Planning and Zoning Board - Regular Meeting

All right, good evening.

Welcome to the August 26 2026 advisory board site plan review and appearance board meeting I'm Annette gray your board chair and Rochelle. Could you call roll please?

Cynthia Lloyd is absent Reddick Talbot is absent Jose Alvarez here Wenski Villanova Is not here, absent. Christina Morrison? Here. Nicholas Coblaw?

Here.

Annette Gray? Here.

Okay, thank you. Our next agenda item is the approval of the agenda. Are there any additions, deletions, or modification to the agenda?

No.

Motion to pass. Can I have a motion to approve the agenda? Motion to approve. Second. I have a motion and a second. Can you call roll, please?

Cynthia Lloyd and Reddick Talbot are absent. Jose Alvarez?

Yes.

Wensky Villanois is absent. Christina Morrison? Yes. Nicholas Coppola? Yes. Annette Gray?

Yes. Next, we have the May 27, 2026 meeting minutes. Are there any additions, deletions, or modifications to that set of minutes?

1024.

May 27, 2026.

What did we approve before? May 27 or September?

I'm going with agenda item A.

There are if you don't mind just there are 2 minutes on the agenda today the last minute is May 27 2026 and there is an amendment to the September 24 2025. I mean I tend to where the motion made by for sale but is to 2nd of the election of the officers just was corrected in full for the records just correction for that I was going to do them separately are you indicating as you do them together.

Um, I think you can proceed as you wish if you want to do them separately or if you want to bundle them Okay.

All right. Let me just get a motion for the agenda item 3a, which is a May 27th 2026 a man motion to approve Our first and the second can call roll, please

Cynthia Lloyd and Reddick Talbot are absent. Jose Alvarez?

Yes.

Wenske Villanueva is absent. Christina Morrison? Yes. Nicholas Coppola? Yes. Annette Gray?

Yes. And Agenda Item 3B, which is an amended version of September 2024, I'm sorry, 2024-2025 minutes. Can I get a motion, please? Motion to approve. Second. I have a first and a second. Call the roll, please.

Cynthia Lloyd and Reddick Talbot are absent. Jose Alvarez? Yes. Wenski Villanueva is absent. Christina Morrison? Yes. Nicholas Coppola? Yes. Annette Gray?

Yes.

Okay.

Swearing in. This hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the City of Delray Beach quasi-judicial rules. The applicant and the city shall be permitted to present their case. The public shall be allowed to speak for three minutes each or for a maximum of six minutes if the person represents an organization or group of people who are present but agree not to speak. the Commission, Board, members, staff and the applicant may be allowed to cross-examine a witness, the City or the applicant will be allowed to offer rebuttal testimony. The decision to approve or deny an application or appeal may not legally be made upon personal views as to whether a project is a good project or not, nor may a decision be based on the numbers of citizens who supports or oppose a particular project. The law requires that all decisions must be made on the basis of whether the project meets the requirement of the law, the comprehensive plan, and the land development regulations. Ms. Solerian?

Please raise your right hand. By the authority vested in me as a notary of the state of Florida, do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. Thank you. Please be seated.

Thank you. With that, we'll open comments from the public, agenda item five. These are comments that are on items that are not on the agenda. Speakers will be limited to three minutes. OK, seeing none, I'll close the public comments. And there doesn't seem to be any presentations today, so we'll move to our quasi-judicial hearing items. And that is agenda item 7A. And let's see.

I would like to introduce to the board our planner in training, Ms. Laguerre-Darwin. And she will handle the first item.

All right. Welcome. Thank you.

Good evening, board. My name is Darwin Laguerre. I'm a planner in training. And for record purposes, I'd like to enter file PZ-000566-2026. And right now, I would like to invite the applicant so he can present.

I can start? Yes. um so i guess i'll just start here can't be italian trying to amend the master sign program for the ray hotel uh it's on the southwest corner column can you please state your name and zip code max lennon the zip code of the business three three four four four thank you So the request before the board is a focused amendment for Campi Italian at the Ray Hotel. It's to approve two painted wall signs on the existing southwest corner column of the Ray Hotel. One sign faces the front on Northeast 2nd Ave and one sign faces the front on Northeast 2nd Street. So it's basically on the corner column. The request is for Campi Italian building identification at the corner tenant space. No freestanding structure is proposed. For location and visibility, the proposed sign identifies the corner tenant, which is me, from both streets. Campy is located at the southwest corner of the Ray Hotel at Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 2nd Street. The corner treatment identifies the restaurant from both directions at pedestrian and street level. The corner column location provides Northeast Second Street visibility that would not be achieved from the Northeast Second Avenue side alone. The sign is painted on the existing architectural corner column. It is not a separate monument or blade sign. Why this sign matters. The request is practical, clear identity, wayfinding, and guest experience. So for brand recognition, the design uses the Campi Italians established logos, colors, and visual identity. For wayfinding, the corner sign helps guests locate Campi while walking along Northeast 2nd Avenue or approaching from Northeast 2nd Street. Consistency, the same branding appears on the menus, other guest-facing materials, and creating a consistent experience for the guests. Visibility, the corner location makes the sign visible from the two directions and distinguishes the restaurant within the Ray Hotel. For the guest experience, clear identification reduces confusion for first-time guests, hotel visitors, rideshare drop-offs, and pedestrians. Compatibility with the Ray Hotel. Staff analysis supports the design, location, and appearance. Staff analysis highlights proportionate to the scale of the architectural corner column, appropriately located to identify the corner 10 from both streets. The painted finish and color palette provide a distinct campy identity. and it's compatible with the contemporary architecture of the Ray Hotel. For our maintenance plan, Campy will inspect the painted sign as part of a regular property maintenance. Cleaning, color match touch-ups, minor repairs will be performed as needed. If fading or damage occurs, the painted area will be restored or repainted. A written maintenance plan will be provided prior to certification as requested by staff. And then the requested action, approve the amendment to the Ray Master Sign Program to allow the two painted corner wall signs for Campy Italian. The sign provides clear Campy identification from both Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 2nd Street while remaining integrated with the Ray Hotel architecture. Thanks.

Thank you.

Hello. So I would like to present the Ray Hotel and the Shops at the Ray MasterSign program amendment. This property is located at 233 Northeast 2nd Ave. And the MasterSign program also includes the adjacent property at 245 Northeast 2nd Ave., the property to the south, at 1.09 acres and the property to the north that is at 0.81 acres it is currently at a land use map of commercial core and currently zoned as central business district the existing use for the south property is hotel and restaurant and the north property is retail Some background information. It was constructed in 1954, formerly known as the Grove. The parcel highlighted in blue is the original parcel, which was developed for retail. And on the south end of that parcel, there were parking space for that retail. And in 2003, the original master sign program was approved for mainly the north parcel. the site um the site plan in green was approved for class four um cycling for the ray um and that was approved in 2020. it is currently known as the ray hotel and shops at the ray um after the parcel got divided into two an amendment was approved in 2021 to the master sign program and from 2003 in 2022 there has been several amendments to the master sign program for both parcels. The current master sign program is approved for the following signages. First, we have the two freestanding signages. One is located at the shop's parking exit on Northeast 3rd Street. It is for a total area of 12 square feet is highlighted on the site plan in blue and the image is also in blue. The second location is at the Hotel Civic Space for the South Restaurant Tenant for a total area of 13.6 square feet. It is highlighted in purple on the site plan. Next, additionally to the freestanding signs that we have, we also have several wall signs. First, we have the type A signs for the shops. It's for the shops west facade. One sign per tenant. The maximum area for the signs are 15% of tenant facade. They have plenty of criteria for the signs, all specific to the Meister Sign Program, with the exemption of corporate colors and logo that does not need to follow those criteria. We also have type B. We have three types of type B signs. Two of them are located on the west facade and the other hotel's west entrance. For both of those signs, it's a total area of 43 square feet. And for the sign located on the south facade, it's a total area of 19 square feet. They also have specific criteria. Next we have the type C signs which is located on the west facade for the north restaurant tenants. They have a total area of 60 square feet highlighted in orange on the site plan. And lastly, we have the type D signs for the west facade to the south restaurant tenant. It is a total area of seven square feet. As shown in the picture, I have it highlighted where the sign was supposed to be, but it's not currently being used. It's for the Camp Italian. It is currently, the tenant is currently Camp Italian. They are not using that sign currently. And the request is to amend to the RAE master sign program to accommodate the addition of two wall signs for Camp Italian, a corner tenant. The board has the authority to approve the master sign program, which will include the automatic granting of waiver and or adjustment to the provision of subsection D and E. Nothing contained shall prevent diversity and creativity of individual signs in the master sign program. The SPRAD has the authority to take action to the master sign program based on those basis, which include visual harmony, garishness, whether the sign is appropriate in size, scale, and design, proportionate in size and scale to the building facade, and professional appearance. Here are the considerations. Do the modification enhance the visual aesthetic of the hotel and restaurant and surrounding area? Are the proposed signages considered harmonious with building features? Are the proposed signages in good taste with the surrounding area? And are the additional signs necessary for identification? Here are the motions for the board. Thank you.

Thank you. Great job. Okay, is there anyone in the public that would like to speak on this item? All right, seeing no one coming forward, I'll close public comments. And before we move to the board, I'd like to ask if there are any ex parte for this item. Okay, would you like to start, Mr. Alvarez? Sure.

thank you so much for the presentation I guess for first question is you guys currently have a sign sort of like off of the drop-off area right yeah was there a decision or a reason why you guys departed from that color scheme compared to this one

So that's – this is basically our colors. This is on our menu. This is kind of on our coasters. This is the color. It was like the burnt Hermes orange. The paint inside is the orange. I think the gold sign was kind of – that's not really our color, but that's – I'd just say that burnt orange, that Hermes orange is our color.

Okay. Okay.

Um, and I'd also say that that sign that that is right out front, it's super hard to see from people driving up ride share. You have to really kind of like walk into the restaurant to actually see it. So it's not really, it's not an easy sign to see for people walking down the street or for, you know, ride share people getting dropped off.

Okay. I guess my two cents is I certainly appreciate that this gives a lot of visibility to the business, but I do have a bit of concern given that we're kind of introducing a new type of sign to the to the building um and it just it feels like a little bit of a departure from from everything else that we have on on the block and and the development for for the overall um signage program um so and at the same time i kind of like it from an architectural standpoint because it gives you like this really interesting marker on that corner that gives you you know like a little bit of a interesting way finding point you know within within this this block and I'm giving you kind of like opposite opinions here so in at first my initial take is that I struggle a little bit with the departure from from the rest of the signage program compared to you know like everything else that you have in the other restaurants and the shops, right, because unfortunately, but whether we like it or not, that's all part of the same program that we have to consider. So, yeah, that's kind of my initial take on it.

Thank you. I see a logo on there. Is this a national chain?

No.

Okay. Refik, we don't allow logos unless they're national chains, right? That's in the sign program?

No, it is actually part of the sign area, like the size of the sign. So if it's part of the sign, like they are allowed to put their logo. What you are perhaps referring to is like logos in addition to the sign size area. that they need to put, but any business is allowed to put their logo. But we count this as one size, we draw a rectangle around it, and then whatever you're approving, whatever the size is, like 16 square feet or whatever, that's part of it.

And the sign meets the criteria?

well size there are no like this is why we're here we are amending the sign program yeah so that if you allow this there are no criteria per se because this is like a departure from the approved master sign program and then what mr alvarez also added is The four criteria is visual and harmonious and of good taste and necessary to identify the business. So there is no criteria. You can approve any size of it.

Okay, so is it going to go all the way to the ground?

Yes, it's going to go all the way to the ground.

Is it going to be lit? no not lit no um are you willing to give up any of the other signs to get this sign the hotel has like now 10 signs yeah we can give up the one sign that's that we're currently not using we'd be happy to give that one up the little one that one isn't there another one by the front entrance that says campy yes Can you give that, you said nobody's seeing that anyway, can you give that up? To get these two, to give those two back to get these two?

No, we'd like to keep that one as well. Because that's kind of, that's where our entrance is.

This is considered as two separate signs because it's on the side of the building, correct?

Yes, it's just on the corner, but two faces facing two directions, so just consider that, too.

Okay, thank you. Okay, all right.

Thank you, Madam Chair. My question was actually if you're illuminating. Can I ask you why you're not illuminating the sign when you're?

There's no need to. It's pretty lit around there.

I actually think it's nice. And the question I did have with the signs, is there a maximum signage that can be had?

No, it's to the board, like you approve whatever is necessary, like if it's necessary for identification, the numbers are open because any departure from the 467, like the sign code, is considered kind of like a waiver. And the master sign program actually allows you to automatically approve this. She's here. 467 F2B. Okay.

I'm familiar with the restaurant. If I may ask this question, did you have a problem with folks knowing you're there? Yes. Because of the sign, there was nothing out, if you want to say, on the street, the main street.

Yeah, huge problems. That's why we wanted to put a sign there because it's on the corner and the rideshare guests can get there. People walking down the street see us, know what it is. There's been tons of people that ask what's in there. Is it, like, what restaurant's in there? And we've been there for nearly three years now. And we're in Pineapple Grove, and we're a pretty big restaurant.

I can appreciate and understand that. Okay, thank you.

Okay, are there any other comments?

I guess, was there a consideration of using the same color scheme of the original sign for this sign, or... Just so there's a little bit of uniformity between both sides?

No, we wanted to make it pop and make it fun. I think it really fits in the Pineapple Grove, the artsy neighborhood. You see the murals down on El Camino, and they're huge and big. We wanted to put our really nice burnt orange out there and make it nice.

It is attention-getting. People will know you're there.

Can you go back, please, to this slide, the considerations? Okay. So while I do appreciate the hardship of the viewership, I don't believe that this sign is visually established. harmonious enough with what's happening with the remainder of the signs. Whether it's in good taste or not, you have several restaurants, there are several other businesses. I think your approach here creates an unfair advantage. I also question the, you haven't convinced me that this color orange is consistent with your brand because there is another sign, a smaller sign, but I'm not certain why you didn't choose to address that as part of the solution. And those two are not consistent in color or otherwise. So those are my concerns. Yeah, it's too far a departure for what's happening with the remainder of the signage throughout the entire project for me. That being said, do I have a motion?

Can I ask one more question before I make a motion? Sure. What product is it being made from? Is it plastic or is it a metal or is it?

Paint.

Paint. What's the paint put on? It's put on the existing column? Yes. i'd like to make a motion sir um i move approval of the amendment to the master sign program pz000566-2026 for the rate to accommodate the addition of two signs for the corner tenant copy italian italian provided that they give up the two existing signs um that are already there i have a motion do i have a second for this motion second for discussion but is is that allowed can we do that

Yes, you can. That's a condition.

They're asking for something, so we're asking for something.

The sign that's in the entryway right now, is that part of the signage program?

It is. It's a freestanding sign. It's a different type of sign, just for your consideration. He's asking for a wall sign. Yeah. and then you're asking him in in return or in exchange he can remove like the west sign which is a wall sign and the freestanding sign which is at the entrance i think um just to the uh counselor um is this like um i think he needs to agree on this if i'm May he say that? Am I right?

I think if that's their motion for approval with the additional, I guess, direction or condition, he can accept it or not. If he does not accept it, then he proceeds as is, right? There's no additional signage. He just elects to not add the new signage. Or paint. I'm sorry, paint the column.

Yeah, the sign. Yeah, correct.

Okay. Do I have to decide right to second?

No, we haven't agreed to it. The motion hasn't been accepted by the board.

Okay.

I asked you what the product was you were painting because I was thinking if it were going to be a work of art, this is the arts district. Yeah. But if you're just painting a column, I can't consider that a work of art.

Do you stand with your second, or was there a second?

I hadn't seconded it yet. I was just asking.

Is there a second? I thought I heard a second.

Madam Clerk was the motion. I just wanted to discuss. Oh, yes. Okay.

So do I have a second? So does it fail for a lack of second?

Well, there was a motion and a second, even if it was just for purposes of discussion. Right, but if you move and there's a second, even if it's just for discussion, you still seconded the motion. So there was some discussion. So you can proceed with more discussion or call the roll. Can you call the roll, please?

Cynthia Lloyd and Reddick Talbot are absent. Jose Alvarez?

Yes.

Wenski Villanueva is absent. Christina Morrison? Yes. Nicholas Coppola?

I'm going to say no.

Annette Gray? No. Can a second motion be made?

Yes, that motion fails.

We can make another motion.

I would like to make a motion. I'd like to move for approval of the amended master sign program at the rate to accommodate the addition of two signs for the corner tenant, Campi Italians, by finding the request meets the criteria set forth in the land development regulations.

Do I have a first? I have a motion. Do I have a second?

Yes. Second. Well, apologies. Can we still make a condition of?

If you move to amend Mr. Coppola's motion, and then it's either the board has to vote for the amendment or Mr. Coppola can accept the friendly amendment, and you can proceed that way.

Okay. Would your motion be open to them having to match? the sign in the arrival to this.

You actually read my mind because that was one of the questions I was going to ask. Would they consider that sign in the entrance with those colors to kind of match with that?

So I, you know what, I'm actually... I'm sorry, you're saying to match the orange?

No, to match the sign at the entrance that you're comparing to. That's what I'm saying, to pick that up. So I'm actually going to agree to that.

You want to amend your motion?

I'll amend my motion, too. I think that's a fair compromise there somewhere. To meet the sign, to match the sign that you have at the entrance right now, that square sign, match that to that corner sign. Use that same color, that same how you maybe did campy, something like that.

Okay.

Just...

So you made them so does this motion still stands like to approve which is a or like needs to fail and then we move on into like be again and then with this amendment That

I understand the concern. Would that be considered a redesign or would they have to reapply? Or submit a new design?

It's fair condition just to match the color because it's within your review. You can say the color doesn't match. This is one of the board criteria. You may request that it matches the color. I would say it's a fair condition.

Is that design or is that just like a request to match something?

I think it's design because the color is a huge part of the visibility of you take that sign to the entrance with the cream the white background um from a visual standpoint he does not achieve the same intent unless it's lit well would that be up to the the applicant right so that's the reason why we cannot make that suggestion right now because it's a different sign it becomes a different sign with different impact i think my you know my comment was oriented to it be

I think it would be my suggestion or direction to have cohesiveness between the two signs, not two separate signs.

And I don't disagree with you. However, I think at this point we need to consider come back with our input because that sign at the entrance... Become the sign of what he's trying to approve at the moment Visually, I can see that it's not going to make the same impact But he's intending and we cannot impose that on him and I understand your intent and I agree with your intent but while that being said It's far removed from what he was intending to go back to my mission my original motion Or just restate it So, okay.

I just want to make sure that You made the motion to approve as the motion A.

That's correct.

Correct. The other board member asked if you would be open or made an amendment to your motion. That's correct. So if you don't wish to accept the amendment, then we would have to see if there's a second on his amendment to proceed with his motion. If there's no second, then it's just your original motion.

It sounds like the amendment to my motion is not...

allowed that's what i've done no no that's not what i'm saying i'm saying he can make the amendment but then since you're not just doing a friendly um you're not you know friendly accepting his amendment as the original motion maker then the board would we would need a second on the amendment to see if the amendment would then take precedence over the original motion or not to cut it short

We can have a vote if I amend my motion to meet with if they would match the signs or we can't have that. Yes. Okay. So I will amend my motion with the request that they match their original signage that is at the entrance.

Colors and design.

Correct.

so do we is there a second on that for him from him to see if they're willing to do that at this point we we don't i mean technically if you if you because we're i don't know how to say this but we're this might like if you may allow me like uh this might be like the move to continue his direction that's kind of like i see the chair concern which perhaps you will need to see this sign again, like I'm thinking, because if you approve it with conditions like, let's say, color, match color, you won't see it again. That's going to be to staff to just approve it. It won't come again in front of the board. But if you approve with continue, with direction, it will come back again to the board. That's the difference, and it's up to you.

I was trying to find some kind of common ground that would kind of satisfy everybody up here. So if we could move ahead with the motion as amended and have a vote on that, would there be, and let's say hypothetically, now that vote either ties again or doesn't pass, do we have the opportunity to again make a motion to go to the original, let's say hypothetically again, we just went with no suggested changes or requested changes?

Can I ask a quick question, a legal question? Sure. Because I don't think our mission is to satisfy everyone up here. I think we're charged with getting the best product for the city in that area. And if we give that direction as being recommended, we don't know what it looks like visually. we're assuming that it will be consistent with the smaller sign. That's not an assumption I am willing to take. So if we're going to give direction to match the color and the aesthetic, then we need either staff or ourselves to see that again to make sure it is still in line with what we're charged to do. Because at this point, I think it's more of a statement than a question, I'm sorry. We need eyes on it to see if it is consistent and all of those things.

Okay.

Can I ask a question? Sure, go ahead. Can I ask for like a deferral to speak to ownership about

so are you as the applicant you want to move to continue this except the continuance yeah do we have to make a motion to continue yes do we have to vote on next motion before

Actually, I'm going to, again, I'm going to withdraw the amendment, and I'm going to make the motion now move to approve as amended the amended move approval as amended of the amendment to the master sign program. The rate accommodated the addition of two signs for the corner tenant can't be Italian by finding that the request meets the criteria set forth in the land development regulation.

The signs as shown.

The signs as shown. Okay.

Do I have a second?

So it fails for a lack of second.

So with that said, then I'd like to make a motion for continuance.

Do I have a second?

Oh, yes. With direction. With direction.

We'll give you a direction. Yes, what's the direction?

Well, the direction is if they would come back with design that matches the sign at your entrance.

And give up some signs. It's too many signs. Brulee only has one sign. Joseph only has one sign. He doesn't get four signs. He's applying for two signs. He already has two signs.

I understand. We have a motion maker. So can you restate your motion again, please?

Motion to...

Continue with direction.

Continue with direction, and direction being that they come back with suggested design that it matches your main entrance signage. Do I have a second?

Yeah, I can second that. I have a first and a second. Can you call roll, please?

Cynthia Lloyd and Reddy Talbot are absent. Jose Alvarez?

Yes.

Wenske-Villanois is absent. Christina Morrison? No. Nicholas Coppola? Yes. Nick Ray? Yes.

Yeah. I think motion passes 3-1. Yes.

Yes, it sounds like the motion passes. And Madam Clerk, just for clarification, we've already announced the quorum and the members present. So when you do the roll call, you can just call the roll for those who are here. Okay. Thank you.

Okay, that takes us to agenda item 7B. And staff, can you introduce that item?

Good evening, board members. Alexia Howell, senior planner. I'd like to enter for the record. PZ-777. And the applicant, Thomas Curran, is here to present.

Mr. Curran, can you state your name and address for the record before getting started? Thank you.

Thomas Curran, 3715 Northside Parkway, Building 200, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia, 30327. Sorry. Long address. Can I control this?

We have to start the presentation.

Thanks. Ready? I can't get them to come up. Got it. All right. I'm here on behalf of Delray Apartment Ventures, the developer associated with Alexa and Delray. 1221 through 1241 South Congress Avenue for approval of a master sign program associated with the freestanding monument sign and the PZ application 777. Just overview, this property is just north of Linton Square between Lawson and Linton Boulevards, a mile south of the Delray Tri-Rail Station. This was previously a 20,000-square-foot industrial site that we successfully rezoned in 2023, went through SPRAB board approval for... Classified site plan landscape plan architectural elevations in that and This property is well under construction in this original approval we had a monument sign proposed the development order had expressively brought the signage for this board's second approve or review and approval and so we're here to propose that this the sign in the master sign point associated with that This is a – and I just put some project background. I believe you guys have seen this presentation. I quickly went over it. This is the original master site plan that was submitted with the proposed monument sign. This is the current architectural drawings for that architectural and landscape drawings for that signage. Really, our goal is to get a monument sign approved for the main driveway entrance for visibility off of Congress Avenue for residents, prospects, and their visitors. overall we are proposing a sign that's in conformance with the original architect approved architecture of this building um coronado stone stucco stucco banding to match the paint color of the building and then the branded lettering this is Powder-coated aluminum that is pin-mounted onto the sign can be replaced in the future. Signage standards are following FDOT for the numbers and then the actual branding, the Alexan branding and the Alexan Del Rey property name as designed by our property management group. I've included some additional renderings here. Overall, 10 feet wide, 4 foot tall, illuminated from the ground. And the MasterSign program itself, we've provided flexibility for future rebranding or different... we provide a flexibility so that we can have this sign changed out but establishing the maximum areas and design criterias just some additional renderings this is the highlights of what we are proposing um so setback from the the big thing is the setback from the right-of-way there's a lot of setback requirements uh right-of-way dedications going on so that's why it's more than the standard 10-foot setback we had to get it out of a sliver of land that we are dedicating to palm beach county so that's where the 17 feet comes from as well as visibility triangles i won't go into the minutiae of it i think you guys have this pdf that's all

Good evening, board members. Again, Alexia Howell, senior planner. I'm here to present the master sign program for Alexa Del Rey. So a quick overview of the project. It's located at 1231 South Congress Avenue. And it's currently being constructed for 267 multifamily units. That was weird. So in 2022, the rezoning happened from MROC to SAD. And then at the same time in 2023, the approval for the site plan to construct the residential units. And currently it's under construction with more than 75% complete. And so the applicant is here today to establish the master sign program. And so a master sign program really details the type, the location, the setback, if there's going to be illumination, heights of the lettering, sign area, square footage, things like that. For this proposed master sign program, the applicant has limited it to the sign type, the location, the setback, and the sign area. It does not include any other signs or does not constraint on the color or material of the sign. And so the proposed sign to be established with this master sign plan is a freestanding monument sign to be established along Southwest Congress Avenue with a minimum 10-foot setback from the property line. There will be illumination allowed, and then with a maximum height of 7 feet and a maximum width of 10 feet, with a maximum sign area of 40 square feet, and the lettering to be a maximum of 2 feet in height. That's a brief overview of the master sign plan. So typically with LDR section 467 F2B, a master sign program is required for large developments to have a unified program for signage. However, also the sign code is regulated by zoning districts. However, SAD zoning district is not a called out zoning district in the sign code, so there are no regulations that would fit for that SAD zoning district. And therefore, the applicant is here today to establish its own master sign program to regulate any signage on site. And so we're here today for SPRAB to take final board action for a master sign program for the Lex and Delray project. um there are typical criterias for the board to consider the quality of the sign shall be visually harmonious to the structure and the surrounding area it should not be garish or be inappropriate and should be appropriate size scale to the building facade and the architectural style as well and being good quality. So what is a freestanding monument sign? So 467 defines a freestanding sign as a sign that's not affixed to another structure and is limited to no more than two faces, and it can be either a pole sign or a monument sign, and all freestanding signs are required to contain the street number. Appendix A further defines what a monument sign, which is a low profile sign with a sign area at the top of the solid base. So what's being proposed is a low profile solid base monument sign with the address. And furthermore, We regulate signs by the sign area, which we measure in square feet or square inches. And Appendix A further explains how we measure signs, which is the rectangle and closing of all letterings, illustrations, ornamentations, logos that are part of the display or different from the area of the background. So here is different ways of measuring it. As you can see, the red portion that encompasses the address as well as the entire Lexin Del Rey sign, that is completely considered as a signage area, which is at 16.84 square feet. And then if you were to take the portion that is the material with the stone beige portion, that's at three and a half feet by a little bit more than eight. So they have it at nine to be constitute a 31.5 square feet square footage. Furthermore, we have location requirements, specifically properties along the South Congress, which it is, requires a special landscape buffer. And so this project has provided that special landscape buffer. However, there's restrictions of what can be located in the special landscape buffer. And there are restrictions in 467E383 regarding property signs, specifically freestanding signs. And so basically this They're regulated by the amount of setbacks you're allowed. If the more setback, the larger the square footage. So in this case, a setback between 10 to 20 feet, you're allowed up to a maximum of 40 square feet and a maximum height of seven feet. So that is a regulation they would have to adhere to and they do. They are providing 17 feet and they're providing less than 40 square feet. And so the board shall consider is the sign harmonious with the building and is it in good taste and with the surrounding area. And here are the options for board actions today.

OK, thank you. Yes, you're welcome. I will open public comments for anyone that would like to speak on this particular project. You have three minutes. Okay, seeing none, I'll close public comments, and I'll ask the board, are there any ex parte discussions that need to be discussed? No. Okay. Mr. Coppola, would you like to go?

I have no comments. I drive by the site, so I see it, so the signage.

Thank you.

Property's beautiful. You did a great job. The sign's going to really enhance it. My only question is for staff. There's no leasing sign or clubhouse sign or building numbers. You guys handle all that from here, right? Yes. Perfect. Okay. Thank you.

Just one question. You said that the sign could be changed in the future. Is that then something that would have to come back in front of the board for approval if there's changes? Or how does that work?

So when you say change in terms of going outside of the boundaries of the master sign program, because if it doesn't go outside of the boundaries of that program, it would be fine. It would be going through the building permit.

Okay. So if they wanted to change lettering and stuff like that, that's all?

Yeah, the lettering, as long as it coincides with the maximum height of the lettering. It only establishes one monument sign, so if they did want to add another monument sign or any other sign, they would have to amend the master sign program. Understood.

Okay. Yeah, no comment. It looks good. Thank you.

Thank you. I do have a question of clarification for staff because either I heard incorrectly or I just need to be pointed in the right direction. Staff note says that there is no master sign regulations for the special activities district. Correct. So if they wanted to make changes, which master sign program would they be using? So it's all accountable too. Yeah.

I'm sorry. Let me explain. When they actually first established the special activity district, most of them, they would write their sign codes as well with it. which requires them to come for a master-assigned program. For this property, it's zoned SAD. They do not have a master-assigned program yet. This is the first time. So this is actually establishing the master-assigned program for this development. That's the one that we will follow later. Any addition or any... additional signs that they want to add, they need to come back again to amend the master sign program. So this is the first time that they have the master sign program.

So we are allowing an example of one sign to set the base line for the master sign program going forward.

That's correct. This is the request and this is the master sign program in front of the board today.

Thank you. I appreciate the clarification. Do I have a motion?

Motion to approve the approval to establish the master sign program PC000777 two zero two six for the Alexan Delray development to accommodate the freestanding monument sign by finding that the request meets the criteria set forth in the land development regulations I'll second second can you call rule please Jose Alvarez yes Christina Morrison yes Nicholas Coppola yes yes thank you for thank you

Agenda item 7C is in Charlie.

And Ms. Howell, will you be presenting that? Yes. Thank you. Good evening again, board members. Alexia Howell, senior planner. I'd like to enter file number 2025-116 for the record. The applicant is here today to present.

Okay. Good evening, everyone. My name is Jordana Jargera with Government Law Group. I'm here on behalf of property owner vf reality oz along with mike cavelli of cavelli design associates who will be available to answer any questions you guys have we're we're here tonight um seeking a site plan level two it's before you because we are also seeking a landscape waiver through the street trees location along southwest third oh how do i do this can you start the presentation sorry

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We can just proceed with the applicant's presentation. Good evening again. Gerona Giorgioro with Government Law Group on behalf of the applicant, the property owner, BF Realty, along with Mike Covelli of Covelli Design Associates. We're here for a site plan level two. We are seeking a waiver of the street street location, which necessitates SPRAB board approval. We are requesting five townhomes, two stories on 120 Southwest 3rd Avenue. Just to give you a location, the property is about a block and a half south of Atlantic Avenue and three blocks west of Swinton Avenue. The police station, the courthouse, front Atlantic Avenue, and are the entrance to Southwest 3rd Avenue. It is two vacant parcels, about a half acre, and it's highlighted in yellow there. So the property is zoned RM. It's the yellow block in the blue zoning. It's adjacent to CF zoning, which encompasses the courthouse and the police station. You have OSHAD to the east and CBD to the northwest. The property is located in the southwest neighborhood, which was addressed by the Southwest Redevelopment Plan, which was incorporated in the later Comprehensive Plan in 2020. We've been looking, you know, much of the development of the downtown has been focused east of Swinton, a lot of development in the past since the CRA was created. And we have, for decades, have been wanting development west of Swinton. And this is a huge investment that the owner is making in putting these five townhomes, a new type of housing. We have a huge housing shortage here in Delray. We have a shortage of types of housing. So this adds a new typology with the five two-story townhome units into an area that is filled with vacant properties, some blighted properties, and duplexes and single-family homes and other multi-families. I just want to point out in the staff report on page six, it says the proposed development advances the city's long-term objectives for infill residential redevelopment and neighborhood reinvestment while maintaining the diverse and distinctive character of the Southwest neighborhood. This is a picture of the subject site. Again, it's vacant and it's two parcels. This is directly, if you're on the property looking directly east, it's the courthouse parking lot. Again, the courthouse parking lot. This is the property that's to the north of the subject site. It's multifamily. This is directly to the south of the subject site on Southwest 3rd. Again, multifamily. Directly to the west of the property is an unimproved alley, and on the other side of the alley on Southwest 4th Avenue, these are the properties. This is a view of the undeveloped alley. It's unpaved, as you can see. It's unusable. It's a non-functional alley. This is the vacant lot at Southwest 3rd and Southwest 1st Street towards the beginning of the block. This is the property that's two to the south of this property, another multifamily. This is on Southwest First Street, just west of Southwest Third Avenue. Again, we're just trying to give you the character of the neighborhood because some of the analysis that you have to look for is how this is in harmony with the neighborhood or enhances the existing neighborhood. This is on Southwest Fourth Avenue, just south of Southwest First Street. So this is the rendering from the front. The street trees that were subject to the waiver, which we'll talk about later in the presentation, there's actually six street trees along the front, two live oaks on the south side and two on the north side, and then the groupings of the palm trees in the center area. We are seeking a relocation because of existing sewer lines, so we have to move them adjacent to the houses rather than up against the right-of-way. And we'll talk about that later in the landscape waiver. This is a closeup of the street trees I was just talking about, as well as the architecture. The garages are in the front along with the driveways. And again, it's a two-story building. This is a closeup of those two live oaks that are on the south end. They mimic the north end live oaks. Later in the presentation, we'll be talking about some of the unique constraints of the property, the unimproved alley to the west, along with a well-filled retention area. So if you look closer to this project, which is the rear of it, you'll see that there's a patio, there's a backyard, and then there's an extended backyard beyond the black fencing with an additional fencing and then the alley. So it's almost like there's three backyards, but each of those open space areas serve a purpose. It's a closeup. And there's the individual patios along with the backyards that are fenced in right before the well-filled area that's required by the county. This is an aerial view rendering where you could see the well-filled area. This is a retention area that's required. It goes towards the open space. The owner is obviously significantly improving the, and not just having it as a passive use retention area, but landscaping it. We exceed and meet all landscaping requirements, except for the location of the street trees. We are required to have 17 trees and we have 22 trees. So in order for going to the site plan before I get into the landscape waiver, the board has to make certain findings with regards to land use, concurrency, consistency, and compliance with the LDRs. I'm going to go through these slides rather quickly because, as I said, we meet and exceed all of the underlying code requirements except for the requested relief. We obviously are in compliance with the underlying land use and zoning with the use that we're seeking. We meet potable water sewer requirements parks, solid waste, drainage, traffic, and school requirements for concurrency. And again, this is all echoed in your staff report as well. In terms of consistency with the comprehensive plan, we have cited 23 policies, goals, and objectives of the comprehensive plan that we meet. Your staff has cited 21 of them. In terms of subsection D compliance with the LDRs, again, we meet and exceed all of the RM standards except for the street tree requested waiver. Some I want to highlight. The maximum height for this property is 35. We are just under 24 feet. The maximum lot coverage is 40%. We're just under 35%. Open space requirement is 25%. We're at double that, 51.1%. We meet parking, and again, we meet all of the other code requirements. So one of the things that also requires board review is the RM zoning district allows for flexible density from six units per acre to a maximum of 12 units per acre with an additional incentive density of 24 units per acre. Because we are seeking going beyond the six base units, we're asking for five units and a half acre, which equals to 10.71 units an acre. It goes to your board review to see if we comply with performance standards. Some of the performance standards are not applicable to us because a lot of them are meant for large-scale development multifamily projects, and this is a small infill, which the code recognizes that not all of these standards would be applicable to smaller infill residential developments, which the code and the comprehensive plan are trying to encourage redevelopment of. For example, and your city staff report goes over all of these, but in terms of site circulation, The standard looks at interior and exterior. Obviously, there's no interior circulation because we don't have multiple buildings. It's just five townhomes fronting the street. We tie into Southwest 3rd. Most of the existing properties are back out. This is how I know I'm getting old. I can't even read my writing, the slide. I have to actually look at it in person. Um, some of the other ones that, you know, I want to call out are, wow, I really can't say that far. Um, the immediate zoning district is RMCF and CBD. Um, there is no lower residential designation around it. We incorporate, um, you know, varied roof heights, including dormers, hip roofs, end roofs that are staggered and wall planes all to, break up the massing. This adds a new typology, as I mentioned earlier, with the townhome-type units to two-story into this area that needs different housing needs. There is no proposed parking garage. Obviously, it's a small infill project. The standard is met in terms of architectural character. If you look at staff's report on page 9, it specifically says the development establishes a cohesive architectural character through the consistent use of common building materials, roof forms, window and door treatments, architectural detailing, exterior lighting, and a coordinated warm neutral color pilot with complimentary blue accents throughout the development. So all of the applicable ones we meet. Another code requirement that has come up throughout the staff report and in the TAC comments that we want to address quickly is that we are a front loaded design where the access to the townhomes is in the front rather than the rear. The code encourages access to the rear or the side when possible. In this case, with this property, there is no dedicated access to the side or the rear. Obviously, there's adjacent existing developments on the side, and in the rear is that well-filled area I talked about earlier, as well as the unimproved alleyway. This is the well-filled map that shows which we're in Zone 2. So with the required retention area in Wellfield Protection Zone 2, you can't have anything, no improvements in the area. You can't even have a bench. Like the city staff asked us to put three benches in. We had to put them, even though we created this beautiful landscaped open space area, we weren't even allowed to put the benches there because at certain points it will be underwater. Because it drains in 72 hours, it can be counted as open space, but you can't have any improvements in the area, not even a bench. And that's a view of that well-filled area with the landscaping that the owner is putting in. In terms of architecture, again, your city staff report finds that it meets the goals and objectives of LDR section 2.4.10 in terms of proper design concepts, appropriateness to surroundings. It talks about how it enhances the neighboring areas. Here's some elevations from the east and the south. Here's the rendering of those elevations. A close-up shot. Significant amount of money was put into the exterior facade and really improving this area. Again, not only is there a housing shortage in this area, this area has been looking for redevelopment and investment for some time. So the final thing that you need to look at in terms of your findings is whether we comply with the landscape regulations. As I said earlier, we meet and exceed all landscape regulations except for the location of the street trees. We provide 20, it's a typo, actually 22 trees and the total trees required are 17. So under LDR, the 4.6, 0.16, landscape regulations you have two conflicting regulations and this has come before your board and multiple times where there's existing underground utilities and so you can't put the street trees in the location because of the existing utilities street so section h6 which we're asking for a waiver from says street trees shall be located between the inside edge of a sidewalk and the edge of a road pavement however for subsection b says street trees shall not be planted within 10 feet of any underground utilities. Both of these code sections cannot be met at the same time. And since there are existing utility lines that service the entire neighborhood, those obviously can't be relocated. So the only option for us is to seek a landscape waiver for the location of the street trees. So the yellow line indicates where the existing sewer line and utility lines are. The little green landscape islands with the red arrows pointed to it show where the street trees should be located. You could see there would obviously be a clear conflict between the roots of the trees and the underground. They've been relocated. You could see from this aerial shot of where they've been relocated to. So one of the things that came up in the staff report that didn't come up in the TAC round of comments and wasn't part of our justification narrative because, you know, we were just aware of it recently with the staff report, is that we're also seeking a reduction. The staff report says we should be providing five trees and we're only providing four. Had I, you know, had this been raised during the five rounds of TAC comments that we had, I would have probably argued that the purpose of street trees is to provide aesthetics and shading along the sidewalk. We have six street trees, four live oaks on either end of the property, and two groupings of palms. I'm just speaking to it from the podium now because it was just raised in the staff report that we're actually seeking a reduction from five to four, but I would hope that the board would consider this six. The board has approved this waiver multiple times for not only just four trees, but actually zero trees. So I don't think that we're asking for any type of special exception. Again, the location is in circle of where they're supposed to be and we're relocating just to the west along the townhomes. So one of the things that you have to look at is whether or not it'll adversely affect the neighborhood area. This is a huge improvement to the street as you saw from the photos. We are exceeding all code requirements and landscaping requirements. In fact, 22 trees are provided when only 17 are required. We are not asking for not to have any street trees. We're just asking for them to be relocated. And if we were to put them where their location is, it would adversely impact the neighborhood because it would impact the utilities that provide services to the neighborhood. goes to subsection b shall not significantly diminish the provision of public facilities obviously if we complied with the street tree location we would diminish the provision of public facilities so the granting of this waiver actually enhances the provision of public facilities shall not create an unsafe situation again putting the trees and the location that the code requires would conflict with the existing utilities and would create an unsafe situation and finally um does not result in a grant of a special privilege in the same if the same waiver would be required This is, as I'm sure your staff will tell you, this is done throughout the city because when you have infill development and these smaller streets with existing utilities, it's very hard to comply with both of these code sections. This board, two that I know that you've approved of, 917 Northeast 8th Avenue and 1236 George Bush Boulevard, and in those cases, they were actually asking for a waiver and having no street trees because of the utilities conflict. And with that, I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have.

Thank you.

Good evening board members again. I will try to briefly go over this. Okay, so this is a level two application for five two-story fee-simple townhomes associated with a landscape waiver to reduce the number of street trees required and the specified location. So the subject property is two plotted vacant lots, approximately 460.467 acres located west of Swinton, approximately 750 feet south of West Atlantic Avenue on Southwest 3rd Ave. The property is within the West Atlantic Master Plan Study Area, specifically the Southwest Neighborhood Overlay District, now known as the SET. The property is also within the Community Redevelopment Area, sub-area 8. The property has a zoning designation of MR, or medium residential, with a medium density land use designation. The RM district has a base density of six units per acre and a maximum density of 12 units per acre Because it is located with the southwest neighborhood. The maximum density could be 24 units per acre subject to workforce housing and Based on the growth site area, the proposed density is 10.71 units per acre. The RM zoning district allows the density to exceed the base of six, provided that only after the approving body makes a finding that the project has substantially complied with the performance standards in 433BB. which is intention is to mitigate the impacts of the increased density and ensure that the project is compatible with the surrounding land uses. And I'll go further into that into the presentation. So a brief overview of the background. So this is a 30 year project. history of the area it started back in 1993 with the CRA organizing its first phase of a community planning effort through the visions West Atlantic And then it kind of trickled two years later into the first comprehensive redevelopment plan called the West Atlantic Redevelopment Plan in 1995 and later updated twice in 96 in 2000. And then efforts to create a Delray Beach master plan was adopted in 2002. And later in 2003, the Southwest neighborhood, which is sub area eight, the redevelopment plan was adopted. And in 2012 through 2016, there was an effort to combine the three redevelopment plan, which is the West Atlantic Avenue redevelopment plan, the master plan, and the southwest neighborhood plan into one single driven plan. This was later adopted in 2020 as the West Atlantic Master Plan. And today, that West Atlantic Master Plan has been updated to be named as the Set Transformation Plan. And so within the Southwest neighborhood, it's the largest sub area. It has 556 acres. The long-term development vision for the Southwest neighborhood is to strengthen the existing residential neighborhood while introducing targeted redevelopment, improved neighborhood services, better connectivity, and opportunities for economic and community investment. Higher residential density is permitted in two areas of the Southwest neighborhood. Under the medium density land use category, the Southwest Neighborhood District and the other is the Carver Estates Overlay. These overlay districts were created under the City Code of Ordinances Article 4.7, family workforce housing that permits density up to 18 to 24 units with the inclusion of affordable housing. And that was part of initiative to bring more housing into the area, to bring economic vitality. And so we're moving on into the project. A little bit information. This is located in the well field protection zone two. There are four zones. The most extreme is zone one, the second, two, three, and four as it follows. So the subject property is in well-filled protection zone number two, which means that anything that is in one or two, you cannot build, like, infiltration trends or anything like that. So they're very strict, the Palm Beach County Environmental Services. They're really strict of what you can build in zone one and two. And so naturally... the applicant has to design around that welfare protection zone by providing natural means of drainage. And I'll explain that later. And so A little bit about the existing conditions. Highlighted is the subject property in red. To the west is the unimproved alley. To the east is the Southwest 3rd Avenue. And to the north, we have development. And to the south, we have some development. The subject property is currently vacant, as you can see in the left image. And then the image to the left bottom is the view of the unimproved alley on Southwest 2nd Street. And then we also have view streets of Southwest 3rd Avenue viewing north and south, as you can see. Some have street trees, canopies, a lot of driveways, and then there's the county complex, or sorry, the courthouse just adjacent to that. Another thing about the existing site conditions is that you cannot see there's existing utility lines underground, as mentioned by the applicant. A little bit of contextual analysis to understand the character of the neighborhood. So to the north, we have a single family home. To the south, we have a lot of duplexes. And then to the west of the subject property is predominantly single family with vacancies, vacant lots as well. And so here's a 3D contextual analysis of the area to provide the scale of it. It's predominantly single family with street grid formation. Here we have the site plan. It's proposing five fee simple townhomes. Outline are the black fee simple lines. As part of the application, the applicant is providing a two-foot alley dedication as well as a five-foot right-of-way dedication on Southwest 3rd Avenue. As part of the overall development, open space and recreation is provided. And considering the wellfield protection zone the applicant has Been creative and providing a dry retention area to accommodate Drainage on-site. And so as you can see the dry retention open space is Mostly predominantly towards the rear of the development along the alley the unimproved alley and with tracks on to the north and side of The south track has ability to access the open space via a ramp going down, and I will explain a little bit about what that retention would look like. There are some amenities such as benches as outlined there on each side of the development as well as within the dry retention open space area. There's also a cluster mailbox provided there, and there are five driveway connections along Southwest 3rd Avenue. And here's a little cross section of the retention area. To the left is the alley and to the right is the backyards for each fee simple home. So along the alley there is a board on board fence that's upon a retaining wall. that is basically five feet deep, creating that retention area. And then along the backyard of the fee simple home is the other retention area with a decorative dark aluminum rail. And then separating each unit is a shadow box fence. And as part of the density exceeding the base of six units, the applicant is providing, because the applicant is providing 10.71, that triggers performance standards for multifamily and section 433BB, which really highlights and encourages that applies when residential development proposed density above the base. Because the proposed density is 10.71, the project is subject to additional performance standards. And these standards are intended to ensure that the development above the base is appropriate and enhances design and site planning features that mitigate the impacts of increased intensity and promote compatibility with the surrounding area. It also encourages a mix of unit types, minimize vehicle and pedestrian conflicts, as well as creating new open space and common areas with amenities for gathering spaces. And so there is a performance to be evaluated with the project. Furthermore, we also take a look at Chapter 3, specifically Section 3.2.3, Standards for Site Plan. This really establishes the overall standards for evaluating a development project to ensure that they are safe, compatible with the surrounding area, appropriate in scale, and supportive of varying housing types, as well as open space and recreation and overall neighborhood quality. We also take a look at concurrency. And overall, the project meets land use and the concurrency. In addition, we also take a look at consistency with the comprehensive plan. Overall, the development aligns with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Always Delray comprehensive plan, which promotes and encourages healthy living by including open space, recreational amenities for new development, and managed density through these standards. As mentioned earlier, this is within the welfare protection zone too. The applicant has provided an affidavit that's required by the Palm Beach County to affirm that all the regulations are met. So furthermore, overall, the site plan and all the LDR regulations are in compliance except for the waiver to the landscape section, which I will discuss briefly. A quick overview of the architecture style. I believe the applicant did well through presentation of that this is just a side-by-side comparison of the second the second seminal that received versus the final submittal as you can see staff really encouraged to provide meaningful architectural elements to design to create an impact and overall enhance the neighborhood And so we are looking at the proposed design, which you can see we have the front view here and also a little rear view of elevation. Again, overall, the style is alignment. It has roof, varying roof lines. It has architectural elements like shutters. balconies, window openings, an alignment and consistency, and it has a cohesive natural element to it. And so the board has three criterias to ensure that the architectural is in good conformity and good taste, good quality and in harmony with the surrounding area. Furthermore, we have the landscape plan. Overall, there are 18 trees to be removed and 21 trees provided, so they've exceeded the requirements for trees. A lot of large trees are provided, as you can see. We have the four gumbo-limbos. We have three silver buttonwoods, seven dahoon hollies. We have the four live oaks along Southwest 3rd Avenue, two yellow trumpets, and five ball cypress with six stable palmettos along Southwest 3rd Avenue. And they did a beautiful job of designing the retention area and creating cohesiveness with the overall development. Furthermore, into the waiver, there's a lot of constraints with the site, as we can tell. One of them was the site utilities existing along Southwest 3rd Avenue. Regarding the code, the code requires street trees, naturally, every 40 feet of street frontage with a minimum of one tree per property. This is 150 foot wide, so it's about 3.75, so we round up to four because there's five Fee simple, we need five trees, so overall five trees are required. We also have a requirement to have that street tree to be located in an area that actually provides coverage and shade to the sidewalk element. So that is outlined in the green box right there. That's the typical area. It's inside the sidewalk where it meets the road pavement, or we call it the swale as well. But unfortunately, there's an existing sewer line there, and so that does not allow for the accommodation of the street trees to be where typically we would like to see them. So the applicant has accommodated those street trees on site. As you can see, there are four live oaks highlighted in blue. And then there are the six sable palm palmettos, which are the two clustered of three. The code does have a provision that if you have a cluster of three palmettos, it could be considered as one tree. The only thing, it's not a shade tree. So it would be a reduction of one shade tree so they are requesting a reduction of one shade tree and then also to the specific location not being in the the prescribed location that i mentioned earlier due to the utilities and so that is the overall waiver today if there's any other questions please let me know there is a There are required findings for the board for the granting of the waiver. Therefore, it shall not adversely affect the neighboring area and not significantly diminish the provision of public facilities or create an unsafe situation and does not result in a grant of a special privilege. We do have four board options for you today. And that is it for me today. Thank you.

OK. Thank you for that. Are there any? cross-examinations?

Staff would like just to make a clarification. because I think the applicant did a very good job. The site is full of constraints and you see in the discussion. Just I want to briefly go through the two LDR code sections regarding the landscape. One is requiring street trees every certain distance and the other one is you cannot put as close as 10 feet to a utility line, sewer line. So those are not conflicting because the situation does not happen all the time, and this is why there is a waiver avenue, just like realistically justified. This is why you're seeing the waiver. Second is the reduction of the street. So street trees are supposed to be in the street. So that's a street tree because of the shade and because of the restriction that they cannot put it in the street. So they pushed it back. Just want to be careful here because we deal with zoning and legal language. So street trees are not there, but they provided it on site, which is a very good job. They did what they can. So they cannot really put it on the street. So meaning that there are no trees on this tree. So that's like the legal code language that we're dealing with. But in simple terms, they're just pushing it back. And this is only my clarification. And the rest is for your discussion.

OK. Thank you so much. Is there anyone in the public that would like to speak on this particular item? Seeing none, I'll close public comments. And to the board, are there any exparte discussions? OK. Who would like to start? I can start if you want.

Go ahead. Are all the units the same design and size inside? Are there some twos or are there some threes? Yeah, you. Jordana, please.

They're all the same. That's one of the performance standards that we should have a mix of unit types. But I think that, again, is intended for larger scale multifamily. There's only five units. And there's, I think your staff noted in their staff report that there's a new typology with it being three bedroom townhome, two stories. That's not in existence in this neighborhood.

So they're all three bedroom? Yes. Okay, great. Just to note that the elevations showing in the staff report are different than the elevations shown in the developer's report. The palm trees are missing from the city's staff report. And I want to make sure that the site plan we're approving is what Jordana showed.

The rare elevations.

See, the palm trees are missing.

We had updated renderings from, I think, that rendering. We had the landscape planned renderings put into our architectural rendering. So that's probably the difference between the staff report. But the ones that we represented are accurate.

Okay. Okay.

I just want to also make a clarification. We do not really approve renderings. We just approve the drawings. So whatever is available in the drawings, this is what is in front of the board.

Right. But the landscape plan. The 2D, yes. The landscape plan is what I'm.

That's correct.

Okay.

Yes, Ms. Morrison. The landscape plan is consistent with our renderings. We folded it in and updated our renderings. Thank you.

I think it's pretty common to get those kind of situations where you have conflicts, particularly I think in this case where you're not able to load from the rear. And then on top of that, there's a utility easement within the property. So there's a lot of constraints. I appreciate the applicant's effort to meet and exceed the requirements. This is the first time that I see the requirement to have that drainage. base in the back. I didn't realize what it looked like until I looked at the cross section. And the fact that there's additional landscape there, I think, is well thought out. And I think it will help mitigate the visual aspect. For whoever buys these units, I think it's a good backdrop. Overall, I think that I really appreciate the use of natives and in the landscape. So in the plan So no comments that I have no no issues with the with a bit waiver requested Same here.

I appreciate the accommodations made with especially with the trees and especially the times now so um, I actually think it's a great project and it's nice to see more activity west of Swinton so

Okay, great job. Thank you. I have a question around the retention area. Who maintains that? What does the maintenance look like?

This is going to be five fee-simple unit owners. They'll create an HOA turnover, and they'll have common maintenance for all the common areas, but they'll be required to in equal parts. Maintain it.

Thank you for that. And just a slight mention of another conflict between the reports. We're still showing the benches in the maintenance area.

So there was an earlier comment in the TAC report saying that you had to relocate it, and that's why I called Mike over. I guess we anchored it. Okay. So that it can't float away when there's water there. So we have benches. Yes.

Okay. All right.

So there's one in the retention area and two on the other sides.

Okay. All right. Well, for my clarifications, do I have any further discussions or can I have a motion?

I'd like to make a motion. I move approval of Level 2 site plan application to construct five two-story free simple townhome development, including architectural elevations, a landscape plan, an associated landscape waiver from the required tree location, and reduction in the number of required street trees. located at 120 Southwest 3rd Avenue, finding that the request is consistent with the land development regulations and the comprehensive plan.

Second. I have a motion, I have a second. Can I call the roll, please? Jose Alvarez?

Yes.

Christina Morrison? Yes. Nicholas Coppola? Yes. Annette Gray?

Yes.

Thank you, Rachel.

Good luck.

Okay.

Yes, I just would like to make a reminder that September 23rd is actually our next meeting and we will have two new board members and will be election of officers like chair and Deputy, October 28th, the next, and November moved from the fourth Wednesday into the third Wednesday, so November meeting is going to be 18th. And we have a certificate of appreciation to Ms. Morrison for her long services, signed by the mayor, and would like to acknowledge all your services on behalf of the development services and all the staff. Would really like to give you a hand of applause. Thank you very much. I'd like to just hand it to you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Oh, thank you. Mr. Villanueva.

Well, I want to thank you and your staff, the whole development.

We really appreciate you a lot. Thank you very much. And we listen to your contributions through the city commission, all the boards, and for more years to come. Thank you.

Thank you very much. I work in a lot of cities, and you could really teach the others some things, I'll tell you. Your team is very well-versed in everything, so thank you.

I appreciate it. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Good job. Board attorney, any comments?

No comments. All right. Word comments? All right. Move adjourned.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Congratulations.

Thank you. Thank you very much.