES SHALL BE REMOVED AND
 THERE SHALL BE CLEAR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN
 THE PUBLIC WALKWAY AND THE BUSINESS.
  
 11. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - ANY CHANGES TO THE PLANS
 RESULTING FROM COMMENTS/REVIEW OF THE MINOR AMENDMENT
 SHALL BE REFLECTED ON THE PLANS FOR THE MAJOR
 AMENDMENT.
  
 12. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? AS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN
 PROVIDED FOR THE MINOR AMENDMENT, ANY MODIFICATIONS TO
 THE PLAN RESULTING FROM SUCH WILL NEED TO BE
 INCORPORATED INTO THE MAJOR AMENDMENT PLANS.
  
 13. [ SATISFIED ] - THE USES AND SQUARE FOOTAGES IN THE
 TRAFFIC IMPACT STATEMENT DO NOT MATCH THAT WHICH IS
 SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
  
 14. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - SIZE, LOCATION, AND
 ORIENTATION OF THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE NEEDS TO BE
 APPROVED BY THE CITY?S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
  
 14.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? THE TURNING MOVEMENTS SHOWN ON
 THE SITE PLAN AND IN THE EXHIBIT ONLY SHOW THE TRUCK
 MOVEMENTS ENTERING TO PICK UP THE DUMPSTER; NO
 MOVEMENTS ARE SHOWN ON HOW THE TRUCK IS EXITING THE
 SITE. THIS COMMENT IS APPLICABLE TO THE DUMPSTER
 NORTHWEST OF BUILDING 2, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST OF
 BUILDING 1.
  
 15. [ SATISFIED ] - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR A
 BYPASS LANE ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE DRIVE-THRU.
  
 16. [ SATISFIED ] - SETBACKS LISTED AS ?REQUIRED? IN
 THE SITE DATA TABLE APPEAR TO BE INCORRECT.
  
 17. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - THE SITE PLAN FOR THE
 DRIVE-THRU SHOWS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS COMING OFF OF
 BELVEDERE ROAD AND SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY WITH NO CLEAR
 PASSAGE TO THE BUILDING. THE CONNECTIONS ARE SHOWN
 DEAD-ENDING INTO PARKING SPACES, RANDOM CROSSINGS AT
 THE DRIVE-THRU, ETC.
  
 17.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? APPROPRIATE PAVEMENT MARKINGS
 SHOULD BE PROVIDED WHERE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CROSSES THE
 DRIVE-THRU AND DRIVE AISLES.
  
 18. [ NEW COMMENT ] - DIMENSIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED OF
 THE PARKING AND DRIVE AISLES AT THE DRIVE-THRU
 RESTAURANT.
  
 19. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - THE CIVIL PLANS SHOW THE
 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ON BELVEDERE ROAD AS ASPHALT.
 PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS SHOULD BE CLEARLY DELINEATED WITH
 DIFFERENT MATERIALS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, ETC. SO THAT
 THERE IS A CLEAR AND SAFE ROUTE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
 WALKWAY AND THE BUILDING. AS DESIGNED, THEY LOOK LIKE
 DRIVEWAY APPROACHES.
  
 19.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? SEE COMMENT 16.1 ABOVE.
  
 20. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT
 WHEN PARKING ROWS ABUT A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THAT WHEEL
 STOPS NOT BE USED AND THAT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER BE
 WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE THE VEHICLE OVERHANG.
  
 20.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? NOTE THAT IMPLEMENTING THE
 COMMENT ABOVE WOULD NOT HAVE REDUCED THE OVERALL LENGTH
 OF THE SPACE, IT WOULD HAVE SIMPLY ALLOWED THE VEHICLE
 TO OVERHANG LANDSCAPE AREA AS OPPOSED TO ADDITIONAL
 ASPHALT/PAVERS. AS CURRENTLY DESIGNED, ALL SPACES WILL
 BE REQUIRED TO HAVE WHEEL STOPS.
  
 21. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - THE CIVIL PLANS DO NOT
 APPEAR TO CORRECTLY DEPICT WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE
 PAVERS, CONCRETE, LANDSCAPE, ETC.
  
 21.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? THERE IS INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN
 THE SITE PLAN AND THE CIVIL PLANS AS TO THE LOCATION OF
 CURBING, SPECIFICALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
 NORTHEASTERN ROW OF THE STARBUCK?S PARKING.
  
 22. [ SATISFIED ] - PLEASE EXPLAIN THE LOGIC BEHIND THE
 AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR PAVERS VERSUS THOSE AREAS WHERE
 ASPHALT IS BEING USED.
  
 23. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - ALL LANDSCAPE AREAS SHALL
 BE PROTECTED FROM VEHICULAR ENCROACHMENT THROUGH THE
 USE OF CURBING.
  
 23.1. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? IT IS UNCLEAR OF THE PROPOSED
 GRADES/CURBING THAT ARE BEING SHOWN TO THE EAST OF
 STARBUCKS WHERE THE WALKWAY CONNECTS TO THE SOUTH DIXIE
 HIGHWAY SIDEWALK. IS THE WALKWAY AT THE SAME GRADE AS
 THE ADJACENT LANDSCAPING, OR IS IT AT THE SAME GRADE OF
 THE PARKING LOT?
  
 24. [ SATISFIED ] - THE CIVIL PLANS SHOW THE PROPOSED
 BIKE RACKS IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A LANDSCAPE AREA, BUT
 THIS IS SHOWN AS PAVERS ON OTHER PLANS. THE RACKS NEED
 TO BE INSTALLED ON A SOLID SURFACE (PAVERS, CONCRETE,
 ETC.) AS SHOWN IN THE DETAIL AND ALL PLANS NEED TO BE
 CONSISTENT.
  
 25. [ SATISFIED ] - THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE EAST
 PROPERTY LINE OF THE DRIVE-THRU IS UNCLEAR. IS THE AREA
 BETWEEN THE TREES SOD?
  
 26. [ PARTIALLY SATISFIED ] - STAFF WILL PROVIDE A
 SEPARATE SET OF REVIEW COMMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED SIGN
 PROGRAM.
  
 27. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? PLEASE CLARIFY WHY THE NOTE
 REGARDING COMMITTED AND NON-USABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR
 BUILDING #1 IS STILL BEING SHOWN ON THE MAJOR
 AMENDMENT?
  
 28. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? WHY IS LANDSCAPING BEING SHOWN IN
 THE LOCATION OF THE BIKE RACKS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
 OF BUILDING #1? THERE IS CONFLICT.
  
 29. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? THE DUMPSTER CONFIGURATION TO THE
 NORTHWEST OF BUILDING #1 SHOULD MATCH BETWEEN THE MINOR
 AMENDMENT AND THE MAJOR AMENDMENT.
  
 30. [ NEW COMMENT ] - JUST A REMINDER THAT THERE WILL
 BE CONDITION(S) OF APPROVAL REGARDING THE PERCENTAGE OF
 LANDSCAPE AREA. AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY:
 - THE AFFECTED AREAS NEED TO MEET THE MINIMUM
 PERCENTAGE OF LANDSCAPING REQUIRED (15%); AND
  
 - THE OVERALL SITE SHOULD SHOW A DECREASE IN THE
 NON-CONFORMITY (MEANING AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE
 OF LANDSCAPING FROM WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS); AND
  
 - THE REMAINING LANDSCAPING TO BRING THE ENTIRE SITE
 INTO CONFORMITY WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REDEVELOPMENT OF
 THE PARKING LOT WEST OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
  
 31. [ NEW COMMENT ] ? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR THE
 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOLLARD AROUND THE PROPOSED
 BUILDING #2 (STARBUCK?S). IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE IS
 CURBING (I.E. ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE DRIVE-THRU, IN
 THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, ETC.) BOLLARDS SEEM UNNECESSARY.
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 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING WHEN RESUBMITTING:
  
 A) WRITTEN RESPONSES TO COMMENTS MADE BY ALL
 DEPARTMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED UPON RESUBMISSION.
  
 B) 15 SETS OF REVISED PLANS AND/OR DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
 PROVIDED, ALONG WITH ONE (1) REDUCED COPY (11IN X
 17IN), AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF ALL PLANS.
  
 C) PLEASE NOTE THAT RE-SUBMITTALS MAY BE SUBJECT TO
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 D) IF NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE
 ISSUANCE OF THESE COMMENTS, THE APPLICATION WILL BE
 CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN AND ANY FURTHER ACTION WILL
 REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 E) 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.
  
 F) IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FEBRUARY 18, 2020,
 PLANNING BOARD AGENDA, ALL COMMENTS SHALL BE
 SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL REVISED
 DOCUMENTS/PLANS NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 21,
 2020.
  
 G) TO BE PLACED ON THE FEBRUARY 18, 2020, PLANNING
 BOARD AGENDA, SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY NO
 LATER THAN FEBRUARY 3, 2020. SIGNAGE SHALL CONFORM, AND
 BE INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 CITY?S ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
 APPLICATION. A SIGNED AND NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BY THE DEADLINE REFERENCED ABOVE.
  
 H) IF AFTER THE CASE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED THE APPLICANT
 DESIRES TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE, A FEE OF $50 PLUS THE
 COST OF ADVERTISING WILL BE CHARGED.
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 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
  
 JOHN P. ROACH, AICP, PRINCIPAL PLANNER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ? PLANNING DIVISION
 401 CLEMATIS STREET - P.O. BOX 3147
 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402
  
 P: 561.822.1448
 TTY: 800.955.8771
 E: [email protected]
  
 W: WPB.ORG
  
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