Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z21080015
Project Number Z21080015
Review Stop L
Sequence Number 5
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2022-10-03 09:49:17FROM: RAY CARANCI, SENIOR LANDSCAPE PLANNER
 561-822-1462
 PROJECT: NORTHWOOD ANCHOR SITE DSI Z21080015
 SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
 I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE REFERENCED PETITION, AND
 PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
  
  
 1. SATISFIED. SECTION 94-448 (D)(3) REQUIRES NATIVE
 TREES AND PALMS IN GOOD CONDITION TO BE PRESERVED ON
 SITE OR RELOCATED. ANSI A 300 (PART 5) STANDARDS
 SPECIFY EXAMPLES OF SUITABILITY RATINGS OF GOOD,
 MODERATE, OR POOR FOR RELOCATION. PROVIDE AN ARBORISTS
 REPORT RATING THE CONDITION AND RELOCATION POTENTIAL
 FOR THE NATIVE TREES AND PALMS. THERE ARE LIVE OAKS,
 SABAL PALMS, AND ROYAL PALMS THAT ARE INDICATED TO BE
 REMOVED. NON NATIVE TREES AND PALMS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
 BE RELOCATED.
 2. MAKE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS TO THE TREE
 DISPOSITION LIST:
 ??? SATISFIED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE TREES AND PALMS THAT
 ARE MISIDENTIFIED ON THE TREE DISPOSITION LIST.
 ??? SATISFIED. ONLY TREES PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED WITH A
 CANOPY DIAMETER OF 20 FEET OR MORE SHOULD HAVE THE
 MITIGATION SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATED BASED ON THE
 ACTUAL DIAMETER. TREES LESS THAN 20 FEET CANOPY
 DIAMETER AND PALMS SHOULD SHOW THE CATEGORY MITIGATION
 DUE.
 SHOW THE MITIGATION SQUARE FOOTAGE DUE FOR PALMS BY
 CATEGORY (CATEGORY 3 IS 100 SQ FT, CATEGORY 4 IS 50 SQ
 FT.)
 ??? SATISFIED. MULTIPLE PALMS PLANTED TOGETHER MUST
 HAVE EACH SINGLE TRUNK COUNTED TOWARD MITIGATION.
 EXAMPLE: TRIPLE ADONIDIA WOULD BE 3 X 50 SQ FT.
 ??? SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE TOTAL MITIGATION SQUARE
 FOOTAGE DUE.
 PROVIDE THE TOTAL MITIGATION SQUARE FOOTAGE DUE.
 ??? SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE MITIGATION SQUARE FOOTAGE
 PROVIDED BASED ON THE PLANT LIST.
  
 3. SATISFIED. PROVIDE A DIAGRAM OF THE REQUIRED AND
 PROVIDED PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, PRIVATE OPEN AREAS AND
 URBAN GREENWAYS SYSTEM FOR EACH PARCEL IN THE NMUD
 ZONING DISTRICT. IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF OPEN SPACE. 10%
 COMMON PRIVATE OPEN SPACE IS REQUIRED.
 THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE NEEDS TO BE QUANTIFIED,
 IDENTIFIED AS TO THE TYPE, AND ALL REQUIREMENTS NEED TO
 BE SHOWN FOR THAT OPEN SPACE TYPE.
 SURFACE PARKING AREAS CANNOT BE COUNTED TOWARD REQUIRED
 OPEN SPACE.
 4/13/22 SHEET A103.0 COULD NOT BE LOCATED IN THE
 SUBMITTAL. SHEET L102 SHOWS SURFACE PARKING AREA
 COUNTED AS LANDSCAPE OPEN SPACE.
  
 4. SATISFIED. SHOW THE ROOFTOP TERRACES AND INCLUDE HOW
 THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 94-210 P. 5. ARE MET,
 INCLUDING 15% LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AND PROVIDE A
 LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR EACH AREA.
  
 5. SATISFIED. IDENTIFY RELOCATED TREES OR PALMS ON THE
 PLANT LIST AND COUNT THEM TOWARD THE REQUIRED TREES.
  
 6. SATISFIED. IF ANY ARTIFICIAL TURF AREAS ARE
 PROPOSED, THEY MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
 94-451, INCLUDING ALL AREAS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY CODE
 MUST NOT BE VISIBLE FROM A ROAD OR STREET.
  
 7. SATISFIED. BUFFER TREES AND HEDGES MUST BE PROVIDED
 ALONG ALL BUFFERS. THERE IS A LARGE GAP IN THE TREES
 ADJACENT TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOT. THE
 WEST PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE FEC RAILROAD RIGHT
 OF WAY REQUIRES AT LEAST A 5 FOOT BUFFER STRIP PER
 SECTION 94-209 2. F. 1. E.
  
 THE BUFFER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SURFACE PARKING LOT
 DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIRED WIDTH.
  
 8. SATISFIED. PROVIDE CALCULATIONS FOR REQUIRED STREET
 TREES AT MAXIMUM SPACING EVERY 30 FEET OR PORTION
 THEREOF AND SHOW THE NUMBER PROVIDED FOR EACH
 STREETSCAPE LENGTH. SHOW THE REQUIRED PLANTING STRIP.
  
 4/13/22 EACH BLOCK STREET SEGMENT MUST BE LISTED WITH
 THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE AND THE
 REQUIRED AND PROVIDED STREET TREES SHOWN. CANNOT
 COMBINE SEGMENTS. THE NUMBER IN SOME SEGMENTS DOES NOT
 MEET CODE. THE OVERALL INTENT IS TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM
 TREE CANOPY COVERAGE FOR ALL SEGMENTS.
  
 6/27/22 THE AREA ALONG 25TH STREET SHOWS A LONG GAP
 BETWEEN TREES WITH UTILITY VALVES AND FIRE HYDRANT.
 THIS NEEDS TO BE SPREAD OUT TO ALLOW TREES TO BE IN
 BETWEEN VALVES.
 STREET TREES ARE NOT SHOWN ON THE NORTHWOOD ROAD
 SEGMENT.
  
 9. SATISFIED. CORRECT THE CODE REQUIREMENTS CHART ON
 SHEET L1.01TO UPDATE THE SHADE AND FLOWERING TREE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 94-442 C. 2. B. TO CURRENT
 CODE.
  
  
 10. SATISFIED. REMOVED FROM PLAN. CORRECT THE CODE
 REQUIREMENTS CHART ON SHEET L1.01TO UPDATE THE SHADE
 AND FLOWERING TREE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 94-443 C. 3.
 TO CURRENT CODE. THE TREE PER 100 SQ FT REQUIREMENT WAS
 REMOVED.
 4/13/22 THERE ARE 4 TERMINAL ISLANDS REQUIRED FOR THE
 SURFACE PARKING AREA, CORRECT ON CHART.
  
 11. SATISFIED. AUSTRALIAN TREE FERN DOES NOT MEET THE
 DEFINITION OF TREE.
  
 12. SATISFIED. SHOW ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED WATER AND
 SEWER AND DRAINAGE LINES ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. SHOW
 LOCATIONS OF BACKFLOWS AND ADJUST LOCATIONS OF UTILITY
 LINES TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITH EXISTING AND PROPOSED
 TREES AND LANDSCAPING.
  
 FDC CONNECTIONS SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE BUILDING AND NOT
 BE IN THE STREETSCAPE.
 EXFILTRATION TRENCHES CANNOT BE LOCATED IN THE
 STREETSCAPE AS THEY WILL RESTRICT THE ROOT SPACE
 AVAILABLE FOR THE STREET TREES.
  
 6/27/22 THERE ARE STILL CONFLICTS BETWEEN WATER, FIRE
 AND SEWER LINES IN THE STREETSCAPE AND THE PLAZA IV
 OPEN SPACE.
  
 13. SATISFIED. PLANT LIST NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TO
 SEPARATE THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE PLANT LISTS.
  
  
 14. SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE 50 REQUIRED FLORIDA FRIENDLY
 POINTS BASED ON THE FINAL PLANT LIST PER SECTION
 94-443(G). AFTER MAKING THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS:
 ??? 2 INDICATE WHERE THE AREAS ARE DESIGNATED.
 ??? 3A AND 3C ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE PLANT LIST.
 ??? 5B AND 5D ADD UP TO MORE THAN 100%, MUST REDUCE ONE
 CATEGORY
 ??? 6B IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN SUBMITTED
  
  
 15. SATISFIED. 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. PROVIDE THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE BASED
 ON THE PLANT LIST.
  
  
 16. SATISFIED. REMOVED FROM PLAN. ALL SURFACE PARKING
 MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 94-443(C)(3) A.
 INCLUDING TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, INTERIOR ISLANDS
 AND SHADE TREES.
 MINIMUM BUFFER WIDTH IS NOT MET.
 17. SATISFIED. REMOVED FROM PLAN. 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). PROVIDE
 THE CALCULATIONS IN THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT CHART.
 REFER TO FIGURE XIV-1. SHOW THE ACTUAL PROVIDED
 LANDSCAPE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
 SEE THE REFERENCED FIGURE TO PROVIDE THE EXHIBIT AND
 CORRECT CALCULATIONS.
  
 18. SATISFIED. PROVIDE SCREENING HEDGES AND SHOW
 LOCATIONS FOR ALL GROUND MOUNTED VALVES AND EQUIPMENT
 AND ADD A NOTE THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED.
  
 19. NOT SATISFIED. PORTIONS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ON
 BROADWAY AND 24TH STREET ARE FDOT RIGHT OF WAY AND ARE
 SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND PERMITTING BY FDOT. PROVIDE
 PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF ANY STREETSCAPE PROPOSED WITHIN
 THE FDOT RIGHT OF WAY.
  
 4/13/22 THIS COMMENT WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE RESPONSES
 AS DISCUSSED AT THE PPRC MEETING.
 8/4/22 RESPONSES WERE NOT SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED
 MATERIAL.
 9/30/22 PRELIMINARY LETTER NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED.
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 4/13/22:
 20. SATISFIED. STREET TREES MUST MEET THE MINIMUM CODE
 REQUIREMENT OF 20 FEET ALONG MAIN ROADS, BUT ALL MUST
 BE OF SUFFICIENT HEIGHT TO PROVIDE SAFE SIGHTLINES AND
 TRAFFIC CLEARANCE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
 CATHEDRAL LIVE OAKS MUST BE LISTED AT 20 FEET MINIMUM.
  
 21. SATISFIED. STAFF PREFERS THAT THE GUMBO LIMBO
 STREET TREES BE CHANGED TO GREEN BUTTONWOOD DUE TO ROOT
 ISSUES IN CONFINED AREAS.
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 6/27/22:
 22. SATISFIED. RESPONSES TO LANDSCAPE COMMENTS WERE NOT
 FOUND IN THE RESPONSE MEMO.
  
 23. SATISFIED. SHOW LOCATIONS AND PROVIDE A DETAIL FOR
 STRUCTURAL SOIL UNDER THE SIDEWALK/HARDSCAPE AREAS
 ADJACENT TO THE STREET TREES. THIS SHOULD BE A 9 X 14
 FT AREA FOR EACH TREE ADJACENT TO THE CURB THAT WOULD
 BE PLANTING AREA AND STRUCTURAL SOIL.
  
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 9/30/22:
  
 24. A CODE AMENDMENT IS PENDING REGARDING THE
 REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. IF THE AMENDMENT IS
 APPROVED, STAFF WILL NEED TO REVIEW THE PUBLIC OPEN
 SPACE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEW CODE.
  
 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.
 2. THE APPLICANT, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS SHALL BE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERMITTING AND INSTALLATION OF THE
 STREET TREES AND RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPING AND
 IRRIGATION APPROVED WITH THIS PETITION.
 3. THE APPLICANT, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS SHALL BE
 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF
 WAY LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION. THIS WILL BE THROUGH A
 SEPARATE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
  
  
  
 PROJECT: NORTHWOOD ANCHOR SITE ROW ABANDONMENT
 Z21100023
 NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
  
  
 PROJECT: NORTHWOOD ANCHOR SITE VARIANCES Z21080018
 NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
  
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