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| 2022-09-29 15:26:55 | FROM: RAY CARANCI, SENIOR LANDSCAPE PLANNER |
| | 561-822-1462 |
| | PROJECT: 2301 OKEECHOBEE Z22040026 |
| | SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 |
| | I HAVE REVIEWED THE ABOVE REFERENCED PETITION, AND |
| | PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS: |
| | |
| | 1. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. SECTION 94-448 (D)(3) REQUIRES |
| | NATIVE TREES 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 ARBORIST REPORT SHOWING |
| | CONDITION AND RELOCATION POTENTIAL FOR TREES AND PALMS |
| | PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED. |
| | |
| | THE ARBORISTS REPORT RATINGS ARE IN PERCENTAGES AND IT |
| | APPEARS THE HIGHEST RATING IS 70% FOR ANY TREE OR PALM |
| | ON THE LIST. THE BREAKING POINT IS 71% FOR GOOD |
| | CONDITION WHICH SEEMS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| | RELOCATING ANY NATIVE TREES OR PALMS. PROVIDE THE |
| | SOURCE OF THE METHODOLOGY FOR THESE RATINGS ON THE TREE |
| | DISPOSITION PLAN. |
| | 9/29/22 MAKE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS: |
| | ??? ROYAL PALMS ARE NATIVE PALMS AND IF INDICATED IN |
| | GOOD CONDITION, THEY MUST BE PRESERVED OR RELOCATED. IF |
| | THERE IS A REASON THEY CANNOT BE RELOCATED, IT MUST BE |
| | INCLUDED ON THE ARBORIST REPORT. |
| | |
| | 2. SATISFIED. PER SECTION 94-443(C)(3)A. AND B., |
| | TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND INTERIOR ISLANDS MUST |
| | HAVE AT LEAST 8 FEET WIDE LANDSCAPE AREA AND RUN THE |
| | FULL LENGTH OF THE ADJACENT PARKING SPACE. EACH AREA |
| | SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING TREE PER ROW |
| | OF PARKING AND AN INTERIOR ISLAND MUST BE PROVIDED SO |
| | THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 10 SPACES IN A ROW. PROVIDE THE |
| | REQUIRED LANDSCAPE ISLANDS FOR ALL REQUIRED PARKING. |
| | |
| | 3. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. 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 INTERIOR |
| | LANDSCAPE SQUARE FOOTAGE. |
| | |
| | CALCULATIONS MUST BE INCLUDED FOR 94-443 (C) (4) AND |
| | THE COMBINED SQUARE FOOTAGE OF BOTH REQUIREMENTS SHOWN. |
| | THE PROVIDED INTERIOR AREAS MUST BE WITHIN THE PARKING |
| | AREA AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE EDGE |
| | OF THE PARKING/VEHICULAR USE AREA EXCEPT VEHICLE |
| | OVERHANG. |
| | 9/29/22 ANY LANDSCAPE AREAS WITHIN THE VEHICULAR USE |
| | AREA MAY BE COUNTED. THERE ARE SOME AREAS SHOWN AS |
| | EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE AREAS THAT MAY BE INCLUDED AS |
| | INTERIOR LANDSCAPE AREAS. NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING |
| | SPACES AND LOCATIONS ARE NOT SHOWN, THIS NEEDS TO BE |
| | SHADED AS A SEPARATE AREA AND NOT COUNTED IN THE |
| | VEHICULAR USE AREA. REQUIRED PARKING SPACE NUMBER TIMES |
| | 10 SQ FT PER SPACE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED AND ADDED TO |
| | THE VEHICULAR USE AREA REQUIREMENT. |
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| | |
| | 4. SATISFIED. REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO ONE SHADE TREE |
| | REQUIRED PER 100 SQ FT OF REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREA AS |
| | THIS IS NO LONGER IN THE LANDSCAPE CODE. |
| | |
| | 5. SATISFIED. SECTION 94-443(C)(3) REQUIRES THAT A |
| | MINIMUM OF 75 PERCENT OF ALL TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO |
| | BE PLANTED WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF AN OFF STREET PARKING |
| | AREA SHALL BE CATEGORY 1 SHADE TREES. SHOW THE |
| | PERCENTAGE OF CATEGORY 1 TREES PROVIDED FOR THE |
| | REQUIRED LANDSCAPE AREAS. |
| | |
| | PLAN INDICATES THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET. MORE |
| | INFORMATION ON ALL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS AND TREE SPECIES |
| | IS REQUIRED. |
| | |
| | |
| | 6. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. SHOW THE 30% REQUIRED AND |
| | PROVIDED LINEAR LANDSCAPE FOR AROUND EACH BUILDING IN |
| | THE CODE REQUIREMENT CHART. |
| | GARAGE ENTRANCES CANNOT BE EXCLUDED. USE THE TOTAL |
| | PERIMETER OF EACH BUILDING TO CALCULATE THE REQUIRED |
| | 30%. |
| | 9/29/22 ONLY TWO BUILDINGS LISTED FOR THIS REQUIREMENT. |
| | THERE ARE FOUR BUILDINGS. IDENTIFY EACH BUILDING AND |
| | SHOW THE COMPLIANCE. |
| | |
| | 7. SATISFIED. IMPERVIOUS/LANDSCAPE AREA IS BARELY |
| | WITHIN THE REQUIREMENT OF 15% OF THE SITE. STAFF |
| | SUGGESTS ADDING AREA TO AVOID ANY NEED FOR A MAJOR |
| | AMENDMENT FOR ANY MINOR CHANGES IN THE FUTURE. |
| | |
| | 8. SATISFIED. SHOW ALL UTILITIES AND DRAINAGE LINES ON |
| | THE LANDSCAPE PLAN TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH REQUIRED |
| | LANDSCAPING. SHOW LOCATIONS OF ALL GROUND MOUNTED |
| | VALVES, FPL TRANSFORMERS, AND OTHER GROUND MOUNTED |
| | EQUIPMENT AND DEDUCT ANY PERVIOUS AREA FROM THE TOTAL |
| | FOR THE SITE. |
| | |
| | THE UTILITY LINES ARE SHOWN, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE |
| | CONFLICTS WITH THE LOCATIONS OF LINES AND LANDSCAPING. |
| | ADJUST LOCATIONS OF UTILITIES TO AVOID LANDSCAPE AREAS. |
| | FDC IN FRONT OF GENESIS BUILDING. |
| | |
| | 9. SATISFIED. PROVIDE THE 50 REQUIRED FLORIDA FRIENDLY |
| | POINTS BASED ON THE FINAL PLANT LIST PER SECTION |
| | 94-443(G). |
| | |
| | 10. 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. |
| | |
| | PERCENTAGE COULD NOT BE LOCATED ON SHEET L-101. |
| | |
| | |
| | 11. SATISFIED. PROVIDE SCREENING FOR ALL ITEMS LISTED |
| | IN COMMENT #8. |
| | ADD A NOTE THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WILL BE SCREENED. |
| | |
| | 12. SATISFIED. STAFF SUGGESTS SUBSTITUTING GREEN |
| | BUTTONWOOD FOR GUMBO LIMBO TO AVOID ROOT RELATED ISSUES |
| | IN CONFINED AREAS. |
| | |
| | THE COMMENT RESPONSE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. PROVIDE MORE |
| | INFORMATION. |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 7/27/22: |
| | |
| | 13. PARTIALLY 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. THE TREE CATEGORY LIST IS AVAILABLE |
| | FROM CITY STAFF. REVISE THE TREE DISPOSITION PLAN SHEET |
| | L-001 TO REFLECT THE CORRECT CANOPY MITIGATION SQUARE |
| | FOOTAGE FOR EACH TREE OR PALM AND PROVIDE THE CORRECT |
| | TOTAL MITIGATION DUE. |
| | 9/29/22 MAKE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS: |
| | |
| | ??? IF ROYAL PALMS ARE QUALIFIED TO BE REMOVED, THEY |
| | ARE CATEGORY 3 FOR 100 SQ FT CANOPY MITIGATION DUE. |
| | CORRECT ON CHART. |
| | ??? CORRECT THE MITIGATION PROVIDED SUMMARY TO GIVE 100 |
| | SQ FT CANOPY CREDIT FOR CABBAGE PALMS. |
| | ??? PROVIDE ONE SQUARE FOOTAGE TOTAL DUE, AND ONE |
| | SQUARE FOOTAGE TOTAL FOR PROVIDED BASED ON THE PLANT |
| | LIST. |
| | ??? CORRECT THE DISPOSITION SUMMARY TO MATCH CODE |
| | LANGUAGE OF TREES WITH 20 FT OR GREATER CANOPY SPREAD |
| | AND CORRECT THE NUMBER ACCORDINGLY. |
| | |
| | |
| | 14. SATISFIED. SHOW THE PERCENTAGE OF |
| | IMPERVIOUS/LANDSCAPE AREA ON THE CODE REQUIREMENT CHART |
| | ON SHEET L-101. |
| | |
| | 15. PARTIALLY SATISFIED. REQUIRED OPEN SPACE IS 40% FOR |
| | THIS ZONING CATEGORY. CORRECT THIS ON THE CODE |
| | REQUIREMENTS CHART AND CALCULATE THE REQUIRED TREES, |
| | FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS. |
| | 40 PERCENT OF 239,220 IS 95,688. CORRECT AND |
| | RECALCULATE TREES, FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS ON CODE |
| | REQUIREMENT CHART. |
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| | |
| | 16. NOT SATISFIED. THE HEDGE FOR THE DUMPSTER FOR 3 |
| | NON ACCESS SIDES HAS NOT BEEN FULLY PROVIDED. |
| | |
| | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS 9/29/22: |
| | 17. COMMENT RESPONSES FOR LANDSCAPE COMMENTS WERE NOT |
| | PROVIDED IN THE RESPONSE MEMO SUBMITTED. RESUBMITTAL |
| | MUST INCLUDE RESPONSES TO ADDRESS COMMENTS TO STAFF. |
| | |
| | 18. CANOPY MITIGATION PAYMENT IN LIEU MUST BE PAID WITH |
| | THE TREE ALTERATION PERMIT APPLICATION IN ORDER FOR THE |
| | PERMIT TO BE ISSUED. CORRECT THE NOTE ON THE PLANS. |
| | |
| | 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. |
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