CORRESPONDENCE
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION
. Building . Planning & Zoning . Occupational Licenses . Community Redevelopment
March 1, 2002
Ms. TIa J Hines, Development AssocIate
Wood Partners
2600 North MIlitary Trml, Suite 100
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Re: Alta Chase - Landscape Changes
MMSP 02-011
Dear Ms. Hines:
In response to your request for the administrative review and approval of the modIfications proposed to
the above-referenced, approved SIte plan, please be mformed that the changes as shown on the
landscape plans date stamped 02/26/02 are "minor", as defined wIthm the Land Development
Regulations, Chapter 4- Site Plan ReVIew.
This project may continue to be processed by the Building Division as a permit applicatIOn. Be advised that
the proposed changes may require a modificatIOn to the building permlt. Please contact me at (561) 742-
6260 if you have additIOnal questions.
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PnncIpal Planner
Cc: Jose Alfaro, Planner
Enc Lee Johnson, Planner
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DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
· Building - Planning & Zoning - Occupational Licenses - Community Redevelopment
Jason McArthur, Director
Wood Partners
2700 North Military Trail, Suite 130
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
July 12, 2002
Via Facsimile to (561) 893-00945
Subject:
Alta Chase Property-Western perimeter additional trees request
Dear Mr McArthur;
This correspondence is in reference to the meeting held by the City of Boynton Beach and Wood
Partners personnel on the Alta Chase west buffer, last Friday July 5, 2002. The purpose of the
meeting was to discuss the request by city staff that additional ,trees beh1stalled by the Wood
Partners to enhance the west buffer This request is in accordance with comments made by Wood
Partners as recorded in the minutes of the City Commission meeting held on January 16,2001.
The request for additional trees includes tree species, height, canopy spread, diameter, spacing,
location, and quantities.
Species: select from Mahogany (Swietenia mahogoni), Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora),
Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba), Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia heterophylla), or. Pongam
(Pongamia pinnata).
Height: all trees selected should be a minimum of 15'-18' in height at time of planting.
Canopy Spread: all trees selected should be a minimum of 6'-8' of canopy spread at time of
planting.
Diameter: all trees selected should be a minimum of 4" in diameter at time of planting.
Spacing: all trees selected should be installed at 15' on center the entire length of the Western
property perimeter measuring approximately 1, 010 linear feet in length.
Location: all trees selected should be installed approximately midway between the existing Western
perimeter landscape buffer and the existing buildings and improved structures along the entire length
of the Western perimeter (1 ,010 linear feet).
Quantities: there should be approximately 60 to 65 additional trees selected to meet each of these
requests.
Please review this letter of request and respond in writing by July 19, 2002.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and willingness to work with the City
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Nancy Byrri~, As~istant Development Director
xc: Kurt Bressner, City Manager
Kevin Hallahan, City Forester/Environmentalist
Michael Rumpf, Planning & Zoning Director
City of Boynton Beach - 100 East Boynton Beach Blvd., POBox 310 · Boynton Beach, Florida 33425-0310
Phone" (561) 742~350 . www.boynton-beach.org
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July 18,2002
N Soncy Byrne
ASSlStant Director of Development
City of Boynton Beach
100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevatd
P.O. Box 310
Boynton Beach, FL 33425-0310
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RE: Alta Chase Property - Western Perimeter Additional Trees Request
Dear Nancy:
I am in receipt of YOU! July 12,2002, letter tegarcfulg Co1nmissione.t We.iland's !equest thai
we p.tovide additionalttees along Alta Chase's westem p.topetty boundary. We will pro..-ide
additional hLndscape material along this property line. I would like to note that we agree to
incur this expense out of good will, ~-not out of obligation. I continue to believe that we
have been sensitive to Leismeville lU1d that its residents should be pleased with our efforts to
establish rapport with them. I hope to avoid ever having to establish a legal case for why we
are not ob~ted to do anything futthet along the buffer, however, I would like to note tha.t
we have researched this matter tho.J:oughly to determine if we ate obligated to provide any
futthe.t buffering and have concluded that we are not under any obliga.ti.on to do so. Having
made this statement, I would like to describe for you our action plan. ww.ch we will finish
executing ove.t the next 30 days.
1. We have consulted with two landscape contnctoIS, one independent plant material
broker, and our landscape architect regarding recommended species a.nd their
availability.
2. By the week of July 22nd, we should have a good idea. of what matenal18 available
and will start ordering trees, Based on preliminaty feedback, we intend to add Satin
Leaf and live Oaks to the list of potential trees.
3. We have concluded that a more appropriate planting interval is approxima.tely 20 feet
on average and intend on using this 8pacing increment in out planting.
WEll1d Autlurr IS (,l (jyo/jP f)f Limited Li4/Jiu" Ctmlpllrlirs
2600 NORTH' MILOO":- TMIL. SUITE '100 80",-RATON. FlOiii'OA 33431
PHONE 561.891.0054 561 893.0095
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The sizing and location of we material that we intend to plant is consistent with the
parameters established in your letter of July 12th, However, as we have discussed on pnor
occasions, trees are not man-made but rather organic and naturally occuning and may vary
on an individual basis nom these specifications. We will do Out best to nuke sure that each
tree we plant meets the specifications outlined In your July 12 letter and at II rninimwn that
on average they do.
All of the trees tha.t we will plant are abo'Ve and beyond LDR requirements, the reqwrements
as set forth by the approved landscape plans and the .requirements as set forth in the
development order govezning this pto)ect. Such being the case. we hereby ask the City to
pledge not to attempt to unfau:ly or unreasonably withhold any of ow: remaining apptovals
as a result of differences between what we have provided on the western property line benn
and that which Conunissione.r Weiland, Kevin Hallahan, Kurt Bressner, ot,.~ybody else
would have preferred .
We have worked diligendy on Alta. Chase and have enjoyed a good working relationship with
the City staff. I sincerely hope to end construction of this project on a positive note with the
City. If you 'Wish to discuss any aspect of this letter, please do not hesitate to contact We.
Once we have completed the above outlined action plan, I will contact Mr. Weiland and
invite him to see the result. While I know that this sounds like legal speak, I must clarify that
our invitation fat him to walk the buffer agajn is simply a courtesy intended to affoId hi%n an
opportunity to bring closure to this issue. It is not intended in any way to p1'ovide any city
officials W1th an opportunity to make further requests for additional planting or for
substitutions. As always. thank you fOl: your patience, Wlderstanding, and coope.tatlon.
Respectfully,
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cc: Marty Petty, F Martin Petty and Associates
Susan Taylor, Nason Yea.ge:
M Suelle.n Henderson. Morris Manning & Martin
Frank Bazzell, Morris Manning & Murin
David Milstead, Paln1. Beach Landscaping
Richard Cntchfield, Osptey Group
Mike Champagne, Kilday and Associates
Wa.rren] Durkin. Wood Partners
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PARTNERS
FEB 2 6 2002
February 26, 2002
Mike Rumpf
Director of Planrung and Zorung
City of Boynton Beach
Planrung and Zorung Division
100 East Boynton Beach Blvd.
Boynton Beach, FL
Re: Alta Chase / Minor Site Plan Modification Request
Dear Mr. Rumpf:
By tills letter, Wood Partners is requesting a tn1nor sIte plan modificatiOn for the above referenced
project. We are enclosmg for your review four copies of the mollified site plan and the landscape plan.
We are also enclosmg a justification statement from our site planner, Kilday & ASSOCiates, willch
lliscusses the landscape modifications to the Site plan.
The landscape plan has been mollified from the ongmal approved plan. In the attached justification
statement prepared by Kilday & ASSOCiates, the specific changes are lliscussed and an analysis of those
changes is presented. I will defer to that justification statement for further explanation.
We have also mollified the berm at the northwest comer of the property In our previous
modification, we anticipated that the continuation of the eXiSting SW 8th Street right-of-way berm
would be constructed completely off-site. It has smce been modified so that the eXiSting off-Site berm
connects to our eXisting on-site berm at the northwest comer of the property
Please let us know if there is any adllitional mformation that you need from us m order to process this
tn1nor Site plan mollification. Thank you m advance for your assistance.
Smcerely,
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Wood Partners is a Group of Llrmted Liability Companies
2600 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 100 BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33431
PHONE 561 8930094 561 8930095
JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT
LANDSCAPE MODIFICATIONS FOR AL T A CHASE
February 24, 2002
Kilday & Associates is the agent for Wood Partners, the developer of the 14.1 acre Alta
Chase property located on the west side of SW 8th St., north of Woolbright Road. The
site, currently under construction, will consist of 216 rental apartments in nine buildings.
This application IS for a Minor Modification to the Landscape Plan approved on January
16, 2001. A Minor Modification for the site plan was recently approved WhICh
incorporates changes to the site plan that mcluded adjustment to building five (5) and
eIght (8), revIsed the recreation area and the removal of the mulch path. This Minor
Modification adjusts the landscape planting to match these SIte plan changes plus the
addition of buffer plantings to match the plantmg detail approved on the Master Plan for
Woolbright Place PUD and to match the final utIlity plans.
The following is a summary of the plant changes to the landscape plans dated 2/24/02.
Per Boynton Beach Landscape Code requires 559 trees/palms for this site. The approved
landscape plans provided 573 trees/palms. This Landscape Modification provides a total
of 597 trees/palms, an increase of 24. Three tree varieties where substituted; Geiger tree,
was substituted due to the lack of market availability; the Dahoon Holly was substituted
for Southern Red Cedar that is part of the required buffer planting; and the Yellow
Trumpet Tree was substituted because of its susceptibility to wind damage. The four new
varieties include Gumbo Limbo, Southern Red Cedar, Slash Pine and Strawberry Guava.
Six additional palm varieties have been added, including, Canary Island Date Palm,
Royal Palms and Washington Palms, to provide more visual diversity. The overall
quantity of trees/palms and the number of plant varieties will increase and the overall
quality of the SIte will be dramatically improved.
Boynton Beach Landscape Code requires foundation plantings around each building and
hedges along the perimeter. This Landscape Modification continues to meet thIS code
requirement even thought the quantity of shrubs has decrease by 43% from the approved
plan. The variety of shrubs has increased from seven to fourteen adding more visual
interest. The quantIty of groundcovers has mcreased by over four times te previous
quanity and the plant varieties mcreased from three (3) to eight (8).
Chapter 4, Section 9.C of the Boynton Beach Land Development Code provides seven
standards to help determine whether this submittal is a minor/major modification. The
following are responses to those standards:
1. Does the modification increase the buildable square footage of the
development by more than five (5) percent:
The Landscape modification does not increase (or decrease) the buildable square footage
of the development.
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2. Does the modification reduce the provided number of parking spaces below
the required number of parking spaces:
The Landscape modification does not reduce the required number of parkmg spaces of
the development
3. Does the modification cause the development to be below the development
standards for the zoning district in which it is located or other applicable standards
in the Land Development Regulations;
The project IS zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) (Chapter 2.5). The landscape
code requirements for PUD zoned property is defined in Chapter 7.5, Article II. The
approved landscape plans exceeded the 559 required trees/palms by fourteen (14)
providing a total of 573 trees/palms. The proposed landscape modification continues to
exceed the reqUIred trees/palms providing 597, an increase of twenty-two (24) additional
trees/palms over the approved plan.
4. Does the modification have an adverse effect on adjacent or nearby property
or reduce required physical buffer, such as fences, trees, or hedges;
The Landscape modification does not have an adverse effect on adjacent property. In
fact, the Landscape ModificatIOn has a substantial increase in the number of plants
located within the perimeter buffer located on the north, west and south property line.
Condition 20 find in Exhibit "C" of the New Site Plan Development Order dated 1-16-01,
requires the 25' buffer landscaping to match the planting detml approved on the Master
Plan for Woolbright Place PUD. The Landscape ModificatIOn complies with this
condition. There are no reductions in buffer widths or fencing and an mcrease in the
number of trees and hedges within the buffers, particularly on the west property line.
5. Does the modification adversely affect the elevation design of the structure or
reduce the overall design of the structure below the standards stated in the
community design plan;
The Landscape Modification does not alter the design of any structure.
6. Does the modified development meet the concurrency requirements of the
Boynton Beach Comprehensive Plan;
The site plan meets concurrency requirements of the Boynton Beach Comprehensive
Plan. This Landscape Modification does not have any impact on concurrency
reqmrements.
7. Does the modification alter the site layout so that the modified site plan does
not resemble the approved site plan;
The Landscape Modification does not modify the site plan layout.
JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT
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PROJECT NAME: Alta' Chase .'
LOCATION: 1575 SW 8th Street
PCN:
I FILE NO.: MMSP 02-011 II TYPE OF APPLICATION: I
AGENT/CONTACT PERSON: OWNER: Alta Chase Property Owners
Tia Hines PHONE:
PHONE: 56'-893-0094 FAX:
FAX: 561-893-0095 ADDRESS:
ADDRESS: 2600 N Military Trail
Suite 100
Boca Raton, FL. 33431
Date of submittal/Proiected meetine: dates:
SUBMITTAL / RESUBMITT AL 2/26/02
1 ST REVIEW COMMENTS DUE: N/A
PUBLIC NOTICE: N/A
TRC MEETING: N/A
PROJECTED RESUBMITTAL DATE: N/A
ACTUAL RESUBMITTAL DATE: N/A
2ND REVIEW COMMENTS DUE: N/A
LAND DEVELOPMENT SIGNS POSTED N/A
(SITE PLANS):
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD N/A
MEETING:
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT N/A
AGENCY BOARD
CITY COMMISSION MEETING: N/A
COMMENTS: Landscape changes.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
. Building . Planning & Zoning - Occupational Licenses . Community Redevelopment
Jason McArthur, Director
Wood Partners
2700 North Military Trail, Suite 130
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
July 12, 2002
Via Facsimile to (561) 893-0094
Subject:
Alta Chase Property-Western perimeter additional trees request
Dear Mr McArthur;
This correspondence is in reference to the meeting held by the City of Boynton Beach and Wood
Partners personnel on the Alta Chase west buffer, last Friday July 5, 2002. The purpose of the
meeting was to discuss the request by city staff that additional trees be installed by the Wood
Partners to enhance the west buffer. This request is in accordance with comments made by Wood
Partners as recorded in the minutes of the City Commission meeting held on January 16, 2001
The request for additional trees includes tree species, height, canopy spread, diameter, spacing,
location, and quantities.
Species: select from Mahogany (Swietenia mahogoni), Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora),
Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba), Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia heterophylla), or Pongam
(Pongamia pinnata).
Height: all trees selected should be a minimum of 15'-18' in height at time of planting.
Canopy Spread: all trees selected should be a minimum of 6'-8' of canopy spread at time of
planting.
Diameter: all trees selected should be a minimum of 4" in diameter at time of planting.
Spacing: all trees selected should be installed at 15' on center the entire length of the Western
property perimeter measuring approximately 1, 010 linear feet in length.
Location: all trees selected should be installed approximately midway between the existing Western
perimeter landscape buffer and the existing buildings and improved structures along the entire length
of the Western perimeter (1 ,01 0 linearfeet).
Quantities: there should be approximately 60 to 65 additional trees selected to meet each of these
requests.
Please review this letter of request and respond in writing by July 19, 2002.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and willingness to work with the City
Since,rely,
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Nancy Byrrt,:~tstant Development Director
xc: Kurt Bressner, City Manager
Kevin Hallahan, City Forester/Environmentalist
Michael Rumpf, Planning & Zoning Director
City of Boynton Beach. 100 East Boynton Beach Blvd., POBox 310 · Boynton Beach, Florida 33425~310
Phone' (561) 742-6350 - www.boynton-beach.org