Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z20120033
Project Number Z20120033
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2021-05-26 15:03:51GENERAL COMMENTS:
  
 1.) THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED COMMON OPEN SPACE SEEMS
 TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE PROJECT AND COULD BE
 DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE BETTER WITH THE PROJECT AND
 SURROUNDING AREA. [2/10/2021 AND 4/6/2021 REPEAT
 COMMENT (COMBINE GENERAL COMMENT #2 AND #3): IT WAS
 DISCUSSED AT THE 3/30/20 CONFERENCE CALL BETWEEN STAFF
 AND THE APPLICANT THAT THE OPEN SPACE WOULD BE IMPROVED
 TO BE MORE FUNCTIONAL AND INTEGRATED (SIMILAR TO THE
 PROJECTS IN THE DMP AREA). IT IS IN STAFF?S OPINION
 THAT THE SPACE HAS NOT BEEN IMPROVED, AND THE BICYCLE
 RACK STILL SEEMS OUT OF PLACE IN A LOCATION THAT WILL
 NOT MAXIMIZE USE/VISIBILITY. STAFF IS ENCOURAGING THE
 USE OF BENCHES, PEDESTRIAN TRAILS/PATHWAYS, PEDESTRIAN
 ACCESS FROM THE SIDEWALK AND WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT
 THAT WOULD INTEGRATE THE SPACE WITH THE OVERALL
 DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO PROVIDE BENEFITS WITHIN THE
 DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. DEPENDING ON
 THE DESIGN OF THE INTEGRATED OPEN SPACE, IT MAY BE USED
 TO EXPLAIN THE ?TRADE-OFFS? TO THE CITY/COMMUNITY,
 WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT IN THE REQUEST FOR THE
 RPD.]
  
 2.) PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING COMMENTS
 IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT (LAST REVISED
 5/11/2021): A) CHECK NUMBER OF WAIVERS REQUESTED. EIGHT
 WAIVERS REQUESTED IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT STILL
 SEEMS TO BE INACCURATE. B) EXPLAIN AND CLARIFY THE 10
 FT. WIDE MULTI-USE PATHWAY ON PARKER AVENUE AS
 MENTIONED IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT. A
 MULTI-PURPOSE PATHWAY IS A SINGLE PATHWAY THAT CAN
 ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE ONE PATHWAY
 ON THE SAME SURFACE (WALK, BIKE, STROLLERS, ROLLER
 BLADING, ETC.). THE 10 FT. WIDE MULTI-PURPOSE PATHWAY
 DOES NOT SEEM TO EXIST. ALSO, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
 DEDICATION THAT IS NEEDED FOR A BICYCLE LANE IS NOT THE
 RESULT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT (IT IS PART OF THE
 CITY'S VISION PER THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN) AND CANNOT
 BE CLAIMED AS AN IMPROVEMENT/BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY
 AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS IMPLIED IN
 THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT. C) DISCREPANCY IN THE
 JUSTIFICATION LETTER (4 FT. HIGH PVC FENCE) VS.
 SITE/ARCHITECTURAL PLANS (4 FT. HIGH ALUMINUM PICKET
 FENCE. ADDRESS FOR CONSISTENCY. D) REFERENCE MADE TO
 THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AND THE BENEFITS IT WILL PROVIDE
 TO THE PUBLIC SPHERE IS NOT EVIDENT IN THE DESIGN. THE
 DESIGN OF THE COMMON OPEN SPACE IS CRITICAL TO THE
 REQUEST OF THE RPD AND MUST BE INTEGRATED (NOT
 DISCONNECTED) WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND SURROUNDING
 AREA. E) IN RESPONSES TO ZLDR S.94-32, THE NUMBERS
 PROVIDED IN THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
 SECTION ARE NOT ALL ACCURATE. PLEASE REFER TO THE SITE
 PLAN COMMENTS FOR SPECIFIC INACCURACIES IN THE NUMBERS.
 F) ADDRESS THE INACCURACIES WITH THE NUMBERS IN THE
 WAIVER CHART PROVIDED IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT
 (SEE SITE PLAN COMMENTS). G) WAIVER 8 WILL BE CHANGED
 AS DISCUSSED IN THE 5/26/21 CONFERENCE CALL BETWEEN
 STAFF AND THE APPLICANT.
  
  
 SITE PLAN:
  
 1.) AS DISCUSSED IN THE 5/26/2021 CONFERENCE CALL
 BETWEEN STAFF AND THE APPLICANT, THE 20 FT. WIDE ACCESS
 EASEMENT WILL BE MAINTAINED, BUT THE APPLICANT WILL
 SEEK A WAIVER TO THE WIDTH OF THE ACCESS DRIVE.
  
 2.) PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING IN THE SITE DATA
 TABULAR: THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT NOTED IN THE
 TABLE IS STILL INCONSISTENT WITH THE HEIGHT PROVIDED IN
 THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. [4/6/2021 REPEAT COMMENT:
 NOT SATISFIED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE
 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, THE PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS
 33 FT., AND THIS INCLUDES THE 10% HEIGHT EXCEPTION.]
  
 3.) THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING COMMENTS SHALL BE
 ADDRESSED IN THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS
 TABLE: A) INFORMATION PROVIDED FOR PROPOSED LOT WIDTH,
 FRONT SETBACK AND SIDE CORNER SETBACK ARE INCORRECT, AS
 THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE SHORTEST DIMENSION PROVIDED. B)
 FLOATING WAIVER BOXES BELOW THE TABLE SHOULD BE REMOVED
 TO CLEAN UP THE SITE PLAN SHEET. [RESPONSE TO 4/6/21
 STAFF COMMENT: ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL REQUESTED
 INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED, SEVERAL NUMBERS ARE
 STILL INACCURATE AND MUST BE CORRECTED FOR ACCURACY.
 ALSO, GENERAL CLEAN UP OF THE TABLE NEEDED TO MAKE
 TABLES EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. PLEASE CONTACT STAFF TO
 ASSIST WITH THE CLEAN UP OF THE TABLE.]
  
 4.) THE COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO BE
 MORE FUNCTIONAL AND INTEGRATED WITH THE PROJECT AND
 SURROUNDINGS. THE OPEN SPACE SEEMS TO BE DISCONNECTED
 IN THE LATEST PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. [4/6/2021
 REPEAT COMMMENT: STAFF DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE
 APPLICANT'S 5/11/2021 (RECEIVED 5/13/2021) COMMENT.
 STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE OPEN SPACE AERA SHOULD BE
 DESIGNED TO BE MORE FUNCTIONAL AND INTEGRATED WITH THE
 PROJECT AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THE BICYCLE RACK
 SHOULD BE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE INTEGRATED DESIGN
 OF THE OPEN SPACE.]
  
 5.) PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING IN THE WAIVER CHART:
 A) PROVIDED MINIMUM LOT WIDTH IN THE SF14 ZONING
 DISTRICT (W2) IS THE PROPOSED BUILDING AREA AND NOT THE
 ACTUAL LOT AREA. B) THE PROVIDED FRONT SETBACK IS NOT
 11 FT. MEASUREMENTS CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR A PORTION OF
 THE STEPS (SETBACK IS ~ 6FT.) C) THE PROVIDED CORNER
 SIDE SETBACK IS NOT CORRECT. THE SIDE CORNER SETBACK
 FOR LOT 14 SEEMS TO BE A LOT CLOSER THAN 8 FT. D) NOT
 NECESSARY TO PROVIDE "STEPS WHICH ARE 3 FT. ABOVE
 GRADE" AS IT IS CLEAR IN THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS THAT
 THE STEPS EXCEED 3 FT. IN HEIGHT. E) AS DISCUSSED IN
 THE 5/26/2021 CONFERENCE CALL BETWEEN STAFF AND THE
 APPLICANT WAIVER #8 WILL CHANGE.
  
 6.) THE LIGHT POLE FIXTURE ALONG FLAMINGO DRIVE SHALL
 BE SETBACK A MINIMUM OF 12.5 FT. THE 5 FT. CORNER SIDE
 SETBACK STAFF HAD PROVIDED IN THE COMMENTS FROM
 4/6/2021 WAS INCORRECT AND MUST BE CORRECTED FOR
 CONSISTENCY WITH ZLDR S.94-74(A)(3)(B.) AND
 S.94-304(B)(2).
  
  
 ARCHITECTURAL COMMENTS:
  
 1.) THE FRONT SETBACK HAS BEEN INCORRECTLY MEASURED (IT
 IS LESS THAN 11 FT. AS NOTED IN PLANS). THE FRONT
 SETBACK SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS
 TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
  
 2.) PLEASE PROVIDE DIMENSION FOR THE JULIETTE BALCONY
 ON SHEET A1.1.
  
  
 SITE LIGHTING (PHOTOMETRICS):
  
 1.) THE LIGHT POLE FIXTURE ALONG FLAMINGO DRIVE SHALL
 BE SETBACK A MINIMUM OF 12.5 FT. FROM THE PROPERTY
 LINE. THE 5 FT. SETBACK NOTED IN STAFF'S PREVIOUS
 COMMENT WAS AN ERROR. [ZLDR S.94-74(A)(3) AND
 S.94-304(B)(2)]
  
 2.) SETBACK FOR THE LIGHT POLE FIXTURE CLOSEST TO
 PARKER AVENUE SEEMS TO BE INCORRECTLY ILLUSTRATED ON
 SHEET E-1.2. PLEASE CORRECT FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE
 ZLDRS.
  
  
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 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
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