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AGENDA ITEM REQUEST FORM
Requested City Commission Date Final Form Must be Turned Requested City Commission Date Final Form Must be Turned
Meeting Dates in to City Clerk's Office Meeting Dates in to Ci ty Clerk's Office
0 August 21 , 2007 August 6, 2007 (Noon.) 0 October 16, 2007 October 1, 2007 (Noon
0 September 4, 2007 August20,2007 (Noon) 0 November 7, 2007 October 15, 2007 (Noon)
0 September 18,2007 September 3, 2007 (Noon) 0 November 20, 2007 November 5,2007 (Noon)
0 October 2, 2007 September 17,2007 (Noon) ~ December 3, 2007 November 19,2007 (Noon)
0 Announcements/Presentations D City Manager's Report
NATURE OF 0 Administrative D New Business
AGENDA ITEM D Consent Agenda 0 Legal
0 Code Compliance & Legal Settlements 0 UnfInished Business
~ Public Hearing D
RECOMMENDATION: Please place this request on the December 3,2007 City Commission Agenda under
Public Hearing. The Community Redevelopment Agency Board on November 14, 2007, recommended that the request be
approved, conditioned upon the planting of interim landscaping along the right-of-way. For further details pertaining to this
request, see attached Department Memorandum No. 07-109.
EXPLANATION:
PROJECT:
AGENT:
OWNERS:
LOCATION:
DESCRIPTION:
Tuscan Villas (SPTE 07-011)
Wendy Tuma, RLA, ASLA, Urban Design Studio
Tuscan Villas at Boynton Beach, LLC
East side of Federal Highway, approximately 1,100 feet north of Gulfstream Boulevard
Request for a one (1) year site plan time extension of the site plan (NWSP 06-002) approved on
April 18, 2006, from October 18,2007 to October 18,2008, for 22 townhouse-style condominium
units on 1.341 acre zoned IPUD.
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DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION
MEMORANDUM NO. PZ 07-109
Chair and Members
Community Redev~~ent Agency Board
Michael RumPf'kV.
Director of Planning and Zoning
Kathleen Zeitler rz
Planner
November 7, 2007
Tuscan Villas (SPTE 07-011)
Site Plan Time Extension
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Property Owner:
Applicant I Agent:
Location:
Existing Land Use:
Existing Zoning:
Proposed Land Use:
Proposed Zoning:
Proposed Uses:
Acreage:
Adjacent Uses:
North:
South:
Tuscan Villas at Boynton Beach, LLC
Wendy Tuma, RLA, AS LA, Urban Design Studio
East side of Federal Highway, approximately 1,100 feet north of Gulfstream
Boulevard (see Location Map - Exhibit "A'')
Special High Density Residential (SHDR - maximum 20 dujac)
Infill Planned Unit Development (IPUD)
No change proposed
No change proposed
22 townhouse-style condominium units (16.4 dwelling units/acre)
:t1.341 acres (58,414 square feet)
Developed commercial (unoccupied; formerly Gulfstream Carpet) designated with
Palm Beach County Commercial High, with an underlying Medium Residential S
units per acre (CH/S) land use and zoned Palm Beach County Commercial General
(CG). A current application for annexation, land use amendment, and rezoning
has been submitted for an office use (Ticket Clinic) on this property;
Developed commercial (licensed as Supervised Construction Services), designated
with Palm Beach County Commercial High, with an underlying Medium Residential
S units per acre (CHjS) land use and zoned Palm Beach County Commercial
General (CG);
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Memorandum No. PZ 07-109
Tuscan Villas SPTE 07-011
East: Developed single-family residential lots designated with Palm Beach County
Medium Residential, 5 units per acre (MR-5) land use and zoned Palm Beach
County Single-family Residential (RS); and
West: Right-of-way for Federal Highway, then farther west is partially developed
commercial property recently approved for townhouse units (Gulfstream Gardens)
designated with Special High Density Residential (SHDR) land use and zoned
Planned Unit Development (PUD).
BACKGROUND
Ms. Wendy Tuma, agent for Tuscan Villas at Boynton Beach, LLC (property owner) is requesting a one
(l)-year site plan time extension for the Tuscan Villas site plan development order (NWSP 06-002),
which was approved by the City Commission on April 18, 2006. The master plan/site plan approval for
the IPUD is valid for 18 months from the date of approval. If this request for a one (l)-year time
extension were approved, the expiration date of this site plan, including concurrency certification, would
be extended to October 18, 2008.
The subject property is located within the Federal Highway Corridor Community Redevelopment Plan
Study Area V. According to the original site plan staff report, the proposed Tuscan Villas project is an
Infill Planned Unit Development approved for 22 townhouse-style condominium dwelling units. The
project has been approved for the following: an annexation (ANEX 06-002); a land use amendment
(LUAR 06-002) from Palm Beach County Commercial High, with an underlying Medium Residential, 5
units per acre (CHj5) to Special High Density Residential (SHDR - 20 dujac) classification; a rezoning
(LUAR 06-002) from Palm Beach County Commercial General (CG) to Infill Planned Unit Development
(IPUD) zoning district; and a new site plan (NWSP 06-002).
The 22 units are proposed in one (1) phase on the 1.34-acre site (see Exhibit "B"). The 22 townhouse
units are proposed within five (5) separate buildings with three (3) units to six (6) units per building.
The project proposes four (4) model types, ranging from 1,947 square feet to 2,513 square feet of air-
conditioned space. The proposed dwellings are two (2) and three (3) stories. The easternmost portion
of each townhouse building (adjacent to the single-family homes) are proposed at two (2)-stories rather
than three (3)-stories. Along the east property line, the site plan proposes a building setback that
ranges between a minimum of 11 feet to a maximum of 35 feet. A buffer wall is proposed along the
east property line in conjunction with a multitude of trees and shrubs that would provide the necessary
buffering between the townhouses and the adjacent single-family neighborhood. The main recreation
area would be located at the center of the site, centrally located to all residents. It would include a
swimming pool, cabana building, decorative water fountain, and bicycle racks.
The proposed buildings and clubhouse resemble a modern Spanish-Mediterranean design with textured
stucco finish, tile inserts, simulated stone band and sills, cast stone baluster and panels, rounded-
windows, wood-panel front doors, clear glass with bronze finish aluminum frames, and S-tile roof. The
exterior walls of the buildings would consist of the following neutral colors: peach, cream, and yellow
with white trim.
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Tuscan Villas SPTE 07-011
ANALYSIS
The master plan/site plan approval for the Tuscan Villas IPUD project is valid for 18 months from the
date of approval. 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 site plan time extensions up to one (1) year, 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;
Staff received the request for a site plan time extension on September 4, 2007, approximately 45 days
prior to the expiration date of the new site plan (see Exhibit "C").
According to the agent, the following accomplishments demonstrate their "good faith" efforts in securing
a building permit for the project: (1) the payment of reservation fees for utilities in the amount of
$3,243.24 for the project; (2) obtained approvals for FDOT drainage, driveway, temporary driveway, and
fire-rescue; (3) the preparation and submittal of revised plans for Engineering approval of utility plans
and plat; and, (4) the completion of revised construction drawings to address comments received from
pre-review of plans submitted in June, 2007.
A more formal criterion for evaluating requests for time extensions is compliance with (traffic)
concurrency requirements. The Palm Beach County Traffic Division approved the traffic study for the
Tuscan Villas project based on a total of 22 proposed residential units. Based on the Traffic Division's
review, it has been determined that the project is located within the Coastal Residential Exception Area
of Palm Beach County which exempts residential units from traffic concurrency requirements, and the
project meets the Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County. No building permits are to be
issued after the build-out date of 2010.
The site plan time extension is still subject to the original 36 conditions of site plan approval. Lastly, no
new land development regulations are now in place which staff recommends should be applied to the
subject project. As for application of the Art in Public Places ordinance (05-060), this project is not
exempt, as the new site plan request was filed and under review after adoption of Ordinance 05-060 on
October 5, 2005. Therefore, the project must comply with Ordinance 05-060 as stated in the original
conditions of site plan approval.
SUMMARY I RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of this request for a one (l)-year time extension of the site plan (NWSP 06-
002) for the Tuscan Villas project. If this request for extension were approved, the expiration of this site
plan, including concurrency certification, would be extended to October 18, 2008. Staff is generally in
favor of the redevelopment efforts represented by the approved site plan, which serves to promote the
goals of the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Federal Highway Corridor Community
Redevelopment Plan toward greater residential uses in this area and economic revitalization. The
proposed Tuscan Villas project will provide an opportunity for redevelopment in a highly visible entrance
corridor to the City, increase the value of adjacent and nearby properties, and contribute to the overall
economic development of the City. If this request for site plan time extension is approved, all outstanding
conditions of approval from the original site plan must still be satisfactorily addressed during the building
permit process. Any additional conditions recommended by the Board or City Commission shall be
documented accordingly in the Conditions of Approval (see Exhibit "D").
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Director of Planning & Zoning
City of Boynton Beach
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100 E. Boynton Beach Boulevard
P.O. Box 310
Boynton Beach, Florida 33425-0310
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Urban Design
Urban Planning
Land Planning
Landscape Architecture
RE:
File No.:
Location:
Tuscan Villas (aka The Villas at Boynton Beach)
NWSP 06-002
On the east side of Federal H\~V)T. approximately 1,100 feet north of
Gulfstream Blvd.
Dear Mr. Rumpf,
Please accept this letter as a formal request for a one year site pla.n approval time extension. The
Development Order was granted by the City Commission on April 18, 2006, however a building
permit has not been secured and the property owner would like the approval to remain vested.
Status ofProiect:
Since receiving site plan approval, the property owner has worked very closely with the City of
Boynton Beach. They attended several meetings with the Engineering Department to discuss
both the utility plans and the proposed plat.
The FDOT drainage, driveway, temporary driveway and fire-rescue approvals for the project
have been issued. Outstanding approvals include approval from the City of Boynton Beach for
the Utility Plans and the Plat/Engineering Approval. Also, the FDOT Utility Permit and Health
Department permits are outstanding, but they can not begin until the City has approved the
Utility Plans and Plat/Engineering Plans.
Please find attached copies of the three Review Letters received from the City Engineer. We are
in the process of preparing a response to the third letter.
Architectural DrawinQ:s:
The property owner contracted David Lawrence Architecture to prepare construction documents
for the five buildings on the site. The construction documents were submitted to the City of
Boynton Beach Building Division for pre-review of the permit drawings in June 2007. The City
then responded with comments. Weare in the process of updating the
plans to address these comments.
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Justification of Delay:
The property owner has work very closely with the City of Boynton Beach on the review of the
Plat and Engineering Plans. In addition to this thorough review process, the property owner has
been finalizing construction documents for the proposed townhomes.
Unfortunately, since receiving approval ofthe site plan, the housing market in South Florida has
taken a downturn. This change in the market has affected the ability for developers to receive
financing for their projects quickly. This has been an additional obstacle the property owner has
been faced with in the past year.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of the time extension request. We look forward to
working with the City of Boynton Beach to create a successful project.
Sincerely yours,
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Mr. David Lawrence
Mr. Mike Hagerty
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EXHIBIT "D"
Conditions of Approval
Project name: Tuscan Villas
Pile number: SPTE 07-011
Reference:
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE REJECT
PUBLIC WORKS- General
Comments: None X
PUBLIC WORKS- Traffic
Comments: None X
UTILITIES
Comments: None X
FIRE
Comments: None X
POLICE
Comments: None X
ENGINEERING DIVISION
Comments: None X
BUILDING DIVISION
Comments: None X
PARKS AND RECREATION
Comments: None X
FORESTERJENVIRONMENT ALIST
Comments: None X
PLANNING AND ZONING
Comments:
1. The site plan time extension shall be subject to all previous Conditions of X
Approval.
Conditions of Approval
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ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY BOARD CONDITIONS
Comments:
1. Requirement for planting of palm trees along the rights-of-way in the interim, X
prior to beginning of construction, to enhance the appearance of the vacant
parcel.
ADDITIONAL CITY COMMISSION CONDITIONS
Comments:
I 1. To be determined. I I I
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