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September 15, 1995
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Ms. Tambri Heyden, Planning Director
City of Boynton Beach Planning & Zoning Department
100 East Boynton Beach Blvd.
Boynton Beach, FL 33425-0310
RE: United Parcel Service Data Communications Center
Major Master Plan Modification
Our File No. 660.6
Dear Ms. Heyden,
Please accept and process the attached revised information for a Major Master Plan
Modification located at 3800 S. Congress Avenue. We are submitting revised plans for
the Major Master Plan Modification application on behalf of the United Parcel Service,
lessee of the property, and incorporating comments received at the September 12, 1995
TRC Meeting. There are no changes necessary to the application therefore only revised
plans are being resubmitted. This application is proceeding in conjunction with a parking
lot variance application and a landscape waiver request.
Attached, please find twelve (12) sets of plans, two (2) copies are signed and sealed.
The site plan has been adjusted to more closely match the current survey prepared by
Shalloway, Foy, Rayman & Newell, Inc.. The plans were also revised to address the
comments presented at the September 12, 1995 Technical Review Committee (TRC)
Meeting. There are no significant changes to the site plan other than the relocation of
the dumpster and recycling receptacles from the east side of the west access drive to
the west side of the drive. Additional information has been added to the site and
landscape plans to help define the locations of site fixtures. For example, lighting, fire
hydrants and existing trees are now shown on the site and landscape plans.
Our response to the TRC comment memorandums issued by the Review Board for first
review are listed below.
Ms. Tambri Heyden .
United Parcel Service Data Communications Cente'r
September 15, 1995
Page 2
POLICE DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 0163
1. The project engineer is reviewing the issue of a modified median opening with the
County Engineer.
2. We have confirmed that the ADA requirement is 2% of the total parking to be
handicapped.
RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 95-404
1. All existing trees to remain are indicated on both the Site Plan and Landscape
Plan. No significant landscaping will be removed from site.
UTILITIES DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 95-280
1. Per the current survey, all existing easements are indicated on the site plan and
landscape plan.
2. A fire flow test is being processed and will be submitted as part of the building
permit application.
3. The landscape plan indicates that no trees will be placed within an Utility
Easement.
4. Water for irrigation will be drawn from the adjacent lake. The property owner of
this parcel also owns the adjacent parcel and UPS will coordinate approval with
them.
5. Back flow preventors will be provided where required per Section 26.107.
BUILDING DIVISION MEMORANDUM NO. 95-331
1 . The landscape plan reflects all existing and proposed trees and site lighting for
Phase I and II of the portion of the property to be utilized for UPS. Please note,
the southern parking area is the subject of a variance request.
2. The nature of the proposed facility is non-public and accessed solely by its
employees. Due to the fact that this UPS facility will not provide walk-in
Ms. Tambri Heyden
United Parcel Service Data Communications Center
September 15, 1995
Page 3
customers, it is their desire not to provide this walkway to discourage pedestrian
access by the general public. Adequate handicap access for employees is
provided on site. If the need should arise for a public walkway for the physically
disabled the owner will provide one.
3. Prior to the submittal of a permit application, all signs and directional signs will be
provided and meet the Boynton Beach Sign Code. A signage detail reflecting the
height, and square footage is incorporated in the site plans. Therefore the only
outstanding items are the text and colors. .
FIRE PREVENTION MEMORANDUM NO. 95-331
1. As stated earlier, the fire flow test is being processed and will be submitted with
the building permit application.
2. A fire lane has been provided along the w~st side of the building to allow
continuous fire access around the entire building.
3. After the determination of the fire flow test and the condition of the existing fire
hydrants and water service, we will provide d~cuments to ensure all fire prevention
requirements have been met.
4. The exit way sidewalk located on the east side of the building has been revised
from 5' to 8' wide to accomadate the number expected to use the exit.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 95-158
1. The dumpsters have been relocated to the west property line, maintaining a 2.5'
wide landscape strip with hedge. The trucks will service them by approaching
from the east.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 95-
Please refer to attached letter from Brian LaMotte at Shalloway, Foy, Rayman & Newell,
Inc. to Bill Hukil.
Ms. Tambri Heyden
United Parcel Service Data Communications Center
September 15, 1995
Page 4
PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION MEMORANDUM NO. 95-494
1. The site plan will be amended to indicate variance relief at the time of variance
approval.
2. A request for a landscape appeal for the required eastern buffer is included with
this letter.
3. Traffic control arrows and dimensions of access aisles are indicated on the site
plan.
4. The site plan and landscape plan have been revised to reflect the site lighting
locations. There are no conflicts with the provided landscape.
5. All pavement near loading areas are existing and will remain. The conceptual
paving plan indicates new and existing pavement for the entire site.
6. The site plan has been amended to indicate width and angle of the circular
parking area. All parking spaces in this area meet parking requirements.
7. The site plan and Landscape Plan have been amended to indicate the location of
views 1 through 5 of the elevation drawings.
8. The site data on the site plan has been revised to reflect the correct number of
interior parking spaces.
9. The Landscape Detail Plan has been amended to reflect that the plant list shall
govern lion center" spacing.
10. The Landscape Plan has been amended to indicate that the maximum spacing of
trees on Congress Avenue shall not exceed 40' on center.
11 . The Landscape Plan has been amended to extend the lc1ouded" existing
landscape symbol to Congress Avenue.
12. Curbing is indicated on the Paving, Site, and Landscape Plan.
RECOMMENDATIONS
7. The plans have been amended to all Melaleuca mulch or approved equal.
Ms. Tambri Heyden
United Parcel Service Data Communications Center
September 15, 1995
Page 5
If you have any questions or concerns in regard to this application, or if you need any
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you in advance for
your past time. and future consideration for this project.
SinCerelY.;;:
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Quin . Travers
Kilday & Associates, Inc.
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City of Boynton Beach
Planning & Zoning Department
DATE
Auqust 23. 1995
REL Industrial
PROJECT NAME
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Mike Haag
PROJECT NUMBER 660.6
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Re: UPS/REL Industrial Parking Lot Variance #PKLV 95-- 05
Revised variance request from Scope Section of code.
Please substitute for seven (7 ) variances previously
submitted. Please note there is an eighth variance
which is not included in this request therefore we
will be requesting two variances total. Please
call with any questions.
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8/21/95
UPS COMMUNICATIONS DATA CENTER
PARKING LOT VARIANCE REQUEST SYNOPSIS
The subject site is zoned M-1 and supports one existing building of 124,740 square feet
and two existing parking areas. Formerly, this site was a manufacturing and processing
operation involving lighting fixtures. The United Parcel Service (UPS) is seeking approval
to locate a Communications Data Center in a portion of the building on the property.
This center, one of only a dozen planned nationwide, will house their communications
and customer service operations. At it's ultimate capacity, the facility will employee
approximately 750 employees. Initially, employees will number 450. These employees
will man phone banks and computer systems, and respond to customer inquiries
regarding parcel tracking, pick-up and delivery. The hours of operation for the center
are 8:00am-8:00pm.
There will be no shipping activities and no customer drop-off or pick-up of parcels
occuring from this site. No delivery activities related to parcel distribution will occur. The
facility will operation as a communications center only. The only IIwalk-inll traffic will be
that of potential applicants seeking employment. This activity will occur in the
northwestern (front) corner of the building. The existing circular drop-off area will be
expanded with additional parking spaces to accommodate this activity. This parking area
will meet all zoning code requirements.
UPS needs a minimum of 750 parking spaces solely for their employee use. Therefore,
additional employee parking needs to be provided on site. Pursuant to the City of
Boynton Beach Zoning Code Chapter23, Article I, Section 2.F, an increase in parking
stalls exceeding 25% of the existing stalls requires all parking areas on site, both existing
and new, to comply with all required improvements stated in Chapter 23, Article II.
There are two existing parking areas on site, one north of the building and one to the
south. UPS will occupy 93,901 square feet of the existing building, or approximately 3/4
of the space. UPS is leasing the building from the property owner and is responsible for
upgrading the site to comply with both their internal requirements and City of Boynton
Beach code requirements. UPS intends to utilize the parking area located to the north
of the bUilding as employee parking. One of the two main employee entrances is
located along the north facade of the building. Therefore, the existing parking area will
be upgraded to meet code requirements, including re-striping of spaces and aisles,
required interior and perimeter landscaping, wheelstops where necessary, and lighting.
Additional parking spaces will be added just south of
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the main driveway on the north side of the building and these too will comply with all
code requirements.
The parking area on the south side of the existing building will not be used by the
lessee, UPS. As they will not be occupying the southern 1/4 of the building, and as they
are providing ample parking spaces to meet their employee requirements, this parking
area will be reserved for a future tenant. Therefore, all but one of the variances being
requested address the ability to allow this parking area to remain lias is" until a future
tenant is secured. As each required improvement is considered a separate variance in
the zoning code under Chapter 23, Articel II, separate variances must be requested.
Therefore, there are seven (7) variances required to allow the southern parking area to
remain "as-is".
UPS will also be constructing a new parking area to the east of the existing building.
Their second main employee entrance is located along the eastern facade of the
builidng. This parking area is designated with two construction phases to expedite the
South Florida Water Management permit approval process. This new parking area will
meet all required improvements, except one. The perimeter landscape requirements
require a hedge along the eastern edge of the proposed parking area to screen it from
adjacent right-of-ways. A variance is being requested to eliminate the need for this
hedge as the uses to the east consist of an LWOD canal easement, an FP&L easement
and 1-95, and as there is a minimum 500 foot separation from this parking area to 1-95,
and as an existing stand of vegetation exists within the canal right-of-way which currently
screens this parking area from the Interstate. To offset the elimination of this
requirement, UPS will be providing additional landscaping (above code) adjacent to
Congress Avenue to help screen the existing parking area from that road and residents
to the west, and is exceeding the amount of interior greenspace required within the
parking areas.
A total of eight (8) variances are being requested. Seven (7) of them are associated
with the ability to leave the southern parking area "as-is" as it will not be utilized by the
lessee, UPS. One is associated with the ability to eliminate a perimeter hedge along the
eastern side of the new parking area in exchange for upgraded landscape elsewhere
where it will be a greater benefit to the public.
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Board of County Commissioners
Ken 1. Foster, Chairman
Burt Aaronson, Vice Chairman
Karen T. Marcus
Carol A. Roberts
Warren H. Newell
Mary McCarty
Maude Ford Lee
County Administrator
Robert Weisman
Department of Engineering
and Public Works
October 11, 1995
Mr. Dan DeCarlo
Boynton Beach Planning and Zoning Department
100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevard
P.O. Box 310
Boynton Beach, Fl 33425-0310
RE: UPS COMMUNICATION DATA CENTER
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Dear Mr. DeCarlo:
The Palm Beach County Traffic Division has reviewed the traffic equivalency
statement entitled Boynton Beach Industrial, pursuant to the Traffic Performance
Standards in Article 7.9 of the Palm Beach County land Development Code. The
statement reports that there will be a change in tenants within an existing
124,740 square foot general light industrial building. The statement shows a
trip generation of 869 daily trips. The statement does not report any change in
use for the building, nor an increase in the size of the building. As such, it
is not subject to the Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County. If you
have any questions regarding this determination, please contact me at 684-4030.
Sincerely,
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER
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Dan Weisberg, P.E.
Senior Registered Civil Engineer
cc. William Hukill, P.E., Director
Boynton Beach Department of Development
File: TPS - Hun. - Traffic Study Review
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