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REVIEW COMMENTS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION MEMORANDUM NO. PZ 06-052 TO: Chair and Members Planning & Development Board and City Commission FROM: Michael Rumpf Director of Planning and Zoning Ed Breese ~ Principal Planner THRU: DATE: March 15/ 2006 PROJECf: Neptune Commerce Center / SPTE 06-003 REQUEST: Site Plan Time Extension PROJECT DESCRIPTION Property Owner: Pelican Estates, Inc. Applicant / Agent: William Wietsma of William Wietsma Company, Inc. Location: South side of Neptune Drive, approximately 1/300 feet east of South Congress Avenue (see Exhibit "A" - Location Map) Existing Land Use/ Zoning: Industrial (I) / Light Industrial (M-1) Proposed Land Use/Zoning: No change proposed Proposed Uses: Request new site plan approval for a 16/482 square foot industrial building on a 0.969-acre parcel. Acreage: 0.969-acres Adjacent Uses: North: Right-of-way for Neptune Drive, then farther north developed industrial property (Advanced Fabricators) zoned Light Industrial (M-1); South: Developed industrial property (Bethesda Service Center) zoned Light Industrial (M-1); East: Developed industrial property (office/warehouses complex) zoned Light Industrial (M-1); and West: Developed industrial property (Finnish Granite) zoned Light Industrial (M-1). Page 2 Memorandum No. PZ 06-052 BACKGROUND Mr. William Wietsma, agent for Pelican Estates, Inc, is requesting a one (I)-year time extension for Neptune Commerce Park Site Plan Development Order (NWSP 05-006) which was approved by the City Commission on March 1, 2005. The site plan approval is valid for one (1) year from the date of approval, unless a building permit has been issued or a time extension applied for. If this request for extension were approved, the expiration date of this site plan, including concurrency certification would be extended to March 1, 2007. According to the original site plan staff report, Neptune Commerce Park was approved to construct a 16,482 square foot industrial building on a 0.969-acre parcel. The proposed one-story industrial building would be separated into five (5) individual bays, each with a small office and mezzanine, and a total of approximately 3,200 square feet. ANALYSIS According to Chapter 4, Section 5 of the Land Development Regulations, "the applicant shall have one (1) year to secure a building permit from the Development Department". Examples of building permits include but are not limited to the following: Plumbing, electrical, mechanical, foundation, and structural. The Regulations authorize the City Commission to approve one (1) year time extensions, provided that the applicant files the request prior to the expiration date of the development order. In this case, the applicant has met that requirement. The Planning & Zoning Division received the application for time extension on February 15, 2006, which is 14 days before the expiration date of the site plan approval. According to the time extension application, Mr. Wietsma indicates that they are nearly complete with the architectural and engineering drawings and that they have applied to the Lake Worth Drainage District for necessary approvals. However, due to a number of factors, including Hurricane Wilma and the resulting construction labor and material shortages, they are requesting a one (1) year time extension to gain the necessary permits and begin construction in a better economic and business climate. Also, a more formal criterion for evaluating requests for time extensions is compliance with concurrency requirements. Traffic concurrency was approved with a build-out date of 2005 and no building permits are to be issued by the City for this project after the 2005 build-out date. Since the applicant has not obtained building permits for this project, a revised traffic study will be required to be submitted and approved by the County (see Exhibit "C" - Conditions of Approval). As for utilities, records indicate the utility reservation fee has not yet been paid, therefore the related condition of approval still stands. The site plan time extension would still be subject to the original 28 conditions of site plan approval. Lastly, no new land development regulations are now in place against which the project should be reviewed and modified. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends approval of this request for a (I)-year time extension of the site plan (NWSP 05-006). If this request for extension were approved, the expiration date of this site plan, including concurrency certification would be extended to March 1, 2007. If this request for site plan time extension is approved, all conditions of approval from the original site plan must still be satisfactorily addressed during the building permit process. S:\Planning\SHARED\WP\PROJECTS\Neptune Commerce Park\SPTE 06-003\Staff Report.doc . EXHIBIT A Neptutfe Commerce benter Site Plan Approval fI) fI) III &II: c:) Z o u NEPTUNE SUMMIT . .......II................II.......II.......II.......II.U....II.II....II.t 18TH - o 220 440 880 1,320 Feet 1,760 6 N EXHIBIT B - William Wietsma Company, Ine 578 Palm Way, Gulf Stream, Fl. 33483 561/441-8276 Fax 266-5915 FEB I 5 200b February 8, 2006 Ed Breese, Principal Planner City of Boynton Beach Planning & Zoning Division 100 E. Boynton Beach, Fl. 33425 Re: Neptune Commerce Center Dear Mr. Breese: Due to several factors, including Hurricane Wilma and the resulting construction labor and material shortages, we are formally requesting a time extension of one year to submit construction documents and apply for a building permit for the above mentioned project. We have nearly completed all of the architectural and engineering drawings, and applied to the Lake Worth Drainage District for their approval. We hope t6 be in a position to proceed with this project in the near future and would hope that the City would be kind enough to grant this extension request. Thank you in advance for your consideration. EXHIBIT "e" Conditions of Approval Project name: Neptune Commerce Center File number: SPTE 06-003 Reference: I DEPARTMENTS I INCLUDE I REJECT I PUBLIC WORKS- General Comments: None PUBLIC WORKS- Traffic Comments: None UTILITIES Comments: None FIRE Comments: None POLICE Comments: None ENGINEERING DIVISION Comments: None BUILDING DIVISION Comments: None PARKS AND RECREATION Comments: None FORESTER/ENVIRONMENTALIST Comments: None PLANNING AND ZONING Comments: 1. All previous Conditions of Approval as set forth in the original site plan approval (NWSP 05-006) remain in effect. Conditions of Approval 2 DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE REJECT 2. Prior to issuance of permit, provide updated traffic concurrency approval letter from Palm Beach County Traffic Engineering. ADDITIONAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONDITIONS Comments: To be determined. ADDITIONAL CITY COMMISSION CONDITIONS Comments: To be determined. 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