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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDocumentation_Regular_Tab 12_05/12/2005 VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD • MEETING MINUTES APRIL 7, 2405 I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL The Village of Tequesta Planning and Zoning Advisory Boazd held a regularly scheduled meeting at the Tequesta. Recreation Center, 399 Seabrook Road, Tequesta, Florida, on Thursday, April 7, 2005. The meeting was called to order at 6:32 P.M. by Chair Elizabeth Schauer. A roll call was taken by Village Clerk . Gwen Carlisle. Board members present were: Chair Eliza.beth Schauer, Leslie Cook, Jeff Robbins, and William Wilder. Alternate Member Carl Blas� sat in for Vice Chair Steve Okun. Clerk of the Board and Director of Community Development JeffNewell was also present. II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Board member Wilder made a motion to approve the agenda as submitted. Boardmember Robbins seconded the motion, which carried by. unanimous 5- 0 vote. III. APPRUVAL OF MINUTES / NONE IV. NEW BUSINESS 1) Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson MOTION Boardmember Cook made a motion that the current Chair, Elizabeth Schauer, and Vice Chair, Steve Okun, serve another term. Boardmember Wilder seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. 2) Sign Application — Art Sign Company, Bank United, Tequesta Shoppes Denise Williams of Art Sign Company, was present as representative of Bank United, and reported they would like to have their trade colors on their sign. Chair Schauer requested they stay with the same color on the marquee sign located on U.S. One. Ms. Williams commented they had a canopy sign also. Chair Schauer commented there was no problem with that; that Publix was moving out and the shopping center would need help. Ms. Williams confirmed that the sign background would be white. Mr. Newell commented the awning company was in the process of repairing the awnings, but had run out of materials because of the hurricane. PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES APRIL 7, 2005 PAGE 2 MOTION: Boardmember Robbins made a motion to allow Bank United to keep their logo and colors on the building signage, but requested the exterior sign on the road keep with the same colors as the marquee sign. Boardmember Cook seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. 3) Site Plan Review — The Crossings, Cornerstone Development / Gentile, Holloway, O'Mahoney Clerk of the Board Jeff Newell reported this project, formerly the Altena project, had been vacant for three years and the new develaper, Cornerstone Development, was keeping the main part the same. Clarebridge, in back of the former Alterra project, was to be demolished. The code density for Mixed Use District of 18 units per acre, building heights, open space and landscaping had been met, and the use was a permitted use. DRC review had included all parties and fire and access issues had been addressed. 4-6 scrub jays had been found but this was not a nesting area, and the property met the criteria for the Habitat Conversion Plan. Work was proceeding on cross easements. Chair Schauer noted the project had met technical requirements and the townhome section would be deed restricted. Jerry Valent, Cornerstone Development, Caral Gables, introduced his team who were present to answer questions. Troy Holloway, Gentile, Holloway & O'Mahoney reviewed the site plan and landscape plan. He indicated the north half consisted of l, 2, and 3-story condominiums with 2-car garages; the south half was the existing 3-story structure, which would have townhomes on the perimeter and the interior would have a pool, spa, and pond area with sidewalks and trellises. There would be a large amount of passive area. The two parcels would each have their own Property Owners association. The entry would remain the same, and the current retention area would be needed for parking. Mr. Newell clarified that there was exfiltration drainage for the site. Mr. Holloway explained there was also dry retention in front, new fire standards would have to be met, and an area would be re-created for the scrub jays. Mr. Newell commented a vegetation border would connect with the water plant property to create a corridor for the scrub jays. Mr. Holloway clarified that scrub jays did not like large trees. He proposed 12' high oak trees for the perimeter and interior. Board Member Cook recommended taller trees. Chair Schauer commented the applicant was providing a tota.l of 166 trees, exceeding the landscape requirements. Mr. Newell cautioned there were scrub jay habitat guidelines that must be met. Mr. Valent commented he would not mind going with bigger trees for the seven interior oaks. Discussion ensued during which Cheryl Carpenter, representative from CNN Environmental Consultants, explained the original plan had been to mitigate the scrub jays off site, but that was rejected and now there was a new plan with no wall. PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY SOARD MEETING MINUTES APRIL 7, 2005 PAGE 3 Chair Schauer asked if there would be a fence around the exterior. Mr. Valent expressed willingness to have a decorative perimeter fence. Boardmember Cook . expressed her opinion that fencing should be a part of the approval. Mr. Valent requested approval without fencing and to come back for fencing. Mr. Newell explained that elevations would have to be submitted in order to approve fencing. Chair Schauer asked about deed restrictions for the townhomes. Mr. Valent commented the form of ownership would be condominium ownership. Anticipated buyers were semi-retirees purchasing second homes fee simple and there would be no maintenance outside the units. There would be uniform condominium documents. Chair Schauer advised that the Village would need a copy of the documents. Mr. Valent advised these would be upscale residences priced in the $300,000-$400,000 range, and all rules and regulations would have to be met. Mr. Newell commented the documents would happen through the - process after the interior plans were finished. Boardmember Cook asked for a sample of the roof and the colors. Max Bunier, Architect, presented renderings. Proposed roofing material was Mediterranean barrel tile with variegated tones in a terra cotta color. Board Member Cook commented there were no color chips of the building and tiles, and that colors samples would need to be submitted to the Village Council. Mr. Newell advised the main color and trim colors would be presented on a color board. Mr. Bunier advised there would be three shades of cream, and the neighboring units would have different shades. A new roof would be put on the existing building. He noted there was damage to the existing roof and quite a bit of damage inside, and the current floor plan did not fit their upscale concept, so it would be changed. Chair Schauer questioned whether both apartment buildings would have the same color scheme. Mr. Bunier confirmed, advising that the moldings would be white, and the windows would be hurricane resistant so shutters would not be necessary. Mr. Bunier advised that the applicant would like to reserve the right to make the ground level non-impact glass with shutters. Mr. Newell asked what would happen to the old generator near Dixie Highway. Mr. Valent advised it would be gone and he did not know what shape it was in. Chair Schauer suggested ta.lking with the Village Manager, since a generator was one of the topics discussed during the Village Hall review. Boardmember Cook asked if landscaping would have to be modified along Old Dixie Highway, and Village Boulevard if fencing was added. Mr. Holioway advised the trees would not change, and the proposed trees were live oaks with groupings of pine trees. Cabbage palms were proposed for the entryways with specialty palms in entrance roundabout. Mr. Newell confirmed the landscaping met Ordinance 377. Discussion ensued regarding tY�e size of trees. Mr. Holloway noted the hedge would be on the outside of the fence. Chair Schauer suggested the applicant make the trees taller. Board Member Cook suggested 15 feet. Mr. Holloway noted the next step from 12 feet would be 14 feet. Chair Schauer suggested 14 feet for the minimum height on Old Dixie Highway, and Village Boulevard, and on the interior of the property. PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES APRIL 7, 2005 PAGE 4 . Board Member Cook noted if she were purchasing a unit in there, she would not want to see the Water Treatment Plant. Board Member Robbins asked if there would be an elevator. Mr. Bunier explained there were two existing elevators in the existing building. Mr. Newell advised these were sufficient for the building occupants or Chief Weinand would not have given his approval. Mr. Valent advised that Mr. Bunier had been part of the original architectural firm for the existing building. Boardmember Robbins asked if there would be impact windows throughout, to which Mr. Valent responded that the bottom floor would not have impact windows and would have shutters. Mr. Wilder advised their condo had put in impact glass throughout because the cost had been the same. Mr. Valent advised that impact glass on the ground floor would be a safety issue. Mr. 1�1ewe11 advised the Fire Department canied equipment to break impact glass. Mr. Valent agreed to leave in the impact windows on the first level. Chair Schauer commented there were still people with their shutters up and in some communities they had passed some type of ordinance about taking down shutters. Chair Schauer recommended putting in the governing documents when residents could start decora.ting with holiday lighting prior to a holiday, and that the lights could remain up 20 days after the holiday. Chair Schauer mentioned she saw the traffic study, and Village Blvd is going to be heavily traveled. She mentioned sometimes it was hard to make a left turn in there. She questioned who would be contacted regarding a traffic signal at Village Boulevard. Mr. Newell advised the County would need to be approached because it was a County road in order to get a traffic signal there. He felt that should be done. He indicated it would be difficult to get one on U.S. Highway One, because that had been previously discussed, and FDOT was not listening. He noted as far as Old Dixie he felt there would be a good opportunity for one. MOTION Boardmember Cook made a motion to accept the site plan as submitted, with the addition asking that they change their oak trees along Old Di�e Highway and Village Boulevard and the interior along the north stretch of the property to a minimum height of 14', and if they wish to consider aluminum fencing around the perimeter of their property that applicant return to the Planning and Zoning Board with an application for the fencing, contingent upon review of the elevations of the fencing system; Board Member Robbins seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote. Mr. Newell indicated the Board could set parameters at this time for the height, and type of fencing. Chair Schauer indicated the fence could not be higher than 6 feet. PLANNING AND ZONING ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES APRIL 7, 2005 PAGE 5 V. COMMUNICATION FROM CITIZENS There were no communications from citizens. VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS It was announced that Ordinance 599 was going to the Village Council for approval, which would allow the Council to keep the Local Planning Agency (LPA) powers. Chair Schauer asked Mr. Newell to ask the Village Manager to clarify the role of the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board as the Tree Board. Board Member Cook asked where a tree could be planted. Suggestions were Beach Road, and to ask Greg Corbitt for a suggestion. Board Member Wilder, who had attended the Village Council meeting, explained that Jupiter Hills had proposed an 8' berm to e�end 80' along the back of Tequesta Park which if approved they would clean up the park. T'he Village Council had agreed they could proceed so long as they had all the proper approvals from the Sta.te of Florida, since Tequesta Park was a state park. Chair Schauer requested that Mr. Newell report back to the board where they could plant a tree. Board Member Robbins suggested approaching Commissioner Karen Marcus about the . possibility of a traffic light at Village Boulevard since the development presented by Cornerstone Development would mean increased traffic. Betty Nagy felt the new Publix would also generate a lot of traffic for that intersection. Mr. Newell advised that Publix had been issued permits approximately ten days ago. Chair Schauer announced the next meeting date was scheduled for May 5, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Newell reported that he would be bringing back the adult enterta.inment ordinance at some point in the future. Board Member Robbins requested an update on the improvements to Constitution Park. .Boardmember Wilder reported the fence was out for bid. VII. ADJOURMENT Upon motion by Board member Wilder, seconded by Board member Cook; and . unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Respectfully submitted, � Gwen Carlisle Village Clerk