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A G E N D A
CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
• CALL TO ORDER
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
• ROLL CALL
• ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, MODIFICATIONS
• REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING:
NATALIE CROWLEY
• APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 07/11/2017
PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD
Regular Members: Alternate:
Randolph Hansen John Glidden
Howard Rosenkranz
Robert Savel
Carl Sabatello
Michael Panczak
Marc Cohn
C. Steve Lewis
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board
August 8, 2017
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1. Recommendation to City Council (Public Hearing) – QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING
SPLN-17-05-000025: Site Plan for Florida Power and Light Watts Substation
A request by Florida Power and Light for Site Plan approval of an electrical substation
on a 5.0-acre utility parcel located in the northeast corner of the 681-acre Alton
Planned Community Development (PCD), which is generally located south of Donald
Ross Road, north of Hood Road, west of Interstate 95, and east of the Florida
Turnpike.
Project Manager: Martin Fitts, Planner, mfitts@pbgfl.com
2. Recommendation to City Council (Public Hearing)
LDRA-17-07-000063: LDR Amendment for Floodplain Regulations
Amending the City’s Land Development Regulations regarding Chapter 78 of the
City’s Code of Ordinances in order to repeal in its entirety Subdivision VI. Floodplain
Regulations. A revised Floodplain Ordinance will be adopted in Chapter 86,
consistent with the new requirements of the Florida Division of Emergency
Management and will provide internal consistency with the City’s Code of
Ordinances.
Project Manager: Matthew McPherson, Planner, mmcpherson@pbgfl.com
3. OLD BUSINESS
4. NEW BUSINESS
5. ADJOURNMENT
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FPL Watts Substation -SPLN-17-05-000025
Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board
August 8, 2017
Request
Site Plan Approval to allow the development of an
unmanned electric substation on the 5.0 acre utility
parcel of the Alton PCD
Location
5.0-acre Utility Parcel in the
northeast corner of the Alton
PCD with access to Donald
Ross Road
•Abacoa DRI to the north
•Alton Town Center to the
west
•Upland preserve to the
south
•FPL substation and Legends
at the Gardens to the east
Site Plan
•Electrical substation yard
•A single-story twelve-foot
electrical relay vault
•Eight-foot masonry wall
•Dry stormwater retention
pond
•3.5-foot perimeter fence
Architecture
Masonry wall and relay
vault
•Wall panel painted
“Amazing Gray”
•Columns and caps
painted “Aesthetic
White”
•Consistent with Alton
colors
Architecture
Twelve foot,
single-story
relay vault
painted to
match
masonry
wall.
Landscaping
•Minimizes view corridors
from Donald Ross Road
and the Legends at the
Gardens
•Preserves large amounts
of Saw Palmetto along
the south and west
boundaries
•Preserves or relocates
on-site many mature
trees and shrubs
North Buffer Landscaping
Trees include
Slash Pine, Live
Oak and
Savannah Holly
Shrubs include
Firebush,
American
Beautyberry,
and Cocoplum
North Buffer Landscaping
Provides a minimum of 20 feet of landscape buffer in addition to the 55 foot parkway
buffer along Donald Ross Road for a minimum buffer width of 75 feet.
East Buffer Landscaping
Buffer to
Legends at
the Gardens
include
Slash Pine
with an
understory
of Saw
Palmetto
Transmission Clear
Zone to the East
include Simpson’s
Stopper and Jamaican
Caper
East Buffer Landscaping
Minimum landscape Buffer to Legends at the Gardens
of 45 feet.
Following removal of exotics, supplemental plantings
may be required to provide opaque buffer to The
Legends at the Gardens.
Stormwater Management
inlets and culverts will transport stormwater to a dry detention pond which will
provide water quality and attenuation prior to discharge to the Northern Palm
Beach County Improvement District Master System
Environmental
Environmental requirements have been satisfied through the approval of the
DRI and PCD
The Applicant is required to conduct and submit an environmental survey of
all probable types of listed species on site.
If any active Gopher Tortoise burrows are found, a relocation and
management plan consistent with the PCD’s approved Preserve
Management Plan will be submitted prior to land clearing.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of SPLN-17-05-000025 as
presented.
Questions?
LDRA-17-07-000063 –
Floodplain Ordinance
Update
Planning, Zoning, and
Appeals Board
August 8, 2017
Request
•Amend the City Code to relocate the
Floodplain Management Regulations from
Chapter 78, Land Development to Chapter 86
(Buildings and Building Regulations) with
updated Floodplain Regulations consistent
with Florida Division of Emergency
Management’s Model Ordinance
Background
•Palm Beach Gardens Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(FIRMs) are dated January 6, 1988
•FEMA started updating FIRMs in 2010
•Revised FIRMs for Palm Beach County go into
effect October 5, 2017
Floodplain Management Update
•Administrative in nature.
•No change on how existing Floodplain Management program is administered.
•New Floodplain Management Regulations updates consistent with requirements of the State of Florida.
•Relocating Floodplain Management regulations to Chapter 86 in the City’s Code will be consistent with Florida Building Code and Palm Beach County Code for Floodplain Management.
•Provides consistency across jurisdictions.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of LDRA-17-07-000063 as presented
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Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs)
•FIRMs delineate the locations of SFHAs
•SFHAs impact flood insurance requirements and rates
•FIRM updates modify and contract SFHAs within the City.
•One Residential parcel –two dwelling units remain in SFHA