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PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT
PRE -APPLICATION DESIGN REVIEW COMMENTS
MAJOR USE SPECIAL PERMIT
CAFIRO TOWER
300 SW 12T' AvE.
8-3-2004
The following comments represent the unified vision of the Pre -Application Design Review Committee, which
consist of all staff members in the Urban Design and Land Development Divisions.
COMMENTS:
The following comments are being made in an effort to develop projects to their highest potential and make a
significant contribution to improving the quality of our built environment with great architecture and urban
design.
Urban Design
• The committee is supportive of many of the site planning ideas in the proposal, including the
provision of a continuous arcade along SW 12th Ave., and apartments and townhomes on ail three
street frontages of the project.
• Incorporate the required loading spaces so that they are accessed from within the garage and loading
vehicles do not have to reverse to or from the public right of way.
Architecture
• The building's massing and articulation are appropriately designed, and the building's design responds
well to the comer conditions on SW 12th Ave. and SW 3f`I and SW 4th Streets.
• Provide further articulation to the rear elevation of the garage facing the adjacent residential
neighborhood. Consider providing more human -scale openings.
• Consider providing the arcade with proportions similar to the version shown in the rendering. In the
elevation drawing, the arcade proportion appears too vertical. In addition, the column articulation
shown in the rendering is preferable to the non -articulated columns shown in the elevation drawings.
• The elevations of the townhouses are appropriate. However, there is a discrepancy between the floor
plan and elevation drawing; in the floor plan, there are no steps shown in front of the townhouses.
The committee prefers the elevation drawing, where the first floor ground level of the townhouses is
elevated above grade.
Zoning Clarification
Confirm the building's height and setback requirements with the Zoning Department.
It is our intention with these comments to aid in expediting Special Permit applications with your
voluntary efforts in making the necessary changes; thereby, avoiding any preventable delays
particularly prior to a project's submission to the Large Scale Development Committee or the
Urban Development Review Board.
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Landscaping/Paving
• Submit a landscape plan that specifies the species (common and botanical names), sizes (height x
spread and/or container size) at time of planting, quantities, and proposed locations of all plant
materials, existing and proposed. The landscape plan shall include planting details and planting
specifications.
• Provide a continuous canopy of shade trees to provide shade for pedestrians along all three streets in
the proposal. These shade trees shall be aligned close to the edge of the curb in the public right of
way (at no greater than 33' on center) to provide a buffer for pedestrians from vehicular traffic. Palm
trees may be utilized periodically as an architectural accent to the architecture of the building. This
landscaping idea is portrayed correctly in the ground floor plan, but the rendering of the project
portrays palm trees.
• Consider continuing the ground floor paving pattern all the way to the edge of the curb, across the
vehicle entrances, and in front of the townhouses in order to unify the site and enhance the pedestrian
environment.
• A layering of landscape shall be provided as a buffer between the garage and the western property line
of the site.
It is our intention with these comments to aid in expediting Special Permit applications with your
voluntary efforts in making the necessary changes; thereby, avoiding any preventable delays
particularly prior to a project's submission to the Large Scale Development Committee or the
Urban Development Review Board.
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