Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z20090011
Project Number Z20090011
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2020-10-01 11:10:27CASE NO. PB1559M
 LA CLARA UTILITY AND ARRIVAL COURT CHANGES
 1515 S. FLAGLER
 COMMENTS REVISED 10/5/20
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446,
 [email protected]
  
 - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF THREE
 (3) 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 DECEMBER 5, 2020),
 THE PLANNING DIVISION MAY NOTIFY THE APPLICANT THAT THE
 CASE IS CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN.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 ASSESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE
 WILL BE 20% OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE ($60).
  
 1) SHEETS A114 AND A115 SHOW THE BUILDING ENCROACHING
 OUTSIDE OF THE NORTH SETBACK LINE AT THE TENANT STORAGE
 AND FIRE PUMP ROOMS AND YOGA ROOM AND GYM. SHEET A-001
 THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT, BUT NOT THE
 MINOR PD AMENDMENT CLEARLY SHOWS THIS DIMENSION AT 34
 FEET 5.75 INCHES, WHICH VIOLATES THE REQUIRED SETBACK
 OF 34 FEET 10 INCHES.
  
 2) THE CIVIL CROSS SECTION, THE SITE PLANS AND THE
 ELEVATIONS DO NOT SHOW THE SAME DIMENSIONS FOR THE REAR
 (WEST) PEDESTAL SETBACK. ALL PLANS NEED TO SHOW THE
 SAME, ACCURATE, COMPLIANT SETBACK DIMENSION.
  
 A. THE WESTERN ELEVATIONS SHOW THE LOUVER FOR THE
 MECHANICAL ROOM EXTENDING INTO THE REQUIRED SETBACK.
 BUILDING PERMIT PARTIAL WALL SECTION 1 A-527 SHOWS THE
 BOTTOM OF THE LOUVER RESTING ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS
 NOT PERMITTED AS A STRUCTURAL INTRUSION, BUT IS A
 SETBACK VIOLATION. THE LOUVER AT THIS LOCATION ALSO
 INVALIDATES THE STRUCTURAL INTRUSION OF THE ROOF
 ASSEMBLY.
  
 3) THE EAST ELEVATION DRAWING SHOWS SOMETHING, MOST
 LIKELY THE LOUVERED METAL SCREEN ON THE NORTH FACADE,
 EXTENDING INTO THE REQUIRED 34 FOOT 10 INCH SETBACK,
 WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED UNLESS IT IS PURELY A STRUCTURAL
 INTRUSION, WHICH MEANS IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO BE
 SUPPORTED ON THE GROUND OR ON A LOWER WALL (RETAINING,
 KNEE OR OTHERWISE). THE BUILDING PERMIT PLANS INCLUDE
 SECTION DRAWING 2 A-502 AND SHEETS S-102 AND S-721 AS
 WELL AS OTHER PLANS SHOWING THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE
 LOUVER RESTS ON THE GROUND, WHICH MEANS IT ENCROACHES
 INTO THE SETBACK AND IS NOT PERMITTED.
  
 4) ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PROPERTY LINE RETAINING WALL,
 PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THE EXTERIOR GRADE IS NOW SHOWN AT
 14 FEET, WHEN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN AT 11.5 FEET IN
 THE SAME LOCATION. THIS IS BOTH ON AND OFF SITE. YOU
 ARE NOT PERMITTED TO FILL THE NEIGHBOR?S PROPERTY AS
 PART OF THIS PERMIT APPLICATION.
  
 5) THE LANDSCAPE BASE PLAN NEEDS TO REFLECT THE SAME
 CONDITIONS AS THE CIVIL PLANS:
  
 A. SOUTHERN BUFFER AT WEST SIDE OF SITE SHOWS A
 STORMWATER LINE WITH THE ROYAL PALMS PLANTED ON TOP
 THAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE CIVIL PLANS. WHICH PLAN IS
 ACCURATE?
  
 B. THE OLD RETAINING WALL LOCATION WAS NOT REMOVED FROM
 THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.
  
 C. THE NEW STORMWATER LINE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BUFFER
 NEEDS TO BE SHOWN. ONCE THIS IS CORRECTLY SHOWN WITH
 THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE, THE PLANS WILL BE CIRCULATED TO
 THE CITY STORMWATER ENGINEER FOR REVIEW.
  
 D. THE NEW FPL EASEMENT AND DUCT BANK NEED TO BE SHOWN
 ALONG THE SOUTH, EAST AND NORTH PROPERTY LINES AND THE
 TREES ADJUSTED AS NEEDED.
  
 E. THERE IS A NEW FPL TRANSFORMER SHOWN ALONG ARKONA
 CT. ON THE UTILITY PLAN THAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE
 LANDSCAPE PLAN. IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE CONFLICT WITH A
 TREE. ADDITIONALLY, THE SHRUB PLAN DOES NOT SHOW IT
 BEING SCREENED.
  
 F. THE ARRIVAL COURT DOES NOT MATCH THE SITE PLAN AT
 THE TURN AROUND SPACE.
  
 6) PARKING - THE BUILDING REQUIRES 181 PARKING SPACES.
 THE DATA TABLE SHOWS THAT 183 ARE PROVIDED (THIS
 EXCLUDES THE 11 REQUIRED PUBLIC PARKING SPACES ALONG
 ARKONA CT), WHICH IS NOT CORRECT AS PROVIDED BELOW.
  
 A. THE ON-STREET PARKING LINE ON SHEET A114 UNDER
 PARKING REQUIRED INCORRECTLY STATES THAT THE ORIGINAL
 MODERN APPROVAL HAD 13 ON-STREET PARKING SPACES. ONLY
 11 PARALLEL PARKING SPACES WERE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED
 FOR PUBLIC USE AS PART OF THAT APPROVAL, SO ONLY 11
 NEED TO BE MAINTAINED FOR PUBLIC USE AS PART OF THE
 CURRENT PROJECT. THE 2 ADDITIONAL PARALLEL PARKING
 SPACES THAT ARE PROVIDED MAY COUNT TOWARD MEETING THE
 LA CLARA PARKING REQUIREMENT AND BE MARKED AS LA CLARA
 PARKING ONLY. PLEASE REVISE ACCORDINGLY.
  
 B. BASEMENT PARKING SPACE 51(C) ON SHEET A113 DOES NOT
 HAVE THE REQUIRED 24 FOOT BACK-UP AND MAY NOT BE
 COUNTED AS A PARKING SPACE. THIS LOCATION MAY NOT BE
 INCLUDED AS A PARKING SPACE ON THE PLANS OR THE DATA
 TABLE. IT MAY BE DESIGNATED AS A VALET ONLY LOCATION.
  
 C. PARKING SPACES 58(C) AND 59(C) ON THE GROUND FLOOR
 PLAN (SHEET A114) ARE INCORRECTLY SHOWN AS HAVING A 30
 DEGREE ANGLE. THESE ARE 60 DEGREE SPACES AND THUS
 REQUIRE AN 18 FOOT DRIVE AISLE, WHICH IS NOT PROVIDED.
 ADDITIONALLY, SPACE 9(C) DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE AN 18
 FOOT WIDE DRIVE AISLE BEHIND IT DUE TO THE EXTENT OF
 SPACE 59(C). THIS RESULTS IN 3 ADDITIONAL PARKING
 SPACES NOT MEETING CODE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BE USED
 TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
  
 D. THE PARKING COUNT NOTE ON SHEET A114 SHOULD
 SPECIALLY BREAK OUT THE 4 PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ON
 THE ARRIVAL COURT AS PART OF THE 113 PARKING SPACE
 TOTAL. IT IS CONFUSING AS WRITTEN.
  
 E. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THERE IS A TURN AROUND SPACE AT
 THE ARRIVAL COURT. BASED ON THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THERE
 IS NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO TURN AROUND. THIS COULD
 POSSIBLY BE REVISED INTO A PARKING SPOT OR TWO (MAY
 NEED TO BE COMPACT) TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST SPOTS IN
 THE BASEMENT.
  
 F. WITH THE FOUR PARKING SPACES THAT MUST BE REMOVED
 FROM THE PARKING COUNT (BASEMENT 51, GROUND FLOOR 9, 58
 AND 59), THE SITE ONLY PROVIDES 179, NOT THE REQUIRED
 181 PARKING SPACES (EXCLUDING THE REQUIRED 11 ON-STREET
 PUBLIC PARKING SPACES).
  
 G. DUE TO THE LARGE (MOVING) TRUCK TURNING MOVEMENT,
 PARKING SPACES 1 - 4 ON SHEET A114 MUST BE LABELED AS
 EMPLOYEE PARKING. THESE SPACES MUST BE ABLE TO BE USED
 FOR MANEUVERING DURING LOADING IN/OUT.
  
 7) IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD CLEAR FENESTRATION ON
 THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PET GROOMING ROOM?
  
 8) EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING SOUTH OF THE ADMIN ROOM
 AND POOL RESTROOMS. THE LAST APPROVED PLAN HAD A 48
 FOOT 9 INCH SETBACK TO THE BUILDING AT THIS LOCATION.
 THE PROPOSED PLANS SHOW A REDUCED SETBACK OF 44 FEET 9
 INCHES.
  
 9) THE ROOF PLAN SHOWS A SECTION OF THE ROOF BEING
 RAISED TO 305 FEET 7 INCH NGVD (TOP OF STAIR TOWER?),
 YET THIS HEIGHT DIMENSION IS NOT REFLECTED ON THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS.
  
 10) THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION NEEDS TO BE ACCURATELY
 REPRESENTED ON THE PLANS. THE MATERIAL IS CALLED OUT
 BUT NOT SHOWN. THE CURRENTLY APPROVED PLANS SHOW A
 DECORATIVE TILE SCORED PATTERN. A DECORATIVE PATTERN IS
 REQUIRED. STAFF HAS STILL NOT SEEN THE DETAILS OF THE
 EXHAUST VENTS/LOUVERS TO VERIFY THAT THESE DO NOT
 VIOLATE THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THESE NEED TO BE
 PROVIDED WITH THE RESUBMITTAL. ADDITIONALLY, NOT ALL
 THE EXHAUST LOUVERS ARE SHOWN. EX. THE GENERATOR.
  
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