Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Project Z22110009
Project Number Z22110009
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 2
Notes
Date Text
2023-01-31 10:07:46PLANS AND PLATS REVIEW COMMITTEE (PPRC) ZONING REVIEW
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 DATE OF REVIEW: 01.31.2023
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 PLEASE PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING
 REVIEW COMMENTS:
  
 1. NOT SATISFIED - AN APPROVED TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE
 STANDARDS LETTER SHALL BE PROVIDED FROM THE PALM BEACH
 COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ??? TRAFFIC DIVISION.
  
 2. NOT SATISFIED - OUTSTANDING PUBLIC UTILITY LETTERS
 SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 2.1. NEW COMMENT - COMCAST AND FPL LETTERS STILL
 OUTSTANDING.
  
 3. SATISFIED (THIS REVIEW/DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AS
 THE PROJECT MOVES INTO PERMITTING) - SIGNIFICANT
 DISCUSSIONS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SITE
 PLAN REVIEW/PERMITTING PROCESS REGARDING THE PHASING.
 ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS AND DATA TABLES WILL LIKELY NEED TO
 BE PROVIDED. WILL NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT SUFFICIENT
 PARKING, ACCESS, ETC. WILL BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT
 CONSTRUCTION.
  
 4. SATISFIED - THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT INDICATES
 THAT THERE ARE 76 SPACES PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED
 OUTSIDE OF THE LEASE AREA, AND ARE A PART OF THE WAIVER
 REQUEST; THE SITE PLAN SHOWS 78 SPACES.
  
 5. SATISFIED (BEING ADDRESSED AS PART OF LEASE
 PROVISIONS) - DISCUSSIONS WILL NEED TO CONTINUE
 REGARDING THE LIMITS OF THE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS.
 ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE PROVIDED.
  
 6. SATISFIED (SUBJECT TO MAINTENACE OF NORTH PARKING BY
 THE SCIENCE CENTER) - IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE LEASE
 LINE SUCH THAT IT DOES NOT SPLIT THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING
 SPACE? IF THE PARKING OUTSIDE OF THE LEASE AREA WILL BE
 THE MAINTENANCE OBLIGATION OF THE SCIENCE CENTER,
 IT???S NOT SO MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
  
 7. SATISFIED - PLEASE CLARIFY THE PARKING WAIVER ???
 THERE IS NO REQUEST TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED
 SPACES, BUT SIMPLY TO ALLOW THE SPACES TO BE LOCATED
 OUTSIDE OF THE LEASE AREA.
  
 8. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
 WHERE TREES, GATES, ETC. ARE PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED
 WITHIN AN EASEMENT. EITHER THE TREES SHALL BE RELOCATED
 TO POINTS OUTSIDE THE EASEMENT, OR CONSENT SHALL BE
 OBTAINED FROM THE EASEMENT HOLDER.
  
 8.1. NEW COMMENT - THERE ARE STILL LOCATIONS WHERE
 TREES ARE BEING SHOWN IN AN EASEMENT.
  
 9. SATISFIED - ON THE SITE PLAN THERE IS A SYMBOL OF W2
 ALONG THE EAST LEASE LINE ??? I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE
 W3 TO CORRESPOND WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER WAIVER.
  
 10. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - ON THE SITE PLAN THERE IS A
 SYMBOL OF W3 ALONG THE WEST LEASE LINE ??? NO WAIVER IS
 BEING REQUESTED ALONG THIS PROPERTY LINE, CORRECT? THIS
 SEEMS CONFUSING. THE SYMBOLS FOR THE WAIVERS SHOULD BE
 LOCATED IN THE AREAS IN WHICH THE WAIVER IS PROPOSED TO
 OCCUR (IF SPECIFIC TO A LOCATION).
  
 10.1. NEW COMMENT - THERE IS A SYMBOL OF W4 ALONG THE
 WEST PROPERTY LINE. IN THE JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT THIS
 INDICATES A WAIVER FROM FENCE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, BUT
 THIS IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE WAIVER TABLE ON THE SITE
 PLAN.
  
 11. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - IS THE DIESEL TANK PROPOSED
 TO BE ABOVE OR BELOW GROUND? IF ABOVE GROUND, AN OPAQUE
 ENCLOSURE AND HEDGING SHALL BE PROVIDED ??? PLEASE
 PROVIDE DETAILS.
  
 11.1. NEW COMMENT - THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE DIESEL
 TANK AND BRANCH PICK-UP AREA ENCROACHES INTO AN
 EASEMENT. EASEMENT CONSENT SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM THE
 EASEMENT HOLDER. ADDITIONALLY, THE WALL IS WITHIN THE
 "FRONT" SETBACK AND WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
 WAIVER REQUEST AS IT IS MORE THAN FOUR (4) FEET IN
 HEIGHT.
  
 11.2. NEW COMMENT - THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE DIESEL
 TANK AND BRANCH PICK-UP AREA DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED
 LANDSCAPE MATERIAL SURROUNDING IT.
  
 12. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - DETAILS SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
 THE GENERATOR ENCLOSURE, AS WELL AS ENCLOSURE OF THE
 AQUARIUM EQUIPMENT, ETC. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION MAY NEED
 TO OCCUR ON THE HOW EQUIPMENT/SERVICE AREAS ARE BEING
 SCREENED AND WHAT DETAILS NEED TO BE PROVIDED.
  
 12.1. NEW COMMENT - THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE GENERATORS
 DOES NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED LANDSCAPE MATERIAL
 SURROUNDING IT.
  
 12.2. NEW COMMENT - THE ENCLOSURE AROUND THE GENERATORS
 SHALL BE OPAQUE AND THE GENERATOR SHALL NOT BE VISIBLE.
  
 12.3. NEW COMMENT - HOW IS THE AQUARIUM EQUIPMENT YARD
 PROPOSED TO BE SCREENED/LANDSCAPED?
  
 12.4. NEW COMMENT - DETAIL #5 ON SHEET AS-203 IS
 LABELED AS THE ELEVATION FOR THE DIESEL TANK STORAGE,
 HOWEVER THIS APPEARS TO BE FOR THE LOADING/SERVICE
 AREA.
  
 12.5. NEW COMMENT - IN THE SERVICE AREA SURROUNDING
 BUILDING 2A, THERE APPEARS TO BE REMNANTS OF FENCING
 STILL BEING SHOWN, IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED WALL.
 PLEASE CLARIFY.
  
 13. SATISFIED - WHAT IS THE BUILDING SEPARATION BETWEEN
 BUILDING 1 AND BUILDING 2? IS THIS A PART OF THE WAIVER
 REQUEST?
  
 14. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - WOULD IT BE PREFERRED TO
 REMOVE FROM THE SITE/LANDSCAPE PLANS ANY EASEMENTS THAT
 HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABANDONED?
  
 14.1. NEW COMMENT - THERE APPEAR TO BE LABELS FOR
 ABANDONED EASEMENTS THAT STILL EXIST ON THE LANDSCAPE
 PLANS.
  
 15. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - THERE IS DETAIL LACKING ON
 THE SITE PLAN, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THOSE AREAS IN
 FRONT OF THE PROPOSED EXPANSION. GATES ARE SHOWN, BUT
 THERE IS NOT INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER THESE GATES TIE
 INTO PROPOSED FENCING OR WALLS, WHAT THE FENCING/WALLS
 (IF APPLICABLE) ARE PROPOSED TO CONSIST OF, ETC.
  
 15.1. NEW COMMENT - THE ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN
 INDICATES A SECURITY GATE, FENCING, ETC. ALONG THE
 SOUTH LEASE BOUNDARY; THIS IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SITE
 PLAN AND WOULD NEED TO BE A PART OF THE WAIVER #4
 REQUEST AS A PORTION OF IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
 "FRONT" SETBACK.
  
 16. SATISFIED - SHOULDN???T BUILDING 4 BE SHADED AS A
 ???PROPOSED BUILDING???? IS THIS BUILDING ACCOUNTED FOR
 IN SQUARE FOOTAGES, ETC.?
  
 17. SATISFIED - PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT IS BEING IDENTIFIED
 AS THE FRONT, SIDE, REAR, ETC. AS THE PROPOSED SETBACKS
 INDICATED IN THE SITE DATA TABLE DO NOT SEEM TO
 CORRESPOND WITH THE SETBACKS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
  
 18. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - FENCES, GATES, ETC. LOCATED
 WITHIN THE FRONT SETBACK ARE NOT TO EXCEED FOUR (4)
 FEET IN HEIGHT.
  
 18.1. NEW COMMENT - SEE COMMENTS #11.1. AND #15.1.
 REGARDING ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
 IDENTIFIED FOR THE WAIVER REQUEST.
  
 19. SATISFIED - THE BIKE RACK AT BUILDING 5 IS ORIENTED
 IN SUCH A WAY THAT BOTH SPACES CANNOT BE ACCESSED.
  
 20. PARTIALLY SATISFIED - IN ADDITION TO THE HEIGHT OF
 THE BUILDING AT THE ROOF DECK, PLEASE PROVIDE THE
 HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING AS MEASURED TO THE TOP OF THE
 PARAPET.
  
 20.1. NEW COMMENT - THE HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE
 PARAPET WAS PROVIDED IN THE "RESPONSE TO COMMENTS" BUT
 DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SHOWN ON THE PLANS.
  
 21. SATISFIED - THE LANDSCAPE AREA PROPOSED, PLUS THE
 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA PROPOSED, SHOULD ADD UP TO
 100%. ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
 REQUIREMENTS TABLE, THE TOTAL IS ONLY 93%.
  
 22. SATISFIED - EXPLANATION IS NEEDED REGARDING THE
 SECURITY GATE AT THE NORTH END OF THE FPL SUBSTATION.
 HOW WILL FPL MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES?
 WHEN IS THE GATE OPEN/CLOSED? WILL PATRONS OF THE
 SCIENCE CENTER BE PRESENT WHEN THIS GATE IS CLOSED AND
 IF SO, WILL A TURNAROUND NEED TO BE PROVIDED?
  
 23. NEW COMMENT - THE ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN
 REFERENCES A COVERED WALKWAY BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
 THIS IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN AND THERE IS NOT
 ENOUGH INFORMATION/DETAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
 PROPOSED. WHAT IS THIS COVERING TO CONSIST OF? WHAT ARE
 THE LIMITS OF THE COVERING? IS THE COVERING CONNECTED
 TO EACH OF THE BUILDINGS? IF SO, THEN ALL OF THE
 CONNECTED BUILDINGS COULD POTENTIALLY BE CLASSIFIED AS
 ONE BUILDING (FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE). MORE
 INFORMATION IS NEEDED.
  
 26. NEW COMMENT - THE GRAPHIC SCALE ON THE
 ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN IS INCORRECT.
  
 27. NEW COMMENT ??? THE ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN DOES
 NOT MATCH THE SITE PLAN. SPECIFIC AREAS INCLUDE:
 - CHILLER ENCLOSURE IS STILL LABELED AS BUILDING #4
 - BUILDING #4 ON THE SITE PLAN IS LABELED AS BUILDING
 #5 ON THE ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN.
 - THE BIKE RACK SOUTH OF BUILDING #4 (AS LABELED ON THE
 SITE PLAN) IS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
 - THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING SOUTH OF
 BUILDING #4 (AS LABELED ON THE SITE PLAN) IS DIFFERENT.
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 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING WHEN RESUBMITTING:
  
 A) WRITTEN RESPONSES TO COMMENTS MADE BY ALL
 DEPARTMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED UPON RESUBMISSION.
  
 B) ELECTRONIC COPIES OF ALL REVISED PLANS AND/OR
 DOCUMENTS SHALL BE PROVIDED.
  
 C) PLEASE NOTE THAT RE-SUBMITTALS MAY BE SUBJECT TO
 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
  
 D) IF NO RESPONSE IS RECEIVED WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE
 ISSUANCE OF THESE COMMENTS, THE APPLICATION WILL BE
 CONSIDERED WITHDRAWN AND ANY FURTHER ACTION WILL
 REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
  
 E) 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 ACCESSED A RESUBMITTAL FEE. SUCH FEE
 WILL BE 20% OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION FEE.
  
 F) IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FEBRUARY 22, 2023,
 PLANNING BOARD AGENDA, ALL COMMENTS SHALL BE
 SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL REVISED
 DOCUMENTS/PLANS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23,
 2022.
  
 G) TO BE PLACED ON THE FEBRUARY 22, 2023, PLANNING
 BOARD AGENDA, SIGNS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY NO
 LATER THAN FEBRUARY 7, 2023. SIGNAGE SHALL CONFORM, AND
 BE INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 CITY???S ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS; SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
 APPLICATION. A SIGNED AND NOTARIZED AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE
 PROVIDED BY THE DEADLINE REFERENCED ABOVE.
  
 H) IF AFTER THE CASE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED THE APPLICANT
 DESIRES TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE, A FEE OF $50 PLUS THE
 COST OF ADVERTISING WILL BE CHARGED.
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 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
  
 JOHN P. ROACH, AICP, PRINCIPAL PLANNER
 CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH
 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT ??? PLANNING DIVISION
 401 CLEMATIS STREET - P.O. BOX 3147
 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402
  
 P: 561.822.1448
 TTY: 800.955.8771
 E: [email protected]
  
 W: WPB.ORG
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