Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z21080015
Project Number Z21080015
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 8
Notes
Date Text
2023-03-28 10:05:30CASE 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 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 THERE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH
 THE FINAL APPROVAL LETTER.
  
 THE NEXT SUBMITTAL SHALL BE A FULL RESUBMITTAL WITH ALL
 THE CURRENT PLAN VERSIONS. ALL PLANS SHALL BE
 INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AND SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESS THE
 REMAINING COMMENTS SO THAT STAFF CAN APPROVE THE FORMAL
 SITE PLAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY CHANGES TO THE PLANS
 THAT STAFF HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED MAY DELAY THE
 REVIEW.
  
 1) UPDATED COMMENT: SINCE THE APPROVAL OF THE LEVEL III
 SPECIAL REVIEW, STAFF WAS PROVIDED UPDATES TO THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS FOR BUILDINGS A THERE ARE CHANGES TO
 THE FENESTRATION:
  
 A. BUILDING A NEW PINEWOOD - THE ACTIVE USE AREA THAT
 IS PROVIDED ON THE FENESTRATION AREA CALCULATIONS TABLE
 ON SHEET A101.1B IS INCORRECT FOR BOTH SIDES OF NEW
 PINEWOOD. THE NEW VALUE OF 6,019 SQUARE FEET OF ACTIVE
 USE AREA SEEMS TO BE THE TOTAL FACADE AREA, NOT THE
 ACTIVE USE AREA. WHEN COMPARING THE SITE PLAN AND
 ELEVATIONS, THE ACTIVE USE AREA HAS MINIMALLY REDUCED
 FROM THE NOVEMBER 14, 2022 LEVEL III SET OF DRAWINGS.
 THE TABLE NEEDS TO REFLECT THE CORRECT ACTIVE USE ARE,
 SINCE THIS IS WHAT THE BASIS FOR THE AMOUNT OF
 FENESTRATION THAT IS REQUIRED. THE ELEVATION DRAWING
 FOR THE WEST SIDE OF NEW PINEWOOD SHOWS FENESTRATION
 ADDED FOR NON-ACTIVE USE AREAS, WHICH MAY NOT COUNT
 TOWARD MEETING THE MINIMUM FENESTRATION FOR REQUIREMENT
 ACTIVE-USE AREAS. NOTE: THE NOVEMBER 14, 2022 PLANS
 EXCEEDED THE MINIMUM FENESTRATION REQUIREMENT BY A
 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. INCORRECTLY SHOWING AN INCREASE IN
 THE PROVIDED ACTIVE USE AREA ERRONEOUSLY REQUIRES MORE
 FENESTRATION.
  
 B. BUILDING A PASEO (NORTH ELEVATION) - THE MINIMUM
 FENESTRATION IS 70% OF THE ACTIVE USE AREA. THE NEW
 PLANS PROVIDE 69% FENESTRATION, WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE
 MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FENESTRATION. ROUNDING UP IS NOT
 PERMITTED. BASED ON THE 4,297 SQUARE FEET OF ACTIVE USE
 AREA, AT LEAST 3,008 SQUARE FEET OF FENESTRATION IS
 REQUIRED. THIS COULD BE ACHIEVED BY ADDING FENESTRATION
 TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF LINER UNIT 13.
  
 2) UPDATED REPEAT COMMENT: THE DIMENSION LINES WERE NOT
 UPDATED TO REFLECT THE SETBACK DIMENSIONS FROM THE
 NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE TO THE WALL ON SHEET C1.50.
 SHEETS C1.51, C1.52 AND DETAIL C-C ON SHEET C2.09 WERE
 UPDATED. ALL PLANS MUST SHOW CONSISTENT INFORMATION.
  
 3) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE PLANS
 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE DOORWAY. THE CITY HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION PLANNER HAS REVIEWED THE SUBMITTED PLANS
 AND HAS APPROVED THE DESIGN WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE
 ACTUAL DOOR BE REMOVED. THE DOORWAY NEEDS TO REMAIN
 OPEN FOR PASS THROUGH. SHEET HP S-1.0B SHALL BE UPDATED
 TO REFLECT THE DOOR REMOVAL AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN
 PACKAGE RESUBMITTAL.
  
 HARDSCAPE
  
 4) UPDATED COMMENT: THE MOST RECENT CIVIL PLANS SHOW 13
 BICYCLE RACKS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT SITE. SHEETS
 L.2.00 AND L2.11 THAT WERE SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 19,
 2023 LIST THAT THERE WILL BE 14 BICYCLE RACKS. THE
 CORRECT NUMBER OF INSTALLED RACKS MUST BE PROVIDED ON
 THESE SHEETS.
  
 5) REPEAT UPDATED COMMENT: 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. THE UPDATED CIVIL
 SHEETS (C1.53 AND C1.54) SHOW WHAT APPEAR TO BE SEATING
 AREAS AROUND THE PLANTERS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE
 PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. NO LINEAR DIMENSIONS WERE PROVIDED
 ON THESE SHEETS SO THAT STAFF COULD VERIFY COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE MINIMUM 430 LINEAR FEET OF SEATING THAT IS
 REQUIRED. NO HARDSCAPE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE MOST
 RECENT RESUBMITTAL, SO STAFF WAS UNABLE TO USE THE
 HARDSCAPE PLAN TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE AS STATED IN THE
 RESPONSE.
  
 6) IN ADDITION TO NO NEW HARDSCAPE PLAN BEING
 SUBMITTED, AN UPDATED LANDSCAPE PLAN REFLECTING THE
 CHANGES TO THE PARKING AREAS AND THE SEATING WAS ALSO
 NOT SUBMITTED.
  
 LIGHTING
  
 7) PROVIDE THE LIGHTING PLANS THAT COMPLY WITH THE
 DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD WITH ANA MARIA APONTE,
 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
  
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