REVIEW COMMENTS
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NING DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 94-065
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J. Scott MIller
Ci~ Manager
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Tambri J. Heyden'
Acting Planning and Zoning Director
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DATE: March 9, 1994
SUBJECT: Boynton Lakes Plaza - File No. 816
Administrative Appeal/Site Plan Modification
(buffer wall)
NATURE OF REOUEST
Roy Largue, of White-Spunner Construction, Inc., is requesting a
site plan modification in connection with an appeal of an
administrative determination regarding the required, six foot
high buffer wall at Boynton Lakes Plaza. A six foot high,
stuccoed, concrete block buffer wall was required by the City
Commission, as a condition of the original site plan approval of
the shopping center, to screen from the adjacent residents of
Boynton Lakes PUD, view of the parking and mechanical areas at
the rear of the shopping center.
Boynton Lakes Plaza is a shopping center nearing completion at
the northwest corner of Boynton Lakes Boulevard and Plaza Lane.
The referenced wall has been constructed, however a 232 foot long
portion of the wall, starting at the northeast corner near
Hypoluxo Road and Boynton Lakes Boulevard and extending south,
has been measured to be less than the required six feet in height
at the outside edge. Mr. Largue is requesting approval to retain
the wall at its existing height, which at the shortest point,
measures 3.75 feet (see attached letters from Mr. Largue to
myself, dated February 23, 1994 and to Scott Miller, dated
February 23, 1994).
BACKGROUND
The rear of the shopping center faces Boynton Lakes Boulevard and
Plaza Lane and across both of these rights-of-way, to the east
and south, is the Boynton Lakes PUD. Boynton Lakes, Plat 6A,
comprised of existing single family homes, is located on the east
side of Boynton Lakes Boulevard. On the south side of Plaza Lane
is the remaining, undeveloped portion of the PUD, specifically
Boynton Lakes, Plat 5, "Best Homes". Last month this project was
granted a time extension to their site plan and concurrency
exemption approval for 41 townhomes.
During the course of the three, separate site plan approvals that
have been granted for shopping center construction on the parcel
since as early as 1985, six foot high buffer wa:l construction
has always been a City Commission condition of approval. More
recently, with a 1990 site plan modification, the buffer wall was
discussed and was continued to be required. Finally, in July of
1993, an appeal was filed regarding the denial of a minor site
plan modification requested to change the wall material from CBS
to wood. This appeal was denied by the City Commission.
As previously mentioned, the shopping center is nearing
completion. During a construction inspection conducted by City
inspectors in January, it was noted that the outside wall height
at various points along Boynton Lakes Boulevard, was less than
the required six feet. On January 28, 1994, the attached
administrative determination (letter from myself to Jeff Carrico)
was prepared stating that the wall would have to be reconstructed
ao that all points along the outside of the wall would be no less
than six feet in height. It was understood that additional
courses of block would be applied in a stepped fashion.