Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z22040056
Project Number Z22040056
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2022-05-12 11:13:551. NEED PREDETERMINATION FROM FDOT FOR THE
 RECONFIGURATION OF ACCESS AND MEDIAN ON THE ENTRANCE
 ALONG QUADRILLE BLVD.
  
 2. PROPOSED HOTEL CANOPY EXCEEDS PROJECTION STANDARDS.
 PER. TABLE IV-5 MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL PROJECTION FOR
 CANOPY IS 20'. ADDITIONALLY, PROPOSED CANOPY SPANS
 NEARLY 28' WITHOUT VERTICAL SUPPORTS?
  
 3. PROPOSED CHANGES TO DAYCARE ACTIVE SPACE AND OFFICE
 LOBBY NOW DOES NOT MEET MINIMUM ACTIVE USE REQUIREMENTS
 ON GROUND AND 2ND FLOOR AND ABOVE. ACTIVE USES ARE
 MEASURED AND CALCULATED DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINAL
 APPROVAL AND VARIANCE SHOWED. FRONTAGE VARIES ACROSS
 PLANS & APPROVALS: 284', 267', AND 245'.
  
 A. GROUND FLOOR: ORIGINAL APPROVAL AND DAC 15-13 HAS
 QUADRILLE BOULEVARD (AVENUE STREET CLASSIFICATION) AT
 284? OF FRONTAGE. WITH THE 60% ACTIVE USE REQUIREMENT,
 THIS WAS 170? OF ACTIVE USE. PROPOSED ACTIVE USE SAYS
 153?-2? OR 54%.
 B. 2ND FLOOR: ORIGINAL APPROVAL, AND THE VARIANCE
 REQUESTED WITHIN DAC 15-13 HAD 2ND FLOOR FRONTAGE AT
 284' AND ACTIVE USE PROVIDED AT 134' (47%). THE
 VARIANCE REQUEST GRANTED WAS FOR ONLY PROVIDING 47%.
 PROPOSED ACTIVE USE NOW AT 116' (ONLY PROVIDING 41%).
 C. CHANGE IN VARIANCE AMOUNT WOULD REQUIRE NEW VARIANCE
 REQUEST AND DAC APPROVAL.
  
 4. PROPOSED HOTEL DROP-OFF NOT IN COMPLIANCE. PER SEC.
 94-111 (N.)(3.) DESIGNATED PASSENGER LOADING AND
 DROP-OFF AREAS SHALL BE SET BACK A MINIMUM OF 16 FEET
 FROM THE BACK OF CURB, SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE
 SIDEWALK BY A 5-FOOT-WIDE LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
 DROP-OFF IS ONLY 12 FEET FROM BACK OF CURB AND REQUIRES
 5-FT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
  
 A. PORTE COCHERES ARE SUBJECT TO MINIMUM STANDARDS
 DEPENDING ON SUBDISTRICT LOCATION AND ADJACENCY TO A
 STREET DESIGNATION AND ARE SEPARATED INTO TWO TYPES
 WHICH ARE ILLUSTRATED IN FIGURE IV-22. TYPE A AND TYPE
 "B" PORTE COCHERES SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR CLASS A OFFICE
 BUILDINGS AND HOTELS ONLY.
  
 I. APPROVED DROP-OFF WAS FOR 2 LANES, WIDENING THE
 DROP-OFF FOR A 3RD LANE IS EXCESSIVE, AS WELL AS A
 WIDER CURB CUT AND INGRESS/EGRESS WIDTH THAN PREVIOUSLY
 APPROVED. NOT CONDUCIVE TO A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
 ENVIRONMENT AND ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGE. PER FIGURE
 IV-22 TYPE A & B PORTE COCHERES ARE LIMITED TO A 25'
 WIDTH IN DRIVE LANES AND INGRESS/EGRESS. ADDITIONALLY,
 REQUIRES A 10' SIDEWALK AROUND THE DROP-OFF. PER SEC.
 94-111(O.)(3.) CURB CUTS, PARKING ENTRANCES, EXITS, AND
 DRIVEWAYS SHALL NOT BE WIDER THAN 25 FEET AS MEASURED
 PARALLEL TO THE STREET AT THE CURB.
 II. WHY THE REMOVAL OF THE CURB AND BOLLARDS ON WESTERN
 PORTION OF HOTEL DROP-OFF? WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS OPEN
 SPACE BEING UTILIZED FOR STAGING OR PARKING OF CARS,
 DROP-OFF NOW ENCROACHES INTO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PUBLIC
 OPEN SPACE. RECOMMEND REPLACING CURB AND BOLLARDS TO
 PROTECT PEDESTRIANS IN OPEN SPACE AND NARROW DROP-OFF.
  
 B. PORTE COCHERES SHALL GENERALLY OCCUR AT THE SAME
 ELEVATION AS THE ADJACENT STREET AND ARE LIMITED TO ONE
 OCCURRENCE PER BUILDING FRONTAGE.
 I. CONCERNED WITH ELEVATION AND GRADE CHANGE ON
 SIDEWALK BETWEEN THE HOTEL FRONTAGE/DROP-OFF AREA TO
 4TH ST.
  
 5. PER DAC 15-13 FINAL ORDER - CONDITIONS
 A. CONDITION (B.) TRAFFIC MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS
 STATES MINIMUM DRIVEWAY LENGTH OF 70 FT. FROM QUADRILLE
 BLVD. AS MEASURED FROM THE ULTIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE
 TO THE FIRST CONFLICT POINT.
 I. PROPOSED CHANGE IN DRIVEWAY DOES NOT APPEAR TO
 PROVIDE 70 FT. IN LENGTH BEFORE FIRST CONFLICT POINT
 B. CONDITION (G.) FINAL LANDSCAPE, HARDSCAPE, AND
 IRRIGATION PLANS SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE DAC FOR
 REVIEW PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL FOR BUILDING PERMIT.
 I. PROPOSED CHANGES TO OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING,
 STREETSCAPE, LANDSCAPED QUADRILLE MEDIAN, ETC. WILL
 REQUIRE THE FINAL LANDSCAPING PLANS TO GO FORWARD TO
 DAC FOR REVIEW.
 C. PLEASE REFERENCE FINAL DAC ORDER 15-13 FOR
 ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE.
  
 6. PER FSPR 15-06 SITE PLAN APPROVAL LETTER
 A. CONDITION (11): THE SOUTH SIDE OF 4TH STREET AT
 QUADRILLE BOULEVARD SHALL BE RECONSTRUCTED TO CREATE A
 BULB-OUT TO PROTECT THE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES AND
 NARROW PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
 I. PLEASE INCLUDE/SHOW THIS ADDITION ON THE PROPOSED
 SITE PLANS.
 B. CONDITION (16): PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF ANY PERMITS FOR
 THE LANDSCAPE OR HARDSCAPE ON SITE, THE APPLICANT SHALL
 PROVIDE A DETAIL OF THE LIVING WALL INCLUDING PLANTING
 DETAIL AND PLANT SPECIES.
 C. PLEASE REFERENCE FSPR 15-06 SITE PLAN APPROVAL
 LETTER FOR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE.
  
 UPON REVIEW OF PPRC COMMENTS, MAY WANT TO SCHEDULE A
 SEPARATE MEETING TO FURTHER REVIEW/DISCUSS PROPOSED
 CHANGES IN REGARDS TO ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
 CHRIS KIMMERLY, AICP
 URBAN DESIGN PLANNER 822-1426 [email protected]
  
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