Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z22040014
Project Number Z22040014
Review Stop TRAFFIC
Sequence Number 4
Notes
Date Text
2022-09-02 13:38:57TRAFFIC STUDY COMMENTS
  
 THE FOLLOWING ENGINEERING CONDITIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE
 COMMENT RESPONSES BELOW. SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL APPLY AS
 A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR
 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. SPECIFICALLY:
  
 1) SETUP A METHODOLOGY MEETING WITH ENGINEERING
 SERVICES AND CONSEQUENTLY PROVIDE A REVISED TRAFFIC
 STUDY
 2) BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, IN
 CASE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE EXISTING
 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT
 (TDM) MEASURES INCLUSIVE OF FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO
 TRANSIT OR MICROMOBILITY SERVICES MUST BE NEGOTIATED
 3) ALL PROPOSED TRAFFIC CONTROL FEATURES (I.E. STOP,
 YIELD, SIGNAL) AFFECTING PUBLIC ROW MUST BE SUPPORTED
 BY A TRAFFIC STUDY OR WARRANT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO
 APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION
 4) A TRANSPORTATION SPECIFIC SITE PLAN MUST BE
 PROVIDED, PLEASE CONTACT ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ANY
 QUESTIONS ON THIS MATTER
 5) PROPOSED ROADWAY CONFIGURATION MUST CONFORM TO
 EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDITIONS (I.E. BANYAN STREETSCAPE
 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT)
 6) PROVIDE A REVISED AND PROPER AUTOTURN ANALYIS.
 PLEASE CONTACT ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ANY QUESTIONS
 OR SAMPLE ANALYSES
 7) EXPLAIN THE REASONING FOR LOCATING THE ADA STALLS ON
 THE GROUND FLOOR BY THE GARAGE RAMP. SHOWCASE THE PATH
 FROM SUCH STALLS TO THE NEAREST EXIT OR PEDESTRIAN
 ACCESS POINT(S). IN CASE OF SAFETY CONCERNS SUCH STALLS
 SHALL BE RELOCATED.
 8) AT LEAST TWO (2) SETS OF RECTANGULAR RAPID-FLASHING
 BEACONS (RRFB) SHOULD BE INSTALLED AT PEDESTRIAN
 CROSSINGS ALONG SITE FRONTAGE
 9) NO PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW) TAKING SHOULD BE
 ALLOWED ALONG CLEARWATER DR, UNLESS AN ACCEPTABLE
 MULTI-USE PATH IS INSTALLED ALONG SITE FRONTAGE
  
  
  
 1) SATISFIED. PROVIDE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC STUDY INCLUSIVE
 OF THE REFERENCED EXHIBIT D. PLEASE PROVIDE FILE NAME,
 AS IT WAS NOT FOUND IN THE LATEST SUBMISSION. NOTE: THE
 REVISION TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO DATED MAY 19, 2015 IS
 NOT VALID, AS IT PROVIDES A MERE REALLOCATION OF
 TURNING VOLUMES FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALYSIS WITHOUT
 UPDATING THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED BY THE
 PROPOSED AND NEARBY EXISTING/FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
  
 2) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. PROVIDE A REVISED TRAFFIC
 STUDY, ROADWAYS GEOMETRY AND NEARBY TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
 HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE INITIAL SITE PLANS
 APPROVAL. REASONING PROVIDED FOR NOT CONDUCTING A NEW
 STUDY DO NOT SUBSIST; AS THERE IS NO FAILURE FROM THE
 CITY, NOR THE DEVELOPER, MOREOVER, VESTED TRIPS DO NOT
 HAVE ANY MEANING ON THIS REQUEST. THE SITE BEING WITHIN
 A TCEA DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE CITY TO REQUEST A REVISED
 STUDY OR FURTHER ANALYSIS IN THE CASE OF POTENTIAL
 SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE EXISTING AND FUTURE
 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. A METHODOLOGY MEETING WITH THE
 CITY IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: CITY ADMINISTRATION AND TV HAVE
 AGREED TO WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THE CITY DID NOT AGREE TO
 WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS BEING REVISED AS
 FOLLOWS: THE CITY AGREES TO DEFER THE SUBMITTAL OF A
 REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
  
 3) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF
 THE TRAFFIC STUDY ANALYSIS, TDM MEASURES MAY NEED TO BE
 NEGOTIATED AND ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT THE PROJECT IS
 TRANSIT ORIENTED DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT IS PRECLUDED
 FROM IMPLEMENTING MITIGATION MEASUREMENTS. NEGATIVE
 IMPACTS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AND/OR COMMERCIAL.
 COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DO NOT GET A
 FREE PASS BY BEING PART OF A TRANSIT PROJECT. EVEN IF
 THE OVERALL NUMBER OF TRIPS GENERATED BY THE PROPOSED
 DEVELOPMENT ARE FEWER THAN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION,
 THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OUTDATED,
 AS THEY WERE PERFORMED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO.
 MOREOVER, THE SHIFT IN LAND USE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND
 RESIDENTIAL, THE CHANGE OF BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
 ROAD GEOMETRIES, AND THE CHANGE OF EXISTING AND ASSUMED
 BACKGROUND VOLUMES COULD BRING A NEW SET OF SIGNIFICANT
 NEGATIVE IMPACTS, WHICH CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED NOR
 ADDRESSED TILL A REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY IS PROVIDED
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: CITY ADMINISTRATION AND TV HAVE
 AGREED TO WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THE CITY DID NOT AGREE TO
 WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS BEING REVISED AS
 FOLLOWS: THE CITY AGREES TO DEFER THE SUBMITTAL OF A
 REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
  
 4) SATISFIED. PROVIDE COUNTY TPS LETTER
  
 5) SATISFIED. PROVIDE DETAILS PERTAINING THE TRANSITION
 FROM EXISTING TO FUTURE TRANSIT SERVICES, IN TERMS OF
 LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS. COMMENT WILL BE SATISFIED
 ONCE DETAILS FROM PBC ARE PROVIDED.
  
 SITE PLAN COMMENTS
  
 6) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED, PROVIDE A SEPARATE SITE
 PLAN SHOWCASING ONLY BASIC TRANSPORTATION FEATURES AND
 THEIR DIMENSIONS. SPECIFICALLY: SIDEWALK, CURB, PARKING
 STALLS, CROSSINGS, WALKWAY, ROADWAY, DRIVE ISLES,
 DRIVEWAYS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, SIGNAGE. C-10 AND C-11
 ARE NOT PROPER, AS THEY ARE MISSING MOST OF THE
 DIMENSIONS AND MEASUREMENTS. PLEASE NAME THE
 TRANSPORTATION SITE PLANS T-01, T-02 AND HAVE THEM
 SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER SET OF SITE PLANS (I.E. CIVIL,
 ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: SEE SHEETS C-22 AND C-23
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: A SEPARATE TRANSPORTATION SITE
 PLAN WAS PARTIALLY PROVIDED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME
 DETAILS CONTAINED IN THE PROVIDED SITE PLANS THAT WILL
 NEED TO BE MODIFIED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
  
 7) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED ON THE SITE PLAN, PLEASE
 SHOWCASE BASIC CURB DETAILS (I.E, DRIVEWAY AND PARKING
 STALLS) ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROADS SURROUNDING
 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE DOCUMENT NAME
 AND SHEET NUMBER SHOWCASING SUCH FEATURES. THE
 APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE THE REQUESTED
 TRANSPORTATION-SPECIFIC-PLANS SO THAT THE REVIEWER CAN
 PROPERLY ANALYZE THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
 COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU.
 PLEASE APPLY SUCH CRITERIA TO THE T-SERIES
 TRANSPORTATION PLANS
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: SEE SITE PLANS AND TRAFFIC FEATURE
 SHEETS C-4, C-5, C-22, C-23
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: A SEPARATE TRANSPORTATION SITE
 PLAN WAS PARTIALLY PROVIDED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME
 DETAILS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE PLAN THAT WILL NEED TO
 BE MODIFIED AS A CONDITION TO APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
  
 8) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. PROVIDE AUTOTURN ANALYSIS
 FOR GARBAGE TRUCK AND/OR SERVICE VEHICLES DRIVING IN
 AND OUT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITH VEHICLE
 DYNAMIC ENVELOPES CLEARLY DEFINED. ANALYSIS SHOULD BE
 PROVIDED IN A SEPARATE FILE/DRAWING. PLEASE PROVIDE
 DOCUMENT NAME AND SHEET NUMBER SHOWCASING THE ANALYSIS.
 LATEST RESPONSE DID NOT PROVIDE FILE NAME AND SHEET
 NUMBER, PLEASE BE SPECIFIC. LATEST ANALYSIS DOES NOT
 SHOW THE WHEEL PATHS AND THERE ARE INSTANCES OF PARTIAL
 ENCROACHMENTS. USE DIFFERENT COLORS FOR VEHICLE DYNAMIC
 ENVELOPE AND WHEEL PATHS. CITY CAN PROVIDE SAMPLES OF
 PROPER ANALYSIS IF NEEDED / REQUESTED
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: SEE SHEETS C-17 AND C-18
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: AUTO TURN ANALYSIS WAS
 PARTIALLY PROVIDED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME DETAILS
 CONTAINED IN THIS AUTO TURN ANALYSIS THAT NEED TO BE
 MODIFIED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN ENGINEERING
 PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE
 ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
 9) SATISFIED. SEVERAL ADA PARKING. STALLS IN THE GARAGE
 MUST BE RELOCATED TO THE NEAREST ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL
 UNIT AND ELEVATORS, SPECIFICALLY: 10, 11, 33, 34, 63,
 64
  
 10) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. REDUCE GARAGE RAMPS TO ONE
 SINGLE LANE, INSTALL CHEVRON MARKINGS ON THE SIDE OF
 THE RAMP FOR SUCH REDUCTION. IF TWO LANES ARE KEPT, A
 CONTINUOUS DIVIDING ELEMENT MUST BE INSTALLED (I.E.
 RAISED CURB WITH FLEXIBLE POLES). PROVIDE A TRAFFIC OR
 QUEUING ANALYSIS TO PROVE THAT DOUBLE ENTRY LANES ARE
 NECESSARY TO AVOID VEHICULAR SPILLBACK INTO CLEARWATER.
 PROVIDE THE CODE REFERENCE REQUIRING AMPLE STACKING OF
 EXISTING VEHICLES WITHIN THE SITE.
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: LANES DIVIDER AND AUTO- TURNS
 PROVIDED. SEE SHEETS C-19 AND A5-10
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THERE ARE SOME DETAILS
 CONTAINED IN THESE REVISIONS TO SHEETS C-19 AND A5-10
 THAT NEED TO BE MODIFIED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF
 AN ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT
  
  
 11) SATISFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE A CONTACT PERSON THAT
 WOULD RECEIVE MARKED UP SITE PLANS. THERE ARE SEVERAL
 COMMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED DROP-OFF DESIGN THAT WOULD BE
 BETTER CONVENED WITH SITE PLAN MARK-UPS THAN COMMENTS
 HERE
  
 12) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. THE BANYAN STREETSCAPE
 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT DOES NOT ALLOW LEFT TURNS FROM
 CLEARWATER TO BANYAN. PLEASE UPDATE THE SITE PLANS
 ACCORDINGLY. A LEFT-TURN APPROVAL DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT
 MUST BE IMPLEMENTED. THUS, IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REDUCE
 THE NORTHBOUND LANES TO A SINGLE ONE AT THE
 INTERSECTION OF CLEARWATER AND BANYAN. MOREOVER, IT IS
 SUGGESTED TO CONVERT THE CURRENT PROPOSED NORTHBOUND
 RIGHT-MOST LANE ON CLEARWATER DR TO A MERGE/
 ACCELERATION ONE.
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: CITY ADMINISTRATION AND TV HAVE
 AGREED TO WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THE CITY DID NOT AGREE TO
 WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS BEING REVISED AS
 FOLLOWS: THE CITY AGREES TO DEFER THE SUBMITTAL OF A
 REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
  
 13) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON
 CLEARWATER MUST BE HIGH EMPHASIS ONES WITH INSTALLATION
 OF RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS. STOP BARS AND
 SIGNAGE MUST BE REPLACED/REALLOCATED ACCORDINGLY. THE
 OPERATION WITHIN THE ITC ARE WITHIN COUNTY?S CONTROL.
 HOWEVER, CLEARWATER DR IS OUTSIDE OF THE ITC AND A CITY
 ROAD; THUS, COUNTY HAS NO CONTROL. MOREOVER, STOP BARS
 IN THE VICINITY OF THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS WERE
 ALREADY PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER AND DEPICTED IN PRIOR
 SITE PLAN SUBMITTALS.
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: CITY ADMINISTRATION AND TV HAVE
 AGREED TO WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THE CITY DID NOT AGREE TO
 WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT; HOWEVER, IT IS BEING REVISED AS
 FOLLOWS: THE CITY AGREES TO DEFER DISPOSITION OF THIS
 COMMENT UNTIL SUCH TIME IT WILL BE DETERMINED AS A
 CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS
 PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL
 LIST.
  
 14) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. PROVIDE A SUMMARY TABLE
 CAPTURING THE NUMBER OF METERED PARKING REMOVED OR
 RELOCATED. COORDINATE WITH PARKING DEPARTMENT
 PERTAINING SUCH REMOVAL AND RELOCATION.
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: TV?S CURRENT INCENTIVE AGREEMENT
 WITH THE CITY (SECTION 9.1) REQUIRES THE CITY TO REMOVE
 THE PARKING METERS ON CLEARWATER DRIVE.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION
 CONTAINING SUCH INCENTIVE AGREEMENT
  
 15) CONDITIONALLY SATISFIED. REMOVE THE STOP BARS ALONG
 CLEARWATER DR BY THE GARAGE ENTRANCE OR PROVIDE A
 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WARRANTING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION.
  
 TV 8/30/22 RESPONSE: CITY ADMINISTRATION AND TV HAVE
 AGREED TO WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
  
 CITY 9/2/2022 RESPONSE: THE CITY DID NOT AGREE TO
 WITHDRAW THIS COMMENT. HOWEVER, IT IS BEING REVISED AS
 FOLLOWS: THE CITY AGREES TO DEFER THE SUBMITTAL OF A
 REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF AN
 ENGINEERING PERMIT FOR THIS PROJECT. PLEASE REFER TO
 THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONAL LIST.
  
 VALERIO ORICCHIO
 CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER
 561-494-1092
 [email protected]
  
  
  
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