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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes P&Z 060992CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JUNE 9, 1992 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was called to order by Commission member Domenick Lioce 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. SELECTION OF CHAIRMAN PRO TEMP Because of the absence of Chairman Jeffrey Ornstein and Vice Chairman Mike Rosen, the Commission will have to select a Chairman Pro Temp to serve at this meeting, per direction from City Attorney William Brant. Mr. Joseph Hamzy nominated Mr. Domenick Lioce as Chairman Pro Temp. Mr. Alan Strassler seconded the motion. The motion carried by a 5 -0 vote. The roll was called by the secretary and present were: Chairman Pro Temp Domenick Lioce, Joseph Hamzy, Carl Sabatello, Alan Strassler, Members; Diane Carlino, Alternate Member. Chairman Jeffrey Ornstein, Vice Chairman Mike Rosen and James Leatherman, Members, and Dan Shalloway, Alternate Member, were not in attendance. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF MAY 26, 1992 Mr. Alan Strassler made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 26, 1992 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. AMr. Joseph Hamzy seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a 2 -0 vote, with Chairman Pro Temp Lioce, Mr. Carl Sabatello ~� and Ms. Diane Carlino abstaining. Because a quorum of commissioners did not vote on the minutes approval, Chairman Pro Temp Lioce asked staff to bring the minutes of the May 26, 1992 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting back to the next meeting for consideration. SITE PLAN AND APPEARANCE REVIEW SP -92 -03 - Recommendation to City.Council re: (Palm Beach Gardens Business Park) Final Site Plan Approval of 34,240 square feet of office /warehouse space and 105,450 square feet of self - storage space with a 1,800 , square -foot security office. Located on the north side of Burns Road immediately west of Interstate 95. (12- 42S -42E) Chairman Pro Temp Lioce said he will abstain from the discussion as he has a conflict of interest with this petition as he represents the petitioner on other matters. Mr. Bristol S. Ellington, City Planner, reviewed the June 4, 1992 staff report on the above- -0 referenced petition. A discussion of the parking requirements ensued between the Commission and staff. Mr. Hamzy said that he wants all the parking for Buildings A and B to be placed in front of the gated area of the site. He added that he would like to see only self- storage behind the gates - no businesses. Mr. Ellington stated:that having no businesses in the self - storage area could be made a condition of approval. Mr. Stephen Mathison, agent for the petitioner, said he believes he has addressed all the Committee's concerns and has resolved them. Mr. Mathison then presented to Mr. Ellington a sign -off of the project plan by a representative of Waste Management. Mr. Mathison stated that, against some earlier comments by Committee members, parking spaces remain in front of some bay doors. He then distributed photos of similar projects 40 2 to the Committee. Mr. Mathison said the parking spaces in front of the bay doors are • needed so the project can meet its parking requirements. He added that the petitioner will comply with the proposed condition that the Police Department review the lighting plan before the issuance of the initial building permit. Mr. Alan Strassler asked if this project qualifies for three entrances. Mr. Rich Walton, Planning and Zoning Director, said he has raised the same question with the petitioner, who said it would work with less than three entrances. He added that the City Engineer did not express a concern over the number of entrances. Mr. Walton added he was concerned that the western entrance to the site may be too close to the entrance to the neighboring Klock Industries. Mr. Strassler said there should be some space landscaped in the middle of Buildings C and D. is Mr. Carl Sabatello stated he has some concerns over the parking calculations. Mr. George Kelly, petitioner for the project, said this is a rental project and that 25 percent of the first two buildings will be retail /office. He added that the parking on site meets the requirements for retail and office. Mr. Mathison stated that the City needs to address the monitoring of the uses of this project. He added that the project needs to be flexible in its offering of rental space. Mr. Walton said that, over time, staff may have difficulty in monitoring the uses for this project. He added that staff and City Council would welcome any recommendation for the regulation of uses on the site. A general discussion on parking requirements and traffic generation ensued. Mr. Sabatello said he did not like the use of cypress trees in the project's landscape plan. He said that the proposed landscaping was less than was required of other projects along Burns Road. He added that the south dry detention area should be moved to another location. Mr. Jeff Blakely, landscape architect for the project, defended the use of cypress trees by saying that it is indigenous to the area. He added that the MacArthur Foundation building use cypress trees in its landscaping. Mr. Jeff Iravani, engineer for the project, said the depth of the detention area is about two feet. He added that water will not be held in the area for long period of time. Mr. Hamzy said, although there is no submitted sign package, he said he would like to see wall mounted signs only on Buildings A and B and no roof - mounted signs. He added that • Buildings C through F should be self- storage and there should be gates on the dumpster enclosures. Mr. Hamzy said there should be only two entrances to the site. In response to a question from Mr. Hamzy, Mr. Kelly said that Buildings D and E will have doors on both sides of the building. Mr. Hamzy said the condition of approval prohibiting outside storage should include over night parking. He said he does not want a situation where someone rents a bay and overhauls his car outside. Mr. Kelly said he would not permit that to happen. He added that he does not want businesses run out of the self- storage bays. Mr. Hamzy said he did not want businesses in Buildings A and B to park its trucks over night for advertising purposes. Mr. Kelly said he would like to allow the tenants to park work trucks over night at the site. He suggested that the vehicles be parked behind is 4 Buildings A and B. • Mr. Hamzy expressed his concern over the P lacement of the dry detention area, because debris will collect in the area and some vegetation may not survive in the area. Mr. Iravani said the dry detention area will provide better water quality of the site's run -off. Mr. Mathison stated that the Commission may make a recommendation to City Council expressing its concern about the dry detention area. Mr. Strassler stated he believes that the petitioner will lose two pine trees in the detention area. In response to a question from Mr. Sabatello, Mr. Kelly said that only Building C of the self - storage area will be air - conditioned. Motion Mr. Joseph Hamzy made a motion to recommend approval to City Council for the above - referenced petition with the following conditions: 1. No more than 7,075 square feet of accessory retail and consumer service uses, 1,485 square feet of office and 25,680 square feet of warehouse use shall be allowed within the 34,240 square -foot office /warehouse buildings (Buildings A & B). The square footage for each use shall be depicted on the site plan. 2. There shall be no restaurant use allowed with this development. 3. The Developer shall be responsible for replacement of landscaping located within the proposed easements which may be required as a result of removal by the City of utility providers. 4. Prior to occupancy of the building, the Landscape Architect of Record shall 0 5 certify, in writing, to the City that £he landscape has been completed per the • approved landscape plans. Any minor changes to the approved landscape plans shall be approved by City Council. Once the City has the certified letter from the Landscape Architect, the City Forester shall inspect the site for compliance prior to the Certificate of Occupancy. 5. Prior to construction, trees or vegetated clusters which have been designated for preservation as per the landscape plan shall be properly tagged. The vegetation falling within the drip line of these trees shall be preserved where desirable. Prior to land clearing, the developer shall erect and maintain protective barriers around the drip line of all trees or vegetated clusters to be protected. This work shall be inspected and approved by the City Forester • prior to issuance of any building permit requiring land clearing. Section 153.50 (Tree Protection), paragraphs B, C, and D shall also be enforced during construction. 6. All trees designated for preservation that die during construction or because of construction practices, shall be replaced using the following schedule: For every inch of tree caliper lost, three inches of new tree caliper shall be replaced of like specie. The replacement tree shall have a minimum three - inch caliper diameter. 7. The Developer shall submit a lighting plan for review and approval by the Police Department prior to the issuance of the initial building permit. 8. The Developer shall provide the Police and Fire Departments with a key or 40 6 access code for entry to the gated storage area. 9. If the Committee is prepared to move the petition forward to City Council without an approved sign package, then staff recommends that the Developer return to the City with a sign package, complying with the requirements of the City's Sign Code, for review and approval prior to the issuance of the initial building permit. 10. All roof - mounted equipment shall be screened from line -of -site view. All A/C units shall be mounted on the ground. 11. Outdoor storage shall not be allowed on site. 12. Surface water management permit from SFWMD shall be obtained by the Developer prior to the issuance of the initial building permit. The Developer • shall meet the retention /detention criteria stated in Section 3.2.2.2 of Permit Information Volume IV. 13. Waste Management shall review the dumpster locations prior to final site plan approval by City Council. 14. No wall signs on any of the buildings, except for Buildings A & B, and no roof - mounted signs. 15. Buildings C, D, E, F, and G shall be used for self- storage only. 16. Gates shall be included on the dumpster enclosures. 17. The Developer shall not sell, rent or allow the outside storage of vehicles not being used on a daily basis by the tenants of Buildings A & B. Those vehicles used on a daily basis by the tenants of Buildings A & B shall not be parked • 7 overnight on the south side, along Burns Road, of Buildings A & B. • Mr. Carl Sabatello seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved by a 4 -0 vote, with Mr. Domenick Lioce abstaining. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING: PUD -92 -07 - (Lake Catherine) Amending the Lake Catherine Planned Unit Development, adopted on October 19, 1989 by Ordinance 30, 1989, to permit an electronically- operated gate system east of the intersection of Lake Catherine Drive and Silverthorne Road. (18- 42S -43E) (Adv. 5/25/92) Mr. Ellington stated that staff recommended continuance of the Public Hearing because the petitioner had not provided revised plans to the Planning and Zoning Department in time for proper review. He added that revised plans were submitted on June 8, 1992 and City Forester Mark Hendrickson has reviewed the plans. If it was the will of the Commission, Mr. Ellington said he will proceed with a staff presentation. • Chairman Pro Temp Lioce polled the Commission and directed Mr. Ellington to proceed with the staff presentation. Mr. Ellington describes the proposed unmanned gate system for the western entrance to the Lake Catherine Planned Unit Development. He said the proposed chain -link fence attached to the gate will be landscaped but will not be screened. Mr. Ellington presented City Forester Mark Hendrickson's June 9, 1992 memorandum which gave several options for landscaping of the fence. Mr. William Shannon, agent for the petitioner, said the petitioner has revised the plans to address the earlier concerns of the Commission. He added that he has implemented a suggestion from Mr. Hamzy that a sign identifying the approaching gate system be placed at the intersection of Lake Catherine Drive and Ridgewood Court. 0 8 • Mr. Shannon said the proposed landscaping does not fully shield the chain -link fence because of safety and aesthetic purposes. Mr. Hamzy asked why the pedestrian gate is padlocked. Mr. Shannon stated there is a concern of vandalism and the safety of the neighborhood. He added that all Lake Catherine residents will have a key to the padlock. Chairman Pro Temp Lioce opened the Public Hearing. Mr. Andrew Surdovel, president of the Homeowners' Association of SunTerrace at Lake Catherine, said there has been considerable litter and noise created by people driving or walking through the development. With no other comments from the public, Chairman Pro Temp Lioce closed the Public i Hearing. Mr. Hamzy suggested that a solid wall replace the proposed chain -link fence. Mr. Shannon stated the fence is cost - effective and provides some safety as drivers will be able to see through the fence. Motion Mr. Strassler made a motion to recommend approval to City Council of the above- referenced petition with the following condition: 1. A sign shall be placed at the intersection of Lake Catherine Drive and Ridgewood Court. Ms. Diane Carlino seconded the motion. Mr. Sabatello offered the following amendment to the original motion: 2. Landscape shall entirely screen the chain -link fence adjacent to the proposed 9 gate system, per City Forester Mark Hendrickson's June 9, 1992 i memorandum. Mr. Lioce seconded the motion. The amendment to the motion was approved by a 4 -1 vote, with Mr. Hamzy opposing. The motion, as amended, was approved by a 4 -1 vote, with Mr. Hamzy opposing. WORKSHOP: PCD -92 -01 - (NorthCorp) Amending the NorthCorp Planed Community District, adopted on January 18, 1992 by Ordinance 1, 1990, to allow for the additional uses on Lot 1 of West Park Center Plat and Lots 1. and 2 of RCA Center Plat. (1,12- 42S -42E & 1, 6- 42S -43E) Chairman Pro Temp Lioce said he would abstain from voting, citing a conflict of interest because he represents the owner of the subject property. Mr. Ellington reviewed the June 4, 1992 staff report for the above - referenced petition. He • added that the accompanying PUD applications were held up from being scheduled for this meeting because of unresolved traffic questions. Mr. Hamzy asked why this petition was being workshopped. Mr. Walton said this is a major change to the original approval. Mr. Henry Skokowski, agent for the petitioner, reviewed the PCD amendment proposal. He also described the proposed PUDs which this amendment would affect. He added that the petitioner has purchased "trips" in order to construct the proposed medical office building on Lot 1 of West Park Center. Mr. Hamzy asked what the City's position is concerning medical uses within this PCD. Mr. Walton stated that City Council said they had no problem with proposed medical uses on one lot within the PCD. • 10 • r: • Chairman Pro Temp Lioce said the number of trips available to the site is what will control the development. He added that it does not matter whether those trips are on one lot or spread out over three lots. Mayor Michael Martino said there are trips assigned to this project and there will not be any additional trips granted. Chairman Pro Temp Lioce said the property, owner will provide an analysis to the City describing the distribution of trips through the NorthCorp project. Mr. Sabatello said the proposed project is extremely intense, but he believes the issue is mute because City Council has discussed this ,petition. Mr. Strassler asked what happened when the medical uses were dropped from the original PCD approval. Mr. Ellington said medical uses were listed in documents as an unresolved issue before the Planning and Zoning Commission. He added that Lawrence Smith, agent for the original petition, pulled the medical uses from the list of potential uses. Mr. Strassler said this project will eat up 2,000 trips and will leave 4,000 trips for the rest of the property. Chairman Pro Temp Lioce said that the rest of the property will be developed as lower density industrial uses. The Commission directed staff to advertise this petition for a Public Hearing on July 14, 1992. Mayor Martino said, in the review of this project, the Council is concerned in reviewing the traffic circulation of the entire area. He added that there is a traffic problem at the intersection of PGA and Riverside Drive. ADJOURNMENT 11'. 7� There being nothing further to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 10:27 P.M. The next meeting will be held on June 23, 1992. Alan Strassler Diane Carlino • 12