Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z22050022
Project Number Z22050022
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2022-09-08 13:39:06CASE NO. FSPR 22-08 1ST RESUBMITTAL REVIEW
 RESIDENCES OF PALM BEACH WEST
 401 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY
  
 - CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ (561) 822-1446,
 [email protected]
  
 - PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 - WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF THREE
 (3) PAPER COPIES AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY IN .PNG AND
 .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 PPRC COMMENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED AND
 SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING DIVISION BY 5 PM ON FRIDAY,
 SEPTEMBER 23, 2022, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE SCHEDULED FOR
 THE NOVEMBER 9, 2022 DOWNTOWN ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING.
 PLEASE NOTE THAT RESUBMITTALS MAY BE SCHEDULED FOR AN
 ADDITIONAL PPRC MEETING.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THE PLANNING DIVISION HAS NOT
 RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO THE PPRC COMMENTS WITHIN 60 DAYS
 FROM THE DATE OF THE PPRC MEETING (BY NOVEMBER 8,
 2022), THE PLANNING DIVISION MAY NOTIFY THE APPLICANT
 THAT THE CASE IS CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN. ANY FURTHER
 ACTION SHALL REQUIRE A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 - PLEASE NOTE THAT SINCE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED COMMENTS
 WERE NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED, THE APPLICANT WILL
 BE ASSESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE WILL BE 20% OF
 THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE ($400).
  
 1) REPEAT COMMENT: THE SURVEY SHOWS PROPERTY ALONG FERN
 STREET AND SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY THAT WERE ACQUIRED BY
 MAINTENANCE MAPS BY THE CITY AND FDOT, RESPECTIVELY.
 THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE OVERALL
 PROPERTY CALCULATIONS FOR THE SITE, INCLUDING FAR AND
 OPEN SPACE. ALL DATA TABLES AND PLANS NEED TO BE
 UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
  
 2) REPEAT COMMENT: APPENDIX A OF THE TRANSPORTATION
 ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TABLE X-1
 CONTAINED IN SECTION 94-305.D OR THE ZONING AND LAND
 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ARE THE LIST OF REQUIRED
 THOROUGHFARE RIGHT-OF-WAY SETBACKS. THE TABLES REQUIRE
 A ROADWAY SETBACK OF 100 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE OF
 QUADRILLE BOULEVARD IN ADDITION TO THE SETBACKS
 REQUIRED BY THE ZONING DISTRICT. A PORTION OF THE
 BUILDING ALONG QUADRILLE BOULEVARD DOES NOT COMPLY WITH
 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
 REGULATION REQUIREMENT. **** REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
 LANGUAGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR THE ZONING AND
 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WERE A SCRIVENER'S ERROR,
 THE LANGUAGE IS IN BOTH DOCUMENTS. THE PROPOSAL IS NOT
 CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE OPTIONS ARE
 1) AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR 2) THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN (AND
 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS) NEED TO BE
 AMENDED.
  
 3) UPDATED COMMENT: THE ELEVATIONS MUST ACCURATELY SHOW
 THE BUILDING FEATURES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN
 SHEETS, TO INCLUDE DIMENSIONS (EX. GARAGE OPENINGS,
 FACADE WIDTHS, ETC.). FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NO DOORS
 SHOWN ANYWHERE ON THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. PLEASE
 INCLUDE HARD LINE (NOT JUST COLOR) ELEVATIONS. THE
 ELEVATION DRAWINGS (EITHER SET) SHALL CALL OUT THE
 MATERIALS BEING USED ON THE BUILDING. THIS WILL
 FACILITATE THE HISTORIC COMPATIBILITY REVIEW.
  
 4) THE PROJECT IS REQUESTING NUMEROUS VARIANCES FROM
 THE DMP REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT PROVIDING ADEQUATE
 JUSTIFICATION AS TO WHY STAFF SHOULD SUPPORT THE THEM.
 THE NEW PORTION OF THE PROJECT OCCUPIES ALMOST THE
 ENTIRETY OF A CITY BLOCK AFTER THE ABANDONMENT OF THE
 ALLEY, SO THE REQUESTS ARE VARIANCES OF CONVENIENCE AND
 DO NOT FOSTER A DESIRABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
 SURROUNDING PROPERTIES IN THE DMP. **** STAFF WILL
 AWAIT THE UPDATED VARIANCE JUSTIFICATION SUBSEQUENT TO
 THE PPRC COMMENTS BEING SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED.
  
 5) CONDITION: VERIFICATION THAT THE 3-FOOT FPL UTILITY
 EASEMENT IS ABANDONED WILL NEED TO BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO
 ZONING APPROVING THE BUILDING PERMIT.
  
 6) UPDATED COMMENT: THE ONLY DUMPSTERS FOR THE PROJECT
 ARE SHOWN IN THE LOADING DOCK AREA. ARE THESE THREE
 DUMPSTERS FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT? PROVIDE HOW THEY WILL
 BE SERVICED, TO INCLUDE TURNING DIAGRAMS TO SHOW HOW
 THEY ARE PICKED UP.
  
 7) WHILE THIS PROJECT IS WITHIN THE TCEA, IT STILL
 REQUIRES A TPS LETTER FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY
 ENGINEERING.
  
 8) PROVIDE EITHER VERIFICATION THAT THE PROPOSED TOWER
 IS NOT WITHIN THE FLIGHT PATH, OR A LETTER FROM THE FAA
 OF NO OBJECTION/APPROVAL OF THE HEIGHT.
  
 9) PROVIDE THE UPDATED SCAD APPROVAL FOR THE INCREASED
 UNIT COUNT.
  
 10) THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE FDOT PRE-APPLICATION
 LETTER. PLEASE PROVIDE A COPY OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT
 INCLUDES THE INTERSECTION OF QUADRILLE BOULEVARD AND
 FERN STREET AND THE NEED FOR A NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN
 LANE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO FDOT AS WELL AS THE FDOT
 RESPONSE TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY. THE FDOT RESPONSE IS
 REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULING THE APPLICATION FOR
 DAC SINCE IF A TURN LANE IS REQUIRED, THEN THE PLANS
 NEED TO CHANGE.
  
 INCENTIVES
  
 11) CONDITION: PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY BUILDING
 PERMITS, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE VERIFICATION TO
 THE PLANNING DIVISION THAT THE TDRS FOR THE FULL
 PROJECT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED.
  
 12) REPEAT COMMENT: THIS PROJECT IS UTILIZING TDRS AND
 CONTAINS MORE THAT 25% OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN
 RESIDENTIAL USE. PLEASE PROVIDE HOW THE PROJECT
 COMPLIES WITH SECTION 94-134 DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN
 HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
  
 13) UPDATED COMMENT: AS PART OF RECEIVING THE TDRS AND
 FOLLOWING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN HOUSING INCENTIVE
 PROGRAM, THE BUILDING THAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC
 DESIGNATION LOCATED AT 401 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY IS
 REQUIRED TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN A
 MANNER WHICH MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF THE HISTORIC
 STRUCTURE. WHILE THE RESUBMITTAL CHANGES HAVE BROUGHT
 THE BUILDING CLOSER TO COMPLIANCE, THE CITY'S HISTORIC
 PRESERVATION PLANNER HAS REVIEWED THE RESUBMITTAL AND
 STILL DOES NOT FIND THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING IS
 INTEGRATED INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS NOT A
 REQUIREMENT FOR WHICH A VARIANCE IS PERMITTED.
  
 A. REPEAT COMMENT: THE SCALE OF THE NEW BUILDING DOES
 NOT PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE TRANSITION WHERE IT IS ADJACENT
 TO THE EXISTING BUILDING. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A
 CONTEXTUAL SETBACK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 401 BUILDING
 ALONG SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, THE PROPOSED BUILDING SHOULD
 BE PULLED BACK TO INTEGRATE AND ALIGN WITH THE 401
 BUILDING'S FACADE.
 B. THE SLATS AND LOUVERS THAT ARE SHOWN ALONG THE
 FA?ADE OF THE NEW BUILDING ALONG SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY
 AND ON THE EAST AND SOUTH SIDES FACING THE 401 SOUTH
 DIXIE HIGHWAY BUILDING SHALL BE VERTICALLY ORIENTED TO
 MIMIC THE HISTORICAL LOUVERS THAT WERE IN THE 401 SOUTH
 DIXIE HIGHWAY BUILDING.
 C. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE RHYTHM OF PUNCHED OPENINGS
 ALONG SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, THE GROUND FLOOR MECHANICAL
 ROOM DOORS (UTILITY VAULT AND DAS ROOM) SHALL BE
 ORIENTED TO SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY AND SHALL BE CLEAR
 GLAZED.
 D. THE BUILDING AT 401 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY SHALL BE
 PAINTED A COMPATIBLE COLOR TO THE NEW BUILDING.
  
 ZONING COMPLIANCE
  
 14) PLEASE CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING FOR FAR (NOTE: SITE
 AREAS NOT UPDATED TO EXCLUDE THE PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED
 ROW, SO ALL VALUES WILL CHANGE):
  
 A. REPEAT COMMENT: WHAT OCCURS IN THE BOH SPACE ON THE
 MEZZANINE LEVEL AND WHY IS NO SQUARE FOOTAGE SHOWN FOR
 THIS AREA?
 B. PROVIDE DETAILS ON HOW THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE NOT
 BEING SHOWN AS COUNTED TOWARD FAR ARE NATURALLY
 VENTILATED.
 C. WHAT IS THE ENCLOSED AREA IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION
 OF LEVEL 6 BETWEEN THE TWO ADA SPACES. PROVIDE THE
 SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THIS AREA AS PART OF THE FAR IF IT
 IS ENCLOSED SPACE.
  
 15) REPEAT COMMENT: THE PROJECT IS SHOWN AS CREATING A
 NEW INTERIOR PARCEL LINE BETWEEN THE EXISTING 401 SOUTH
 DIXIE BUILDING AND THE NEW BUILDING. THE QGD 10-25
 REQUIRES A 20-FOOT SETBACK ABOVE THE 8TH STORY (104
 FEET) FROM THE INTERIOR PARCEL LINE. THIS DOES NOT
 OCCUR ON EITHER PORTION OF THE NEW BUILDING THAT IS
 ABOVE THIS HEIGHT. STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT
 THIS SETBACK VARIANCE
  
 16) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE VERIFICATION THAT THE
 PROPOSED ZERO SETBACK FROM THE INTERIOR PROPERTY LINES
 COMPLIES WITH NFPA REQUIREMENTS. **** THIS NEEDS TO BE
 VERIFIED AT TIME OF SITE PLAN SO THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY
 THAT THE BUILDING CAN BE BUILT AS PROPOSED.
  
 17) REPEAT COMMENT: STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT A
 SETBACK FROM SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY LESS THAN THE REQUIRED
 27 FEET FOR THE PARKING USES ON LEVEL 6 AND THE 66 FEET
 FOR LEVEL 9 OF THE TOWER.
  
 18) REPEAT COMMENT: STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT A
 SETBACK FROM GARDENIA LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 27 FEET
 FOR THE PARKING USES ON LEVEL 6.
  
 19) REPEAT COMMENT: THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT TABLES SHOW
 DIFFERING VALUES FOR THE PROVIDED SQUARE FOOTAGE OF
 LEVELS 2, 3, 7 AND 25 0N SHEETS A0.01 AND A0.07.
 ADDITIONALLY, IT APPEARS THAT THE 401 SOUTH DIXIE
 FOOTPRINT IS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY OF THE TABLES. STAFF
 CANNOT VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITHOUT ACCURATE INFORMATION.
 (NOTE: SITE AREAS NOT UPDATED TO EXCLUDE THE PREVIOUSLY
 DEDICATED ROW, SO ALL VALUES WILL CHANGE):
  
 20) UPDATED COMMENT: THE ACTIVE USE DIAGRAMS ARE
 INCORRECT. NOTE: STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT
 WAIVERS FOR GROUND FLOOR OR LINER ACTIVE USES.
  
 A. QUADRILLE BOULEVARD REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 80% GROUND
 FLOOR ACTIVE USE, NOT 60% AS LISTED.
 B. SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 60% GROUND
 FLOOR ACTIVE USE, NOT 80% AS LISTED.
  
 21) REPEAT COMMENT: THE DRAWINGS SHOW THAT THE GARDENIA
 FRONTAGE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM PLANAR BREAK
 REQUIREMENTS. STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT BUILDING
 DESIGNS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PLANAR BREAKS.
 **** 20% PLANAR BREAK IS REQUIRED.
  
 22) UPDATED COMMENT: THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
 HORIZONTAL OFFSET FROM THE WALL FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL
 TREATMENT OF THE INTERNAL TOWER LOT LINES. PLEASE
 PROVIDE THE VERTICAL LENGTH OF THE WALL AND THE BREAK
 SO THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY THE PLANAR BREAK IS AT LEAST
 5% OF THE FACADE WIDTH.
  
 23) UPDATED COMMENT: THERE ARE HORIZONTAL PROJECTIONS
 SHOWN ON THE PLANS. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE DEPTHS;
 HOWEVER, THEY NEED TO BE LABELED AS TO WHAT THEY ARE SO
 THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE
 ALLOWANCES.
  
 A. AT THE GROUND FLOOR, HORIZONTAL PROJECTIONS THAT
 HAVE A MINIMUM CUMULATIVE HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF 50% OF
 THE BUILDING FRONTAGE SHALL BE PROVIDED. THIS IS NOT
 SHOWN ON ANY ELEVATION.
 B. WHILE DIMENSIONS WERE NOT PROVIDED, THE CANOPY AT
 THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ENTRY SCALES TO EXCEED THE
 20-FOOT MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL PROJECTION. NO INFORMATION
 WAS PROVIDED ON ITS HEIGHT FROM GRADE.
  
 24) UPDATED COMMENT: NEITHER THE UPPER ROOF LEVEL PLAN
 NOR CROSS SECTION DRAWINGS SHOW THE HEIGHT OF THE
 ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT.
 ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE SCREENED
 TO ITS FULL HEIGHT..
  
 STREETSCAPE
  
 25) REPEAT COMMENT: SINCE THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE 401
 SOUTH DIXIE BUILDING, THE STREETSCAPE ADJACENT TO THIS
 BUILDING MUST BE INCLUDED. ANY AREAS WHERE THERE ARE
 CURRENT DEFICIENCIES MUST BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE
 WITH THE CURRENT DMP REQUIREMENTS. **** NOT ALL
 ELEMENTS SHOWN ON THE PLANS, NOR ARE THE PLANS SHOWN
 COMPLAINT WITH CURRENT REQUIREMENTS.
  
 26) THE TRANSFORMERS AND SWITCH CABINETS SHOWN ON THE
 LANDSCAPE AND CIVIL PLANS ADJACENT TO SOUTH DIXIE
 HIGHWAY ARE NOT PERMITTED. THESE ARE NOT PERMITTED
 WITHIN YOUR STREETSCAPE AREA. NOTE: THIS IS NOT SHOWN
 ON THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.
  
 27) INADEQUATE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO VERIFY THAT
 THE PROJECT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 94-113. - LANDSCAPE AND STREETSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. THIS
 INCLUDES:
  
 A. REPEAT COMMENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING - NOT PROVIDED TO
 BACK OF CURB.
 B. REPEAT COMMENT: SITE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
 REQUIREMENTS - NOT PROVIDED FOR DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES.
 C. UPDATED COMMENT: STREETSCAPE REQUIREMENTS. -
 STREETLIGHTS AND STREET FURNITURE NOT SHOWN, NO
 IMPROVEMENT TO THE EXISTING PALM TRAN STOP SHOWN, NO
 BICYCLE PARKING PROVIDED (WHAT IS SHOWN DOES NOT MEET
 CODE), NO CROSS SECTIONS PROVIDE TO VERIFY THAT THE
 SIDEWALK ELEVATIONS ARE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE DRIVEWAYS
 (CROSS SECTION LOCATION TAGS WERE NOT PROVIDED FOR
 STAFF TO VERIFY WHERE THE CROSS SECTION IS).
  
 28) CONDITION: MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS WILL BE REQUIRED
 FOR ALL LANDSCAPING, TREE GRATES, STRUCTURAL SOIL AND
 IRRIGATION.
  
 DESIGN/ARCHITECTURE
  
 29) REPEAT COMMENT: THE DESIGN INTENT OF THE QUADRILLE
 GARDEN DISTRICT IS FOR PROJECTS TO HAVE A HIGH
 PERCENTAGE OF LANDSCAPING AND TREE CANOPY. THE PROJECT
 AS PRESENTED DOES NOT APPEAR TO MEET EITHER ONE OF
 THESE STANDARDS. ADDITIONALLY, GROUND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL
 IS ENCOURAGED AS ACTIVE USE LINERS. THIS INCORPORATION
 OF ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR RESIDENTIAL WOULD ALLEVIATE
 THE NEED FOR THE VARIANCES THAT THE CURRENT PLAN
 REQUIRES.
  
 30) UPDATED COMMENT: THE PROPOSED LOADING AREA ENTRANCE
 ALONG GARDENIA IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE PROPOSED
 LOBBY ENTRANCE OF THE APPROVED AC MARRIOT HOTEL. THE
 PROPOSED DESIGN PRESENTS A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO AN
 APPROVED NEIGHBORING PROJECT. **** THE RESPONSE
 MENTIONS OVERHEAD COVER AND FA?ADE TREATMENT AT THIS
 AREA, NEITHER OF WHICH ARE CLEARLY DEPICTED ON THE
 COLOR ELEVATIONS.
  
 PARKING
  
 31) UPDATED COMMENT: THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
 REMOVES ALL OF THE CURRENT SURFACE PARKING FOR THE 401
 SOUTH DIXIE BUILDING (NOTE - PART OF THE REQUIRED
 PARKING WAS ALREADY SOLD OFF, CREATING A PARKING
 DEFICIENCY, WHICH VIOLATES THE ZONING AND LAND
 DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS). PROVIDE A PARKING TABLE WITH
 A BREAKDOWN OF THE USES WITHIN THE 401 SOUTH DIXIE
 BUILDING AND THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
 PROVIDE HOW THESE PARKING SPACES WILL BE ACCOMMODATED
 WITHIN THE NEW PROJECT'S PARKING GARAGES. THIS SHALL
 INCLUDE SHOWING A CODE COMPLIANT ADA ROUTE TO THE
 BUILDING FROM THE REQUIRED ADA PARKING SPACES. **** THE
 REQUIRED PARKING TABLE IS NOT PROVIDED AND THE ADA
 ROUTE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH STANDARDS - SEE BUILDING
 COMMENTS. PROVIDE THE LENGTH OF THE ANGLED ADA PARKING
 SPACES ON THE AISLE SIDE SO STAFF CAN VERIFY THE
 MINIMUM LENGTH OF 18 FEET.
  
 32) REPEAT COMMENT: WHERE WILL THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR
 40 1 SOUTH DIXIE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
 PROJECT? **** ACKNOWLEDGED IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE
 RESPONSE TO THIS COMMENT.
  
 33) REPEAT COMMENT: NO PARKING TABLES WERE PROVIDED FOR
 THE NEW BUILDING. THE PARKING TABLE NEEDS TO ENUMERATE
 THE REQUIRED AND PROVIDED PARKING FOR THE VARIOUS USER
 GROUPS, TO INCLUDE THE ADA AND TANDEM SPACES. STAFF IS
 UNABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE PROVIDED PARKING COMPLIES
 WITH THE MINIMUM/MAXIMUM DMP REQUIREMENTS.
  
 34) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS FOR THE
 PARKING ROWS AND SPACES WITHIN THE GARAGE. **** PARKING
 SPACE DEPTH NOT PROVIDED ALONG THE EASTERN WALL.
  
 35) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE THE ADA ROUTE FOR THE ADA
 PARKING SPACES TO THE ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCES. IT APPEARS
 THAT A NUMBER OF THE SPACES MAY NOT BE THE CLOSEST
 PARKING SPACES TO THE ENTRY POINTS AND THAT THERE ARE
 SPACES THAT REQUIRE USERS TO WALK BEHIND OTHER CARS TO
 GET TO ENTRANCES. **** SEE BUILDING COMMENT.
  
 36) PLEASE CONSIDER INCLUDING EV CHARGING SPACES FOR
 ALL THE USER GROUPS. THIS SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE PREWIRING
 THE GARAGE AND INCLUDING EXTRA AREA FOR PANELS IN THE
 ELECTRIC ROOM FOR FUTURE EV INSTALLATIONS. **** SEE
 BUILDING COMMENT REGARDING EV FOR ADA SPACES.
  
 37) REMOVE THE PARKING STACK DETAIL FROM THE PLANS
 SINCE THEY WILL NOT BE USED.
  
 38) REPEAT COMMENT: THE GUEST PARKING IS REQUIRED TO BE
 CLEARLY MARKED ON THE PLANS.
  
 39) REPEAT COMMENT: THERE ARE DEAD END PARKING ROWS ON
 MULTIPLE LEVELS, WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT A TURN
 AROUND SPACE OR IF ALL SPACES ON THAT LEVEL ARE
 ASSIGNED PARKING.
  
 40) UPDATED COMMENT: THERE ARE CURRENTLY METERED
 ON-STREET PARKING SPACES ON FERN STREET. PLEASE
 DELINEATE HOW MANY ARE TO REMAIN. YOU WILL NEED TO
 CONTACT THE CITY'S PARKING ADMINISTRATOR AND PROVIDE
 HIS APPROVAL TO PERMANENTLY REMOVE THE PARKING SPACES.
 THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED PRIOR SCHEDULING A HEARING
 BEFORE THE DAC.
  
 41) UPDATED COMMENT: PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT IS PLANNED TO
 OCCUR IN THE ON-STREET AREA IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENTIAL
 BUILDING ENTRANCE. **** IN THE CURRENT ON-STREET
 PARKING AREA.
  
 42) UPDATED COMMENT: NONE OF THE DRIVEWAY OPENING
 COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT CURB CUTS, PARKING
 ENTRANCES, EXITS, AND DRIVEWAYS SHALL NOT BE WIDER THAN
 25 FEET AS MEASURED PARALLEL TO THE STREET AT THE CURB.
  
 A. STAFF UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRUCK MANEUVERING MAY
 REQUIRE AN OPENING GREATER THAN 25 FEET; HOWEVER, STAFF
 IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT THE REDUCED OPENING WIDTH.
 B. STAFF IS NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT A WAIVER TO THE
 MAIN BUILDING ENTRY DRIVE WHICH IS SHOWN AROUND 40 FEET
 ON FERN STREET. FERN STREET IS CLASSIFIED AS A PRIMARY
 PEDESTRIAN STREET. THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY WIDTH DOES NOT
 PROMOTE A FAVORABLE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
  
 43) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE THE DIMENSIONS TO VERIFY
 THAT NOT LESS THAN 20 LINEAR FEET SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
 CAR QUEUING, SHALL OCCUR INTERNAL TO THE LOT, AND SHALL
 NOT INTERFERE WITH PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION ON A PUBLIC
 SIDEWALK. **** THIS IS AT THE SOUTH DIXIE ENTRANCE
 WHERE CARS ARE BACKING INTO THE TRAVEL LANE.
  
 44) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE VERIFICATION THAT THE
 PARKING STRUCTURE ENTRANCES FACING A STREET FRONTAGE
 TREAT THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE GARAGE ENTRY TO A
 DEPTH OF AT LEAST 20 FEET FROM THE BUILDING FACADE.
 TREATMENT MAY INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 STUCCO OR PLASTER, FINISHED AND PAINTED COMPARABLE TO A
 HABITABLE SPACE. ALL MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND
 PLUMBING SYSTEMS SHALL BE COVERED OR SCREENED. **** NOT
 PROVIDED AT THE SOUTH DIXIE GARAGE ENTRANCE/EXIT.
  
 45) REPEAT COMMENT: A PORTION OF THE ENTRANCE RAMP IS
 GREATER THAN 14 PERCENT SLOPE, WHICH REQUIRES A
 BREAK-OVER TRANSITION. **** THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOWN WITH
 THESE PLANS SO THAT VERIFICATION IS PROVIDED THAT THE
 PLANS CONTINUE TO MEET CODE WHEN THE BREAK-OVER
 TRANSITION IS PROVIDED.
  
 46) REPEAT COMMENT: NO BICYCLE PARKING TABLE SHOWING
 PROPOSED AND REQUIRED BICYCLE PARKING IS PROVIDED. THIS
 SHALL INCLUDE BREAK DOWNS FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND
 RESIDENTIAL USERS.
  
 47) REPEAT COMMENT: THE BICYCLE ROOMS SHOWN IN THE
 PLANS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT A LARGER SCALE WITH
 DIMENSIONS AND THE SPECIFIC RACK SYSTEM THAT IS
 PROPOSED.
  
 48) REPEAT COMMENT: THE STREETSCAPE BICYCLE PARKING
 SHALL BE DIMENSIONED ON THE PLANS AS WELL AS SHOWN ON A
 DIMENSIONED BICYCLE DETAIL, WHICH INCLUDES THE SPECIFIC
 RACK USED.
  
 49) UPDATED COMMENT: THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT CONTAINS
 MORE THAN 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL USES, SO A
 SHOWER AND CHANGING FACILITY SHALL BE PROVIDED. ****
 EITHER A SHARED FACILITY IS SHOWN ON THE PLANS THAT
 WILL GO TO DAC, OR A CONDITION WILL BE ADDED THAT AT
 THE TIME OF THE BUILD OUT OF THE RETAIL AREA (GROCERY
 STORE) THE FACILITY WILL BE PROVIDED.
  
 50) UPDATED COMMENT: THE TRUCK TURN PLANS MUST SHOW THE
 FULL EXTENT OF THE GARDENIA RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS SHALL
 INCLUDE ONE DRAWING SHOWING THE EXISTING CONDITION WITH
 THE LOCATION OF THE ON-STREET PARKING SPACES AND
 SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND ONE SHOWING THE PROPOSED
 AC MARRIOT CHANGES TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE TURN PLANS
 MUST VERIFY THAT THAT PROPOSED TRUCK MOVEMENTS DO NOT
 CONFLICT EXISTING OR PROPOSED CHANGES TO GARDENIA. ****
 THE TURN PLAN FOR THE EXISTING STREET CONFIGURATION OF
 GARDENIA STREET. THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE CONFIGURATION
 OF GARDENIA SHOWS THE TRUCKS DRIVING THROUGH THE
 PARALLEL PARKING SPACES, WHICH DOES NOT FUNCTION IF
 CARS ARE PARKED IN THE SPACES.
  
 OPEN SPACE
  
 51) REPEAT COMMENT: SINCE THE PROJECT CONTAINS MORE
 THAN 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF AREA, THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
 IS REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING
 ENTRANCE AND CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE SINGLE OPEN SPACE.
 THE PROPOSED BIFURCATED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE DOES NOT MEET
 THIS REQUIREMENT. **** STAFF DOES NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT
 THE BIFURCATING OF THE OPEN SPACE, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
 EASTERN AREA DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE OPEN SPACE
 CLASSIFICATIONS. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ITEM THAT
 CAN GET A VARIANCE.
  
 52) REPEAT COMMENT: PUBLIC OPEN SPACES SHALL NOT BE
 LOCATED ADJOINING CURB CUTS, DRIVEWAYS, OR PARKING
 ACCESS RAMPS, EXCEPT OUTDOOR PASSENGER DROP-OFF AREAS.
 THE PROPOSED GARDEN COURTYARD DOES NOT COMPLY WITH
 THESE REQUIREMENTS.
  
 53) UPDATED COMMENT: PROVIDE THE TABULAR INFORMATION TO
 SHOW HOW THE PROPOSED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE MEETS THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF TABLE IV-7 OPEN SPACE STANDARDS BASED
 ON THE OPEN SPACE TYPE. VISUALLY, IT DOES NOT APPEAR
 THE STANDARDS ARE MET. **** THE TWO SEPARATE GROUND
 LEVEL OPEN SPACES MAY NOT BE COMBINED ON THE TABLE. IF
 THEY CAN BE SPLIT, EACH NEEDS TO STAND ON ITS OWN FOR
 THE REQUIREMENTS. EACH PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREA NEEDS TO
 STAND ON ITS OWN AS WELL.
  
 54) REPEAT COMMENT: THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THE SITE
 PLAN CONFLICT ON WHAT IS SHOWN FOR THE LEVEL 9 ROOFTOP
 AMENITY AREA. ONCE THE FINAL PROPOSAL IS SHOWN ON ALL
 PLANS, STAFF CAN VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH CODE. PROVIDE
 THE HEIGHT DIMENSION OF ALL FEATURES ABOVE LEVEL 9 IN A
 PLAN VIEW.
  
 55) UPDATED COMMENT: THE PRIVATE OPEN SPACE TABLES ON
 SHEETS A0.01 AND A0.09 SHOW DIFFERENT VALUES. (NOTE:
 SITE AREAS NOT UPDATED TO EXCLUDE THE PREVIOUSLY
 DEDICATED ROW, SO ALL VALUES WILL CHANGE) ALL TABLES
 NEED TO SHOW CONSISTENT, ACCURATE INFORMATION.
 ADDITIONALLY, THE TABLES LIST LESS OPEN SPACE THAN IS
 PROVIDED.
  
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