Plan Review Notes
Plan Review Notes For Permit 19081053
Permit Number 19081053
Review Stop Z
Sequence Number 3
Notes
Date Text
2023-05-23 14:58:34INSUFFICIENT
  
 HOTWIRE P446 N. TERRACE & 41ST STREET
  
 REPEAT COMMENT: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 78-402(B)
 AND 78-411(B)(4) OF THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH CODE OF
 ORDINANCES, THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH IS REQUESTING
 THAT THIS PROPOSED SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY BE MOVED TO
 ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PLACED ON AN
 ALTERNATIVE UTILITY POLE OR ON A NEW UTILITY POLE TO BE
 INSTALLED WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT
 THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND SECTION
 78-411(B)(2) STATES THAT WIRELESS FACILITIES SHALL BE
 LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM
 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF A
 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
  
 **** THE CITY'S WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY
 REGULATIONS ARE WRITTEN TO HAVE THE FACILITIES PLACED
 IN ARTERIAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY NOT IN
 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. IN THE EVENT THAT A POLE IS
 PROPOSED FOR A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THE REGULATIONS
 STIPULATE THAT THE POLE IS NOT TO BE IN FRONT OF A
 HOUSE AND NOT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET AS
 RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IF THAT IS AN OPTION. THE
 PROPOSED LOCATION DOES NOT MEET EITHER OF THESE
 CRITERIA, AND THUS MUST BE RELOCATED. PLEASE NOTE THAT
 THIS COMMENT WAS MADE WITH THE ORIGINAL COMMENTS FOR
 THIS SITE DATED AUGUST 28, 2019.
  
 PLEASE REMEMBER THAT POLES SHALL BE LOCATED SO AS TO
 ALIGN WITH EXISTING POLES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND HAVE
 EQUAL SETBACK DISTANCES WITH EXISTING POLES FROM THE
 CURBLINE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
  
 PLEASE SEE THE LIST BELOW FOR AN ANALYSIS OF THE
 DEFICIENCIES IN INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 78-401
 OF THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH CODE AS PART OF THE
 COMMUNICATION FACILITIES PLACEMENT PERMIT APPLICATION.
 THE DEFICIENT INFORMATION MUST BE PROVIDED FOR STAFF TO
 REVIEW THE PERMIT APPLICATION. PLEASE NOTE THAT STAFF
 HAS ALSO INCLUDED SOME SUBSTANTIVE REVIEW COMMENTS,
 THAT WHILE NOT RESULTING IN A DEFICIENT APPLICATION,
 NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR THE PERMIT WILL NOT BE
 APPROVED.
  
 1) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE A SURVEY, PREPARED BY A
 FLORIDA LICENSED SURVEYOR, THAT SHOWS:
  
 A. THE POLE LOCATION, THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, AND THE
 UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC TO THE POLE SO THAT STAFF CAN
 VERIFY THAT THE UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC AND ANY REQUIRED
 BORE PITS AND HANDHOLES ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
 WHICH JURISDICTION'S RIGHT-OF-WAY THEY ARE IN.
 B. THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED POLE AND THE HEIGHT OF
 THE UTILITY POLE WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT IS BEING
 USED TO ESTABLISH THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED WIRELESS
 COMMUNICATION FACILITY POLE.
 C. THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES FOR THE EXTENT OF THE
 PROJECT, INCLUDING THE UNDERGROUND POWER ROUTE.
 D. ABOVEGROUND FEATURES, INCLUDING TREES.
 E. IDENTIFY ALL ABOVEGROUND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN
 THE AREA TO INCLUDE AN INVENTORY OF THE REGISTRANT'S
 EXISTING FACILITIES - NO INFORMATION ON EXISTING
 FACILITIES WAS PROVIDED. SHOW THIS INFORMATION ON THE
 PLANS AND PROVIDE A NARRATIVE. IF THERE ARE NO
 FACILITIES, THIS SHALL BE NOTED ON THE SURVEY.
  
 **** AN ENGINEER IS NOT PERMITTED TO PREPARE A SURVEY.
 ****
  
 2) UPDATED REPEAT COMMENT: ENGINEERING PLAN (BASED OFF
 THE SURVEY REQUIRED IN COMMENT #1)
  
 A. SHOW THE UNDERGROUND POWER ROUTE ON THE ENGINEERING
 PLAN. **** THIS NEEDS TO BE FOR THE FULL UNDERGROUND
 ELECTRIC ROUTE AND BASED ON THE SURVEY. THE POWER
 FEEDING SKETCH UPLOADED WITH THE PLAN IS NOT SUFFICIENT
 AS IT IS NOT AN ENGINEERING PLAN WITH THE APPROPRIATE
 DETAILS. THE CITY REQUIRES THIS INFORMATION AS PART OF
 THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPLICATION TO ENSURE THAT
 THE BORE IS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. ****
 B. PROVIDE THE CROSS SECTION OF THE UNDERGROUND
 ELECTRIC SO THAT STAFF CAN VERIFY THAT THE BORE IS DEEP
 ENOUGH TO AVOID EXISTING UTILITIES AND DAMAGING THE
 ROOT SYSTEMS OF THE TREES OVER THE ELECTRIC PATH.
  
 3) THE RESPONSE SHOWS THAT THE METER PLACEMENT FOR THIS
 FACILITY IS LOCATED WITHIN A PALM BEACH COUNTY
 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROVIDES THE PERMIT NUMBER FOR THE
 ELECTRIC PERMIT ISSUED BY WEST PALM BEACH. PLEASE NOTE
 THAT THE CITY DOES NOT PERMIT FREE STANDING POLE
 MOUNTED METERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES
 AND THAT THIS METER DOES NOT MET CITY CONCEALMENT
 STANDARDS. THIS METER CONFIGURATION WILL NOT BE
 APPROVED FOR FUTURE SITES.
  
 4) SINCE NO SURVEY SHOWING THE POLE HIEGHTS, STAFF IS
 UNABLE TO VERIFY IF THE POLE HEIGHT COMPLIES WITH CITY
 REQUIREMENTS.
  
 5) THE CITY STANDARD POLE COLOR AT THIS LOCATION IS
 RAL/RAYCAP 7042 TRAFFIC GREY A, OR EQUIVALENT, NOT
 SATIN BLACK.
  
 CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ 561-822-1446
 [email protected]
  
  
  
  


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