Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z21070018
Project Number Z21070018
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2021-10-20 08:30:06SETBACKS
 1. PROJECT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH TABLE IV-50 BUILDING
 REQUIREMENTS? CWD 10-12. BUILDING IS ENCROACHING INTO
 THE MINIMUM SETBACK (16?) ON LEVELS 3 AND ABOVE ALONG
 OLIVE STREET, PLEASE ADJUST.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - BANYAN BOULEVARD 16? SETBACK NOT MET, APPEARS TO BE
 14? IN DRAWINGS.
 - PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE SETBACK LINE IN ALL FLOOR
 PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTIONS TO CONFIRM COMPLIANCE.
  
 OPEN SPACE
 2. PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PRIVATE OPEN SPACE
 (SEC. 94-109 TABLE IV-7), SPECIFYING THE AMOUNT,
 LOCATION, AND TYPE OF SPACE. CONFIRM COMPLIANCE WITH
 STANDARDS LOCATED IN TABLE FOR EACH TYPE OF SPACE.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - PLEASE UPDATE TABLE IN SHEET L4 ? TO REFLECT THAT THE
 PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS CALCULATED FOR THE TWO SITES
  
 3. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THE OPEN SPACE/ACTIVE USE ALONG
 THE GROUND LEVEL OF NORTHERN FACADE ON BANYAN IS.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 ACTIVE USE
 4. PROPOSED PROJECT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM
 GROUND ACTIVE USES (65%) ALONG PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN
 STREETS (OLIVE AND BANYAN). SEE TABLE IV-50 BUILDING
 REQUIREMENTS? CWD 10-12
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - MINOR TEXT ERROR, BOTH BANYAN AND OLIVE ARE PRIMARY
 PEDESTRIAN STREETS IN THIS AREA (SHEET A-1 REFERS TO
 OLIVE AS AN AVENUE).
 - WILL REQUIRE VARIANCE FOR GROUND LEVEL ACTIVE USE
 REQUIREMENT ALONG OLIVE; REQUIRED 80% OF FRONTAGE;
 PROVIDED 62% (VARIANCE OF 18% OR 48.75? DIFFERENCE)
 - WILL REQUIRE VARIANCE FOR GROUND LEVEL ACTIVE USE
 REQUIREMENT ALONG BANYAN; REQUIRED 65% OF FRONTAGE;
 PROVIDED 46% (VARIANCE OF 19% OR 30.92? DIFFERENCE)
 - PLEASE INCLUDE GRAPHIC CALCULATIONS FOR THE ACTIVE
 USE REQUIREMENTS INDICATING IN THE FLOOR PLAN WHAT IS
 BEING COUNTED AND THE RESULTING PERCENTAGES. PLEASE
 REVISE THE CALCULATED FRONTAGES AND PERCENTAGES OF
 ACTIVE USE BASED ON THE BUILDABLE LOT FRONTAGE.
  
 5. PROPOSED PROJECT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM
 LINER ACTIVE USES [2 TO 3 STORIES (44?)] WHICH REQUIRES
 60%.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - WILL REQUIRE VARIANCE FOR 2ND AND 3RD STORY ACTIVE
 USE LINER REQUIREMENT ALONG OLIVE AVE AND BANYAN BLVD;
 REQUIRED 60%; PROVIDED 0% (VARIANCE OF 60%)
 - THE 1ST STORY IS A DOUBLE HEIGHT AND IT WILL BE
 COUNTED AS ONE LEVEL.
 - THE ADDITIONAL ENHANCED TREATMENT OF NORTH FA?ADE
 PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SUBMITTED
 DRAWINGS.
  
 STREETSCAPE
 6. STREETSCAPE REQUIREMENTS ARTICLE IV: SEC. 94-113,
 PROPOSED PROJECT AND PLANS SHOULD REFLECT/COORDINATE
 WITH THE CITY?S PROPOSED STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG
 BANYAN BOULEVARD.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - ONGOING COORDINATION IS STILL NEEDED.
  
 7. CITY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WIDENING THE SIDEWALK IN
 FRONT OF HISTORIC BUILDING (301 CLEMATIS) TO ALLOW FOR
 LANDSCAPING ALONG OLIVE.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - DISCUSSIONS ONGOING, DETAILS AND ACTIONS TO BE
 DETERMINED.
  
 8. STREET TREES SHALL BE PLANTED ALONG OLIVE FRONTAGE
 ADJACENT TO THE CURB AT A MAXIMUM OF 30 FEET ON CENTER.
 TREES SHALL BE A MINIMUM OF 20 FEET IN HEIGHT, AND HAVE
 A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET CLEAR TRUNK, OR AS APPROVED BY
 THE CITY. STRUCTURAL SOIL SHALL BE INSTALLED MEETING
 THE CITY APPROVED STANDARDS AS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
 UNDER ADJACENT PAVED AREAS, OR SUSPENDED PAVEMENT SOIL
 CELL SYSTEMS MAY BE INSTALLED AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - STAFF RECOMMENDS REDUCING THE DROP-OFF ON OLIVE AVE.
 TO 10? IN WIDTH. FURTHER DISCUSSION NEEDED WITH TRAFFIC
 ENGINEER.
  
 BIKES, PARKING, & LOADING
 9. AS PER ARTICLE IV: SEC. 94-111, BICYCLE PARKING MUST
 INCLUDE:
 A) (I) SECURE BIKE RACKS AND/OR STORAGE AT A RATIO OF
 ONE BICYCLE PARKING SPACE PER EVERY 15 PARKING SPACES
 PROVIDED
 B) (II) A MINIMUM OF ONE SHOWER AND CHANGING FACILITY
 SHALL BE PROVIDED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL TENANTS AND
 SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE BUILDING, OR WITHIN 200
 FEET OF THE BUILDING ENTRANCE, FOR DEVELOPMENTS GREATER
 THAN 50,000 SQUARE FEET IN GROSS BUILDING AREA.
 C) ADDITIONALLY, 1 SPACE PER 100 FT. OF STREET
 FRONTAGE; TO BE LOCATED ALONG ROW OR STREET FRONTAGES
 FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
 D) PLEASE INDICATE THE LOCATION OF SHOWER FACILITIES
 [SATISFIED]
 - DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC BIKE PARKING SPACES
 ALONG/THROUGHOUT THE FRONTAGE.
  
 10. AS PER SUBSECTION 94-485(P), PROPOSED PROJECT NOT
 IN COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIRED LOADING STANDARDS
 A) REQUIRES 2 (10?X50?) FOR COMMERCIAL USES; PROPOSED
 PLAN WILL REQUIRE A VARIANCE.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 11. PLEASE PROVIDE AN AUTOTURN STUDY AND SERVICE PLAN.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 12. STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT LOCATION OF PORTE COCHERE
 DROP-OFF ALONG OLIVE.
 A) MAY SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ON-STREET DROP-OFF.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - SHEET A-1 APPEARS TO SHOW OLD DROP-OFF WITH
 PEDESTRIAN ISLAND AND TERRACE SEATING IN DROP-OFF ROW,
 AS OPPOSED TO NEW DROP-OFF CONFIGURATION SHOWN IN
 LANDSCAPE SHEETS.
 - STAFF RECOMMENDS TO REDUCE DROP-OFF WIDTH TO 10? ?
 TALK WITH VALERIO (TRAFFIC ENGINEER)
  
 13. PLEASE INCLUDE TABLE OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 14. PLEASE DIMENSION ALL DRIVE AISLE AND PARKING
 SPACES.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 FACADE ARTICULATION
 15. WEST ELEVATION OF PROPOSED BUILDING HAS THE FIRST 7
 FLOORS AS A BLANK WALL. DOES NOT COMPLY WITH CODE SEC.
 94-109 TABLE IV-4. BLANK WALLS ARE NOT PERMITTED, AND
 EXCEEDS 20% OF THE WESTERN FACADE. REQUIRES
 FENESTRATION OR ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - B-21 HAS UPDATED ELEVATION (NOT B-18 AS RESPONSE
 INDICATES)
 - WEST ELEVATION DRAWINGS INCLUDE A BLANK WALL NOT
 PERMITTED BY CODE. GARAGE FA?ADE IS MORE THAN 20% OF
 OVERALL.
  
 16. ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT SHALL BE
 PROVIDED TO SCREEN PARKING USES.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - WITHIN THE SUBMITTED DRAWINGS NOT SEEING THE
 ALTERNATE SCREENING AND FA?ADE/ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS
 DISCUSSED IN MEETINGS, DID PLANS REVERT TO PREVIOUS
 DESIGN?
 - PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW IS THE PROJECT COMPLYING WITH THE
 PLANAR BREAK REQUIREMENTS.
  
 17. SOME ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENTS ON PORTION
 OF ALLEY (SOUTHERN FACADE) WOULD BE PREFERRED AS IT
 DOESN?T HAVE FENESTRATION.
 [SATISFIED]
 - OKAY WITH ALLEYWAY/NO CHANGE IN SOUTHERN GROUND-FLOOR
 FA?ADE.
 - ALLEYWAY RENDERINGS SHOW A CANOPY NOT ILLUSTRATED OR
 SHOWN IN DRAWINGS, PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS IN
 DRAWINGS.
  
 GENERAL SITE
 18. CITY CURRENTLY HAS A TRASH COMPACTOR ON SITE.
 FURTHER DISCUSSIONS NECESSARY TO EXPLORE OPTION TO KEEP
 COMPACTOR ON SITE.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - DISCUSSIONS ONGOING, DETAILS AND ACTIONS TO BE
 DETERMINED.
 - SPEAK WITH VINCE (SURVEY)
  
 19. FURTHER DISCUSSION NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF ALLEYWAY
 NEEDS TO BE ONE-WAY.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - DISCUSSIONS ONGOING, DETAILS AND ACTIONS TO BE
 DETERMINED.
 - SPEAK WITH VALERIO (TRAFFIC ENGINEER) EAST-WAY
 TRAFFIC FLOW MAY BE NEEDED FOR VALET OPERATIONS.
 EXPLORE OPENING IN GARAGE ON SOUTHWESTERN CORNER?
  
 20. PLEASE IDENTIFY IF THERE ARE ANY HARDSCAPE
 IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO THE ALLEYWAY.
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - FURTHER DISCUSSIONS NECESSARY TO CONFIRM THE PROPOSED
 IMPROVEMENTS ON THE CITY-OWNED ALLEY ARE VIABLE.
  
 21. PLEASE EXPLORE HOW THE DESIGN OF PROPOSED BUILDING
 CAN BETTER RELATE TO THE HISTORIC BUILDING.
 A) SCALE COMPATIBILITY WITH HISTORIC BUILDING, HISTORIC
 TREATMENTS, ETC.
 [SATISFIED]
 - HPB APPROVED
  
 22. PROVIDE SITE TABLE WITH:
 A) SITE AREA
 B) GROSS BUILDING AREA ALLOWED
 C) GROSS BUILDING AREA PROPOSED
 D) TDR?S NEEDED FOR PROJECT
 [PARTIALLY SATISFIED]
 - PLEASE UPDATE TABLE TO INCLUDE SEPARATED INFORMATION
 FOR 301 CLEMATIS AND 300 BANYAN, THEN COMBINED TOTALS.
  
 23. PLEASE LABEL WHAT THE USES ARE THAT ARE COUNTED AND
 THOSE USES EXCLUDED FROM THE GROSS BUILDING AREA
 CALCULATIONS.
 [NOT SATISFIED]
 - GROUND FLOOR CORRIDORS AND ENCLOSED STORAGE AREAS,
 ELEVATORS, AND STAIRS NEED TO BE INCLUDED. LABEL EACH
 SPACE TO CONFIRM THAT IT IS A MECHANICAL ROOM NOT
 INCLUDED WITHIN GBA.
 - STAIR AT NW CORNER ONLY SERVING GARAGE MAY BE
 EXCLUDED FROM GBA, BUT IT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED AS
 ACTIVE USE ALONG BANYAN EITHER.
 - EXPLAIN THE ELEVATORS NOT COUNTED AS FAR; PARKING
 ELEVATORS? SERVICE ELEVATORS ONLY? WHAT IS WITHIN THE
 SERVICE ROOMS?
  
 24. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT GROSS BUILDING AREA
 CALCULATIONS ARE MEASURED FROM THE EXTERIOR WALL.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 25. PLEASE IDENTIFY LOCATION OF GAS METERS AND ANY
 OTHER ABOVE GROUND UTILITY CONNECTIONS.
 A) FIRE DEPT. CONNECTION ON BANYAN SHALL BE
 WALL-MOUNTED.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 26. OPEN GROUND FLOOR AREAS EXCEED THE MAX PERMITTED
 GROUND FLOOR SETBACK.
 [SATISFIED]
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BASED ON RESUBMISSION:
 27. SOME DRAWINGS STILL SHOW THE PORTE-COCHERE ? PLEASE
 UPDATE AND VERIFY INFORMATION ACROSS DRAWINGS IS
 CONSISTENT.
 28. RENDERINGS SHOW PLANTERS ALONG OLIVE NEXT TO PATIO
 AREA BUT LANDSCAPE PLANS DO NOT SHOW ANY. GROUND FLOOR
 PLANTERS DELINEATING PUBLIC WALKWAY AND RESTAURANT
 TERRACE NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION.
 29. CONTEXTUAL RENDERINGS AND SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS ARE
 NOT UPDATED OR CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE
 CURRENT PROPOSAL.
 30. MICRO-MOBILITY STATION SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC
 ROW/VISIBLE AS OPPOSED TO IN ALLEY.
 31. IF POWER LINES ALONG THE ALLEY ARE GOING TO BE
 BURIED, PLEASE IDENTIFY THE LOCATION OF THE REQUIRED
 TRANSFORMERS.
 32. PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCE PHOTOS OF SPECIAL
 MATERIALS USED IN ELEVATIONS TO BETTER EXPLAIN THE
 FA?ADE TREATMENT.
 FOR RESUBMITTAL, PLEASE INCLUDE A RESPONSE LETTER, ONE
 FULL SET COPY (COLORED) AND A CD WITH A DIGITAL COPY.
 COMMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE A REVIEW OF RENDERINGS E-MAILED
 TO STAFF ON 10/15/21.
  
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