Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z21080015
Project Number Z21080015
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 3
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Date Text
2022-06-28 16:39:13CASE NO. 1895 - MAY 27, 2022 RESUBMITTAL
 NORTHWOOD COMMONS - NMUD ANCHOR SITE
 BROADWAY & 24TH STREET
  
 - 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 .PNG 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.
  
 - ONCE THE COMMENTS ARE RESUBMITTED AND DEEMED
 SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED, THE CASE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR
 THE NEXT AVAILABLE PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT
 RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM
 THE DATE OF THESE COMMENTS (BY SEPTEMBER 28, 2022), 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 CASE IS CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN.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 PREVIOUSLY ISSUED COMMENTS CONTINUE
 WERE NOT ADDRESSED, SO THE APPLICANT IS ASSESSED A
 RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE WILL BE 20% OF THE ORIGINAL
 APPLICATION FEE ($600).
  
 - PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION SIGNAGE SHALL BE POSTED
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
 94-39(I)(5) OF THE ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
 REGULATIONS.
  
 THE DSI RESUBMITTAL ORIGINALLY COINCIDED WITH A CODE
 TEXT CHANGE TO THE NMUD DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. IT IS
 ANTICIPATED THAT A CODE AMENDMENT FOR THE
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY
 COMMISSION IN JULY. STAFF HAS NOTED AREAS WHERE THE NEW
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS IS PREFERABLE TO AN NMUD TEXT
 CHANGE. THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THE NMUD TEXT WILL
 NEED TO BE AMENDED REGARDLESS SUCH AS TO THE REGULATING
 MAPS.
  
 1) THE PLANS SHOW DISCREPANCIES FOR THE ULTIMATE
 OWNERSHIP AND BOUNDARY STATUS OF THE BROADWAY
 EXTENSION. THE CIVIL AND LANDSCAPE PLANS SHOW A
 DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHILE THE SITE PLAN SHOWS IT AS
 PRIVATE PROPERTY. THERE ARE CONFLICTING CODE
 IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW THE BROADWAY EXTENSION IS
 CLASSIFIED. THE PLANNING COMMENTS ARE BASED ON THE
 BROADWAY EXTENSION BEING PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH AN
 ACCESS EASEMENT. THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS STILL
 DETERMINING THE MOST APPROPRIATE OPTION.
  
 2) THE DEMOLITION PLAN SHOWS THAT THE "LOT 23" BUILDING
 AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE WILL STILL BE
 REMOVED AS PART OF THE PROJECT. THE PLANS SHOW A NEW
 BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION; HOWEVER, THE DETAILS OF THIS
 BUILDING, TO INCLUDE DIMENSIONS, SETBACKS, HEIGHT, FULL
 ELEVATIONS, ETC. HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED. THIS WOULD BE
 BUILDING D ON THE PLANS. SINCE IT IS IN THE NORTHWOOD
 ROAD HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE
 HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD.
  
 3) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE A REVISED TRAFFIC
 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS APPROVAL LETTER FROM THE PALM
 BEACH COUNTY TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR THE SCOPE OF THE
 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE UPDATED PLANS AND
 TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS (73,990 SF RETAIL AND 364 DU).
 THE TRAFFIC LETTER NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT THE ANCHOR
 SITE PROJECT BOUNDARIES ARE NOT VACANT, BUT THAT THE
 CONTAIN BUILDINGS (3) AS SHOWN ON THE SURVEY. *** THE
 LATEST TIA SHOWS THE NEW USE MIX HAVING LESS IMPACT
 THAN WHAT THE CURRENT TPS LETTER SHOWS; THEREFORE, THE
 UPDATED TPS LETTER IS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULING OF THE
 CITY COMMISSION HEARING.
  
 4) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE A PREDETERMINATION LETTER
 FROM FDOT FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE FDOT
 RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF BROADWAY AND 24TH AND 25TH STREETS
 ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT. *** THIS IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO
 SCHEDULING A PLANNING BOARD HEARING.
  
 5) REPEAT COMMENT: SECTION 94-209.J.1.C REQUIRES THAT
 PROJECTS WITH THREE OR MORE DISTINCTLY SEPARATE
 BUILDINGS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FRONT
 ELEVATIONS. SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FRONT ELEVATIONS
 SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO VARIATIONS IN
 FENESTRATION, MATERIAL, MASSING AND COLOR. BUILDINGS B
 AND C DO NOT HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FRONT
 ELEVATIONS FROM EACH OTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE
 REQUIREMENTS. BUILDING D WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH THIS
 REQUIREMENT AS WELL. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BUILDING C
 ELEVATIONS HAVE CHANGED FROM THOSE PRESENTED TO THE
 HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND WILL REQUIRE APPROVAL
 FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.
  
 6) BUILDING B: SHEET A0.03 PROJECT DATA AND SHEET A405
 SHOW DIFFERING HEIGHTS FOR THE BUILDING LEVELS. ALL
 PLANS MUST SHOW CONSISTENT, ACCURATE INFORMATION. WHAT
 IS LEVEL 1.5 LISTED ON THE DATA TABLE?
  
 7) BUILDING C: SHEET A0.03 PROJECT DATA AND SHEET A406
 SHOW DIFFERING HEIGHTS FOR THE BUILDING LEVELS. ALL
 PLANS MUST SHOW CONSISTENT, ACCURATE INFORMATION.
  
 8) THE MINIMUM UNIT SIZE IN NMUD IS 550 SF. BUILDING A
 LEVEL 3 UNITS 5 AND 19, LEVEL 4 UNITS 9 AND 23, AND
 LEVELS 5 THROUGH 9 UNITS 10 AND 24 DO NOT MEET THIS
 MINIMUM.
  
 9) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE THE HEIGHTS OF THE ROOFTOP
 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
 SCREENING HEIGHTS FOR ALL BUILDINGS SO THAT STAFF CAN
 VERIFY THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS SCREENED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THE NMUD REQUIREMENTS. THE PARAPET HEIGHTS SHOWN
 (STAFF HAD TO SCALE THE DRAWINGS) FOR BUILDINGS B AND C
 WILL NOT SCREEN THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE A/C UNITS WHERE
 THEY ARE LOCATED ON THE ROOF PLANS.
  
 10) UPDATED COMMENT: THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
 INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR THE INTERSECTION OF
 THE BROADWAY EXTENSION AND NORTHWOOD ROAD. IT APPEARS
 THAT THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT HERE WITH PROPOSED
 BUILDING D. NOTE: THE CITY?S TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS
 PERMITTED TO REVIEW THE SPECIFIC INTERSECTION
 CONFIGURATION, SPECIFICALLY THE EXISTING BULB OUTS AND
 DETERMINE IF THE PROPOSED BUILDING D PLACEMENT DOES NOT
 PRESENT A VISIBILITY HAZARD.
  
 11) UPDATED COMMENT: THE MAXIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR FLEX
 BUILDINGS IS 200 FEET AND TOWER BUILDINGS IS 250 FEET.
 THE LOT CONTAINING BUILDINGS A AND B EXCEEDS THIS BASED
 ON THE ABANDONMENT OF PINEWOOD AND NORTHWOOD ROAD AND
 THE BLOCK NO LONGER BOUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY STREETS OR
 RR. **** POSSIBLE NEW VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD
 OF CODE CHANGE.
 12) THE ADDITIONAL ABANDONMENT OF PINEWOOD AND
 NORTHWOOD ROAD RESULTS IN EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM BLOCK
 LENGTH AND PERIMETER DIMENSION. **** POSSIBLE NEW
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE CHANGE.
  
 13) THE PROPOSAL IS NOW TO ABANDON THE REMAINDER OF
 PINEWOOD AND NORTHWOOD ROAD, WEST OF BROADWAY. THE
 PROPERTY AND SETBACK LINES SHOWN ON THE PLANS NEED TO
 BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE NEW PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
  
 14) UPDATED COMMENT: STAFF IS HAVING DIFFICULTY
 VERIFYING THAT THE TOWER AND THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
 ARE NOT ENCROACHING ON THE BROADWAY SETBACK. THE PLAN,
 SECTION AND ELEVATION DRAWINGS SHOW DIFFERENCES
 INCLUDING THAT THE TOWER BOTH IS AND IS NOT SET BACK 15
 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE PODIUM. BETTER, DIMENSIONED
 GRAPHICS AT A LARGER SCALE NEED TO BE PROVIDED TO
 VERIFY THAT THERE IS NO SETBACK ENCROACHMENT.
  
 15) UPDATED COMMENT: SHEET A0.02 CONTINUES TO LIST THE
 GROSS LAND AREA AS 144,250 SQUARE FEET. SHEET L1.01 NOW
 LISTS THE SITE AS HAVING 128,027.
  
 A. THE SITE NOW HAS TWO DEVELOPMENT PARCELS (ONE
 INCLUDING BUILDINGS A, B AND D AND ONE WITH BUILDING
 C), EACH MUST INDEPENDENTLY MEET THE LANDSCAPE, OPEN
 SPACE, STREETSCAPE, PERVIOUS, ETC. REQUIREMENTS OF
 NMUD.
 B. THE LAND AREA FOR EACH PARCEL NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE
 ABANDONED RIGHTS-OF-WAY. NOTE THAT THE BROADWAY
 EXTENSION AND NEW PINEWOOD WILL NOT BE SEPARATE
 PARCELS, BUT RATHER ACCESS EASEMENTS.
  
 16) BUILDING FRONTAGE (NOTE: THE COMMENTS BELOW ARE
 BASED ON ALL OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE PARCEL
 CONTAINING BUILDINGS A, B AND D REMAINING PRIVATE
 EASEMENTS):
  
 A.THE NMUD REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF 50%
 BUILDING FRONTAGE IS PROVIDED ALONG 23RD STREET WITHIN
 THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SETBACK. THE LINEAR DIMENSION
 ALONG 23RD STREET IS 360 FEET, SO A MINIMUM BUILDING
 FRONTAGE OF 180 FEET IS REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION
 OF BUILDING B EXCEEDS THE 20-FOOT MAXIMUM SETBACK,
 WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED TO COUNT TOWARD THE BUILDING
 FRONTAGE. STAFF CALCULATES THE TOTAL BUILDING FRONTAGE
 ALONG 23RD STREET AS ONLY 117 FEET, WHICH CONSISTS OF
 THE PORTION OF BUILDING A FRONTING PLAZA 4, THE
 PORTIONS OF BUILDING B THAT MEET THE MAXIMUM SETBACK
 AND BUILDING D. THIS COULD BE SOLVED BY MOVING THE
 BUILDING B TO THE SOUTH.
 B. BUILDING A FRONTAGE COMPLIES ON 25TH STREET AND
 BROADWAY.
 C. THE NMUD REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF 90%
 BUILDING FRONTAGE IS PROVIDED ALONG NORTHWOOD ROAD
 WITHIN THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SETBACK. THE EXISTING
 BUILDING D DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH FRONTAGE. SINCE THIS
 AREA IS NOT WITHIN THE CORE SUBDISTRICT, A VARIANCE
 WOULD BE REQUIRED.
 D. BUILDING C FRONTAGE COMPLIES ON NORTHWOOD ROAD, 24TH
 STREET AND BROADWAY.
  
 17) UPDATED COMMENT: THE NMUD REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT
 THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE UPPER LEVELS OF A MIXED-USE
 BUILDING SHALL BE FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE
 PRIMARY ENTRANCE TO THE UPPER LEVELS OF BUILDING B IS
 SHOWN FROM NEW PINEWOOD, WHICH IS NOT A PUBLIC
 RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT RATHER AN EASEMENT. THIS CAN BE
 SOLVED BY HAVING A DOORWAY TO THE LOBBY FACING 23RD
 STREET.
  
 18) UPDATED COMMENT: THE NMUD REGULATIONS CURRENTLY
 LIMIT THE TOWER FLOOR PLATE TO 30,000 SQUARE FEET FOR
 ANY SINGLE FLOORPLATE WITH AND AVERAGE FLOORPLATE OF UP
 TO 20,000 SQUARE FEET. THE MAXIMUM TOWER FLOORPLATES
 ARE SHOWN AT 36,475 SQUARE FEET, THE MAXIMUM FLOORPLATE
 WILL BE NO GREATER THAN 40,000 SQUARE FEET. THE NMUD
 FLOOR PLATE AVERAGE ONLY APPLIES TO THE TOWER PORTION
 OF BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CORE SUBDISTRICT. PROVIDE THE
 AVERAGE FLOORPLATE OF FLOORS L-4 THROUGH L-9 AS THESE
 ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT APPLY. **** POSSIBLE NEW
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE CHANGE.
  
 DESIGN STANDARDS
  
 19) UPDATED COMMENT: ACTIVE USE STANDARDS
  
 A. THE STOREFRONT GLAZING CALCULATIONS WERE NOT
 ACCURATELY PROVIDED. SECTION 94-209.J.1.G.I.4. REQUIRES
 THAT STOREFRONTS HAVE A TRANSPARENT GLAZED AREA OF NOT
 LESS THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE GROUND LEVEL FACADE AREA.
 THE TABLE AND DRAWINGS PROVIDED FOR BUILDING A DO NOT
 PROVIDE THE FACADE AREA FOR ONLY THE GROUND FLOOR THAT
 CAN THEN BE USED TO DETERMINE IF THE PROVIDED GROUND
 GLAZING LEVEL SQUARE FOOTAGE COMPLIES WITH THE 70%
 MINIMUM.
 B. THE REQUIRED STOREFRONT GLAZING CALCULATIONS FOR
 BUILDINGS B, C AND D WAS NOT PROVIDED.
 C. THE ACTIVE USE LINER REQUIRED BY SECTION
 94-209.J.1.G.II. IS REQUIRED TO BE ON EACH LEVEL OF
 EACH BUILDING FRONTAGE ABOVE THE GROUND FLOOR.
 ADDITIONALLY, SECTION 94-209.E.2.B.I. REQUIRES A 20
 FOOT DEEP LINER ALONG 24TH STREET. **** POSSIBLE NEW
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE CHANGE.
  
 20) UPDATED COMMENT: NO FENESTRATION WAS PROVIDED ALONG
 THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING ALONG THE RR AS
 REQUIRED BY SECTION 94-209.J.I. **** POSSIBLE NEW
 VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE CHANGE.
  
 21) UPDATED COMMENT: SECTION 94-209.J.A. REQUIRES THE
 PROVISION OF PLANAR BREAKS. WHILE THE PLANS APPEAR TO
 SHOW ARTICULATION ON THE FACADES THAT REFLECT PLANAR
 BREAKS, THE PLANS DO NOT INCLUDE DEPTH DIMENSIONS FOR
 THE VARIOUS FEATURES, NOR IS A TABLE PROVIDED TO SHOW
 THAT THE CUMULATIVE HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF ALL PLANAR
 BREAKS SHALL BE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 20% OF EACH
 BUILDING FRONTAGE EXCEEDING 150 FEET FOR BUILDINGS A, B
 AND C HAVE BEEN MET.
  
 22) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE
 PROJECTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS (EX. BALCONIES AND OTHER
 ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES) ON THE PLANS AND ELEVATIONS SO
 THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE NMUD
 REGULATIONS. THIS HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED FOR ALL OF THE
 FACADES ON ALL THE BUILDINGS.
  
 23) THE SITE PLANS DO NOT SHOW ALL THE UTILITIES - EX.
 FIRE HYDRANT MISSING AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUILDING C.
 ALL PLANS MUST SHOW ACCURATE CONDITIONS.
  
 STREETSCAPE
  
 24) REPEAT COMMENT: NO DETAILS WERE PROVIDED ON THE
 SITE LIGHTING TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE NMUD
 REGULATIONS. *** THIS IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO SCHEDULING A
 PLANNING BOARD HEARING SO THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY THAT
 THERE IS NO INCONSISTENCY WITH THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
 THE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT
 STREETLIGHTS BE PROVIDED ALONG PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY
 ADJACENT TO THE SITE. CLEARLY SHOW THE PEDESTRIAN
 ORIENTED LIGHTING FOR THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THE SITE ON
 THE PLANS. THE LANDSCAPE AND CIVIL PLANS INDICATE THAT
 SOME EXISTING LIGHTS WILL REMAIN, BUT NOT ALL OF THE
 SITE IS COVERED.
  
 25) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING A NOTE
 STATING WHERE THE SIDEWALKS OR WALKWAYS CROSS THE
 DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES TO THE PARKING FACILITIES, LOADING
 AREAS, OR STREETS (BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC), THE
 SIDEWALK OR WALKWAY IS CONTINUOUS AND REMAINS AT A
 CONSTANT LEVEL; HOWEVER, THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOWN IN
 CROSS-SECTION (OR OTHER GRAPHIC METHOD) ON THE PLANS,
 PREFERABLY THE CIVIL PLANS.
  
 26) REPEAT COMMENT: THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS MUST SHOW
 THE MEDIANS IN BROADWAY THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE CIVIL AND
 LANDSCAPE PLANS. THE LANE WIDTH DIMENSIONS NEED TO BE
 PROVIDED AT THESE LOCATIONS.
  
 27) UPDATED COMMENT: ROADWAY CROSS-SECTIONS.
  
 A. THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN SECTION A-A ON SHEET
 C2.05 AND THE SAME LOCATION ON SHEET A-301. SHEET A-301
 SHOWS THE 10-FOOT SIDEWALK DIMENSION EXTENDING INTO THE
 PARKING SPACE. THE SECTION A-A DOES NOT MATCH AND
 EXCEEDS THE 60 FEET BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
 B. SECTION B-B ON SHEET C2.05 EXCEEDS THE 60 FEET
 BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND CALLS OUT LANDSCAPING WHERE IT IS
 ACTUALLY PAVED AREA.
 C. THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SECTION C-C ON SHEET
 A2.05 DO NOT MATCH THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SHEET
 A-301. THERE IS ONE FOOT LESS WIDTH SHOWN ON SECTION
 C-C. ALL PLANS NEED TO SHOW THE SAME, ACCURATE
 CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, SECTION C-C DOES NOT DEPICT
 WHAT IS OCCURRING IN THE ROW BETWEEN THE CURB AND
 PROPERTY LINE TO VERIFY THAT THE MINIMUM 5-FOOT WIDE
 UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
 D. THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SECTION D-D ON SHEET
 A2.05 DO NOT MATCH THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SHEET
 A-301. THERE IS ONE FOOT LESS WIDTH SHOWN ON SECTION
 D-D. ALL PLANS NEED TO SHOW THE SAME, ACCURATE
 CONDITIONS.
 E. SECTION E-E ON SHEET A2.05 DOES NOT ACCURATELY
 DEPICT WHAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS LOCATION. EX. TREE
 GRATE NOT SHOWN.
 F. THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SECTION F-F ON SHEET
 A2.05 DO NOT MATCH THE DIMENSIONS PROVIDED ON SHEET
 A-301. THERE IS ONE FOOT MORE WIDTH SHOWN ON SECTION
 F-F.
 G. SECTION G-G ON SHEET A2.05 DOES NOT ACCURATELY
 DEPICT WHAT IS OCCURRING AT THIS LOCATION. EX.
 LANDSCAPE STRIP NOT SHOWN.
 H. SECTION H-H ON SHEET A2.05 DOES NOT ACCURATELY
 REFLECT THE SITE PLAN OR OTHER CIVIL PLANS.
 ADDITIONALLY, THE STATUS OF THE BROADWAY EXTENSION HAS
 NOT BEEN DETERMINED BY THE CITY, SO THE PROPERTY LINES
 WILL BE INCORRECT. BUILDING D DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ANY
 STREETSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, TO INCLUDE THE ROADWAY
 CROSS-SECTION REQUIREMENTS.
  
 28) THE EXTENSION OF BROADWAY AND CONCURRENT CLOSING OF
 THE VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BROADWAY AND PINEWOOD
 RESULTS IN MORE TRAFFIC BEING ROUTED TO 23RD STREET
 SOUTH OF THE PROJECT. CURRENTLY 23RD STREET WEST OF THE
 BROADWAY EXTENSION IS ONE-WAY WEST WITH A BULB OUT TO
 RESTRICT THE EASTWARD FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS WILL NEED
 TO BE REMOVED AND THIS SECTION OF 23RD STREET REOPENED
 TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC, WITH APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC MARKINGS.
  
 PARKING/LOADING
  
 29) PROVIDE VEHICLE TURNING RADIUS DRAWING FOR MOVING
 TRUCKS INTO/OUT OF THE LOADING AREAS.
  
 30) UPDATED COMMENT: ALL LEVELS OF THE PARKING GARAGE
 MUST BE SCREENED BY A LINER BUILDING CONTAINING A
 MINIMUM DEPTH OF 20 FEET OF HABITABLE SPACE. THIS IS
 NOT MET ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF 25TH STREET. ****
 POSSIBLE NEW VARIANCE/WAIVER PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE
 CHANGE. IF DONE AS A CODE TEXT CHANGE, THE SPECIFIC
 CODE LANGUAGE MUST INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF
 ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT AND PLANAR BREAKS TO VARY THE
 FACADE IN ORDER TO CONCEAL THE NON-HABITABLE PARKING.
  
 31) THERE ARE FOUR PARKING SPACES IN THE NORTHEAST
 CORNER OF LEVEL 1.5 THAT DO NOT CONTAIN A COLOR OR
 LABELS AND ONE SPACE IN THE SOUTH PORTION THAT DOES NOT
 CONTAIN A LABEL.
  
 32) UPDATED COMMENT: DEAD END PARKING ROWS FOR
 UNASSIGNED, TO INCLUDE PUBLIC, PARKING ARE NOT
 PERMITTED WITHOUT A TURNAROUND SPACE. THE DEAD-END
 PARKING ROW ON LEVEL 1.5 MUST CONTAIN A TURNAROUND
 SPACE. THIS REMOVED SPACE MUST BE REFLECTED ON ALL THE
 PARKING TABLES.
  
 33) UPDATED COMMENT: SECTION 94-209.2.A.IV. REQUIRES
 THAT ALL PARKING GARAGES MUST HAVE DIRECT PEDESTRIAN
 ACCESS TO A PUBLIC WALKWAY. THE PUBLIC ELEVATORS THAT
 ARE NOW DESIGNATED ON THE PLAN DO NOT PROVIDE ACCESS TO
 A PUBLIC WALKWAY, BUT RATHER THE INTERNAL PRIVATE
 ROADWAY NETWORK. **** POSSIBLE NEW VARIANCE/WAIVER
 PROCESS INSTEAD OF CODE CHANGE.
  
 34) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE COLUMN
 LOCATIONS ON THE GARAGE LEVELS:
  
 A. PLEASE PROVIDE A DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW THE ?FINS?
 SHOWN ON EACH SIDE OF EACH COLUMN INTERACT WITH THE
 PARKING SPACES THAT THEY ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO. IN
 MANY INSTANCES THESE FINS EXTEND INTO THE PARKING
 SPACES AND DRIVE AISLES MAKING THEM NO LONGER COMPLIANT
 WITH CODE MINIMUMS.
 B. THE COLUMNS ARE SHOWN EXTENDING ON LEVELS 3 AND
 ABOVE. SOME OF THE COLUMNS ARE NO LONGER WITHIN THE
 BUILDING AND VIOLATE THE TOWER SETBACK, WHICH IS NOT
 PERMITTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE EXTERIOR COLUMNS, EVEN
 WHERE THE SETBACK IS NOT VIOLATED, ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS AND RENDERINGS.
  
 35) UPDATED COMMENT: THE PARKING STALL DETAIL WAS
 REMOVED FROM THE PLANS AND NOT REPLACED. PROVIDED A
 CITY CODE COMPLIANT PARKING DETAIL FOR ALL CONDITIONS.
  
 36) REPEAT COMMENT: THE PARKING PROVIDED TABLES SHALL
 CLEARLY SEPARATE THE PROVIDE ADA SPACES FROM THE TOTAL
 PROVIDED SPACES FOR EACH CATEGORY. THE CURRENT LINE
 ITEM FOR L2 PARKING GARAGE MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THERE ARE
 ADA SPACES IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR SPACES, WHICH
 OVERSTATES THE NUMBER OF PROVIDED PARKING SPACES.
  
 37) THERE ARE 26 PARKING ON-STREET PARKING SPACES, NOT
 25 AS LISTED.
  
 38) UPDATED COMMENT: THE PLANS AND DATA TABLES DO NOT
 CLEARLY SHOW THE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH CRA. THESE NEED TO
 BE A SEPARATE LINE ITEM ON THE TABLES AND A SHOWN WITH
 A SEPARATE MARKING FROM THE REQUIRED RETAIL SPACES.
 STAFF HAS COUNTED THE NUMBER OF SPACES MARKED AS PUBLIC
 PARKING AND IT IS DEFICIENT FOR RETAIL PLUS PUBLIC
 PARKING SINCE ONLY 2 PARKING SPACES IN EXCESS OF THE
 RETAIL REQUIREMENT ARE PROVIDED.
  
 39) REPEAT COMMENT: THE CRA AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT THE
 DEVELOPER CONSTRUCT PUBLIC PARKING SPACES IN AN AMOUNT
 TO EQUAL 10% OF THE PARKING REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
 WHILE THE PLANS DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE WHERE THE
 CRA REQUIRED PARKING SPACES ARE LOCATED, IT APPEARS
 THAT SOME OF THEM ARE INTENDED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN THE
 ON-STREET PARKING SHOWN ON THE PLANS. SINCE THE
 LANGUAGE REQUIRES THAT NEW PARKING SPACES BE
 CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE CRA REQUIREMENT, PROVIDE AN
 EXISTING PARKING INVENTORY OF THE ON-STREET PARKING
 SPACES. EXISTING PARKING SPACES MAY NOT BE COUNTED AS
 NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SPACES, AND ANY SPACES BEING REMOVED,
 WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND MAY NOT BE COUNTED AS
 NEWLY CREATED PARKING SPACES.
  
 40) REPEAT COMMENT: THE PROJECT REQUIRES 15 BICYCLE
 SPACES FOR THE COMMERCIAL PORTION AND 38 BICYCLE SPACES
 FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION. THERE ARE 53 TOTAL
 REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING SPACES. THIS SHALL BE
 CORRECTLY REFLECTED ON THE PARKING TABLES AND SHOWN ON
 THE PLANS. THE CURRENT PLAN ONLY LISTS 44 REQUIRED
 BICYCLE PARKING SPACES.
  
 41) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS AND DETAIL
 FOR THE BICYCLE RACKS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF SPACES,
 LOCATED IN THE BICYCLE STORAGE ROOM AS WELL AS THE
 DIMENSIONS OF THE ROOM AND THE RACKS IN THE ROOM. THIS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED ON ITS OWN BICYCLE ROOM DETAIL SHEET
 THAT THIS AT A LEGIBLE SCALE.
  
 42) UPDATED COMMENT: ON-STREET BICYCLE FACILITIES ARE
 REQUIRED. THE HARDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS ON-STREET BICYCLE
 RACKS, YET THE ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE AND CIVIL PLANS
 DO NOT. ALL PLANS MUST SHOW THE SAME CODE COMPLIANT
 CONDITIONS. ON-STREET BICYCLE PAD DIMENSIONS MUST BE
 CLEARLY SHOWN ON THE PLANS SO THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY
 THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT ROOM AND THAT SIDEWALKS ARE
 NOT BLOCKED. THE PADS MUST INCLUDE THE RACKS AND THE
 DIMENSIONS FROM THE RACKS TO THE EDGE OF THE PAD. FOR
 CLARITY THIS DETAIL SHALL BE PROVIDED AT A BIGGER
 SCALE.
  
 43) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS FROM THE
 MICRO MOBILITY STATIONS TO THE PROPOSED PLAZA LANDSCAPE
 AREAS SO STAFF CAN VERIFY THE PEDESTRIAN CLEARANCES.
  
 LANDSCAPE
  
 44) THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AROUND BUILDING D HAS NOT
 BEEN PROVIDED. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ADEQUATE
 ROOM TO INSTALL THIS ALONG THE BROADWAY EXTENSION.
  
 45) THE LANDSCAPE PLANS DO NOT SHOW ALL OF THE PINEWOOD
 AND PASEO SUPPORT COLUMNS. ALL OF THE COLUMNS ALONG
 PINEWOOD NEED TO HAVE THE BASE PLANTINGS.
  
 46) ALL BACK FLOW PREVENTORS MUST BE LOCATED ON PRIVATE
 PROPERTY AND NOT WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPE
 STRIP. THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED
 WHERE THESE WILL NO LONGER EXIST IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
  
 47) THE WATER AND FIRE LINES IN PLAZA IV ARE SHOWN IN
 DIRECT CONFLICT WITH PROPOSED TREES.
  
 48) THE COLUMNS FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUILDING A ARE
 NOT SHOWN ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN WITHIN PLAZA III AND
 DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH SOME OF THE PROPOSED TREES.
 ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE REVIEW THE COLUMN ORIENTATION
 DETAILS AS THEY PROGRESS UP THE LEVELS AT THIS LOCATION
 AS THEY CHANGE.
  
 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
  
 49) THE PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE AS
 THE PASEO WAS BASED ON THE DESIGNS WITH NO PUBLIC OPEN
 SPACE THAT MET THE CODE DEFINITION OF OPEN TO THE SKY.
 THE NEW DESIGN THAT INCORPORATES CLOSURE OF NORTHWOOD
 ROAD AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AS PUBLIC
 OPEN SPACE SEEMS TO MEET THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT
 REQUIREMENT. STAFF DID SOME ROUGH CALCULATIONS AND IT
 SEEMS TO BE CLOSE. PROVIDE CALCULATIONS OF THIS AREA
 (PLAZA III AND IV) THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF OPEN
 SPACE - OPEN TO THE SKY AND NOT WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
 OR REQUIRED MINIMUM SETBACK. THE AMOUNT OF AREA FOR
 PLAZA III WILL BE REDUCED ON THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH
 AS WELL AS WHERE THE OVERHEAD PASSAGE IS. PLAZA IV WILL
 BE REDUCED ON THE NORTH SIDE DUE TO THE OVERHANG PLUS
 THE REQUIRED 10-FOOT SETBACK. IF THIS AREA IS LESS THAN
 10,000 SQUARE FEET STAFF CAN REVIEW THE MERITS OF THE
 PASEO TEXT CHANGE VS. A VARIANCE TO THE AMOUNT OF
 REQUIRED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE VS. OPEN SPACE CODE CHANGE
 SIMILAR TO THE DMP TO PERMIT CERTAIN COVERED AREAS TO
 APPLY AS OPEN SPACE. IT MAY STILL BE NECESSARY TO ADD
 PUBLIC PASEO AS A FEATURE, BUT STAFF PREFERS THAT THIS
 NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUE OPEN SPACE.
  
 PRIVATE OPEN SPACE
  
 50) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A TABLE
 AND PLAN THAT DESCRIBE THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 A. THE TABLE DOES NOT CONTAIN THE SAME SITE AREA THAT
 IS LISTED ON THE DATA COVER SHEET. NOTE: THIS WILL
 CHANGE WHEN COMMENT NUMBER 15 IS ADDRESSED.
 B. PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS BASED ON THE SITE AREA WHERE
 THE BUILDING(S) IS LOCATED. BUILDINGS A, B AND D ARE
 ALL LOCATED ON ONE SITE, SO 10% OF THIS SITE AREA SHALL
 BE PROVIDED AS PRIVATE OPEN SPACE. THIS MAY ALL BE
 CONTAINED ON THE BUILDING A AMENITY DECK. PLEASE NOTE
 THAT THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE TABLE LISTS PRIVATE OPEN
 SPACE ON LEVEL 2 OF BUILDING B, WHICH HAS NOT OPEN
 SPACE AT THIS LOCATION.
 C. PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW THE BUILDING C PRIVATE
 OPEN SPACE MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
 94-210.K.3.C. PRIVATE OPEN SPACES SHALL PROVIDE SHADED
 AREAS, AND THEIR GROUND SURFACE SHALL BE A COMBINATION
 OF PAVING MATERIALS, LAWN, OR GROUND COVER. NOTE:
 ROOFTOP STRUCTURES MUST CLEARLY SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
 EXCEEDING THE HEIGHT ALLOWANCE.
  
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