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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes P&Z 062398CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION June 23, 1998 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Planning and zoning Commission of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Chair Diane. Carlino 7:30 P.M. in the Assembly Room at the Municipal Complex, 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ITEMS BY GROWTB MANAGMUM DIRECTOR Growth Management Director Roxanne Manning reported a groundbreaking ceremony had been held that afternoon for the new municipal complex and that the Military Trail entrance to the site would be closed. Chair Carlino requested that since agendas were going to be quite lengthy through December, 1998, that Planning and Zoning Commission meetings begin 6:30 p.m. Mr. Masters made a motion to begin Planning and Zoning meetings at 6:30 p.m. The motion was seconded by Mx. Nedvins, and carried by unanimous 6 -0 vote. ITEMS BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON City Council Liaison Carl Sabatello recommended that it be standard procedure for Commission members to turn on their microphones when speaking since people were complaining they could not hear. Mr. Sabatello commented that at a future meeting he would report to the Commission what comments were made by the City Council on petitions they had approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of June 9, 1998 - Mr. Glidden made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. Mr. Masters seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 6 -0 vote. X10 Cj', 011,1. N The roll was called by Jackie Holloman, Secretary for the meeting. • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 23, 1998 Present Absent Chair Diane Carlino Ralph Pisani Joel Channing, Vice Chair John Glidden, Chair Pro Tem Alternate Richard Masters John Nedvins Dennis Solomon Also present at the meeting were Growth Management Director Roxanne Manning, Assistant City Manager Greg Dunham, City Attorney Carole Post, Principal Planner Marty Minor, and Principal Planner Kim Glas. Recommendations to City Council • Petition SP-98 -06 - Ba1lenlsles Parcel 20a b Henry Skokowski, agent for Ballenlsles Development Company, is seeking site plan approval for 70 zero lot line single family home lots on Parcels 20A and 20B within the Ballenlsles Planned Community District (PCD) . The total land area is 31.17 acres and is located on the south side of East Island Avenue approximately M mile from Ballenlsles •Drive. (13114-42R-42S) Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 23, 1998. Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, explained that lot coverage calculations had been done and that the largest home on the smallest lot, which would be a worst case scenario, had 41% lot coverage; that the project had three specific models, and that he did not believe an architectural committee could authorize remodeling to add other rooms. Mr. Masters expressed concern that might happen in the future. Growth Management Director Manning advised that a staff member had been assigned to review such matters so that such expansions within PUDs would not occur. Setbacks were clarified by Mr. Minor. Mr. Skokowski explained that 10' from the property line would be the worst case scenario. Mr. Solomon made a motion to recommend approval of Petition SP -98-06 to the City Council with the following condition: 1. The approval of this petition is contingent upon the approval of the following waivers: • 2 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes . June 23, 1998 A. Waiver of Section 114 -202, Roadway surfacing and improvement. B. Waiver of Section 118- 201(e), Building lot coverage. The motion was seconded by Der. Masters and carried by unanimous 6 -0 vote. VII. Recommendation for Apflroval: Petition SP -98 -07 - Damerau Office Park Lot 3 A request by Glenn R. Weller, agent, for architectural approval of a building in the approved Damerau Office Park Planned Unit Development (PDD) . The building (Building #3) is located on Lot 3 and totals 7,980 square feet. (8- 42S -43S) Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 18, 1998. Glen R. Weller, agent for the petitioner, presented the project. Mr. Weller explained the rear of the proposed building would back up to mangroves and would not be visible. Principal Planner Minor provided • former elevations for the Committee's review. Mr. Glidden expressed his opinion that the rear of the building needed improvement, that there were things on the elevations that were not accurate, suggested a change in the roof style using a hip roof on the front, and mirroring front features on the back. Mr. Nedvins expressed agreement with Mr. Glidden's comments. Committee members did not agree with the petitioner that the back elevation would be hidden by mangroves was a valid argument for not adding additional architectural details to the rear. Discussion ensued. Other comments were that air conditioning equipment needed to be shown on the plan, and that the proposed building was much more commercial in nature than the first building. Requirements in the current ordinance for replacing landscaping in the event that the mangroves were destroyed were discussed. Chair Carlino polled the members of the Committee, who agreed this petitioner should come back with improved architecture. Direction was provided that moving the small wing on the north end at least two feet to the west could provide a break in the roof line; and that a hip roof over the elevator would be an improvement. Petitioner was requested to provide an accurate depiction of the roof on an elevation, to use the same architectural features on the rear as on the front, to bring the floor plan and roof plan to the next meeting, and to provide a color elevation of the front of the building, with information regarding colors. The possibility of a 0 3 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes • June 23, 1998 condition changing the approved wrought iron fence material to cast aluminum was discussed. Recommendation to City Council: Petition SP -98 -15 - Ballenlsles Parcel 8 Henry Skokowski, agent for Ballenlsles Development Company, is seeking site plan approval for 12 custom single family home lots on Parcel 8A within the Ballenlsles Planned Community District (PCD) . The total land area is 8.55 acres and is located on Fairwinds Avenue, south of where Fairwinds Avenue terminates at the entrance to Parcel 10. 13114- 42S-42B) Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 23, 1998. Discussion ensued regarding lot coverages. Mr. Channing expressed concern that no one would want to construct a PUD if the same requirements were imposed as for a regular subdivision. Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, agreed with Mr. Channing, • and explained that minimum and maximum conditions were established within PUDs and that not all lot coverages would be the same. Mr. Channing made a motion to recommend approval of Petition SP -98 -15 to the City Council with the following condition: 1. The approval of this petition is contingent upon the approval of the following waivers: A. Waiver of Section 114 -202, Roadway surfacing and improvement. B. Waiver of Section 118- 201(e), Building lot coverage. The motion was seconded by Mr. Masters and carried by unanimous 5 -0 vote. Recommendation to Citv Council: Petition SP -98 -10 - PGA National Canterbury Lots 41& 43 A request by .Terry Lev, Owner, for an amendment to the approved site plan for PGA National Canterbury (Parcel M -24). The original site plan for lots 41 &43 was approved for a Courtyard model only. The petitioner is requesting to have an option of either a Courtyard or 0 4 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes • June 23, 1998 a modified Courtyard model for the two lots. The 20 -acre site is located within the PGA National Planned Community District (PM) . (10- 425- 428) Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 15, 1998. Jerry Lev, Owner, explained that a change to 20, of open space had been made. Mr. Solomon made a motion to recommend approval of Petition SP -98 -10 to the City Council as submitted. Mr. Charming seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 6 -0 vote. Workshop: Petition SP -98 -11 - PGA National Mobil Station Michael Houston, agent for Hasan Allgayer, is seeking site plan approval for redesigning the current PGA National Nabil Station. The total land area consists of 1 acre and is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of PGA Boulevard and Fairway Drive. (10- 428- 42S) Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 23, 1998. Michael Houston, agent for the petitioner, presented the project. Mr. Houston described the current facility and reviewed the proposed improvements as well as the requested sign waiver. Improvements described included additional landscaping, reconfigured circulation, and drainage improvements. Mr. Houston presented photos of the existing site, the floor plan, and west and south color elevations. The exterior was proposed to be off -white stucco with a barrel tile roof, and a sidewalk and crosswalk and canopy would be added. Daniel Green, Mobil Project Manager, described how the work was planned to proceed. Mr. Glidden expressed his opinion that the roof over the pumps should be a full hip roof and an overhang should be added to the car wash and pump roofs. Access to the site was discussed. At Mr. Channing's request, signage colors were described. The sign area and colors were discussed since they did not meet code. The petitioner agreed to meet the signage area requirement, and explained that some Mobil officials might want to change this site to a gas station only instead of a convenience store /car wash /gas facility rather than change the corporate sign colors. It was explained that the convenience store had limited food service and limited parking to 40 5 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes . June 23, 1998 discourage customers who were not also gas customers. After further discussion, Chair Carlino stated that staff would come back with clear direction regarding sign colors. Workshop: Petition SP -98 -08 - Viridian Office Centre A request by Urban Design Studio, agent, for site plan approval of a professional office building totaling 24,142 square feet. The 1.74 - acre site is located within the ,MacArthur Center (Regional Center) Planned Community Development (PCD) . (15-42S-42B) Mr. Glidden stepped down due to conflict of interest. Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated June 18, 1998. Henry Skokowski introduced others present on behalf of the petitioner ,and presented the project. Mr. Skokowski described the entrance to the facility as not warranting the 100 -foot stacking rule. Other issues discussed by Mr. Skokowski included waiver requests, dumpster location, and parking and circulation issues. Keith Spino with Oliver • Glidden Partners displayed an elevation and color board, and described the proposed colors and materials. One tenant logo sign had been required by the MacArthur Foundation. Mr. Channing pointed out elevations 4 and 6 were mis- numbered. Gary Owens, Landscape Architect, displayed the landscape plan and explained the proposed locations of various types of trees. and plants. After discussion of the dumpster location and objections to the dumpster being located near the entrance, Mr. Minor commented staff would consult the City Engineer and Waste Management to assure there was no problem with servicing the dumpster. A comment was made that the 100 -foot stacking rule should apply to this project. A poll of the Committee revealed that a majority was in favor of relocating the dumpster. Mr. Nedvins left the meeting at this point, at 9:55 p.m. John Glidden rejoined the meeting at 9:55 p.m. Workshow: Petition SP- 97 -_13 - Golf Digest Campus (Architecture) Sank Skokowski, agent for WCi Limited Partnership and Golf Digest, is requesting a site plan approval for a 26.15 acre "Golf Campus ", a 4.1 acre golf maintenance facility, and two (2) roadways connecting PGA Boulevard with the golf campus. The site is generally located 314 • 6 • Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 23, 1998 mile north of PGA Boulevard and M mile west of the Florida Turnpike. (3-42S-42S) Principal Planner Kim Glas explained that this workshop was held to address the architecture of the building. Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, introduced others present on behalf of the petitioner. Architect Pat Seagraves displayed a 3 -D model, site plan, elevations, landscape conception, materials and color board. Discussion ensued. Comments by Mr. Glidden included size of the cupola, and roof design; and suggested the back drop -off area be straight back to the pavilion, which could be moved farther back. Mr. Glidden requested a photo of the roof material. Mr. Masters suggested the addition of emergency generators and refrigerated garbage containers, and that exhaust be vented through the roof. The roll was called by Jackie Holloman, Secretary for the meeting. Present Absent Chair Diane Carlino Ralph Pisani Joel Channing, Vice Chair John Nedvins John Glidden, Chair Pro Tem Alternate Richard Masters Dennis Solomon Workshop: Petition POD -96 -01 - Golf Digest PCD Rezoning A request by Hank Skokowski, agent for WCI Communities and JCB Golf Ventures, for rezoning from Planned Development Area (PDA) to Planned Community District (PCD) . The proposed Golf Digest PCD Includes 1995 residential units, 105,000 s. f. of office, 50,000 s. f. of commercial, a golf campus with training center, golf clubbouse amenities and maintenance facilities, two 18 -bole championship courses and a 9 -hole par 3 abort course, 10,000 s. f. of community facility space, a city fire /police station and 15 -acre city park, a 32- acre elementary and middle acbool site, and over 800 acres of wetland and upland preserves. The 2,305 -acre site is located north of PGA Blvd, west of Florida's Turnpike, east of the Loxabatcbee Slough and soutb of Hood 7 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 23, 1998 Road. !3, 4 &5- 42S -42S and 32, 33 &34 -41S -4251 Principal Planner Kim Glas reviewed the staff report dated June 23, 1998, and discussed building heights. Chair Carlino requested that all of the issues regarding this petition be listed so that the Commissioners could write them down and comment on each one. Ms. Glas explained the parkway issue and that staff would recommend utilities be placed underground within the,road right -of -way so that even in the worst case scenario there would be 5 feet to landscape between the pathway and the road right -of -way. Ms. Glas displayed and reviewed a phasing plan for completion of the parkway tied to when the road must go through, when the sidewalk must go in, and when landscaping must be installed. Ms. Glas indicated the petitioner had not modified the aggressive build -out date and had not indicated that date would be changed. City Forester Mark Hendrickson favored a requirement for a 25' buffer between residential pods, which Ms. Glas stated would be a staff recommendation. Ms. Glas explained that staff had compromised on detailed landscape and buffer plans by postponing that requirement for 9 months after PCD approval. City Forester Hendrickson recommended preserving Pod "W° as a preserve area and accomplishing • that density elsewhere in the project. Buffer details would be required between Pod "W° and old Marsh. Ms. Glas reported another issue not yet clarified to staff was the interface between wetlands and lakes and whether the lakes would draw down the wetlands, which was an issue initially raised by the City's Environmental Consultant. Ms. Glas explained that a condition of approval would be requirement of grading plans for the golf course before any work was done in that area. Staff would encourage preservation of native species in the required landscape plans for the golf area. Ms. Glas requested the Commissioners advise of any remaining issues they felt needed to be addressed before final consideration of this petition. Mr. Solomon stated he had no problems with the building height and suggested trying to get the County to remove Jog Road extension from their thoroughfare plan; expressed his opinion that 401 was an adequate buffer and that buffer width could be placed in documents; questioned whether school sites would be offered for a price and for a limited amount of time; stated that the northern ingress /egress should be closer to the school and park site; and questioned who owned the roads -- public and maintained by the County or taken over by the Master Association and who would then pay for maintenance; whether the lakes would be lined; whether irrigation quality water would be used to water the golf courses and the greenbelt area; whether the Corps 0 8 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 23, 1998 of Army Engineers had jurisdiction and was permitting in wetland areas; and commented that if Pod "W' was not under jurisdiction of a governmental agency he believed the developer should be able to use that land for residential purposes. ' Mr. Glidden stated he had no problem with Pod "W' as it was; questioned the comparisons of building heights since Bascom Palmer was shown to top of roof and the others to top of parapet, and expressed his opinion that all heights should be reasonably consistent. In response to Mr. Glidden's questions regarding the price of the school sites, Attorney Post responded that issue had not yet been resolved. Mr. Glidden expressed his opinion that three years was not a long enough period for the school sites to be offered, and recommended that if the School Board turned down the sites within the first period of time then private schools should be given the same opportunity. Mr. Glidden questioned the FAR for the commercial site, to which Ms. Glas responded it was approximately .25. Mr. Glidden commented Fairway Center took a FAR of .33 and put it into four stories; and taking this down to a FAR of .25 and putting it into a lower building was quite a different scenario and gave some justification for still keeping the limit of the height down; and that Fairway Center had the advantage • of making their FAR seem a lot lower than it was by including the lake, and their real FAR was probably nearer to .45 in a 4 -story building, which compared to a FAR of .25 in a 5 -story building was not really untenable, and that he would be most comfortable in the neighborhood of five stories, which in this case would provide an enormous amount of green space. Mr. Masters commented that was a high -rise life safety 75' in height in order to all life safety measures. height was set at 70' requirement. when building height approached 751 there issue, and he would rather see a building obtain the advantage of full treatment of Mr. Masters stated that if the building he would recommend a 75' life safety Mr. Channing commented his position was a question of character, and his feeling on the height was that every time a new project came in for consideration the pressure was greater to go higher. Regarding Pod "W', Mr. Channing expressed his opinion that if the land was not environmentally sensitive than the developer should be able to use it. Mr. Channing questioned what percentage of the road had a smaller than required buffer because in a lot of places the buffer was much larger than required. Mr. Skokowski responded that the water areas and park space had not been included as green space and pointed out different • 9 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes • June 23, 1998 widths of buffering on the plan and adjoining open space and limited water; and explained that the only time the minimum condition was used was when there was a development parcel abutting the roadway, and those were areas which were not centered. Mr. Channing expressed sympathy with the 40' buffer areas because of the other areas which were so much more than required. Mr. Channing stated he did not know why there was a time limit. of three years for the School Board to act on the school sites. Mr. Channing questioned why anyone would have an over- agressive build -out period, to which Mr. Skokowski responded the builder had an obligation under City code to live up to the date they selected as a build -out date or be placed under further requirements. Chair Carlino questioned whether the lakes would be lined and if IQ water would be used from Seacoast to water the golf course. Mr. Skokowski responded that Seacoast did have IQ water available but not enough for common areas, so that the petitioner wished to landscape those areas as xeriscapes to minimize the need for irrigation. Mr. Skokowski reported the lakes were not lined and water from the reservoirs would not be dumped into the canals but would be contained in the reserviors and allowed to percolate back into the ground. A • full water management system was being developed,and would be further discussed with staff. Mr. Skokowski stated that all of the road right -of -way would be dedicated to Palm Beach County, while all internal roads would be privately maintained roadways, except possibly where there was access to the school sites. Mr. Glidden commended staff for the way this project was being processed. Ms. Glas announced the Public Hearing for this project would be held at 7:30 p.m. on June 30. Mr. Skokowski requested flexibility on the buffer width for parcels V and U, and that the issue of whether a buffer was necessary be addressed at the final site plan review, which was agreeable to the Commission. Comprebensi ve Plan ORC Response Documen t Principal Planner Kim Glas explained that the ORC report had been issued by the Department of Community Affairs, and through this process all comments and objections from regulatory review agencies • 10 Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes June 23, 1998 were considered. The ORC report then presented outstanding issues needing to be addressed by the City before adoption. Only nine objections had been listed, none of which were major. Ms. Glas pointed out that a question had been raised whether there was a non- residential classification of mixed use development, which had been discussed by the City Council, and taking their comments into consideration criteria had subsequently been developed for projects where residential could be waived. Intensity measures had then been developed. Ms. Glas requested that the Commissioners consider this subject and provide any input to staff. In response to Mr. Channing's observation that a minimum of two floors were required, Ms. Glass pointed out the special definition which required at least 25% of the net building area to be designated for residential use located above the ground floor. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business to come before the Commission. 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