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| 2021-04-08 16:59:05 | FROM: RAY CARANCI, SENIOR LANDSCAPE PLANNER |
| | 561-822-1462 |
| | PROJECT: CONGRESS CROSSING CPD LOTS 6, 7, AND 8 - MAJOR |
| | PD AMENDMENT Z20100014 |
| | APRIL 8, 2021 |
| | I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE REFERENCED PETITION, AND |
| | PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
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| | 1. SATISFIED. PROVIDE A TREE INVENTORY PLAN THAT HAS |
| | ALL TREE NUMBERS CLEARLY VISIBLE. SOME ARE OBSCURED BY |
| | THE THICK LINE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY LINE. |
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| | 2. SATISFIED. SECTION 94-448 (D)(3) REQUIRES NATIVE |
| | TREES AND PALMS IN GOOD CONDITION TO BE PRESERVED ON |
| | SITE OR RELOCATED. LIVE AND LAUREL OAK TREES AND SABAL |
| | PALMS ARE LISTED TO BE REMOVED THAT ARE INDICATED AS IN |
| | GOOD CONDITION. PROVIDE AN ARBORISTS REPORT CONTAINING |
| | THE METHOD OF DETERMINATION OF THE CONDITION AND |
| | RELOCATION ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIVE TREES AND PALMS |
| | PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED. |
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| | 3. SATISFIED. PROVIDE LOCATIONS FOR TREES WITHIN 10 |
| | FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE ON ADJACENT PARCELS AND |
| | ADJUST SPACING OF PROPOSED TREES O AVOID CANOPY |
| | CONFLICTS PER SECTION 94-442(B) (2)Q. |
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| | 4. SATISFIED. IN THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS CHART ON |
| | SHEET LP-1.00, EXPLAIN THE NOTE ?(EXCLUDES LANDSCAPE |
| | WITHIN PARKING LOT AREA)? UNDER GENERAL LANDSCAPING. |
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| | 5. SATISFIED. UNDER NATURAL GRASS CORRECT THE REQUIRED |
| | LANDSCAPE AREA TO 15% FOR PD AND SHOW SQUARE FOOTAGE |
| | AND PERCENTAGE OF GRASS PROPOSED. |
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| | 6. SATISFIED. EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR INCLUDING PLAZA |
| | DATA. |
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| | 7. SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE PERCENTAGE OF PALM |
| | SUBSTITUTIONS FOR REQUIRED TREES NOT EXCEEDING 35% PER |
| | SECTION 94-442(D). |
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| | 8. SATISFIED. INDICATE THE 5 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER |
| | LOCATIONS ON THE SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN ADJACENT |
| | TO ALL PROPERTY LINES FOR THE PARCEL. |
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| | 9. SATISFIED. PROVIDE ALL CALCULATIONS FOR THE REQUIRED |
| | TREES FOR BUFFER SEGMENTS IN A PERIMETER BUFFER |
| | REQUIREMENT CHART AND LIST LINEAR FOOTAGE OF EACH |
| | PROPERTY LINE SEGMENT MEASURED ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF |
| | EACH BUFFER CONTINUOUSLY. DUE TO THE IRREGULAR SHAPE, |
| | EACH BUFFER LENGTH MAY BE DESIGNATED WITH A LETTER, |
| | THEN CALCULATIONS FOR REQUIRED TREES CALCULATED FOR |
| | EACH SEGMENT CALCULATED, ROUNDING UP FOR ANY PORTION |
| | LEFT AFTER DIVIDING BY THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT LENGTHS. |
| | SEE SECTION 94-443 (B) FOR THE BUFFERS ADJACENT TO |
| | NON-RESIDENTIAL AND SECTION 94-443(A) FOR BUFFERS |
| | ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING. |
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| | BUFFER A IS 374 LINEAR FEET SO 13 TREES ARE REQUIRED. |
| | SECTION 94-443(2) DOES NOT DEDUCT DRIVEWAY OPENINGS, IT |
| | IS THE ENTIRE LENGTH THAT IS USED TO CALCULATE REQUIRED |
| | BUFFER TREES. |
| | THE VACANT LOT DOES NOT RELATE TO THIS BUFFER, THE PLAN |
| | IS STILL SHOWING DEDUCTION OF 50 FEET FOR DRIVEWAYS. |
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| | 10. SATISFIED. EXPLAIN THE REFERENCE TO THE 25? BUFFER. |
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| | 11. SATISFIED. PROVIDE CALCULATION FOR BUFFER LENGTHS |
| | WITH ACCESS DRIVEWAYS TO SHOW THEY DO NOT EXCEED 20% |
| | INTERRUPTION FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS AS REQUIRED BY |
| | SECTION 94-443(D)(1)A. |
| | 25% PER 94-443(B)(2) IS THE CORRECT SECTION FOR |
| | NONRESIDENTIAL. |
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| | 12. SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AND PROVIDED LINEAR |
| | FOOTAGE OF LANDSCAPE AREA ADJACENT TO EACH BUILDING. |
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| | 13. SATISFIED. MODIFY THE PLANT LIST TO ADD COLUMN FOR |
| | DROUGHT TOLERANCE LEVELS TO PROVIDE EASIER REFERENCE. |
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| | 14. SATISFIED. ADD ANY RELOCATED OR EXISTING TREES AND |
| | PALMS TO THE PLANT LIST AND COUNT THEM TOWARD THE |
| | REQUIRED TREES. |
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| | 15. SATISFIED. SECTION 94-443(C)(3) REQUIRES THAT A |
| | MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF ALL TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO |
| | BE PLANTED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF AN OFF STREET PARKING |
| | AREA SHALL BE CATEGORY 1 SHADE TREES. SHOW THE REQUIRED |
| | NUMBER OF TREES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CATEGORY 1 TREES |
| | PROVIDED FOR THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREAS. |
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| | 16. SATISFIED. PROVIDE AN EXHIBIT SHOWING THE PARKING |
| | AREA SURFACE CALCULATIONS, PARKING SPACE AREAS AND |
| | LANDSCAPE AREAS PROVIDED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH |
| | SECTIONS 94-443 (C)(3) AND (4), FOLLOWING THE AREA |
| | CLASSIFICATIONS AS SHOWN IN FIGURE XIV-1. |
| | ? PARKING SPACES SHADED AS ONE AREA, SHOW TOTAL SPACES |
| | TIMES 10 SQ FT PER SPACE. PROVIDE TOTAL |
| | ? ALL OTHER PAVED AREAS SHADED DIFFERENTLY AND TOTAL |
| | SQUARE FOOTAGE. DIVIDE BY 100 AND MULTIPLY BY 4 SQ FT. |
| | PROVIDE TOTAL. |
| | ? TOTAL THESE 2 SQUARE FOOTAGE AMOUNTS FOR THE REQUIRED |
| | SQUARE FOOTAGE. |
| | ? SHOW ALL INTERIOR LANDSCAPE AREAS AS A DIFFERENT |
| | SHADE AND SHOW PROVIDED SQUARE FOOTAGE. |
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| | 17. SATISFIED. DIMENSION ALL INTERIOR AND TERMINAL |
| | LANDSCAPE ISLANDS ON THE SITE PLAN TO SHOW THE MINIMUM |
| | 8 FEET WIDTH OF THE LANDSCAPE AREA IS AT LEAST 8 FEET. |
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| | 18. SATISFIED. TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLAND TREE IS |
| | MISSING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER ADJACENT TO THE 20 FOOT |
| | MAINTENANCE ACCESS. |
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| | 19. SATISFIED. LANDSCAPE DIVIDER MEDIANS HAVE A |
| | REQUIREMENT FOR TREES PER SECTION 94-443(C)(3)C. THE |
| | INTENT IS TO PROVIDE SHADE OVER THE PAVED AREAS. |
| | PROVIDE THE REQUIRED TREES AS PALMS DO NOT MEET THE |
| | INTENT. |
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| | 20. SATISFIED. UPDATE THE FLORIDA FRIENDLY LANDSCAPE |
| | CHART TO ADD DESIGN OPTION 8 FOR THE REQUIRED MULCH AND |
| | RECHECK THE 50% SOD AREA FOR THE PROVIDED LANDSCAPE |
| | AREA. |
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| | 21. SATISFIED. THERE APPEAR TO BE CONFLICTS IN SEVERAL |
| | LOCATIONS BETWEEN REQUIRED TREES IN LANDSCAPE ISLANDS |
| | AND WATER AND SEWER LINES ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. ADJUST |
| | LOCATIONS OF UTILITY LINES TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITH |
| | TREES. HYDRANTS, BACKFLOW PREVENTERS AND FDC |
| | CONNECTIONS CANNOT INFRINGE ON THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE |
| | AREAS INTENDED FOR THE TREES. |
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| | 22. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. PROVIDE LOCATIONS AND |
| | SCREENING FOR ALL ABOVE GROUND UTILITY VALVES, BACKFLOW |
| | PREVENTERS, A/C UNITS, AND FPL TRANSFORMERS. |
| | COULD NOT LOCATE FPL TRANSFORMER LOCATIONS. |
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| | 23. SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE PERCENTAGE TO BASED ON THE |
| | PLANT LIST TO 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. |
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| | ORDINANCE NO. 4146-08 DESIGN STANDARDS #12 LANDSCAPE |
| | GUIDELINES: |
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| | 24. SATISFIED. PROVIDE APPROVAL FROM THE CPD |
| | ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR THE FINAL LANDSCAPE AND |
| | IRRIGATION PLANS. |
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| | 25. SATISFIED. SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE 5 FOOT HEIGHT |
| | FENCE AS REQUIRED ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE. |
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| | 26. SATISFIED. BUFFER TREES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL |
| | ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE NEED TO BE LARGER SPECIES |
| | THAN CLUSIA AND PIGEON PLUM TO MEET THE BUFFERING |
| | INTENT OF THE LANDSCAPE GUIDELINES. |
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| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 1/12/21: |
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| | 27. SATISFIED. ALL TREES PROVIDED MUST MEET THE 12 FOOT |
| | MINIMUM HEIGHT. ADJUST PLANT LIST TO CORRECT PIGEON |
| | PLUM, SILVER BUTTONWOOD, DAHOON HOLLY, CRAPE MYRTLE, |
| | AND PLUMERIA FROM 8 FEET TO 12 FEET. |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 3/4/21: |
| | 28. SATISFIED. BUFFER G MUST CONTAIN 7 QUALIFYING TREES |
| | AND THE REQUIRED HEDGE. APPROPRIATE UNDERSTORY TREES |
| | PLACED AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE AS APPROPRIATE MAY |
| | BE USED. IF NOT, A WAIVER MUST BE REQUESTED. |
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| | CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL |
| | 1. PRIOR TO THE REMOVAL OR RELOCATION OF ANY TREES ON |
| | THE PROPERTY, A TREE ALTERATION PERMIT SHALL BE |
| | SUBMITTED, REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE DEVELOPMENT |
| | SERVICES DEPARTMENT, PLANNING DIVISION. |
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