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REGULAR MEETING
July 25, 2006
MINUTES
The Regular Meeting of the Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board of the City of Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Chair Craig Kunkle at 6:37 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 INTERIM GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Dan Clark, Interim Growth Management Director, announced Kara Irwin had been selected
to be the permanent Growth Management Administrator effective next Monday, and he
would continue in his position as City Engineer. Mr. Clark announced that the City Council
approved the Cimarron Cove PCD, the residential project, the Gardens Medical Center
Helistop, and the code change for public meeting notices. He also announced that the City
Council denied the South Hampton PCD.
Mr. Clark called attention to the statement on the previous meeting minutes at the bottom of
the signature page stating Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with
• 286011 F.S. and are not verbatim transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is
available from the Office of the City Clerk, and explained that this would address previous
conversations regarding the format of the minutes.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Hansen made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 27, 2006 meeting as
submitted. Mr. Present seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote.
Mr. Present made a motion to approve the minutes of the July 11, 2006 meeting as submitted.
Mr. Rubins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote.
ROLL CALL:
Debbie Andrea, Recording Coordinator for the meeting, called the roll for the Planning,
Zoning and Appeals Board:
Present Absent
Chair Craig Kunkle Amir Kanel (2nd Alt.)
Vice Chair Barry Present
Dennis Solomon
Randolph Hansen
Michael Panczak
Douglas Pennell
• Jonathan D. Rubins
Joy Hecht (I" Alt.)
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• Recommendation to City Council.
Petition MISC- 06- 06 -14: Legacy Place —Amendment to the Development Order of
Legacy Place PCD to eliminate Conditions #22 through #26 of Resolution 129, 2004
Recommendation to City Council: A Request by Marty Minor, agent for Sembler Family
Partnership #31, Ltd. for approval of an amendment to the development order of the Legacy
Place Planned Community Development (PCD) to delete Conditions #22 through #26 of
Resolution 129, 2004, to remove all requirements associated with shared parking. The
Legacy Place PCD is located at the southeast corner of PGA Boulevard and Alternate A]A,
and is approximately 48.51 acres in size.
Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. Hearing no comments from the public, Chair
Kunkle declared the public hearing closed.
Mr. Solomon recommended deleting only the first sentence in Condition 24 and a parking
study every 36 or 48 months until it was seen that the parking had settled down.
Marty Minor provided a presentation on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. Sanchez explained the
shared parking provision and that including conditions to meet straight code for parking,
would require this applicant to comply over and above what was normally done for other
projects. During comments from the board it was confirmed that having to provide surety
was an expense to the petitioner, and the petitioner had the ability to add vertical parking in
• the future.
MOTION:
Mr. Solomon made a motion to recommend to City Council, approval of Petition
MISC- 06 -06 -14 with the staff report and staff comments. Mr. Rubins seconded the
motion, which carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote.
Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council:
Petition LDR- 06 -06- 000006: Code Amendment to Section 78 -182 Lighting Regulations
Ordinance 26, 2006
Public Hearing & Recommendation to City Council: A City- initiated request for approval
of a text amendment to Section 78 -182, entitled `Illumination of uses and buildings ", Code
of Ordinances. This City Code amendment provides for the approval of changes to exterior
lighting standards.
Mr. Clark introduced new Senior Planner Stephen Mayer and new Principal Planner Todd
Miller.
Mr. Mayer presented the staff report. Suggestions by the board included adding provisions
for solar lighting, allowing an architect to provide certification, making designers aware that
neon could be handled through a waiver, removing the word "garish ", and that waivers be
given in cases where minimum standards were not met due to natural enhancements which
40 lessened the need for electric power . Staff clarified that that lighting could be strictly for
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• aesthetics and that 50% or more improvements to an existing project would trigger
compliance. In response to Mr. Solomon's concern that the current extent of non - conformity
needed to be known, staff responded the intent was to address sites the Police Department
felt were unsafe and a crime concern.
Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. Vito DeFrancesco advised this code was
being rewritten mainly for Mr. Channing, who had outlined his buildings at the Commons
with string lights, and had been found in violation by the Special Master. Mr. DeFrancesco
advised this would change the PGA overlay and indicated he was upset over so many liquor
licenses. He also commented this would change seasonal lighting to accent lighting, and
suggested looking at the Lake Park code. Joel Channing clarified the situation regarding the
building lighting at the Commons, and thanked Mr. DeFrancesco for his comment that the
lighting was only allowed for 90 days since that had triggered research of the code and it was
found the 90 -day limit was only for building lights, but lights on the trees could be year -
round, so that was what they were now doing. Hearing no further comments from the public,
Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing closed.
MOTION:
Mr. Hanson made a motion to recommend to City Council, approval of Petition LDR-
06-06- 000006 with one change to page 10 Item K: that architects also be allowed to
provide certification that the installation had been field checked and met specifications
• set forth on the approved photometric plan. Mr. Solomon seconded the motion, which
carried by unanimous 7 -0 vote.
Public Workshop:
Petition PUD- 04 -20. CP -04 -12 and AX -04 -02 — Frenchman's Crossing
Public Workshop: A petition of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida regarding the
Frenchman's Crossing Planned Unit Development annexation, comprehensive plan
amendment, and master site plan to allow the development of a Mixed Use Development
consisting of 9,916 square feet of retail space, 6,600 square feet of restaurant space, 13,276
square feet of office space, and 74 dwelling units on an approximately 10 -acre site,
generally located at the northwest corner of Hood Road and Alternate AIA, as more
particularly described herein.
Jennifer Morton, Land Design South, provided a presentation on behalf of the applicant.
Suggestions from the board were to add more delineation and 3- dimensional massing on all
sides of the buildings, increase landscaping next to the commercial building, look at locations
of air conditioning condensing units from a noise standpoint, make actual balconies, buffer
along the railroad tracks, add service for the restaurant, address the lot behind the commercial
building, use this first infill project as a model, and establish the target market for workforce
housing. Concern was expressed regarding the density of the project, width of driveways,
number of waivers, and the name of the project. Other concerns included the curved roofline
41 on the southern building, and lack of detail on the gazebo and arbor.
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• Chair Kunkle declared the public hearing open. Tom Delprete, resident of Evergrene, asked
about outdoor dining, trash pickup, dumpster locations, and noise level from air conditioning
units, and lighting, and indicated it would be nice to have the existing fence replaced with a
wall. Ms. Morton commented the project had received a letter of support from Evergrene.
Carolyn Chaplik, Hudson Bay Drive, expressed concern regarding density, widening the
canal, maintenance for Hood Road, stacking at the railroad, the proposed curb cut, and the
short driveways. John Chaplik, Hudson Bay Drive, expressed concern regarding density, lack
of access from Alternate AIA, and future major traffic problems from Scripps. There were
no further comments from the public. The applicant was advised that the drawings were very
difficult to read.
Public Workshop:
Petition PUD- 03 -04: Double Tree PUD
Public Workshop: A petition of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida regarding an
amendment to the Doubletree Planned Unit Development (PUD), which is requested by
Marty R.A. Minor of Urban Design Studio, on behalf of E & J Properties LLC and Amstar
Texas Pool. This request is for development approval of the 5.5 -acre northern site located
within the 13.46 -acre Double Tree PUD consisting of 154,191 square feet of self - storage
and a 12,900 square foot pharmacy with two drive -thru lanes. The Double Tree PUD is
located at the northeast corner of PGA Boulevard and Military Trail.
• Marty Minor, Urban Design Studio, provided a presentation of the project. Concerns
expressed by the board were the extra sign waivers for CVS Pharmacy, the project work with
the PGA overlay, that asking for a waiver because it had been granted elsewhere was not
justification, ensure mechanical equipment would not be visible, provide a rendering better
depicting the architecture, and preserve trees where possible. Staff confirmed in the revisions
proposed for the PGA overlay that self - storage would be prohibited, a drive thru for any drug
stores would be allowed in the rear, and the number of drug stores would be limited. Staff
also indicted that a similar use might be allowed elsewhere. An elevation from PGA was
requested.
Chair Kunkle called for comments from the public. Carolyn Chaplik, Hudson Bay Drive,
indicated she liked the way the self storage building looked, but asked if the uses worked
together, if there would be a Pharmacy at every corner, and if the CVS Pharmacy would get
enough traffic to survive.
OLD BUSINESS
There was no old business to come before the board.
NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business to come before the board.
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ADJOURNMENTP
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APPROVED:
4athan Rubins
Joy Hecht
Amir Kanel
Debbie Andrea, Recording Coordinator for the Meeting
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Note: These summary minutes are prepared in compliance with 286.011 F.S. and are not verbatim
transcripts of the meeting. A verbatim audio record is available from the Office of the City Clerk.