Agenda 03-24-15
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
DATE: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 TIME: 6:30 P.M.
PLACE:Commission Chambers, 100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevard, Boynton Beach, Florida
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1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Introduction of the Board
3. Agenda Approval
4. Approval of Minutes from February 24, 2015 meeting
5. Communications and Announcements: Report from Staff
6. New Business:
TownePlace Suites by Marriott (NWSP 15-001)
A. – Approve New Site Plan (NWSP 15-
001) request for a four (4) story, 77,897 square foot, 116 room TownePlace Suites by
Marriott hotel project and related site improvements, located at 2450 Quantum Boulevard,
on a lot with OIH (Office/Industrial/Hotel) use option in a PID (Planned Industrial
Development) district. Applicant: John Costas, North Boynton Beach Hospitality, LLLP
7. Other
8. Comments by members
9. Adjournment
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NEW BUSINESS
6.A.
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
(NWSP 15-001)
New Site Plan
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Memorandum No. PZ 15-015
NWSP 15-001
ANALYSIS
As this submittal is simply a request to approve the previously approved plans on record, staff has
attached the original staff report and Minor Site Plan Modification approval letter for a thorough
description of the project. In addition, a short summary of the minor modifications approved to date
are outlined below:
Addition of a porte cochere / covered drop-off / building entry.
Increase in building square footage by 153 square feet.
Increase in the number of rooms from 108 to 116.
Addition of a putting green.
Increase in size of gym / exercise room.
Elimination of lobby fireplace.
Addition of seven (7) full balcony patios.
Addition of more faux balconies for architectural enhancement.
As noted above, the applicant has indicated, and staff has confirmed, the building permit was one to
two weeks from being issued, when staff realized the Development Order had expired. The
applicant has been working diligently to receive the necessary construction permits and met with
staff on numerous occasions to resolve outstanding comments. This application is being expedited
back through the review process, as the project has received unanimous approvals and is the same
project last reviewed by staff.
Any approval of the site plan is still subject to the conditions of all previous approvals. Also, no new
land development regulations are now in place against which the project should be reviewed and
modified. As for application of the Art in Public Places ordinance (05-060), this project is required to
comply with the ordinance as stated in the original conditions of site plan approval.
RECOMMENDATION
Based upon the approval previously granted and the applicant’s good faith efforts to obtain the
APPROVAL
necessary construction permits, staff recommends of the new site plan request (NWSP
15-001) for the TownePlace Suites by Marriott project, subject to the conditions contained in Exhibit
“E” – Conditions of Approval. Any additional conditions recommended by the Board or City
Commission shall be documented accordingly in the Conditions of Approval.
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EXHIBIT A
TownePlace Suites Location Map (NWSP 15-001)
SITE
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES:
1. MAXIMUM SLOPE FOR HANDICAP PARKING SPACES & ACCESS AISLES TO BE 2%.
2. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL REQUIRED DEMOLITION & REMOVAL OF
MATERIALS FROM THE SITE.
3. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING AND RELOCATING ANY EXISTING
ITEMS IN CONFLICT WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION.
4. CONTRACTOR TO FIELD VERIFY EXISTING GRADES PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION.
5. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING ALL EXISTING ITEMS DAMAGED
DURING CONSTRUCTION TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITIONS (AT A MINIMUM).
6. MAXIMUM CROSS SLOPE ON WALKWAYS TO BE 2%.
7. MAXIMUM LENGTHWISE SLOPE ON WALKWAYS TO BE 5%.
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION
MEMORANDUM NO. PZ 10- 046
STAFF REPORT
TO: Chairman and Members
Planning and Development Board
THRU: Michael Rumpf
Planning and Zoning Director
FROM: Ed Breese
Principal Planner
DATE:July 8, 2010
PROJECT NAME/NO: Gateway Hotel / NWSP 09-003
REQUEST: New Site Plan
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Property Owner:
North Boynton Hospitality LLLP
Applicant/Agent:
John Vaughan, Art & Architecture, Inc.
Location:
Quantum Park Lot 2, Gateway Boulevard immediately west
of the the LWDD E-4 Canal (Exhibit “A” – Location Map)
Existing Land Use/Zoning:
Industrial (I) / Planned Industrial Development (PID) district
Proposed Land Use/Zoning:
No change proposed
Land Use Option:
OIH (Office Industrial Hotel)
Proposed Use:
Request for New Site Plan approval for construction of a
four (4) story, 77,744 square foot, 108 room hotel.
Acreage:
2.77 acres
Adjacent Uses:
North: Right-of-way for Quantum Boulevard, then farther north developed flex
industrial space (West Quantum Plaza);
South: Developed commercial (Regions Bank), then farther south right-of-way for
Gateway Boulevard;
Staff Report – Gateway Hotel (NWSP 09-003)
Memorandum No. PZ 10-046
Page 2
East: Right-of-way for the LWDD E-4 Canal, then farther east The Charter
School of Boynton Beach; and
West: Hampton Inn & Suites, then farther west water management tract, and
farther west The Shoppes of Boynton shopping center.
Project size:
The project consists of a four (4) story, 77,744 square foot, and 108 room
hotel on a 2.77 acre parcel.
Site Characteristic:
The subject parcel is comprised of Lot 2, a vacant tract in the Quantum
Park PID and is a fairly L-shaped piece of land, with approximately 440
feet of frontage along Quantum Boulevard and approximately 370 feet
along the LWDD E-4 Canal.
BACKGROUND
Proposal:
North Boynton Beach Hospitality LLLP proposes to construct a four (4)
story, 77,744 square foot, 108 room hotel on the 2.77 acre parcel. The
applicant is the owner of the Hampton Inn & Suites and is negotiating with
a couple of hotel chains to occupy the new site.
ANALYSIS
Concurrency:
Traffic:
A traffic study was submitted to Palm Beach County Traffic Engineering.
Based upon their review, the proposed project is located within the
Quantum Park Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and the trips
proposed are within the limits of the approved number of vehicular trips
for the DRI. However, no permits are to be issued after the build-out date
of 2013.
Drainage:
Conceptual drainage information was provided for the City’s review. The
Engineering Division has found the conceptual information for the subject
property to be adequate and is recommending that the review of specific
drainage solutions be deferred until time of permit review.
School:
This project is exempt from the school concurrency requirements of Palm
Beach County.
Driveways:
The main ingress / egress driveway for the proposed hotel is located on
Quantum Boulevard, approximately at the midpoint of the northern
property line, and is approximately 25 feet in width. Secondary ingress /
egress is located along the southern property line, abutting the bank
parcel, in a previously dedicated cross-access easement, also 25 feet in
Staff Report – Gateway Hotel (NWSP 09-003)
Memorandum No. PZ 10-046
Page 3
width, and providing access through the bank parcel to Gateway
Boulevard.
Parking Facility:
Parking for hotels is based on one and a quarter (1.25) parking spaces
per hotel room, thus requiring a total of 135 parking spaces for the 108
rooms proposed. The plan as designed accommodates 135 parking
spaces, including 5 handicap spaces. The typical parking spaces are
dimensioned 9 feet x 18 feet, with the handicap spaces shown as 12 feet
x 18 feet with the associated 5 foot striped aisle. Standard parking space
dimensions, outside of the CRA district, are 9.5 feet x 18.5 feet. This
project is located outside the CRA district, and the applicant applied for
an Engineering Division waiver of this parking standard, in part based
upon the parking space dimensions applied to the other two parking lots
on the same site (Hampton Inn and Regions Bank). The Engineering
division has approved the waiver based upon consistency in design,
thereby allowing the subject parking area to be designed consistent with
the older lots on the parcel.
Landscaping:
The proposed pervious or “green” area of the lot would be 41,211 square
feet or 35% of the total site. The lanscape plan tabular data (Sheet L-1)
indicates that 116 (91 native) trees and palms and 2,631 (1,434 native )
shrubs and groundcover are being provided. Typical trees being utilized
in the planting scheme include Live Oak, Gumbo Limbo, Pink Tabebuia
and Tibouchina, along with Royal, Sabal and Montgomery palms. Shrub
material selected for the site include Cocoplum, Ixora, Indian Hawthorne,
Dwarf Schefflera, Saw Palmetto and Croton. The typical groundcovers
include a variety of Ferns, Fakahatchee Grass and Annuals.
Staff is recommending two (2) conditions regarding improvements in the
proposed landscape design. First, staff recommends the grouping of taller
shrubs in the 6’ to 8’ height range be added along the east side of the
hotel, at all locations between windows, to provide substantial plant
material ranging between the depicted hedge height of 2’ and palm trees
at 25’. This will help soften the mass of the building. Secondly, staff
recommends the elimination of smaller/isolated sod areas and
replacement with a native planting scheme, in an effort to reduce
irrigation demand (see ‘Exhibit C” – Conditions of Appproval).
Building and Site:
Building and site regulations will be fully met when staff comments are
incorporated into the permit drawings. The proposed four-story hotel
building would have a typical roof height of 41 feet, with the average
parapet wall extending to 45 feet, and taller parapet and arch features at
50 feet or below. The proposed building is in compliance with the
maximum allowed height in the PID zoning district of 45 feet, with
parapet walls being allowed to extend up to five (5) additional feet. The
Staff Report – Gateway Hotel (NWSP 09-003)
Memorandum No. PZ 10-046
Page 4
floor plans (Sheets A.01 & A.02) show a mix of one and two sleeping
room hotel suites. The hotel has a small meeting room, small eating area,
exercise room, lobby and outdoor pool area with a barbeque.
Design:
The elevation drawings (Sheets A.03 & A.04) show that the building
would be designed utilizing many of the building characteristics of the
Renaissance Commons project to the south, across Gateway Boulevard.
The hotel is designed with the same “Mission Red” Monier roof tiles
approved on several of the Renaissance Commons buildings,
comparable decorative parapet design and building colors. The chosen
paint colors are soft earthtone colors, mainly in the beige and cream
range. The majority of the body of the building would be Sherwin Williams
paints, “Kilim Beige” and “Netsuke”, accenting the different building pop-
outs, with a slightly darker beige or tan color, “Latte”, at the base of
building in certain areas. Another color, “Jersey Cream” is proposed to be
used sparingly on the other building pop-outs. The accent color for the
decorative parapet banding is proposed as “Divine White”.
The applicant has provided the City with a letter documenting approval
from the Quantum Architectural Review Committee (ARC) of the site plan
and associated architectural drawings.
Signage:
The proposed site signage for the project consists of a monument sign
along the entry from Quantum Boulevard, which will be required to be
designed in accordance with the Quantum Park sign program and receive
approval from the Quantum Architectural Review Committee (see ‘Exhibit
C” – Conditions of Appproval). The building is proposed to have a series
of dark green channel letter wall signs, in an Arial font, with individual
letters ranging in size from 20 to 32 inches in height.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed this request for new site plan approval and recommends approval, subject to
satisfaction of all comments indicted in Exhibit “C” – Conditions of Approval. The Technical
Application Review Team (TART) recommends that the deficiencies identified in this exhibit be
corrected on the set of plans submitted for building permit. Also, any additional conditions
recommended by the Board or City Commission shall be documented accordingly in the
Conditions of Approval.
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The City of Boynton Beach
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISON
100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevard
P.O. Box 310
Boynton Beach, Florida 33425-0310
TEL: 561-742-6260
FAX: 561-742-6259
www.boynton-beach.org
November 17, 2014
Mr. John Vaughan
Art and Architecture
th
54½ SE 6 Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33483
TownePlace Suites
Re:
MMSP 15-002
Dear Mr. Vaughan:
In response to your request date-stamped October 2, 2014 and
subsequent responses to staff comments date-stamped November 5,
2014, for the administrative review and approval of the
modificationsproposed to the above-referenced approved site plan,
depicting the following:
Building, façade, parking and landscape modifications to the
previously approved Gateway Hotel site plan (as depicted on the
attached drawing).
Please be informed that the proposed changes on the revised plans
date-stamped 11/5/14 & 11/17/14 are “minor” as defined within the
Land Development Regulations, Chapter 2 - Site Plan Review. This
project may continue to be processed by the Building Division as a
permit application, subject to the following conditions:
1.At time of permit submittal, please provide a larger/smoother curb
transition between parking lot for proposed hotel and existing bank
parking lot.
2.At time of permit submittal, please provide a revised sanitary
manhole location which allows for a straight run from the building,
as 90 degree angles will not work.
3.At time of permit submittal, please depict groupings of taller
shrubs in the 6’ to 8’ height range, between windows on the east
side of the hotel building, in order to provide plant materials in
the gap between the 2’ tall hedge material and tree canopies, to
help soften the mass of the building (Condition of Approval #12
from original Gateway Hotel approval).
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4.At time of permit submittal, please revise Photometric Plan to
ensure all spot reading levels are below the code maximum of 5.9,
and adjust the table on Sheet S1 (6.2 spot reading).
5.At time of permit submittal, please provide sign calculations for
all signage proposed on the building to ensure what is depicted
will meet the City’s sign code.
6.The proposed monument sign does not conform to the Quantum Park
Sign Program. At time of sign permit submittal, please revise the
sign to conform.
7.Acceptance of these plans during the Minor Site Plan Modification
process does not ensure that additional comments may not be
generated during permit review.
Be advised that the proposed changes may require a modification to
the building permit. Please contact me at (561) 742-6262 if you
have additional questions.
Sincerely,
Ed Breese, Principal Planner
Cc: Andrew Mack, Building Official/City Engineer
EXHIBIT "E"
Conditions of Approval
Project name: TownePlace Suites by Marriott Hotel
File number: NWSP 15-001
st
Reference: 1 review plans identified as a New Site Plan with a March 10, 2015 Planning &
Zoning date stamp marking.
INCLUDEREJECT
DEPARTMENTS
ENGINEERINGPUBLIC WORKS FORESTRY / UTILITIES
//
Comments: None
FIRE
Comments: None
POLICE
Comments: None
BUILDING DIVISION
Comments: None
PARKS AND RECREATION
Comments: None
PLANNING AND ZONING
Comments:
1. Approval is subject to all previous conditions of approval of NWSP
09-003 and MMSP 15-002.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Comments: N/A
ADDITIONAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONDITIONS
Comments: To be determined.
ADDITIONAL CITY COMMISSION CONDITIONS
Conditions of Approval
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INCLUDEREJECT
DEPARTMENTS
Comments: To be determined.
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DEVELOPMENT ORDER OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROJECT NAME: TownePlace Suites by Marriott (NWSP 15-001)
APPLICANT’S AGENT: John Costas, North Boynton Beach Hospitality, LLLP
AGENT’S ADDRESS: 8205 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, FL 33467
DATE OF HEARING RATIFICATION BEFORE CITY COMMISSION: April 7, 2015
TYPE OF RELIEF SOUGHT: New Site Plan approval to construct a four (4) story, 77,897
square foot, 116 room TownePlace Suites by Marriott hotel
project and related site improvements.
LOCATION OF PROPERTY: 2450 Quantum Boulevard, Quantum Park Lot 2
DRAWING(S): SEE EXHIBIT “B” ATTACHED HERETO.
________ THIS MATTER came on to be heard before the City Commission of the City of Boynton
Beach, Florida on the date of hearing stated above. The City Commission having considered the
relief sought by the applicant and heard testimony from the applicant, members of city administrative
staff and the public finds as follows:
1. Application for the relief sought was made by the Applicant in a manner consistent with
the requirements of the City’s Land Development Regulations.
2. The Applicant
___ HAS
___ HAS NOT
established by substantial competent evidence a basis for the relief requested.
3. The conditions for development requested by the Applicant, administrative staff, or
suggested by the public and supported by substantial competent evidence are as set
forth on Exhibit “D” with notation “Included”.
4. The Applicant’s application for relief is hereby
___ GRANTED subject to the conditions referenced in paragraph 3 hereof.
___ DENIED
5. This Order shall take effect immediately upon issuance by the City Clerk.
6. All further development on the property shall be made in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this order.
7. Other ____________________________________________________________
DATED:__________________________ __________________________________________
City Clerk
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