Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z20120016
Project Number Z20120016
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2021-07-01 12:00:14COMMENTS TO 6/2/21 SET
 1. NOT SATISFIED. APPLICANT NEEDS TO SUBMIT A REPORT
 WITH THE REQUIRED CALCULATIONS FOR THE CONVERSION OF
 USES NECESSARY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE
 ABOVE THE AVAILABLE POOL. PREVIOUS COMMENT: THE PROJECT
 EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED
 FOR OFFICE IN THE DRI CAPACITY TABLE. BASED ON THE
 LATEST NUMBERS, A CONVERSION FROM OTHER CATEGORY WOULD
 BE NEEDED TO ALLOW 62,833 SF OF ADDITIONAL OFFICE
 SPACE. PLEASE SUBMIT CONVERSION ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO
 ORDINANCE 4412-12.-PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE A
 GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATION FOR EACH USE TO
 DETERMINE THE NEED FOR CONVERSION CAPACITY FROM THE
 CITYPLACE DRI. CURRENTLY THERE IS ONLY 383,429 SF OF
 OFFICE SPACE, AND 32,337 SF OR RETAIL AVAILABLE IN THE
 POOL. IT SEEMS THE GBA OF PROPOSED OFFICE MAY EXCEED
 THE AVAILABLE SF NECESSITATING A SF CONVERSION.
 2. SATISFIED.- PLEASE REVIEW ORDINANCE NO. 4412-12 AND
 PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE FOR ALL APPLICABLE
 ITEMS.
 3. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. PASSAGEWAY SHALL COMPLY WITH
 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE DESIGN STANDARDS IN ORDER TO BE
 COUNTED AS ACTIVE USES, SEATING, VEGETATION AND TREE
 CANOPY SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE PASSAGE WAY. PREVIOUS
 COMMENTS: STAFF UNDERSTAND WAIVERS ARE REQUESTED.
 PLEASE PROVIDE SCHEMATIC DRAWING INDICATING THE
 COMPLIANCE AT GROUND FLOOR AND THE WAIVERS REQUESTED
 FOR FLOORS 2ND-5TH. IF THE AREA OF THE PASEO MEETS THE
 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS, IT CAN BE COUNTED AS
 ACTIVE USE AS IT IS ADJACENT TO ACTIVE USES ON BOTH
 SIDES.- PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE GRAPHIC
 INFORMATION TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACTIVE
 USE REQUIREMENTS.
 4. NOT SATISFIED. SOME SUGGESTIONS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER
 OF WAIVERS REQUESTED:
 A. AS IT SEEMS THE PROPOSED VALET PARKING SPACES ON THE
 GROUND FLOOR ARE NOT USABLE (DUE TO CIRCULATION
 PATTERNS) THE GROUND FLOOR ACTIVE USE ALONG DIXIE HWAY
 COULD BE MODIFIED TO MEET THE MINIMUM DEPTH REQUIRED.
 B. SATISFIED WITH HORIZONTAL VARIATION PROVIDED IN THE
 GARAGE. PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLANAR BREAKS COULD BE
 MEASURED HORIZONTALLY WITH THE VARIATION ON THE
 BUILDING PLANE OF EACH PARKING LEVEL.
 C. NOT SATISFIED: PLEASE PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE LOCATION
 FOR THE REQUIRED TREES. PREVIOUS COMMENT: CONSIDERING
 THE CANOPY AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS AT 33? IN HEIGHT,
 TREES MAY BE INSTALLED ALONG THE CURB TO COMPLY WITH
 TREE PLANTING REQUIREMENT.
 PREVIOUS COMMENT: PROJECT IS REQUESTING 22 DIFFERENT
 WAIVERS FROM REGULATIONS. PLEASE FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS
 TO COMPLY WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS OR REDUCE THE WAIVER
 REQUEST. SOME OF THE WAIVERS THAT CAN BE REDUCED
 INCLUDE:
 A. SATISFIED-PORTE COCHERE. CONSIDERING THE DROP-OFF
 AREA ON QUADRILLE CANNOT MEET THE PORTE COCHERE
 REQUIREMENTS STAFF RECOMMENDS UTILIZING A REGULAR
 ON-STREET DROP-OFF.
 B. SATISFIED-TOWER AND GARAGE SEPARATION ARE NOT
 APPLICABLE TO THIS DISTRICT.
 5. SATISFIED. WAIVER REQUESTED. PLEASE PROVIDE SOME
 SECTIONS TO INDICATE THE RELATION BETWEEN THE OFFICE
 TOWER LEVELS AND THE GARAGE LEVELS. IF THE OFFICE
 LEVELS ARE USED, GARAGE LEVELS 8,9 AND 10 SEEM TO
 EXCEED TO MAXIMUM FOOTPRINT (TOWER LEVELS 6 AND 7).THE
 WAIVER REQUEST SHOULD BE FOR THOSE TWO FLOORS TO EXCEED
 THE MAXIMUM 55% BUILDING FOOTPRINT ALLOWED? PREVIOUS
 COMMENT: PROJECT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM BUILDING FOOTPRINT
 ALLOWED AT THE 6TH AND 7TH STORY (55%) AND ABOVE 8TH
 STORY (50%) DUE TO THE PARKING GOING UP 10 STORIES.
 JUSTIFICATION LIST THE WAIVER REQUEST TO EXCEED THE
 MAXIMUM BUILDING FOOTPRINT FROM 6TH TO 24TH FLOOR.
 PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT IS THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT PROVIDED
 ABOVE THE 10TH LEVEL. THE PROJECT IS ALLOWED TO EXCEED
 MAXIMUM BUILDING FOOTPRINTS ABOVE THE 5TH FLOOR, BUT IN
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONAL SETBACK, WHICH IS NOT
 PROVIDED AT THIS POINT.
 6. SATISFIED- PLEASE INDICATE LOCATION OF 20
 CARPOOL/VANPOOL AND 10 CAR SHARE STATION PROPOSED AS
 PART OF THE TDM STRATEGIES TO REACH MAXIMUM PARKING
 ALLOWED. PROPOSED PARKING EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED.
 MAXIMUM PARKING ALLOWED FOR THE PROJECT IS:
 SOFT MAXIMUM = 398,590 SF AT1.5/1,000 = 598 SPACES
 ADDITIONAL .75/1,000 WITH CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSIT = 299
 SPACES
 ADDITIONAL WITH TDM STRATEGIES = 299 SPACES
 TOTAL ALLOWED = 1,196 SPACES ? PARKING PROPOSED ON
 6/2/21 SUBMITTAL IS 1,195
 PARKING PROPOSES ON APRIL 23, 21 VERSION = 1,213 SPACES
 TO INCREASE FROM THE SOFT MAXIMUM THE PROJECT CAN:
 A. CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRANSIT OPERATION FUND (EXACT
 AMOUNT TO BE CALCULATED). THAT WILL ALLOW 299
 ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES.
 B. THE ADDITIONAL SPACES REQUESTED UP TO THE HARD
 MAXIMUM WOULD REQUIRE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TDM
 STRATEGIES. PLEASE IDENTIFY WHICH TDM STRATEGIES THE
 PROJECT IS GOING TO IMPLEMENT.
  
 7. NOT SATISFIED . AT LEAST CURB CUT ON LAKEVIEW CAN BE
 REDUCED TO 12? WIDE TRAVEL LANES. WAIVER REQUESTED.
 REFUGE AREA MENTIONED IN THE RESPONSE LETTER IS NOT
 SHOWN IN THE DRAWINGS. PREVIOUS COMMENT: PROPOSED CURB
 CUT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM 25 FEET ALLOWED. FURTHER
 DISCUSSION NECESSARY TO DETERMINE IF THE SERVICE DRIVE
 CAN BE REDUCED, OR IF THERE ARE ANY MEASURES TO
 MITIGATE THE IMPACT ON PEDESTRIANS.
 8. SATISFIED. CONDITION TO BE INCLUDED IN APPROVAL-
 SIDEWALK ELEVATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE
 DRIVEWAY.
 9. SATISFIED- FDOT REQUIRES A PUBLIC PURPOSE LEASE
 REQUEST FOR THE DROP-OFF AREA INITIATED BY CITY OR CRA.
 PLEASE PROVIDE PRE-APPROVAL LETTER FROM FDOT TO CONFIRM
 THEY WILL ACCEPT THE DROP OFF AREA ON QUADRILLE BLVD
 AND THE LOCATION OF THE CURB CUTS.-PREVIOUS COMMENT:
 TPS LETTER FROM COUNTY MENTIONS THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR
 DECELERATION LANES TO ACCESS GARAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE A
 PRE-DETERMINATION LETTER FROM FDOT CONFIRMING THE
 AGENCY APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED SIDE PLAN (DRIVEWAYS,
 TREES ETC.)
 10. SATISFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE NARRATIVE ON THE CURB
 SIDE MANAGEMENT OF ON-STREET DROP OFF/PICK UP AREA
 PROPOSED ON QUADRILLE BLVD.- PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE
 PROVIDE FOR A CURB SIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND A FREIGHT
 DELIVERY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
 11. SATISFIED. PROPOSED VALET LOCATION IS NOT
 FUNCTIONAL, THE VALET OPERATION IS BLOCKING THE TRAVEL
 LANES. A SEPARATE AREA FOR STACKING IS NEEDED. PLEASE
 INDICATE THE TRAVEL PATHS FOR CARS RECEIVED AT THE 2ND
 FLOOR VALET TO THE GROUND FLOOR VALET PARKING AREA.
 VALET CARS SHOULD NOT CIRCULATE IN THE PUBLIC ROW. ?
 PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING
 THE OPERATION OF THE VALET SERVICE FOR THE BUILDING.
 PLEASE IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE VALET PARKING
 DROP-OFF /PICK UP AREA INSIDE THE GARAGE.
 12. TO BE INCLUDED AS A CONDITON OF APPROVAL- DUE TO
 THE PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE TANDEM PARKING SPACES, VALET
 SERVICE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT. A RESTRICTIVE
 COVENANT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
  
 13. STAFF STILL RECOMMENDS MORE REALISTIC RENDERINGS BE
 PROVIDED FOR STAFF EVALUATION AND PUBLIC MEETINGS.
 STAFF RECOMMENDS MORE REALISTIC RENDERINGS FOR THE PB
 AND CITY COMMISSION MEETING. CAN THE CONCRETE PARAPET
 THAT CREATES THE ILLUSION OF SLAB THICKNESS BE TALLER
 TO FURTHER SCREEN THE CARS FROM VIEW? WHAT ABOUT SOME
 VEGETATION IN SOME OF THE SLAB PROJECTIONS THAT
 COMPLEMENT THE ART INSTALLATION AND HELP SCREEN THE
 CARS?? PREVIOUS COMMENT: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHALL
 BE PROVIDED REGARDING THE PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE
 PARKING GARAGE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPLICANT TO PROVIDE
 DETAILED SECTIONS TO FULLY EXPLAIN THE SPECIAL DESIGN
 OF THE GARAGE SLABS THAT WILL JUSTIFY THE LACK OF
 ACTIVE USES. REALISTIC RENDERING IMAGES ARE ALSO
 RECOMMENDED TO FULLY DEPICT THE IMAGE OF THE GARAGE AND
 ALLOW A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GARAGE IMPACT ON
 THE SURROUNDING. RENDERINGS SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM ALL
 THE DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS OF THE GARAGE (DIXIE,
 LAKEVIEW, OKEECHOBEE) AND FROM STREET LEVEL PERSPECTIVE
 AS WELL AS FROM UPPER LEVELS FROM SURROUNDING
 BUILDINGS.
 PLANS INDICATE SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES AT THE EDGE
 OF THE SLAB, ARE THE CARS VISIBLE FROM OUTSIDE?
 14. NOT SATISFIED. SOME OF THE GARAGE SLABS ENCROACH
 INTO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS. SECTION IN A513
 DOES NOT SEEM TO MATCH FLOOR PLANS BUT SEEMS TO
 INDICATE SOME ADDITIONAL SETBACK ABOVE FLOOR 6TH BEYOND
 THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. PLEASE INDICATE THE MINIMUM
 SETBACK LINE AND THE CONDITIONAL SETBACK FOR PARKING
 USES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE WAIVER IN EACH
 PARKING LEVEL. PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE INDICATE THE
 MINIMUM SETBACK IN THE GARAGE SECTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE
 EXTEND OF THE ENCROACHMENTS INDICATED IN THE FLOOR
 PLANS. ARE THE ENCROACHMENTS PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL
 FEATURES?
 15. NOT SATISFIED. IF THE PROJECT INTENDS TO ASK FOR A
 WAIVER, THE REQUIRED TREES SHALL BE LOCATED ON OTHER
 PARTS OF THE PROJECT OR A MITIGATION FEE PAID INTO THE
 TREE FUND. SOME ADDITIONAL TREES CAN BE INSTALLED NORTH
 AND SOUTH OF THE CANOPY TO BRING THE PROJECT CLOSER
 INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT. PLEASE SUGGEST
 WHERE THE REMAINING TREES CAN BE LOCATION AROUND THE
 PROJECT. PREVIOUS COMMENT: STREET TREES ARE REQUIRED
 ALONG THE QUADRILLE BOULEVARD FRONTAGE EVERY 30 FEET.
 16. SATISFIED. SIDEWALK ALONG THE QUADRILLE FRONTAGE IS
 10 FEET AT ITS NARROWEST POINT. PREVIOUS COMMENT:
 SIDEWALK ALONG QUADRILLE BOULEVARD BY THE BUILDING
 ENTRANCE SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 8 FEET IN WIDTH.
 17. SATISFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE A FA?ADE DETAIL DEPICTING
 THE TREATMENT OF THE FA?ADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE UTILITY
 ELEMENTS. ALSO PLEASE CLARIFY HOW IS THE ACCESS TO THE
 FIRE BACKFLOW. - PREVIOUS COMMENT: ALL BACKFLOW
 PREVENTORS AND ABOVE GROUND UTILITY CONNECTIONS AT THE
 GROUND LEVEL NEED TO BE SCREENED FROM VIEW. FURTHER
 DISCUSSION IS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE MOST
 APPROPRIATE LOCATION. LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS AND SITE PLAN
 DRAWINGS SHALL REFLECT THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF SUCH
 EQUIPMENT.
 18. SATISFIED. SIGNAGE TO BE SUBMITTED - A COMPLETE
 SIGNAGE PACKET SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL AS PART
 OF THE LEVEL III SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS BY THE CITY
 COMMISSION.
 19. SATISFIED. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THE DESIGNATED 798
 SF ROOM IS SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE 120 BIKE
 PARKING SPACES. PREVIOUS COMMENT. BIKE PARKING REQUIRED
 IS 120 SPACES. - PREVIOUS COMMENT: THE BIKE STORAGE
 INDICATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR ALONG OKEECHOBEE BLVD
 DOES NOT SEEM ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE 120 BIKE SPACES
 REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT (1/10 PARKING SPACES)
 20. NOT SATISFIED. TO BE INCLUDED AS A CONDITION OF
 APPROVAL. SHOWERS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
 BUILDING, BUT IT SHALL BE ENSURED THAT ALL TENANTS HAVE
 ACCESS TO A SHOWER FACILITY (13 SHOWERS REQUIRED).
 SHEET A112 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN SUBMITTED SET. BASED ON
 THE 382,211 SF OF NET OFFICE SPACE, THE PROJECT IS
 REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 13 SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES.
 SHOWERS SHALL BE IN AREAS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TENANTS.
 PLEASE INDICATE PRELIMINARY LOCATION FOR SITE PLAN
 APPROVAL PROCESS- PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE INDICATE THE
 LOCATION OF THE SHOWER AND CHANGING ROOMS REQUIRED FOR
 THE PROJECT (1 SHOWER AND CHANGING /30,000 SF OF
 OFFICE).
 21. SATISFIED. PLEASE INCLUDE A NOTE CALLING OUT THE
 NON-REFLECTIVE NATURE OF THE GLASS IN THE FA?ADE. -
 PLEASE CONFIRM THE PROPOSED GLASS IS NOT A REFLECTIVE
 GLASS TO CAUSE IMPACT OF DRIVERS.
 22. NOT SATISFIED. PLEASE LAY OUT THE LINE OF SIGHT
 MEETING THE FDOT REQUIREMENTS TO CONFIRM THE LOCATION
 OF THE TREES INDICATED IN THE DRAWINGS MEET FDOT
 REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE OBTAIN A PRE-APPROVAL LETTER FROM
 FDOT TO CONFIRM THEY WILL ALLOW THE PROPOSED PLACEMENT
 OF TREES ALONG THE CURB LINE. - PLEASE CONFIRM FDOT HAS
 APPROVED THE LOCATIONS OF THE PROPOSED TREES ALONG THE
 CURB.
 23. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. WHAT ARE THE FDOT STANDARDS
 FOR A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING? PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS SHOULD
 HAVE THERMOPLASTIC ZEBRA PATTERN AND ADA RAMPS. ?
 PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO CONFIRM
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS
 AT ALL INTERSECTIONS.
 24. NOT SATISFIED. 12 BIKE PARKING SPACES SHALL BE
 PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, CLOSE TO BUILDING
 ENTRANCE AND RETAIL ENTRANCES. BIKE PARKING FOR THE
 GENERAL PUBLIC SHALL BE INSTALLED AROUND THE PROJECT
 WITHIN THE PUBLIC REALM. PLEASE PROVIDE 1 BIKE SPACE
 PER EVERY 100 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE. THE PROVIDED
 BIKE PARKING INSIDE THE BUILDING IS FOR THE BUILDING
 TENANTS. - PREVIOUS COMMENT: PUBLIC BIKE RACKS ARE
 REQUIRED ALONG THE STREET FRONTAGE AT A RATIO OF ONE
 PARKING SPACE/100 LINEAR FEET OF FRONTAGE.
 25. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. TO BE CONFIRMED DURING
 BUILDING PERMIT. ANY CHANGES IN GRADE ELEVATION BETWEEN
 THE SIDEWALK AND THE FINISHED FLOOR SHALL BE ABSORBED
 INSIDE THE BUILDING. ? PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE PROVIDE
 STREET SECTIONS INCLUDING GROUND FLOOR ELEVATIONS TO
 CONFIRM EXISTING STREET AND SIDEWALK ELEVATIONS CAN BE
 MET WITH THE NEW PROJECT.
 26. SATISFIED. A MAXIMUM OF 30 % OF THE PARKING SPACES
 CAN BE COMPACT SPACES. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO
 CONFIRM COMPLIANCE. ? PREVIOUS COMMENT: PLEASE CONFIRM
 YOU DO NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COMPACT PARKING
 SPACES FOR THE PROJECT.
 27. THE PARKING PROJECTIONS IN SOME OF THE UPPER FLOORS
 ENCROACH INTO THE MINIMUM SETBACK. PLEASE ADJUST. A
 MAXIMUM 2 FEET FOR ARCHITECTURAL ENCROACHMENT IS
 ALLOWED.
 FOR RESUBMITTAL, PLEASE SUBMIT TWO COPIES OF ALL
 DRAWINGS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION AND ONE CD WITH
 ELECTRONIC COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS. PLEASE
 INCLUDE A RESPONSE LETTER ADDRESSING EACH OF THE
 COMMENTS.
 28. IF THE GROUDN FLOOR PARKING IS GOING TO BE USED BY
 EMPLOYEES, PLEASE INDICATE THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE
 PARKING AREA.
  
  
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