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1988.04.13_PB_Minutes_RegularTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA PLANNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING - MINUTES April 13, 1988 9.30 A.M. Chairman Ward called the Regular Meeting of the Planning Board, Town of Highland Beach, Florida, to order in the Commission Chambers at Town Hall at 9:30 A.M. The Deputy Town Clerk called the roll. Present were Regular Members J. E. Ward, A. Leng, M. A. Waldman, A. R. Keller, A. M. Fox, Jr. and Alternate Member R. M. Gregerson. Also present were Town Attorney T. E. Sliney, Building Official B. Sutherland, Deputy Town Clerk A. M. Kowals and members of the general public. Chairman Ward extended a welcome to the new Regular Member A. M. Fox, Jr. who had been appointed by the Town Commission on April 5, 1988, to serve on the Planning Board. A MOTION by MR. WALDMAN/VICE CHAIRMAN LENG to accept the Public Hearing .Minutes of March 9, 1988, and the Regular Meeting Minutes of March 8, 1988, as submitted, carried unanimously. Chairman Ward advised the Members that Mr. Jim Park of Gee and Jenson will be in attendance at this meeting from 10:30 A.M. until noon for the purpose of reviewing the elen►ents're the Comprehensive Plan. At this meeting, the Members reviewed proposed zoning ordinance amendments and scheduled a Public Hearing on May 5, at 9:30 A.M. for the purpose of implementing these changes. Upon lengthy discussion of Chapter 30, Members agreed the following proposed changes to the zoning ordinance were in order: RML-2, Section 4.4 (e) (8); RMM, Section 4.5 (e) (8) and RMH, Section 4.6 (e) (8) to provide amendment of sentence starting with "GARAGE STRUCTURES" as follows: "Garage structures and other portions of the principal structure shall meet two-story setback requirements." RML-1, Section 4.3 (e) (5); RML-2, Section 4.4 (e) (5); RMM, Section 4.5 (e) (5) and RMH, Section 4.6 (e) (5) to provide an increase for side yard setback from 12 feet to 20 feet for two-story dwellings: "Two-story: Twenty (20) feet." 40 RMH, Section 4.6 (e) (11) to provide maximum building height of 60 feet. • PLANNING BOARD Regular Meeting - Minutes April 13, 1988 Page 2 of 5 RMM, Section 4.5 (e) (11) to provide maximum building height of 50 feet. RML-2, Section 4.4 (e) (11) to provide maximum building height of 40 feet. Section 13.7 (b) should be eliminated as it presently exists and include a substitution to provide the following: "(b) EAST OF A-1-A (1) A building foundation built below an elevation of 18' MSL by meeting the criteria of Chapter 30, Section 5.14 (g) shall be measured for height from the crown of the adjacent road to the front of the structure to the highest point of the structure ex- cluding elevator and mechanical enclosures, parapet walls and antennae except as otherwise provided. (2) A building foundation built above a minimum eleva- tion of 18' MSL shall be measured front the highest point of the dune to the front of the structure to . the highest point of the structure excluding eleva- tor and mechanical enclosures, parapet walls and antennae except as otherwise provided. Section 1.1 - Official Zoning Map, to provide the following: "Byrd Beach Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 East, also known as Town Lots 133 to 137 East, to be rezoned Residential Single Family Estate for a maxin►um density of 1.45 dwelling units per acre." Section 10 (a) the last sentence to provide the following: "Site plan approval will expire after twelve (12) months from date of final approval: Building permit must there- fore be drawn and paid for within the aforementioned twelve (12) month period." Section 8.3 (b) (2) (3) and (4) to provide the following: "(2) The proposed building plans are then sent to the Plan- ning Board. Pursuant to the Xeriscape Ordinance (Ord- inance #556) Xeriscape plans shall be sent to the Con►munity Appearance Board. • (3) The Planning Board, after review of plans, gives recom- mendations to Building Official. The Conimunity Appear- ance Board, after review of Xeriscape plans, gives recon►mendations to Building Official. Y •PLANNING BOARD Regular Meeting Minutes April 13, 1988 Page 3 of 5 (4) After receiving site plan approval front the Planning Board and the Conctunity Appearance Board, the applicant n►ay make application to the Building Official for a building permit." Section 10 (b) (22) to provide the following: "Landscaping and Xeriscape plan." Town Attorney Sliney advised the Members that the proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance will have to be advertised prior to the scheduled Public Hearing on May 5, 1988. Following a brief recess, Chairman Ward reconvened the Regular Meeting of the Planning Board at 10:50 A.M. Chairman Ward noted the Town has to transmit a provisional plan for the Comprehensive Plan approval process to the Department of Community Affairs by June 24, 1988. Mr. Park of Gee and Jenson added it would be a portion of the total document that the Town would submit; there will be a second submission for completing the Comprehensive Plan. • Mr. Park advised Gee and Jenson will have to do more work on the elen►ents already received by the Planning Board. A level of safety standards have to be set for certain elen►ents of the Comprehensive Plan, explained Mr. Park. We will have to expand a bit on son►e of the elen►ents and that should be completed by your May meeting. A public hearing will be required before your document is submitted to the Department of Community Affairs, said Mr. Park, and your adoption will take place at a later tine. In a discussion regarding the Sanitary Sewer Service, Mr. Park stated son►e capital expenditures will have to be made; identify those you can see being done in the next five years. We are suggesting further study of the system is required, continued Mr. Park. Regarding the Traffic Circulation Elen►ent discussion, the question of the bike path being included in that study surfaced. Mr. Park advised much study was done regarding problems caused by cyclists and it was determined there are fewer problens when cyclists are within the public road pavement areas that are striped as such bike roads. Further, Mr. Park said the Florida Department of Transportation has an obligation to build facilities (a 3' wide area paved for cyclists) to meet all the needs of a community. The Town must decide what kind of a traffic condition it wants on A-1-A according to the various number of service levels; service level "D" is • the worst condition you would want to provide for your Town,'and we are saying that you are already at that point during the peak hour/peak • PLANNING BOARD Regular Meeting - Minutes April 13, 1988 Page 4 of 5 season. No traffic counting stations were located in the Town of High- land Beach in recent years, said Mr. Park. Counting stations were immediately North of Spanish River Boulevard and immediately South of Linton Boulevard and the average daily traffic counts at these locations were reported by the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Continuing, Mr. Park noted there is a higher density of population in the South end of Town due to the Boca Hi development; and, the center of Town (East and West of A-1-A) has a great influence on the traffic. Objective 1.2 of the traffic element is that the Town adopts a peak hour/peak season level of service standard "D" for A-1-A in accordance with Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council criteria and such standard shall serve as the basis for analyzing traffic impacts prior to the Town issuing a development order. In five years, look at the traffic count then say "We are approaching a disasterous situation, therefore we will have to reduce to a lower zoning". When the question of what impact the public park will have on our Town was presented, Chairman Ward stated that we must explain that the mid- town traffic and the public park traffic will influence us in our land use plan in the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Park added that we need a louder alarm about the rapidly approaching service level of "E" on A-1-A in Town. Regarding the water element, Mr. Park advised the Town is in the midst of trying to find a solution to its water needs. After all the numbers are on paper (including fire flow requirements and storage requirements) the total number of gallons the Town would be looking at is within the rage it is now negotiating, and that is a maximum of 3 million gallons per day. When it was noted that we waste water on irrigation, Mr. Park said perhaps the way would be to sell your water at an increasing rate when consumption goes up --a computer would handle the enforcement of it. Chairman Ward noted Gee and Jenson will submit three more elements: Capital Improvements, Future Land Use and Intergovernmental Coordination prior to the May 11, 1988, Planning Board Meeting. Chairman Ward stated that, subject to confirmation by the Town Manager, the Members would like Mr. Park to be available to review the three remaining elements at the next Regular Meeting of the Planning Board. Chairman Ward reminded the Members that the Public Hearing regarding the proposed zoning ordinance amendments will be held on May 5, 1988, at 9: 30 A.M. Upon proper MOTION, Chairman Ward adjourned the Regular Meeting of the 40 Planning Board at 12:20 P.M. • PLANNING BOARD Regular Meeting - Minutes April 13, 1988 Page 5 of 5 ATTES Date: r7 LJ LA APPROVED: J.VE. Ward, Chairman G A. E. Leng, Vice Chairman M. A. Waldman A. R. Kelle .` t� A. M. Fox, Jr.