Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z21080015
Project Number Z21080015
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 7
Notes
Date Text
2023-02-13 16:08:56CASE NO. PB 1895 FORMAL SITE PLAN
 NORTHWOOD COMMONS
 2501 BROADWAY
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446,
 [email protected]
  
 - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF TWO
 (2) PAPER COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN .PDF 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.
  
 THE LEVEL III SPECIAL REVIEW WAS APPROVED, INCLUDING
 THE VARIANCES. THE ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE AND CIVIL
 PLANS, COLLECTIVELY, THE FORMAL SITE PLAN, HAS THE
 FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED. PLEASE NOTE
 THAT INCLUDED ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED
 WITH THE FINAL APPROVAL LETTER. IF ANY OF THOSE ITEMS
 CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THIS RESUBMITTAL (EXAMPLE
 TRANSPORTATION PLANNER CONDITIONS) STAFF WOULD PREFER
 TO SEE IT AT THIS TIME.
  
 1) UPDATED COMMENT: SINCE THE APPROVAL OF THE LEVEL III
 SITE PLAN REVIEW, STAFF WAS PROVIDED UPDATES TO THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS FOR BUILDINGS A AND C. STAFF HAS
 REVIEWED THE DRAWINGS AND NOTED THAT THERE ARE NO
 CHANGES TO THE PLANAR BREAKS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE
 CHANGES TO THE FENESTRATION:
  
 A. BUILDING A - FENESTRATION ALONG BROADWAY, 25TH AND
 THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE COMPLY.
 B. BUILDING A - PROVIDE THE FENESTRATION DRAWINGS AND
 PERCENTAGES FOR NEW PINEWOOD (EAST AND WEST - 50%
 REQUIRED) AND THE PUBLIC PASEO (NORTH AND SOUTH - 70%
 REQUIRED). ***** NEW DRAWINGS WERE NOT PROVIDED. THE
 TABLE FOR THE PINEWOOD FENESTRATION WAS UPDATED, BUT
 SINCE THE PLANS ARE THE SAME, STAFF IS NOT SURE HOW
 THIS IS POSSIBLE.
 C. BUILDING C - FENESTRATION ALONG 24TH STREET COMPLIES
  
 *** PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL DATA TABLES SHOW THE SAME
 ACCURATE VALUES ACROSS ALL PLAN SHEETS.
  
 2) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THE KIMLEY
 HORN BASE PLAN TO CORRECTLY SHOW THE BUILDING A
 NORTHERN BUILDING WALL TO MATCH WHAT IS SHOWN ON THE
 LATEST ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. HOWEVER, THE DIMENSION
 LINES WERE NOT UPDATED TO REFLECT THE SETBACK
 DIMENSIONS TO THE WALL (SHEETS C1.50, C1.51 AND C1.52).
 THE DIMENSION LINES MUST SHOW THE SETBACK, NOT A RANDOM
 SPOT IN THE SIDEWALK. SECTION DETAIL C-C ON SHEET C2.09
 WAS NOT UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CORRECT SETBACK. PLEASE
 NOTE THAT THERE IS AN FDC AND BACKFLOW THAT WILL NEED
 TO BE ADJUSTED SO THEY ARE NOT LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF
 THE NEW, WIDER SIDEWALK.
  
 3) UPDATED COMMENT: THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FINAL
 ORDER REQUIRES THAT THE DOORWAY SECTION OF THE BUILDING
 LOCATED AT 550 NORTHWOOD ROAD BE PRESERVED IN PLACE.
 ***** THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS MUST INCLUDE DETAILS NOT
 ONLY OF HOW THE DOORWAY IS TO BE PRESERVED DURING THE
 DEMOLITION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO
 THE DETAILS OF THE PRESERVED DOORWAY. THE DETAILS SHALL
 INCLUDE DIMENSIONS FOR THE HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH OF
 THE DOORWAY PORTION OF BE PRESERVED. THE HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION PLANNER IS REQUIRING THIS TO BE SHOWN IN
 PLAN AND IN ELEVATION ON THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AS
 PART OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
  
 HARDSCAPE
  
 4) UPDATED REPEAT COMMENT: THE BOLLARDS MAY NOT BE
 LOCATED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING SPACE AS THEY WILL
 OBSTRUCT DOOR OPENINGS, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT
 THEY HAVE BEEN MOVED 2.5 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE
 SPACE. THE BOLLARDS SHALL BE PLACES SIMILAR TO HOW THE
 CITY HAS INSTALLED BOLLARDS ALONG CLEMATIS STREET,
 CLOSER TO THE ENDS OF THE PARKING SPACES.
  
 5) THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE DIMENSION BOXES AROUND
 THE BICYCLE PARKING. THE TWO BICYCLE PARKING SPACES AT
 THE NORTH END OF PINEWOOD DO NOW SHOW THAT THE REQUIRED
 60-INCH CLEAR PATH REQUIRED BY THE NMUD REGULATIONS
 WILL BE MAINTAINED WHILE THE BICYCLE RACK IS IN USE AND
 SHALL BE RELOCATED. THE ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF
 PINEWOOD COULD BE SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH END OF THE
 LANDSCAPE BED AND BE INSTALLED PERPENDICULAR TO THE
 STREET. THE BICYCLE PARKING SPACE THAT HAS THE
 DIMENSIONED BOX, SOUTH OF THE PASEO, ALSO DOES NOT HAVE
 THE 60-INCH CLEAR AREA. THIS COULD ALSO BE SHIFTED
 ADJACENT TO THE PLANTER.
  
 6) BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF PROVIDED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE,
 430 LINEAR FEET OF SEATING IS REQUIRED (TABLE ON SHEET
 L1.02). IT WAS STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS
 BEING PROVIDED AS SEAT WALLS AROUND THE LANDSCAPE
 PLANTERS. STAFF HAD MEASURED THESE AREAS AND THE 430
 FEET WAS EXCEEDED, HOWEVER, WHEN COMPARING DIFFERENT
 PLANS SOME OF THESE AREAS NO LONGER LOOK TO HAVE
 SEATING AREAS. THE PROVISION OF THE BENCHES AS SEATING
 ONLY PROVIDES 144 LINEAR FEET OF SEATING, WHICH DOES
 NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. PLEASE CLARIFY AND
 INCLUDE DIMENSIONS FOR THE SEATING AREA THAT ARE BEING
 CLAIMED TO COMPLY WITH THE SEATING REQUIREMENT. NOTE:
 THE LEG ROOM FOR ONE BENCH SEEMS TO BE OBSTRUCTED BY A
 BICYCLE RACK AND ANOTHER BY A BOLLARD. PLEASE REVIEW.
  
 PARKING
  
 7) WHILE REVIEWING THE HARDSCAPE DIMENSIONS, STAFF
 NOTED THAT THERE ARE TWO PARKING SPACES ON THE WEST
 SIDE OF PINEWOOD THAT DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM 22-FOOT
 CURB LENGTH FOR PARALLEL PARKING SPACES. THESE SPACES
 ARE APPROXIMATELY 16.5 FEET IN LENGTH AND THUS DO NOT
 MEET THE CODE MINIMUM. THIS WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTED
 SINCE THE ONE SAMPLE SPACE DIMENSION ON SHEET A103.0 IS
 SHOWN FOR A CONFORMING 22-FOOT LONG SPACE. THIS IS A
 PROBLEM SINCE THE SITE IS NOW TWO PARKING SPACES SHORT
 OF MEETING CODE.
  
 PUBLIC WORKS - SANITATION.
  
 8) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
 NOTATIONS REGARDING THE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER SIZE/TYPE
 AND THE HEIGHT CLEARANCE OVER THE LOADING ZONE WHERE
 THE SOLID WASTE CONTAINER(S) GET SERVICED AND THE BULK
 WASTE GETS PICKED UP. ***** THE PLANS SHOW THAT THE
 SOLID WASTE FACILITY WILL OVERLAP WITH THE REQUIRED
 LOADING ZONE, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED.
  
 CONDITION: COMPLIANCE WITH THE WASTE MANAGEMENT LETTER
 DATED OCTOBER 25, 2022, WILL BE INCLUDED AS A CONDITION
 OF APPROVAL.
  
 POTENTIAL DRAFT CONDITIONS
  
 1) PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR
 VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS A OR B, THE
 SUBMITTED PLAT NEEDS TO BE RECORDED AND THE
 RIGHTS-OF-WAY WITHIN THE SITE NEED TO BE ABANDONED.
  
 2) ENCLOSED PARKING GARAGES. IF THE PARKING GARAGE DOES
 NOT HAVE WALL OPENINGS, OR SUFFICIENT WALL OPENINGS TO
 MEET THE DEFINITION OF AN OPEN PARKING GARAGE, IT WILL
 BE CONSIDERED AN ENCLOSED PARKING GARAGE AND MUST HAVE
 EXHAUST SYSTEMS. THE EXHAUST SYSTEMS SHALL BE DESIGNED
 TO MINIMIZE NOISE LEVELS USING INLINE FAN SILENCERS OR
 OTHER APPROVED METHODS.
  
 3) IF AT TIME OF CONSTRUCTION/PARKING SPACE STRIPING
 ADDITIONAL SPACES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LESS THAN ONE FOOT
 FROM A WALL, THE SPACES WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MARKED AS
 COMPACT WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN AT THAT
 TIME.
  
 4) CONTRACTOR VEHICLE PARKING. PROPERTY OWNER AND
 CONTRACTOR SHALL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARKING OF
 CONTRACTOR VEHICLES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON ALL
 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
  
 5) PROTECTION OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. PROPERTY OWNER
 AND CONTRACTOR SHALL PROTECT ALL NEIGHBORING PROPERTY,
 INCLUDING VEHICLES, FROM DAMAGE OR DIRT CAUSED BY THE
 CONSTRUCTION, AND SHALL NOTIFY THE OCCUPANTS OF
 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ABOUT ALL STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION
 THAT MAY AFFECT THE USE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
  
 6) 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.
  
 7) 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.
  
 8)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.
  
 9) THERE ARE UTILITY EASEMENTS SHOWN IN LOCATIONS IN
 CONFLICT WITH REQUIRED TREES. THIS OCCURS AT THE
 NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE ALONG THE FEC RR, ALONG
 23RD STREET, AND THE WEST SIDE OF BROADWAY EXTENSION.
 ANY UTILITIES INSTALLED IN THIS AREA MUST BE AT LEAST
 36 INCHES BELOW GRADE OR OTHERWISE LOCATED TO AVOID THE
 REQUIRED TREE ROOT SYSTEMS.
  
 10) PRIOR TO THE FIRST CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE
 SITE:
  
 A. ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENTS, APPROVED BY THE
 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ARE REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED FOR
 ANY PORTIONS OF SIDEWALKS, ROADWAYS, PARKING SPACES AND
 STREET LIGHTING LOCATED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SITE.
 B. AN AERIAL EASEMENT, APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
 OFFICE, IS REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED.
  
 11) IN THE EVENT THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
 TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) DOES NOT ISSUE A PERMIT FOR THE
 IMPROVEMENTS, TO INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPE, SHOWN WITHIN
 THE BROADWAY ROW, THEN CODE COMPLIANT IMPROVEMENTS MUST
 BE INSTALLED ON THE SITE AFTER THE APPROVAL OF A SITE
 PLAN AMENDMENT.
  
 12) THE HARDSCAPE ITEMS WITHIN THE FDOT ROW REQUIRE
 PERMIT APPROVAL BY FDOT. THIS NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED.
  
 STORMWATER
  
 CONDITION: REVIEW THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE CITY
 STORMWATER ENGINEER AS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT
 NEED TO BE REFLECTED ON THE ENGINEERING PERMIT
 SUBMITTAL. PLEASE ENSURE THAT ANY CHANGES MADE TO THE
 ENGINEERING PLANS THAT AFFECT ABOVE GROUND CONDITIONS
 ARE PROVIDED TO PLANNING AS WELL.
  
 TRANSPORTATION PLANNER CONDITIONS
  
 1) PROVIDE A CLEAN, DEDICATED TRANSPORTATION SITE PLAN
 DEPICTING ALL RELATED ROADWAY AND TRANSPORTATION
 FEATURES, FULLY DIMENSIONED AND SHOWCASING CURB DETAILS
 ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD FRONTING THE PROPOSED
 DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS COMMENT WAS
 PROVIDED AT THE VERY FIRST PPRC REVIEW AND WAS NEVER
 COMPLETELY FULFILLED
 2) PROVIDE A REVISED AUTOTURN ANALYSIS SHOWCASING
 SERVICE VEHICLES ACCESSING/EXITING THE FACILITY,
 MANEUVERING AT EACH POSSIBLE LOADING OR SANITATION
 ZONE(S), WITH BOTH DYNAMIC AND WHEEL PATHS HIGHLIGHTED
 IN SEPARATE COLORS
 3) PROVIDE A LIST OF ON-GOING ITEMS UNDER DISCUSSION OR
 REVIEW WITH COUNTY AND FDOT. OBTAIN COUNTY AND/OR FDOT
 APPROVAL PERTAINING THE PORTION OF THE PROPOSED
 DEVELOPMENT IMPACTING THEIR RIGHT OF WAY
 4) INSTALL AND SHOW SHARROW MARKINGS ALONG 23RD ST AND
 PINEWOOD AVE
 5) 25TH ST ROADWAY DESIGN SHOULD ACCOMMODATE THE
 PLANNED SEPARATED AND ELEVATED BICYCLE LANES FROM
 AUSTRALIAN TO BROADWAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE CITY
 BICYCLE MASTERPLAN FOR TYPICAL SECTION(S) AND UPDATE
 THE SITE PLANS ACCORDINGLY. NOTE: CITY MAY NOT REQUIRE
 THE DEVELOPER TO IMPLEMENT SUCH FEATURE ALONG SITE
 FRONTAGE; HOWEVER, ROW MUST BE PRESERVED AND PROVIDED
 TO ACCOMMODATE ITS FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION
 6) THE PROPOSED PINEWOOD AVENUE RE-ALIGNMENT IS NOT
 CONDUCIVE TO A SAFE VEHICULAR STRAIGHT-THROUGH MOVEMENT
 ACROSS THE 25TH AND 23RD INTERSECTIONS. SUCH MOVEMENT
 SHOULD BE EITHER FORBIDDEN OR FACILITATED BY SIGNAGE,
 STRIPING AND ROADWAY FEATURES SUCH AS FLEXIBLE POLES,
 MIDDLE RAISED ISLANDS AND CHANNELIZATION. PLEASE REVISE
 THE SITE PLANS ACCORDINGLY
 7) INSTALL AND SHOWCASE STOP BARS AND SIGNS ON EACH
 GARAGE LEVEL. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO TREAT THE NORTHERN
 AND SOUTHERN EAST-WEST DRIVE AISLES AS THE MAIN ONES,
 WHILE THE NORTH-SOUTH AS MINOR
 8) DIRECTIONAL ARROW PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE MISSING.
 PLEASE INSERT THEM IN THE TRANSPORTATION SITE PLAN
 THROUGHOUT WERE NEEDED (E.G. RIGHT ARROW FOR THE
 SOUTHBOUND MOVEMENT, LEFT ARROW FOR THE EASTBOUND
 MOVEMENT AT THE 23RD AND PINEWOOD INTERSECTION)
  
  
  
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