Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-11-03 regular Council agenda — reading text

2) Internal circulation, both vehicular and pedestrian, and its relationship with the city' s street system or proposed waterfront promenade. 4  o o The site plan shows a principal two- way driveway the east side of the property, which will along serve as a collector for the separate parking areas associated with each of the buildings in the A secondary one- way driveway will be development. the west side of the property, which provided along facilitates on- site circulation between the separate parking areas. sidewalk is In regards to pedestrian access, a from Brooks Street to the parking lot for provided the commercial building, and additional pedestrian paths will be provided between the two residential pedestrian access is buildings. No protected from Brooks Street to the residential provided while staff typically make such a buildings; there is not sufficient area to recommendation, provide the access without encroaching on landscape buffers or areas. and and impact on 3) The design of access egress adjoining streets. entrance at The project will have a single driveway Brooks Street, which will the serve all uses on entrance allows for a parcel. A single driveway and greater quantity of on- street parking spaces, will allow sufficient egress from the property based on the number of units and limited commercial use of the property. 4) The disposition and use of open provision for space, screening and buffering adjoining properties, landscaping, disposition of storm waters, screening of service areas and preservation of significant natural features, including large trees. The maj ori ty the open space for the development of will be provided in the area identified on the plan as the \\ Garden Area," which is located between the two residential buildings, and the recreational area within the Shoreline Protection Zone located Landscape buffers will abutting Santa Rosa Sound. and will be provided along the side property lines, utilize fencing, shade trees and hedge materials to screen the development from the adjoining parcels. the will be Stormwater management for property the use of several retention accomplished through One retention area will be located areas. immediately the west commercial of building; a second retention area will be located immediately the middle residential building; and the south of at the side lines will be property landscape buffers also be used for stormwater retention. 5  o o Two locations have been provided for dumpsters in order to address solid waste disposal for the development. One dumpster will be located between the commercial building and the middle residential building, and a second dumpster will be adjacent to the waterfront building. The Solid Waste Division will need to review and approve the dumpster facilities in order to ascertain that they can be appropriately accessed by the City' s vehicles. 5) The size and bulk of structures in relation to their surroundings. As previously discussed, the development will consist of structuresthat are between three stories in height and five stories over one level of parking. The commercial building, at three stories in height, will be appropriately scaled to other structures that have been approved for Brooks Street. The residential buildings, though taller than the structures on abutting properties, conform to the regulations of the MUW- 18 zoning regulations and are in scale with other development that has been approved for the area. 6) Building arrangement between buildings in the proposed development and between buildings on adjoining sites. The arrangement of the buildings wi thin the development provides adequate separation for light and air movement. The view corridors provided along the side property lines allow for sufficient the proposed structures and the separation between existing structures on the abutting properties. 7) Shading of adjoining properties by high- rise buildings. The height of the buildings will pose residential little impact to adjoining properties, the as a result of the view corridors provided along the side property lines. Minor shading of abutting properties may occur during early morning and late afternoon hours, but will have little impact due to the shading caused by existing and proposed trees. 8) Sufficiency of ownership, guarantees for completion of all required improvements and, if private, guarantees for continued maintenance. The has provided a copy of the property owner warranty deeds as proof of ownership. A property owners' association will be formed to provide 6  o o maintenance for the structures and all common areas in the development. B. Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Plan 2008 Requirements: 1. The concurrency documentation has been reviewed and approved by staff. 2. The propertyis located within the Archaeological and Historic Sites Area as identified by the As such, excavation work to Comprehensive Plan. an inches will require the a depth greater than 18 developer to perform an archaeological survey prior to any construction work. The archaeological survey will need to be submitted to the City for review. 3. The proposed proj ect furthers the following Goals, Objectives and Policies of Directions- the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Fort Walton Beach: 2008, which are listed beginning on Page A-, 12 of the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan: Objective A. 2. The City shall implement the land use plan and zoning plan provisions of the CRA plan update, including the Urban Master Plan and design guidelines for the CRA area to precipitate the redevelopment and renewal of blighted or under- utilized areas in the redevelopment area, and revise the Land Development Code accordingly to include such provisions by June 18, 2001. A. 2. 3. The Land Development Code shall Policy continue to that requirenew development, andutilize existing water, redevelopment reuse sewer and solid waste collection systems in order to discourage urban sprawl and encourage redevelopment, especially within the Redevelopment Area. A. 7. 1. Residential densities shall be Policy I imi ted to those maximum densities reflected on the Future Land Use Maps and as described in Policy A. 3. 1. A. 8. Theshall continue City to Objective discourage the proliferation urban sprawlof by encouraging redevelopment consistent with the CRA Plan Update and the Future Land Use Maps upon adoption of this ordinance and through of policies A. 7. 1 through A. 7. S. implementation A. 8. 3. The City shall use its fiscal Policy resources to encourage infill development. The City shall encourage infill development by implementation of Policies A. 7. 1 and A. 7. 2, among others, and defines infill as development within the existing 7  o o and development within the utility service area that can be served adjacent unincorporated areas with existing or rehabilitated infrastructure. C. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVAL