Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z22060032
Project Number Z22060032
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 1
Notes
Date Text
2022-07-12 16:15:14GENERAL COMMENTS:
  
 1.) SURVEY MUST BE DATED LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND MUST
 BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY A FLORIDA REGISTERED LAND
 SURVEYOR. THE SUBMITTED SURVEY IS MORE THAN A YEAR OLD
 (2019) AND HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED AND SEALED. SEE SURVEY
 REQUIREMENTS ON PAGE 5 OF THE 2022 DEVELOPMENT
 APPLICATION.
  
 2.) AS DISCUSSED DURING THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING,
 COORDINATION AND A REVISED PRE-DETERMINATION LETTER ON
 THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT SHALL
 BE REQUIRED FROM FDOT.
  
 3.) A TPS LETTER FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY TRAFFIC
 DIVISION IS REQUIRED.
  
 4.) THE APPROVED PEDESTRIAN POCKET PLAZA LINKING PODS 1
 AND 2 OF THE COMMERCIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (CPD), HAS
 BEEN ELIMINATED IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
 ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE HOTEL. THE
 POCKET PLAZA WAS A CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR
 HORIZONTAL-INTEGRATION AND THE APPROVAL OF THE CPD BACK
 IN 2020. THE POCKET PLAZA MUST REMAIN.
  
 5.) THE PLAN REVIEW IS INCOMPLETE DUE TO MISSING
 PLANS/INFORMATION. REQUIRED AND PROVIDED FAR
 CALCULATIONS WILL NEED TO BE VERIFIED FOR THE ENTIRE
 CPD (AND EACH DEVELOPMENT PARCEL). THERE SEEMS TO BE
 INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE NUMBERS AND CALCULATIONS IN
 THE SUBMITTED PLANS (VS. APPROVED PLANS).
  
 6.) IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT, PLEASE IDENTIFY HOW
 THE WAIVERS REQUESTED IN THIS MAJOR AMENDMENT WILL
 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THE PROJECT AND CITY. ALSO,
 WHAT ARE THE "TRADE-OFFS" FOR THE WAIVERS REQUESTED,
 AND MITIGATION MEASURES AS IT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO
 THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CPD.
  
 7.) THE HOTEL MARKET STUDY IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT AS A
 "FULL SERVICE HOTEL" ; HOWEVER, THE PLANS INDICATE THAT
 THE HOTEL IS A "LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL." PLEASE ADDRESS
 THIS DISCREPANCY.
  
 8.) ALL PLANS AND DOCUMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN HARD
 COPY AND DIGITAL FORMAT. NOT ALL DOCUMENTS/PLANS HAVE
 BEEN PROVIDED IN BOTH FORMATS (I.E. ARCHITECTURAL
 PLANS).
  
 9.) CHANGES TO ANY PLANS WILL REQUIRE ALL PLANS TO
 MATCH FOR CONSISTENCY.
  
  
 MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN:
  
 1.) THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TRIGGERS CHANGES TO THE
 INFORMATION/OVERALL SITE CALCULATIONS PROVIDED IN THE
 APPROVED MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN (SHEET MDP-1). THIS
 SHEET MUST BE REVISED WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND
 INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PLAN PACKET.
  
  
 SITE PLAN COMMENTS:
  
 1.) PLEASE REESTABLISH THE PEDESTRIAN POCKET PLAZA.
 THIS IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT IN THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FOR
 THE CPD.
  
 2.) THE FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) CALCULATIONS CANNOT BE
 VERIFIED. THE BUILDING CALCULATIONS FOR THE RESIDENTIAL
 POD AND HOTEL POD ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED
 AND SUBMITTED PLANS. PLEASE ADDRESS FOR CONSISTENCY.
 THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PLANS THAT
 SHOW THE FAR CALCULATIONS BREAKDOWN FOR ACCURACY.
  
 3.) WAIVER(S) REQUESTED TO THE BUILDING SETBACK(S)
 CANNOT BE VERIFIED. MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON THE
 BUILDING HEIGHTS AND SETBACKS (I.E. IF HOTEL AND GARAGE
 ARE CONNECTED, THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE CONNECTED
 BUILDING WILL BE USED AS THE BUILDING HEIGHT. IF THE
 BUILDINGS ARE SEPARATED, BOTH BUILDINGS MUST MEET THE
 MINIMUM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH BUILDING HEIGHT
 OF THE ZLDRS). THE SETBACK CALCULATIONS PRESENTED IN
 THE WAIVER TABLE (IN THE PLANS) ARE ALSO INCORRECT
 BASED ON THE (INCORRECT) NUMBERS PROVIDED.
 INFORMATION MUST BE CORRECTED FOR ACCURACY.
  
 4.) WHY ARE THERE MULTIPLE WAIVER REQUEST TABLES IN THE
 PLANS? PLEASE PRESENT WAIVER INFORMATION IN AN EASY TO
 READY FORMAT THAT CLEARLY DISTINGUISHES WHICH WAIVERS
 HAVE BEEN APPROVED/PROPOSED AND WHICH POD ARE THEY
 APPLICABLE TO.
  
 5.) ARE ANY CHANGES BEING PROPOSED WITHIN THE
 RESIDENTIAL POD? IF SO, ALL CHANGES MUST BE CLEARLY
 IDENTIFIED IN THE PLANS AND ALSO SPECIFIED IN THE
 JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT. THE SUBMITTED PLANS SEEM TO
 SHOW IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL POD THAT
 DIFFER FROM THE APPROVED PLANS.
  
 6.) DID THE NUMBER OF TYPE OF UNITS WITHIN THE
 RESIDENTIAL POD CHANGE? THE TABULATION FOR THE TYPE OF
 UNITS DO NOT MATCH THE APPROVED PLANS FOR THE
 RESIDENTIAL POD.
  
 7.) IN ADDITION TO ADDRESSING THE INTEGRATION
 REQUIREMENTS WITH THE OTHER PODS AS PART OF THE CPD,
 THE HOTEL PARCEL MUST BE ABLE TO MEET THE MINIMUM
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZLDRS AS A STAND-ALONE PARCEL,
 INCLUDING THE MINIMUM BUILDING, PARKING/LOADING,
 LANDSCAPING, LOT COVERAGE, ETC. THERE ARE ELEMENTS IN
 THE DESIGN (I.E. PROPOSED LOADING ZONE) THAT ARE NOT
 PROVIDED ON-SITE AND CANNOT COUNT TOWARDS MEETING THE
 MINIMUM REQUIREMENT(S) OF THE ZLDRS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
 PARCEL.
  
 8.) EXPLAIN HOW THE PROPOSED NEW LOADING ZONE LOCATED
 WITHIN THE NOW PROPOSED GATED RESIDENTIAL POD WILL
 FUNCTION. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN APPROPRIATE
 LOCATION FOR THE LOADING ZONE AND DOES NOT ADDRESS THE
 LOADING ZONE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HOTEL.
  
 9.) PROPOSED RESTAURANT CALCULATIONS MUST BE CLARIFIED.
 OUTDOOR SEATING FOR THE RESTAURANT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN
 THE RESTAURANT SQUARE FOOTAGE. IS THE PROPOSED
 BAR/LOUNGE PART OF THE RESTAURANT? IF SO, IT MUST ALSO
 BE INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATIONS. REVISE CALCULATIONS
 FOR ACCURACY.
  
 10.) BASED ON COMMENT ABOVE, THE PARKING CALCULATIONS
 PROVIDED ARE INCORRECT.
  
 11.) PARKING CALCULATIONS DO NOT MATCH THE NUMBER OF
 SPACES PROVIDED IN THE SITE PLAN (I.E. THERE'S A
 DISCREPANCY IN THE NUMBER OF SURFACE SPACES COUNTED FOR
 THE HOTEL AND IT DOES NOT MATCH THE NUMBER PROVIDED IN
 THE PARKING CALCULATIONS, ETC.). PLEASE ADDRESS FOR
 CONSISTENCY.
  
 12.) THE BUILDING SETBACK FOR THE PROPOSED HOTEL GARAGE
 IS 5 FT. FROM THE FRONT (WEST) PROPERTY LINE. PLEASE
 SPECIFY AND ILLUSTRATE WHAT DECORATIVE FEATURES,
 LANDSCAPING, ETC. ON/ALONG THE GARAGE STRUCTURE WILL BE
 PROVIDED TO SOFTEN THE APPEARANCE OF THE GARAGE
 STRUCTURE FROM THE WEST/I-95 VIEW.
  
 13.) ALL DIMENSIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE PLANS,
 INCLUDING BUILDING SETBACKS, STRUCTURAL SETBACKS (I.E.
 LIGHT POLES, ETC.), DRIVE AISLE WIDTHS, PARKING STALL
 DIMENSIONS, ACCESS POINTS, LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, ETC.
 DIMENSIONS ARE REQUIRED IN THE PLANS TO DEMONSTRATE
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
 REGULATIONS (ZLDRS).
  
 14.) SOME OF THE BUILDING/STRUCTURAL SETBACKS HAVE
 CHANGED FROM THE APPROVED PLANS FOR THE OVERALL CPD
 (I.E. WEST MONUMENT SIGN WITHIN POD 1 - WAWA).
  
 15.) ALONG WITH THE SITE/PARKING CALCULATIONS, SITE
 INFORMATION MUST ALSO BE UPDATED/CORRECTED (I.E. FUTURE
 LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS, TYPOS, ETC.).
  
  
 FREESTANDING MASTER SIGN PROGRAM:
  
 1.) HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION AND
 LOCATION OF ANY FREESTANDING SIGNS (INCLUDING
 DIRECTIONAL/INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE) WITHIN THE APPROVED
 CPD/MASTER FREESTANDING SIGN PROGRAM? IF SO, THESE
 CHANGES MUST BE REFLECTED IN THE SIGN PROGRAM DOCUMENT.
  
  
 ARCHITECTURAL COMMENTS:
  
 1.) ARCHITECTURAL PLANS ARE INCOMPLETE IN THE
 SUBMITTAL. THE FLOOR PLANS ARE MISSING AND SHALL BE
 PROVIDED AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT APPLICATION.
  
 2.) PLEASE SHOW BREAKDOWN OF FAR/NON-FAR CALCULATIONS
 FOR THE PROPOSED HOTEL AMENDMENT.
  
 3.) SHOW SPACE CALCULATIONS THAT ILLUSTRATE THAT THE
 PROPOSED HOTEL IS A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL (CANNOT
 EXCEED 7.5% OF GROSS BUILDING AREA DEVOTED TO GUEST
 AMENITIES). [ZLDR S.94-611]
  
 4.) THE ELEVATIONS MUST CLEARLY SHOW THE EXACT HEIGHT
 OF THE PROPOSED HOTEL BUILDING AND GARAGE STRUCTURE
 FROM GRADE TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF BUILDING.
  
 5.) PARKING SPACE (INCLUDING COMPACT, ADA), BICYCLE
 PARKING CALCULATIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE FLOOR
 PLANS TO ILLUSTRATE THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT MEETS THE
 MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZLDRS. [ZLDR
 S.94-485]
  
 6.) IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT DECORATIVE FEATURES
 BE INCORPORATED ON THE GARAGE STRUCTURE WHERE HIGHLY
 VISIBLE (I.E. VIEW FROM THE WEST/I-95). THE PROPOSED
 SETBACK FOR THE GARAGE STRUCTURE IS ONLY 5 FT. FROM THE
 PROPERTY LINE AND ADDITIONAL MEASURES SHOULD BE
 INCORPORATED TO SOFTEN THE APPEARANCE OF THE STRUCTURE
 FROM THE WEST. CONSIDERATION SHOULD ALSO BE MADE FOR
 THE RESIDENTIAL GARAGE STRUCTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY
 UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
  
 7.) NO DIGITAL SUBMISSION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS.
 PLEASE PROVIDE.
  
  
 PHOTOMETRIC COMMENTS:
  
 1.) LOCATION OF LIGHT POLES SHALL BE PROVIDED IN ALL
 PLANS FOR CONSISTENCY AND TO DETERMINE IF THE PLACEMENT
 OF THE POLE FIXTURES WILL BE IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER
 SITE ELEMENTS/STRUCTURES.
  
 2.) PROVIDE SETBACK DISTANCE FROM THE POLE FIXTURES TO
 THE PROPERTY LINES. A MINIMUM SETBACK OF 5 FT. FROM THE
 POLE FIXTURE TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS REQUIRED. [ZLDR
 S.94-145(2)]
  
  
 INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESUBMITTAL:
  
 * PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN
 WRITTEN FORMAT.
  
 * WHEN RESUBMITTING, PLEASE PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF FOUR
 (4) FULL COLORED PAPER COPIES, ONE (1) REDUCED COPY IN
 11 INCHES X 17 INCHES, AND AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF ALL
 PLANS AND DOCUMENTS.
  
 * ANY CHANGES ON THE RESUBMITTED PLANS MAY RESULT IN
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 * PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE PERMITTED ONE (1)
 RESUBMITTAL AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. IF PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED
 COMMENTS CONTINUE TO NOT BE SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED, THE
 APPLICANT WILL BE ASSESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE
 WILL BE 20 PERCENT OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE.
  
 * CONTACT LINDA LOUIE @ (561) 822-1458 IF THERE ARE
 QUESTIONS.
  
  
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