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2023-05-23 14:58:34 | INSUFFICIENT |
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| HOTWIRE P446 N. TERRACE & 41ST STREET |
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| 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. |
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| **** 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 1) REPEAT COMMENT: PROVIDE A SURVEY, PREPARED BY A |
| FLORIDA LICENSED SURVEYOR, THAT SHOWS: |
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| 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. |
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| **** AN ENGINEER IS NOT PERMITTED TO PREPARE A SURVEY. |
| **** |
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| 2) UPDATED REPEAT COMMENT: ENGINEERING PLAN (BASED OFF |
| THE SURVEY REQUIRED IN COMMENT #1) |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 4) SINCE NO SURVEY SHOWING THE POLE HIEGHTS, STAFF IS |
| UNABLE TO VERIFY IF THE POLE HEIGHT COMPLIES WITH CITY |
| REQUIREMENTS. |
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| 5) THE CITY STANDARD POLE COLOR AT THIS LOCATION IS |
| RAL/RAYCAP 7042 TRAFFIC GREY A, OR EQUIVALENT, NOT |
| SATIN BLACK. |
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| CONTACT ERIC SCHNEIDER @ 561-822-1446 |
| [email protected] |
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