REVIEW COMMENTS
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BETHESDA HOSPITAL REZONING
(REZN 02-004)
REZONING
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM NO. PZ 02-143
TO:
Chairman and Members
Planning adD velo ment Board
FROM:
Dick Hud , enior Planner
THROUGH: Michael W. Rumpf
Director of Planning and Zoning
DATE: July 15,2002
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Project/Applicant: Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Agent: Jamie GentilelKilday and Associates, Inc
Owner: Bethesda Memorial Hospital
Location: South side of SW 23'd Avenue (Golf Road) between South Seacrest Boulevard
and Interstate 95 (Exhibit A).
File No: Rezoning (REZN 02-005)
Property Description: Developed property consisting of :t1O.37 acres occupied by parking and other
uses ancillary to the main hospital facilities, classified Public & Private
Governmental/Institutional (PPGI) and zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD).
Proposed change/use: To rezone the subject property from Planned Unit Development (PUD) to Public
Use (PU). No additions are proposed to the existing development on the
property.
Adjacent Land Uses and Zoning:
North: Right-of-way ofSW 23'd Avenue (Golf Road) then developed residential property (High Point
West Condominiums) classified High Density Residential (HDR) and zoned R-3 Multi-family
residential (10.8 dulac)
South: Developed property containing the main hospital facilities and under the same ownership as
the subject property, classified Public & Private Governmental/Institutional (PPGI) and zoned
PU Public Use.
East: Developed single family homes (Winchester Heights) classified Low Density Residential
(LDR) and zoned R-l-AA Single Family Residential (5.40 dulac).
West: Developed single family homes (Seacrest Hills) classified Low Density Residential (LDR)
and zoned R-I-AA Single Family Residential (5.40 du/ac).
PROJECT ANALYSIS
The subject property is a portion of the Bethesda Memorial Hospital campus. All of this property is
classified Public & Private Governmental/Institutional on the Future Land Use Map; however, in 1984,
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shortly after the subject portion of the property was acquired, the hospital requested and was granted the
Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning that is now on the property. No additional development is
anticipated on the property, and the rezoning will only serve to ensure that the zoning is consistent with
the land use designation and consistent with the zoning on the portion of the hospital property to the
south: nevertheless, staff is required to provide an analysis of the request.
The criteria used to review Comprehensive Plan amendments and rezonings are listed in Article 2,
Section 9, Adminis/ra/ion and Enforcement, Item C. Comprehensive Plan Amendments: Rezonings.
These criteria are required to be part of staff analysis of all applications for land use amendments and
rezolllngs.
a. Wile/her the proposed rezoning would be consistent with applicable comprehensive plan
policies including but not limited to, a prohibilion against any increase in dwelling unit
densily exceeding 50 in/he hurricane evacuation zone wi/hou/ writ/en approval of/he Palm
Beach County Emergency Planning Division and the Cily's risk manager. The planning
depar/ment shall also recommend limilalions or requirements, which would have /0 be
imposed on subsequen/ developmen/ of /he property, in order to comply wilh policies
con/ained in/he comprehensive plan.
Policy 1.16.1 in the Future Land Use Element provides a definition of the Public and Priva/e
Governmen/al/lnstitu/ionalland use category, stating that the category "shall include all PU
Public Usage zoning dis/ric/s." The policy also lists the uses generally allowed, including:
"insli/ulions and quasi-puhlic uses; ho.'pi/als, nursing homes, and other health-care services
or agencies...
The use of the property for activities ancillary to the hospital is consistent with the cited policy.
b. Wile/her the proposed rezoning would be con/rary /0 /he es/ablished land use pat/ern, or
would crea/e an isola/ed dis/ric/ unrela/ed /0 adjacent and nearby dis/ric/s, or would
constilu/e a gran/ of special privilege /0 an individual property owner as con/rasted wilh the
pro/ection of the public welfare.
The proposed rezoning would not create an isolated district, but would relate to the adjacent lands to the
south under the same ownership.
c. Whether changed or changing condilions make the proposed rezoning desirable.
No changes have occurred that would make the rezoning either less or more desirable.
d Wile/her /he proposed use would be compatible with u/ilily sys/ems, roadways, and o/her
public facililies.
Since no additional development on the subject property is anticipated at this time, there will be no
additional impacts to the utility systems, roadways and other public facilities. Should any additional
development be proposed for the property, concurrency issues would be considered at that time.
e. Whe/her /he proposed rezoning would be compa/ible wilh the current and future use of
adjacent and nearby properlies, or would affec//he property values of adjacen/ or nearby
properlies.
The rezoning of the property will neither enhance nor decrease the compatibility between current use of
the property and the use of adjacent properties. Should any additional development be proposed for the
property, compatibility issues would be considered at that time.
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.f Whether the properly is physicallv and econolllicalZv developahle under the exis/ing zoning.
The property is developed under the existing zoning and all of the uses present on the entire hospital
campus are listed as permitted uses on this site under the rezoning ordinance, adopted in 1984 (Exhibit
B).
g. Whether the proposed rezoning is of a scale which is reasonably rela/ed to /he needs of/he
neighborhood and /he city as a whole.
Bethesda Memorial Hospital is an important asset to both the City of Boynton Beach and the entire south
Palm Beach County providing much-needed health care services. The proposed rezoning is an integral
part of the hospital property; therefore, the rezoning is of a scale that is related to the needs of the
neighborhood and the city.
h. Whe/her there are adequa/e sites elsewhere in /he ci(v for the proposed use, in dis/ric/s
where such use is alreadv allowed.
Sites elsewhere in the city could not serve the same use that this property serves for the hospital.
CONCLUSIONSIRECOMMENDA nONS
As indicated herein, this request is consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive Plan; will not create
additional impacts on infrastructure that have not been anticipated in the Comprehensive Plan: will be
compatible with adjacent land uses and will contribute to the overall economic development of the City.
Therefore, staff recommends that the subject request be approved. If conditions of approval are
recommended by the Planning and Development Board or required by the City Commission, they will be
included as Exhibit "COO.
A IT ACHMENTS
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Exhibit B
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The structures that would be constructed on the proposed parcel would be
for the following P?ssible uses:
Medical Office Building
Pharmacy
EKG
ECG
Occupational Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Mid-Wives Services
Operating Rooms
Recovery Rooms
Communi cation
Dietary
Medi ca 1 Records
Clean Linen Storage
Quality Assurance
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Archives Storage
Admitting Office
Business Office
Account i ng Off; ce
Controller
Data Processing Servi ces
Purchasing/Stores
Sod a1 Servi ces
Medi ca 1 Li brary
Security Offi ce
Risk Management
Lega 1 Offi ces
Personnel Offices
Public Relations
Volunteers
Internal Auditor
Bethesda Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Hospital Association
Meeting Rooms
Auditorium
Memori a1 Fund Off; ce
Medi ca 1 Staff Offi ce
Hospital Administrative Offices
Pr-enatal Education
Family Planning Servi ce
Obstetrical (pre and post part urn) Clinic
Nutritional Consultation
Well Baby Clini c
Chi 1 d/Hospital Awareness Servi ces
Ambulatory Surgery Unit
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Anatomic and Clinical Laboratory
Cardi 01 ogy
Cardiology Diagnostics
Dent a 1
Diagnostic Radiology
Endoscopy
Gastroenterology
Gynecology .
Neurology
Noninvasive Angiography
Nuclear Medi cine
Opthalmology
Orthopedi c
Otorhynolaryngology
Pulmonary Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine
Rheumatology
Urology
Nephrology
CT Scann; n9
Radi-atfon Therapy
Oncology Surgery
Chemotherapy
Speech Pathology - Audiology
Living Education
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Post Hospital Discharge Education
- Smoking
Physical Therapy Service
- Onco109; c
- Cardiac
- Orthopedi c
- Bur ns
Neurologi c
- Other
Acute Gerontology
Adult Day Care
Home Health Care
Chil d Day Care
Gerontologi c Techni ci an Training
Hospi ce Servi ce
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Invasive Cardiac Angiography
Complex Neurology Problem Service
Specialized Ophthamology
End Stage Renal Disease
Electronmi croscopy
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Burn Care
Continuing Medical Education for Medical Staff
Community Health Education
- Nutrition"
- Obes ity
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Wel1ness e.g. smoking cessation
- Psychosomatic Pain
- Prenatal Care
- Child/Hospital Awareness
Techni cal Medi cal Education (for Lay Staff)
- Tecl1ni cal Procedure Training e.g. CPR
Patient Transportation Procedures
- Interpersonal Relations
- Formal Training for labor Shortage Specialties
- Nursing
- Laboratory
- Radiology
Physician Need Assessment and Attraction Service
Physician/Patient Referral Service
Hospital Long-Range Planning
Establish Linkages to Community Groups
- Governmental Bodies
- local Organizations
Public Relations Service
- Maintenan~e of Press Relations
- Speakers Bureau
- Patient Opinion Polling
- Public Opinion Polling
- Internal Hospital Publications & Media
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Volunteer Service
- Hospital Activities Participation
- Fund Raising Activities
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Ministerial Relations Coordination
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