AGENDA DOCUMENTS
AGENDA DOCUMENTS
PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM #97- 222
Staff Report
Board of Zoning Appeals
Meeting
Date:
May 19, 1997
Petition:
Case No. 234
File No:
BZA V 97-006
Location:
Sun Sentinel in Quantum Corporate Park - southeast corner of Park Ridge
Road and Alpha Drive; Lot 46A Quantum Park.
Owner:
Quantum Associates
Project
Name:
Sun Sentinel Distribution Facility
Variance
Request:
Request for variance to the City of Boynton Beach Land Development
Regulations, Chapter 2, Section 7.H.3. - Accessways, to allow a
reduction of the 150 foot minimum driveway spacing requirement to:
. 63 feet 9 inches for a driveway proposed on Park Ridge
Boulevard (distance between proposed driveway and an
existing driveway to the east on adjacent Flowers Bakery
lot).
. 110 feet for a driveway proposed on Alpha Drive (distance
between proposed driveway and an existing driveway to
the south on adjacent Safety Kleen lot).
BACKGROUND
The subject property is located at the southeast corner of Park Ridge Boulevard and
Alpha Drive in the Quantum Corporate Park Oust west of Flowers Distribution Center)
and occupies the western part of Lot 46-A (see Exhibit "A" - Location Map and Exhibit
"B" - Survey). The zoning designation of the subject parcel, as well as the entire
Quantum Park, is PID (Planned Industrial District).
The developer is proposing construction of a 22,791 sq. ft. distribution
center/warehouse on a 1.52 acre parcel of land, see Exhibit "C" - proposed site plan.
The warehouse will be divided into three lease spaces - one of which will be used by
Sun Sentinel and the other two will be offered for lease.
There are two (2) driveway access points from the property: one from Park Ridge
Boulevard, and the other one from Alpha Drive. However, the distances between these
driveways and already constructed driveways located on the adjacent properties do not
conform to the Land Development Regulations due to noncompliance with the required
minimum of 150 feet.
The following is a description of the zoning districts and land uses of the properties that
surround the subject request:
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Case No. 234
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North
Right-of-way of Park Ridge Boulevard, and farther north is
Publix Distribution Center zoned PID.
South
Safety Kleen facility zoned PID
East
Flowers Distribution facility zoned PID
West
Alpha Drive right-of-way and farther west is vacant land
zoned PID
ANAL YSIS
The subject variance application was submitted in connection with a site plan approval
request for a proposed distribution center/warehouse and associated parking and
loading areas for Sun Sentinel Distribution Facility in Quantum Corporate Park. The
proposed vehicular circulation system for this facility is laid out in a U-shaped with the
warehouse building to be constructed inside this form. There are two access
driveways connecting the Sun Sentinel site with the roadway system within Quantum
Park as follows:
. the western access driveway is located at a distance of approximately 110 feet from
the northern access driveway to Safety Kleen
· the northern access driveway is located at a distance of 63 feet 9 inches from the
western access driveway to Flowers Distribution Center.
City of Boynton Beach Land Development Regulations, Chapter 2 - Zoning, Section
7.H.3 - Accessways requires that:
"In the interest of public safety, (...) interior accessways shall be located no
closer than one hundred and fifty (150) feet from center line to center line".
Therefore, both proposed distances between driveways are non-conforming. The
petitioner states that the main reason that forced this request to be filed is that the
subject site is the last undeveloped lot along Park Ridge Boulevard within the block
between Alpha Drive and Beta Drive. Pre-existing conditions in this block, such as
existing access driveways locations, are limiting site planning of the subject site since
the proposed business operation requires certain vehicular circulation patterns.
The petitioner states also that a minimal volume of vehicular traffic projected west of
the subject site should minimize negative impact of potential problems created by non-
conforming distances between driveways.
The original intent of the Quantum Park, as stated in the applicant's Exhibit liD"
Statement of Special Conditions, Hardships or Reasons Justifying the Requested
Variance, was to develop large industrial lots for uses generating large volumes of
traffic. This intent has not been implemented in the southern part of the Quantum
Industrial Park, where smaller facilities, making a minimal traffic impact have been
developed, precluding a necessity to separate driveways with a minimum distance of
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Case No. 234
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150 feet.
No safety concerns were expressed by any of the city's departments involved in the
review of the site plan approval request for Sun Sentinel Distribution Facility regarding
proposed location of the access driveways. As a point of information a similar variance
was granted by the board on September 16, 1996 (Flowers Distribution Center, case
#222). For further information regarding this request, see attached Exhibit "E", the
Applicant's Request for Variance.
The summary of facts is as follows:
1. The proposed distance between the western access driveway and the northern
access driveway to Safety Kleen is 110 feet and is nonconforming.
2. The proposed distance between the northern access driveway and the western
driveway access to Flowers Distribution Center is 63 feet 9 inches and is non-
conforming.
3. Location of the existing driveways on Flowers Distribution Center property and
Safety Kleen property in conjunction with the needs of efficient site plan layout
for the proposed distribution center/warehouse do not allow for the two new
proposed driveways to comply with the distance requirement of the Land
Development Regulations.
4. Lots in the southern part of Quantum Corporate Park have been resubdivided
and developed, contrary to the original intent, as smaller parcels of land.
Conformance with the 150 foot separation requirement or smaller parcels would
preclude an the efficient site plan layout.
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