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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes P&Z 012704C7 CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING January 27, 2004 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Chair Craig Kunkle at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of.the Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. REPORT BY GROWTH MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR Principal Planner Talal Benothman reported that a joint public hearing with the City Council and Lake Park had been held and they had approved West Northlake PUD on second reading with minor modifications to the architecture. APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Mr. Panczak made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 13, 2004 meeting as submitted. Mr. Hansen seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote. ROLL CALL Betty Laur, Secretary for the meeting called the roll for the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Land Development Regulations Commission: Present Absent Chairman Craig Kunkle Dennis Solomon Vice Chairman Barry Present Chairman Pro Tem John Glidden Joel Channing Douglas Pennell Randolph Hansen Alternate Michael Panczak Also in attendance were Principal Planner Talal Benothman, Planners Jackie Holloman and Autumn Sorrow, City Forester Mark Hendrickson, and City Attorney Christine Tatum. Recommendation to City Council (P &Z) • Petition ARYO- 04 -04: Architectural MoMications at Oakbrook Square for Bonefish Grill • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 Armed I Malefatto, Esquire, agent for Equity One Realty and Management, Inc., is requesting approval of architectural and color fagade modifications, awnings, and signage for the 207 -seat Bonefish Grill at Oakbrook Square Shopping Center, which is located at the northeast corner ofPGA Boulevard and US. Highway One. Planner Jackie Holloman presented the project. Attorney Ron Kollins and corporate representative Tim Martin spoke on behalf of the applicant. Mr. Kollins requested the building color be the corporate color of pewter with black awnings, but stated the applicant would abide by staff's recommendation if that was preferred by the Commission. Mr. Glidden commented on the roof plan which showed a return going back at a 60- degree angle which did not match the perspective. Mr. Martin confirmed the 60- degree angle was correct. The wall that seemed to overlap the parapet wall actually went up and over the parapet wall. The column design was discussed. Mr. Glidden recommended 24" round columns as a good proportion, with which Mr. Martin concurred. Mr. Glidden stated he had no problem with the color or design. Mr. Glidden expressed his opinion that the word "Bonefish" on the building signage was too small, and recommended the letters be larger than 18 ". Mr. Present commented to the representative for the owner, Hank Snitzer, there were about 20 tenants • and 32 parking spaces in that area, and two restaurants might take most of the parking ;and asked if the applicant had considered marking some spaces for certain tenants or taking similar measures. Mr. Kollins advised that Bonefish opened at 5 p.m., and the retail stores closed at 5 -5:30 p.m, so it was not a problem. Mr. Pennell agreed with staff on the color of the building and the awnings, which was building color to match the rest of the center with burgundy awnings. Mr. Hansen commented the new parapet collided with the existing gable end, creating an awkward situation, winding up with a little piece of cornice. Discussion ensued. Mr. Martin offered to remove the gable totally. Mr. Hansen recommended then bringing the wall all the way back to the existing wall. Mr. Hansen agreed with staff on the colors. Mr. Martin indicated the national colors would create marketing draw, since the depth of the center was so great. Signage was discussed. An example of a sign consistent with the corporate signage was distributed. Mr. Kollins requested the corporate signage be allowed within the allowed space. Mr. Hansen commented it might be opening a can of worms to allow a tenant to deviate from what was already approved for a center. Mr. Hansen advised he would support using signage in proportion instead of changing building and awning colors. The applicant indicated preference for the sign staff recommended although in a larger proportion, with which Mr. Hansen agreed. Mr. Hansen expressed disappointment that the signage issue had not been discussed with staff Ms. Holloman advised staff had looked at the sign with the logo but it did not conform to the center's approved signage, which did not allow corporate logos on the fagade, and advised staff would have no problem with the • signage letters being 24 ". 2 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 Mr. Panczak questioned and received confirmation regarding the lights, and asked if the applicant would consider addition of sconces on the other side for symmetry. Mr. Martin agreed to add two additional sconces. Mr. Panczak suggested keystones or quoins be added. Mr. Panczak agreed with staff on the colors for the building and awning. Mr. Channing suggested taking the new fagade all the way down to the wall. Applicant advised their space did not extend that far, so the owner of the center would have to agree. Mr. Channing agreed with 24" signage lettering. Mr. Channing referred to the parapet cap on the roof plan, which he requested go back the full length of the wall. Mr. Channing supported the requested changes in building color and for the awnings. Mr. Glidden recapped that the lettering should be increased to 24" for "Bonefish" and changed to 10" for "Grill ", the parapet cap should be extended back the full 5', the pediment should be removed, and on the north end where the angled parapet wall ended it needed to ride up over the top of the other parapet wall. Mr. Glidden had no problem with the colors requested by the applicant; and commented the same size columns as already there needed to be repeated and should be 24" diameter with the base and capital being compact. • Mr. Hansen asked staff ifthe applicant could use their font as a single backlit letter style with "Bonefish" in 24" arched over the word "Grill", which Mr. Benothman indicated staff would have to look at. Mr. Kunkle agreed with staff's recommendation on colors. MOTION: Mr. Glidden made a motion to recommend to City Council approval of Petition MISC -04 -04 as recommended by staff and with the following stipulations: 1. Eliminate the pediment on the parapet wall behind. 2. Extend the parapet cap on the new element the full 5' on the south side. 3. Allow 24" lettering on "Bonefish" and 10" lettering on "Grill ". 4. Columns shall be 24" diameter with the capital and base in the same proportions as shown in the elevation drawing. 5. Sconce lighting and reveal should carry back on the angled north wall. Mr. Panczak seconded the motion. Mr. Hansen requested clarification on the color and it was • clarified that the colors would stay the same, as recommended by staff. Motion carried 7 -0. 3 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council (P&Z) Petition PUD -03 -05 — Hood Road Centre at Westwood Gardens/Westwood Lakes PUD A request by Neil Gaeta, President, Gaeta Development Company, for approval of an amendment to the Westwood Gardens/Westwood Lakes Planned Unit Development (PUD) to allow for modifications to the commercial area consisting of two. The site is approximately 2.4 acres and is located at the southeast corner of Hood Road and Interstate 95. Planner Jackie Holloman presented the project and showed color samples. Applicant Neil Gaeta, President of Gaeta Development, reported they had addressed all of the architectural suggestions made at the last meeting, and discussed the signage denials. Mr. Gaeta suggested changing the proposed 36" sign to a 24" sign on the north elevation and to have the 36" sign on the west elevation Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. The association's attorney, Michael Posner, reported there had been no contact by the developer to the association regarding his plans. Mr. Posner provided a history of the workout with Babcock Company in 1998. Attorney Posner requested that no vote be taken on this project tonight. Christine Gold, a homeowner in Woodland Lakes, 12565 Woodmill Drive, advised she would have no privacy if this development went in and that she also had traffic concerns. Nancy Shammes. 12629 Woodmill Drive, objected to the type of project proposed and expressed traffic • concerns, and requested more consultation with the developer. Kevin Ford, President of Westwood Homeowners Association and Westwood Lakes expressed concern regarding lack of a traffic study and reported 10% of the homeowners were present tonight. Rita Mascaro commented she was amazed at the size of the project and objected to another professional building. John Cadillac expressed concern this would cause a safety hazard and commented the developer should have separate access and not use the existing roads. Chair Kunkle advised Mr. Cadillac to talk to staff. Terry Prochusi expressed traffic concerns and commented that the roads were private and asked who would be responsible for damage to the roads caused by the builder. Stan Gercher commented the roads were too narrow to pass a UPS truck, there was no lighting, kids played in the streets, and asked that something be done to protect the children. Hearing no further comments, Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing closed. Attorney Ron Kollins, representing the applicant, explained the past history of legal issues and stated the association could not involve itself in this development, but offered to sit down with the association to address the safety of the children. Chair Kunkle advised that this Commission would not get involved in the legal issues and explained the Commission's duties, and commended Mr. Kollins offer to work with the association regarding safety for the children. Chair Kunkle explained the approval process and asked staff to have a position on the legal matters before this petition went to City Council. . Mr. Panczak asked if the HOA documents reflected that the homeowners had given up their right to have any kind of position regarding this development, to which Attorney Kollins responded that was his understanding. City Attorney Tatum advised that the matters the Commission was hearing from these • attorneys were private civil matters and not the province or concern of the Planning and Zoning 4 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 Commission; that the public was entitled to speak, and that she would advise not to concern themselves with any further inquiry or debate as to the civil matter, and to treat this as any other zoning case. Mr. Hansen commented the color renderings were not consistent with the elevations, and pointed out differences. Alan Strassler, Architect, responded the details were better represented by the elevations, and colors and roof tile colors were better represented by the color boards. The color boards were viewed by the Commission. Mr. Strassler pointed out changes that were made in the architecture, and explained that everything had been reduced in height to some degree. W. Hansen indicated he supported staffs position on the signage. Mr. Panczak pointed out there was no rendering for building one in his package and asked the location of the sign. Mr. Strassler noted the elevation was correct.. Mr. Pennell stated he supported staff s recommendation and he liked the arch windows of building two, and indicated he felt one sign was adequate. The applicant clarified staff s signage recommendation and the applicant's request. Mr. Benothman indicated staff's position had not changed. Mr. Present noted there was a setback for safety, which was probably why there was only one entry. Mr. Present noted he was one of the original owners in Westwood Gardens so was very familiar with this • project, and the type of commercial component must make commercial sense, and things such as markets changed over time.. Mr. Present pointed out an office building would generate daytime traffic where a restaurant would generate traffic in the evenings. Mr. Present noted other developments with commercial components and pointed out advantages. Mr. Present agreed with the association meeting with the developer to decide some items. Mr. Present commented the two -story building seemed massive on the end and asked if that could be cut to match the feature in the middle. Mr. Strassler indicated it could be done —that the applicant felt this was a stronger way to end the building. Mr. Present commented by supporting the development the City wanted it to succeed and explained why he felt the waiver for the sign on I -95 was more important than the monument. Mr. Benothman commented an option would be to lose the signage on the north elevation on Hood Road since they already had a sign on Hood Road. Mr. Channing questioned Kayhart Pinder, Traffic Engineer for the applicant, regarding whether the existing road that would serve this project had the capacity for the new building and the existing development. Mr. Pinder responded the analysis indicated there were 920 less trips than the limit. Mr. Channing requested the Chair establish some type of decorum when groups were present who disagreed. Mr. Channing suggested moving one of the colors to the bottom of the building. Mr. Glidden commented the applicant had generally responded to comments from the previous meeting., but the building needed to be softened. Mr. Glidden commented it would have been nice if the plan of the site showed accesses and questioned if there was sufficient stacking where a road was intersected by a driveway and requested the City Engineer look at that before going to City Council. Mr. Glidden suggested working with the residents and possibly widening the road. Mr. Glidden expressed his opinion 5 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 this office building would produce minimal traffic because people would go to work there when residents were leaving and would be going home when residents were going home. Mr. Glidden commented a lot of the softening of the architecture would come down to landscaping so as much as possible was needed. Mr. Glidden commented the perspectives should be required to be updated before going to City Council. Mr. Glidden agreed with staff regarding signage, but indicated he had no problem if both words fit into a 36" space, and recommended the sign with lettering be correctly depicted on the drawings. Mr. Glidden liked the colors on the rendering, not those on the elevation, and agreed with W. Channing on moving the middle color to the base. Mr. Channing marked the colors on the color board a, b, and c. Landscaping was reviewed. Mr. Kunkle commented that Mr. Hearing had drawn another landscape plan. An effective buffer for the residents to ,the south had been provided. Signage was discussed further. The applicant withdrew the waiver request for one 36" sign and indicated they would like only one 36" sign and would like it facing I -95 instead of Hood Road and agreed with staff the second sign should be above the second floor. Mr. Benothman explained the required waivers. MOTION: Mr. Channing made a motion to recommend to City Council approval of Petition PUD- 03 -05as presented by staff with the following stipulations or additions: • 1. The base upper floor, and trim colors shall be those marked a b and c on the exhibit. 2. The waiver to allow a 24" tenant sign on the second level on the north side of the building shall be approved. Mr. Present seconded the motion. Mr. Glidden requested addition of a requirement that the applicant come back prior to City Council with detailed drawings of each building sign showing the name Gaeta Development depicted in scale and the renderings updated to be accurate. Mr. Glidden also stressed that the Commission was encouraging the developer to meet with the homeowners to explore possible improvements to the safety issues related to the drive leading to the project including width and any beautification issues. Mr. Glidden clarified submission of the signage drawings would be to staff and not to the Commission. Mr. Channing accepted the amendments. Mr. Present also accepted the amendments. Motion carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote. Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council (LDRO Petition PUD-04-01 —Amendment to Burns Road Community Recreation Campus A request by Jeff Renault, P. E. of LBFH, Inc. on behalf of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, for • approval of an amendment to the Burns Road Community Recreation Campus Planned Unit 2 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 Development (PUD) to allow for modifications to the previously approved PUD. The modifications include a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and associated facilities. The site is generally located on the south side of Burns Road east of Military Tram Chair Kunkle announced a request had been made to continue this public hearing. Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. There were no comments from the public. MOTION: Mr. Pennell made a motion to continue the public hearing for Petition PUD -04-01 to a date certain of February 10, 2004. Mr. Panczak seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4 -0 vote, with three commissioners being out of the room. Public Hearinje and Recommendation to City Council. (LDRC) Petition LDR 03 -08 /Ordinance 3. 2004: City Code amendment to Section 78 -159 Permitted Uses, Conditional, Prohibited Uses. A City- initiated request to amend the Palm Beach Gardens Code of Ordinances, Chapter 78 "Land Development ", Section 78 -159 —Permitted Uses, Conditional, and Prohibited Uses. The objective of this amendment is to allow for a transit passenger station to be permitted as a Conditional Use within • the Research and Light Industrial (M2) zoning district Planner Autumn Sorrow presented the request. Chair Kunkle inquired if the stops were bus or train stops, to which the response was: train stops. Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. Carol Jaffle commented she thought it was great there would be transportation with trains, which the City needed. Hearing no further comments from the public, Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing closed. MOTION: Mr. Glidden made a motion to recommend to City Council approval of Petition LDR- 03 -08. Mr. Panczak seconded the motion. Mr. Hansen inquired if the newspaper article was accurate that described the possibility of running a rail transit along PGA Boulevard to service Scripps. The City Attorney noted that had been discussed. Motion carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote. Old Business There was no old business to come before the Commission. New Business • 7 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 • • Mr. Present commented on the Westwood Gardens application it would have been helpful to see the entry road access and how it tied into the bigger picture, and that exhibit would be very helpful to City Council. Mr. Panczak asked statTs position on withdrawal from the Northlake Task Force. Mr. Benothman advised the City Council had made a motion to stay in the task force at least one more year, which passed on 3 -2 vote. Mr. Hansen commented he had asked about plantings at the base of the sign at San Michele. Mr. Kunkle responded there was no water there. 8 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes January 27, 2004 0 0 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held February 10, 2004. APPROVED: 0 C_a COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Please Print _ Agenda Item: y�C4� — 03 — 0 -`5 Date: ' Name: Address: Approximate Length of Presentation (minutes)���� - COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Please Print �p IL Agenda Item: U 0 ` `� y Date: Name: Address: y� �� ®� Q c 33 (O Approximate Length of Presentation (minutes) ��— Q`0 .z COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC Please Print (� o� CPAI �� Date: /—a 7 — 0 / Agenda Item• _ 1164 Name: / �Q Address: Approximate Length of Presentation (minutes) COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Please Print Agenda Item:` ' Date: Name: Addres Approximate Length of Presentation (minutes) 1