HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes P&Z 090297• CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
September 2, 1997
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A Special Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Chair Diane
Carlino at 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 GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
Principal Planner Marty Minor announced that Growth Management
Director Mark Hill would be leaving September 4 to accept a new
position with the City of West Palm Beach. Mr. Minor announced that
a Public Hearing would be held at Dwyer High School on Monday,
September 8 regarding the petition from Christ Fellowship Church.
ITEMS BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON
There were no items by the City Council Liaison.
SITE PLAN AND APPEARANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE
The roll was called by Chair Diane Carlino.
Chair Diane Carlino
Chair Elect William Mignogna
Chair Pro Tem Jeffrey Ornstein
John Glidden
John Nedvins
Thomas Paganini
Thomas Pastore
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Christopher Jones
Joel Channing
Also present at the meeting were Assistant City Manager Greg Dunham,
City Attorney Carole Wallace, Principal Planner Marty Minor, Principal
Planner Kim Glas- Castro, and Planners Edward Tombari and Bahareh
Keshavarz.
• Recommendation to City Council: jfttltian SP -97 -01 - by Henry
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Skokowski, agent for Northlake Partners, is requesting a Site Plan
approval for a proposed 96,719 square foot shopping center to be named
NorthAfil Plaza. The proposed center will be anchored by an
"AZbertson's" supermarket and will include a Boston N arket
restaurant outparcel development. The shopping center is to be
located on a 11.5 acre parcel with a CG -1 General Commercial zoning
designation. The parcel is generally located at the northeast corner
of Military Trail and Northlake Boulevard. (13- 42S -42B)
Principal Planner Marty Minor reviewed the staff report dated August
28, 1997.
City Engineer Len Lindahl addressed traffic concerns and described the
stacking configuration at each access.
City Engineer Lindahl discussed drainage concerns, and stated that the
since the life of the present infrastructure was possibly near its
end, therefore strongly recommended video taping to ascertain the
structural integrity, of the aging storm outfall pipe. Mr. Glidden
questioned the circumstances that would trigger water outfall since
the site was designed to hold a lot of water, to which Mr. Lindahl
• responded that would be dependent upon current conditions, for
example, several small storms could saturate the site so that another
small storm could provide the trigger, or one large storm could do the
same thing. Mr. Lindahl explained that his recommendation for video
taping the pipe was based on experience with other drainage systems
in the older sections of the City. Costs were discussed and Mr.
Lindahl explained that no impact fees would go toward repairing
existing infrastructure. Committee members expressed concern that
this was the first time an applicant had been asked to provide
videotaping of drainage infrastructure. Discussion ensued. A
suggestion was made that if improvements were found to be needed that
the recommendation could be that financial concerns would be worked
out at City Council level.
Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, commented that the
petitioner had voluntarily sent certified mail notices to all
residents within 300 feet of the proposed project site to advise of
tonight's meeting, and explained that the petitioner would be happy
to hold another meeting with the residents if requested. Mr.
Skokowski described the larger setbacks proposed by the petitioner
rather than only the Code required setback. Architectural rear
treatment and screening of mechanical equipment was described. Mr.
Skokowski pointed out in the paragraph on page two of the staff report
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regarding proposed use that it was stated the two remaining parcels
were intended to be developed at a later date as a drive through
restaurant and a financial institution. Mr. Skokowski explained that
no drive thru restaurant would be built and that it would be either
a sit -down restaurant or a retail building. Mr. Skokowski noted that
the petitioner had revised parking to 410 spaces. Mr. Skokowski stated
that perimeter landscaping trees had been increased to 14 -foot height
with 6 -81 spread and 2 -1/2" to 311 caliper. Mr. Skokowski discussed
outstanding items and agreed to add safe -sight triangles to the plans.
Mr. Skokowski discussed the 100 -foot clearance desired by the City at
the eastern Northlake Boulevard entrance. In regard to videotaping
the drainage system, Mr. Skokowski explained that the petitioner's
position was that this was a City -owned system and that the petitioner
would be lessening the demand on the system. Mr. Skokowski explained
that the petitioner had made a number of changes to,the plans which
they considered critical to the residents, i.e., only one entrance on
Military Trail -- centrally located to reduce the amount of traffic
along the north property line, and lighting had been changed to lessen
the spillover effect onto the residential area.
Rocky Biby, Kimley -Horn Engineering, explained the reduction of
• impacts on the drainage system which anticipated to reduce the water
flow 60*. Mr. Biby discussed the traffic circulation and stacking.
Mr. Ornstein commented that he favored a 1001 clearance for stacking
at the Military Trail access since it was the major access for trucks.
Mr. Skokowski stated that the applicant did not agree that the 100'
clearance was necessary. Mr. Ornstein questioned the number of seats
in Boston Market; Mr. Skokowski commented that Code allowed square
footage to determine parking. Elevations on the property were
discussed relative to drainage. Mr. Biby explained that outfall would
decrease because of construction of a pond, a new subsurface
exfiltration system, and a new fixed weir structure. Further
discussion ensued regarding the drainage system. City Engineer
Lindahl clarified that the issue was whether the outfall for this
project would be functional and was in good enough condition to expect
it to be functional and not fail, since other older piping in the City
had failed so that drainage ceased.
Chair Diane Carlino explained that while this meeting was not a Public
Hearing, that public comments would be heard at the request of the
petitioner and for information of the Commission in reviewing this
application.
Neil Hayes, property owner of the commercial property at 4365
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Northlake Boulevard, requested that ingress and egress to his building
not be blocked and described the dangerous traffic conditions.
Betty Petruzzi, 4380 Bamboo Drive, expressed concern regarding
dangerous traffic conditions, drainage problems, that the 5 -foot wall
would attract kids to climb over it, and questioned why Northlake
Boulevard looked like Okeechobee Boulevard and PGA Boulevard did not.
Joanne Hester, 9257 Applecrest, expressed concern with school children
walking by the truck access, no crossing guard, and whether sidewalks
would be torn up during school season. Chair Carlino indicated that
the developer would be questioned regarding phasing.
Mark Johnson, Bamboo Drive, questioned traffic circulation for trucks.
Chair Carlino stated that a response would be forthcoming to the
concerns.
Mary Jean Kannea, 4397 Bamboo Drive, discussed traffic problems with
turning onto Northlake Boulevard from the veterinarian office and the
Publix shopping center, and objected to having three shopping centers
anchored by large supermarkets so close together.
Henry Skokowski commented on the utility access that a wall and 15-
foot landscaping buffer would be provided; that the 5 -foot strip
between the wall and the property line was a Code requirement; that
the petitioner was very aware of pedestrian safety concerns for the
schoolchildren and that if allowed'to the petitioner would be willing
to install the new sidewalk before installing the new turn lane. The
applicant stated they would be happy to work with the School Board to
obtain a crossing guard. Mr. Skokowski explained that) Albertson's
received deliveries from a large semi truck only once every other day.
Mr. Glidden commented regarding the easternmost exit ito Northlake
Boulevard that he did not see that as an issue since that condition
existed at almost every shopping center in the City.
Mr. Glidden made a motion to recommend approval of Peti
to the City Council with the following conditions:
(1) The petitioner shall proceed to have the subject
system videotaped to determine its condition p
project moving forward to the City Council. Should
to that system be required, the petitioner shall not
to contribute to the cost if they can demonsti
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accepted engineering calculations that this project does not add
to the volume of outfall that enters the offsite system as
compared to the current volume- -each analyzed under the
circumstances of a 25 -year storm. Should the volume contributed
by this project increase the outfall volume, then the petitioner
and the City shall work to agree on equitable distribution of
the cost.
2. A safe sight triangle shall be added to the landscape plan at
the exits along Military Trail and Northlake Boulevard per FDOT
and Palm Beach County standards.
3. The outparcels on Military Trail shall be limited to one of
three uses: (a) financial institution with a drive - through; (b)
sitdown restaurant without a drive - through; (c) free standing
retail.
4. The applicant shall dedicate the ten (10) feet of R.O.W. along
Military Trail to the Florida Department of Transportation
(FDOT) prior to the issuance of the first Building Permit.
. 5. The applicant shall dedicate the 6 feet of additional right of
way along Northlake Boulevard to Palm Beach County prior to the
issuance of the first Building Permit.
6. The applicant shall provide detailed design calculations for
onsite drainage improvements as well as possible outfall
improvements before construction plan approval.
7. The applicant shall submit a boundary plat, suitable for
recording, for our review and approval by the City Council
before the issuance of the building permit.
8. When the Future Development Area #111 and Future Developmen t
Area #211 are constructed, the vehicular access for each parcel
shall be limited to the internal north -south drive aisle.
9. Any modifications to the sidewalk on Military Trail and
Northlake Boulevard be done on an after -hours basis so as not to
interrupt continuous pedestrian use of those sidewalks during
the day.
Chair Elect Mignogna seconded the motion. Mr. Ornstein stated that
he would vote against the motion because he believed the petitioner
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had not taken into account safety issues which had been discussed nor
demonstrated the need for another shopping center at that
intersection. Motion carried by 4 -3 vote.
Mr. Ornstein and Mr. Pastore left the meeting at 9:15 P.M.
The roll was called by Chair Diane Carlino.
Present Absent
Chair Diane Carlino Christopher Jones
Chair Elect William Mignogna Joel Channing
John Nedvins Chair Pro Tem Jeffrey Ornstein
John Glidden Thomas Pastore
Thomas Paganini
Recommendation to City Council: Petition AX-97-01 & LU-97- 02: Soverel
North Annexation and Land Use Amendment. Sank Skokowski, agent, is
seeking a land use amendment to designate 7.26 acres of land City of
Palm Beach Gardens Land Use of Residential Sigh (RS). The 7.26 acres
includes 4.3 unincorporated acres, which the applicant Is petitioning
for annexation. The property is generally located on the south side
of Idlewild Drive, just northeast of the intersection of PGA Boulevard
and Prosperity Farms Road (5- 42S -43S)
Ed Tombari reviewed the staff report dated August 27, 1997. Principal
Planner Kim Glas Castro commented that this project met Chapter 171
voluntary annexation requirements, and explained that in the past,
conditions had never been included in the Comprehensive Plan because
monitoring those conditions would be too difficult for staff, but
instead special policies. had been written in the future land use
element in the Comprehensive Plan.
Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, discussed the project. Mr.
Skokowski pointed out the project location on a map, and stated that
the applicant wished to bring the property into the city and to
construct a marina- oriented multifamily residential project consisting
of townhouses for seasonal occupancy with density of 10 units per acre
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to meet requirements for a small -scale amendment. Mr. Skokowski
pointed out that the staff report indicated the petitioner proposed
to purchase slips at adjacent Soverel Harbour, and explained that the
petitioner had already purchased slips there. Mr. Skokowski commented
that the owners of the property were two Austrian families who planned
to market the project in Europe for seasonal occupancy. Mr. Skokowski
commented that the current designation of traffic density on page two
of the staff report should be changed to 2,502 since the use would be
residential. Mr. Skokowski read from correspondence from Commissioner
Karen Marcus and explained that she should support the project since
it would reduce the traffic by changing from commercial to
residential. Mr. Skokowski referred to the correspondence from the
School Board and pointed out that this project would not generate the
number of schoolchildren indicated in that correspondence. Concern
was expressed over the building height allowed. Ms. Glas Castro
explained that if approval was granted for a small scale amendment
that building height would be limited to two stories. Mr. Skokowski
commented further on the proposed traffic reduction, and that access
would be from Idlewild Court.
At the request of a Commission member, Ms. Glas Castro explained the
• annexation process. Mr. Glidden commented that he would favor
approval if the building height could be limited to two stories in the
annexed area. Additional parcels which the owners had tried to
purchase were discussed and the possibilities of annexing those
parcels. Discussion ensued regarding placing conditions on approval
of the petition.
Mr. Paganini made a motion to approve petition AX- 97- O1/LU -97 -02 for
annexation of the northern parcel of land, with maximum density in the
annexed area of 10 dwelling units per acre with maximum-height not to
exceed two stories or 36 feet, whichever is less. Mr. Glidden
seconded the motion. The motion carried by unanimous vote of 5 -0.
There was no old business to come before the Commission.
NEW BUSINESS
A comment was made regarding limiting agendas for Special Meetings to
the item for which the meeting was called. °
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There being no further business, upon motion by Mr. Paganini, seconded
by Mr. Glidden, and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at
10:12 P.M. The next meeting will be held September 9, 1997.
APPROVED: n�c�
Diane Carlino, Chair
William Mignogna, Chair Elect
Jeffrey Ornstein
Thomas Pastore
Thomas Paganini
(Absent)
Christo0her Jones
Nedvins, Alternate
(Absent)
Joel Channing, Alternate
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Edward Tombari, Secretary
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