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| 2009-07-17 14:25:21 | ***LANDSCAPE REVIEW FAILED*** |
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| | PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO REVIEW COMMENTS IN WRITTEN |
| | FORMAT. |
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| | 1. PLEASE CHANGE NOTES TO REFERENCE THE CITY OF WEST |
| | PALM BEACH INSTEAD OF THE CITY OF GREENACRES. |
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| | 2. PLEASE PROVIDE THE TABULATION NECESSARY FOR THE |
| | EVALUATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE XIV OF THE ZONING |
| | AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE |
| | XERISCAPE POINT SYSTEM. |
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| | 3. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(2), VEHICULAR USE |
| | AREAS SHALL BE SCREENED FROM THOROUGHFARES BY A |
| | LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF AT LEAST FIVE FEET IN WIDTH. SHADE |
| | TREES SHALL BE PLANTED AT 30-FOOT INTERVALS. THE NORTH |
| | PERIMETER OF THE SITE DOES NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. |
| | IF A FENCE IS PROPOSED, IT SHALL BE PLACED ALONG THE |
| | INTERIOR PERIMETER OF FHE LANDSCAPE SETBACK WITH THE |
| | REQUIRED HEDGE PLANTED ON THE STREET SIDE OF THE FENCE. |
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| | 4. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-442 (C), PALM TREES MAY BE |
| | SUBSITUTED FOR NOT MORE THAN 35 PERCENT OF THE SHADE OR |
| | FLOWERING TREES REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE. WHEN PALM |
| | TREES ARE SUBSTITUTED FOR SHADE TREES, TWO PALM TREES |
| | SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH REQUIRED SHADE TREE. |
| | PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-445 (B), WHENEVER THE CLUSTERING |
| | OF PALM TREES IS UTILIZED, A MINIMUM OF THREE PALM |
| | TREES PER CLUSTER SHALL BE REQUIRED. THIS APPLIES TO |
| | THE PROPOSED SABAL PALMS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE |
| | SITE. |
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| | 5. PURSUANT TO TABLE XIV-1, TREES SHALL BE PLANTED AT |
| | 30-FOOT INETERVALS FOR EACH REQUIRED LANDSCAPE BUFFER. |
| | THIS APPLIES TO THE WEST PERIMETER OF THE SITE. PLEASE |
| | REFER TO ITEM NUMBER 4 ABOVE REGARDING THE USE OF SABAL |
| | PALMS. |
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| | 6. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(3), OFF-STREET |
| | PARKING LOTS CONTAINING AT LEAST 12 INTERIOR PARKING |
| | SPACES SHALL CONTAIN LANDSCAPE AREAS. THE TOTAL SIZE OF |
| | SUCH LANDSCAPED AREAS SHALL BE EQUAL TO TEN SQUARE FEET |
| | OF FOR EACH PARKING SPACE AND SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN |
| | THE INTEIOR OF AN OFF-STREET PARKING AREA. LANDSCAPED |
| | AREAS SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR FLOWERING |
| | TREE FOR EACH 100 SQUARE FEET OF REQUIRED LANDSCAPE |
| | AREA. 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 SHADE TREES. |
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| | 7. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(3)(A), EACH ROW OF |
| | PARKING SPACES SHALL BE TERMINATED BY LANDSCAPED |
| | ISLANDS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE FEET IN WIDTH AND NOT |
| | LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE ADJACENT PARKING STALL. THE |
| | LANDSCAPED ISLAND SHALL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE SHADE OR |
| | FLOWERING TREE. |
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| | 8. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (C)(5)(A), LANDSCAPE |
| | AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM VEHICULAR USE AREAS BY |
| | NON-MOUNTABLE, CONCRETE CURBING OF THE TYPE |
| | CHARACTERIZED AS 'TYPE D'. NO CURBING HAS BEEN |
| | PROPOSED. |
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| | 9. PLEASE USE THE STANDARD CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH |
| | PARKING STALL DETAIL. |
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| | 10. PURSUANT TO SECTION 94-444 (B), OUTDOOR GARBAGE OR |
| | TRASH RECEPTACLES SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS |
| | APPROPRIATE SCREENING IS PROVIDED. SCREENING SHALL BE |
| | CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK, DECORATIVE CONCRETE, OTHER |
| | DECORATIVE MASONRY, OR COMPARABLY DURABLE WOOD AND |
| | STEEL. WALLS SHALL BE LANDSCAPED WITH SHRUBS AND HEDGES |
| | PLANTED AT TWO-FOOT INTERVALS. A FOUR-SIDED ENCLOSURE |
| | WITH AN OBSCURING GATE IS REQUIRED. PLEASE USE THE |
| | STANDARD CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH DUMPSTER DETAIL. |
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| | 11. PUSUANT TO SECTION 94-443 (E), AT LEAST 30 PERCENT |
| | OF THE LINEAR FEET AROUND THE EXTERIOR OF ALL |
| | COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES SHALL BE PLANTED WITH TREES, |
| | SHRUBS OR HEDGES. ALL REMAINING , NONPAVED AREAS SHALL |
| | BE COVERED WITH GRASS, GROUND COVER AND MULCH. THE |
| | PAVEMENT SHALL BE REMOVED ALONG THE WEST AND NORTH |
| | SIDES OF THE BUILDING AND THE AREAS SHALL BE CONVERTED |
| | INTO GREEN SPACE. IN ADDITION TO A HEDGE AND OTHER |
| | PLANTING ALONG THESE TWO SIDES OF THE BUILDING,VERTICAL |
| | LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS TO COMPLIMENT THE ARCHITECTURE SUCH |
| | AS TRIPLE ALEXANDER PALMS ARE RECOMMENDED. IF THE |
| | LOADING SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS |
| | PERMITTED, THEN TERMINAL LANDSCAPE ISLANDS WILL BE |
| | REQUJRED. PLEASE REFER TO ITEM #7 ABOVE TO REFERENCE |
| | THE REQUIREMENTS. |
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| | 12, THE PARKING STALLS ARE REQUIRED TO BE A MINIMUM OF |
| | 18 FEET IN LENGTH. THE PROPOSED 20 FOOT PARKING STALLS |
| | SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 18 FEET WITH THE ADDITIONAL AREA |
| | BEING CONVERTED INTO GREEN SPACE. THE ADDED SPACE WILL |
| | ALLOW TREES ALONG THE WEST PERIMETER (ADJACENT TO THE |
| | LARGE EXISTING HEDGE) TO HAVE MORE ROOM TO GROW. |
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| | 13. PLEASE PROVIDE A CERTIFIED COST ESTIMATE THAT |
| | INCLUDES THE TOTAL COST OF ALL LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND |
| | LABOR, BROKEN DOWN INTO UNIT COST. |
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| | IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT ROBERT |
| | KUSSNER @ (561) 822-1462, |
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