HomeMy WebLinkAboutVI(B) The Vintage At Lake Lotta, Preliminary/Final Site Plan, Project No. LS-99-006 Agenda S-U2-2000
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"CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" -MAYOR•COMMISSIONER -
"Ocoee `
S.SCOTT VANDERGRIFT OF OCOEE
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wbO 150 N.LAKESHORE DRIVE DANNY HOWELL
ci I SCOTT ANDERSON
I`�' 0 I OCOEE,FLORIDA 34761-2258 RUSTY JOHNSON
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yl Qf.G Oci9\ '. CITY MANAGER
ELLIS SHAPIRO
STAFF REPORT
DATE: April 25, 2000
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners sin
FROM: Robert Lewis, AICP, Principal Planner `
THROUGH: Russ Wagner, AICP, Director of Planning
SUBJECT: The Vintage at Lake Lotta (Lake Lotta Apartments)
Preliminary/ Final Site Plan
Project# LS-99-006
ISSUE:
Should the Mayor and City Commissioners approve the Preliminary / Final Site Plan for The
Vintage at Lake Lotta (formerly known as the Lake Lotta Apartments)?
BACKGROUND:
The Vintage at Lake Lotta apartment complex will include a total of 199 multifamily residential
units, located on the north side of Lake Lotta and SR 50, just east of the main entrance road to
the West Oaks Mall. The subject property is zoned PUD and is part of the LakeLotta Center
PUD. The PUD Land Use Plan allows up to 200 multifamily units on this site, at a density up to
16 DU/acre. The property surrounding the proposed apartment complex has PUD zoning (west
- West Oaks Mall), P-S and C-2 zoning (east - vacant land and Good Homes Plaza shopping
center, respectively) and Orange County R-1A zoning (north and east - Rose Hill subdivision).
The subject property is currently vacant with a mixture of trees.
DISCUSSION:
Access to the Vintage at Lake Lotta site is provided from the main entrance road to the West
Oaks Mall, just north of SR 50, across from the Borders bookstore. There will be no other
entrances to the site, except a future pedestrian access point at theeast end of the site which
will allow pedestrian access to the Good Homes Plaza shopping center. There will be a7 foot • -
brick wall with appropriate landscaping along the entire northern and eastern boundaries of the
site adjacent to the Rose Hill subdivision, as required by the PUD Land Use Plan. The
recreation area provided within the complex will be located near the east end of the site and will
include a tot lot, picnic shelters, benches and an open play area. The complex will include one,
two and three bedroom units. The smallest units will have 791 square feet of living area, while
the largest units will have 1,228 square feet of the living area. The average size of the units will
be 1,023 square feet.
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The Conditions of Approval for The Vintage at Lake Lotta are listed on Sheet 14 of the plan set.
There is also one proposed waiver from Code requirements regarding the required building
setback from parking areas and retention ponds. The required setback is 15 feet. This setback
has been met for most of the buildings, but it has not been met on a few buildings. The
proposed waiver is requesting that a setback of 10 feet be allowed, with additional landscaping
to provide an appropriate buffer. The proposed waiver is supported by Staff, due to the unique
constraints associated with this site.
The Preliminary / Final Site Plan for The Vintage at Lake Lotta was reviewed by the
Development Review Committee (DRC) on March 30, 2000. At that time, there were still
numerous staff comments about a variety of technical details on the plans which had not yet
been resolved. The Committee voted to recommend approval of the Preliminary / Final Site
Plan, including the proposed waiver, subject to making revisions to the plans to satisfy all the
remaining outstanding comments from staff.
The plans were revised, and most of the outstanding comments from the DRC meeting were
satisfactorily addressed on the revised plans. However, there were still a number of technical
details which still needed to be addressed on the plans which were included in the P &Z agenda
package.
PLANNING &ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
On April 11, 2000, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing regarding the
Preliminary / Final Site Plan for The Vintage at Lake Lotta. During the hearing, Staff and the
applicant responded to questions from the Commission and the audience. The primary
concerns of the residents seemed to be about the location of the dumpsters (near the edges of
the site), the location of the three story buildings (along the northern edge of the site) and the
potential for third floor apartments looking into their back yards (concerns about privacy).When
the discussion was finished, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 (with one
abstention) to recommend approval of the Preliminary / Final Site Plan for The Vintage at Lake
Lotta, in accordance with the staff recommendation, subject to the Developer meeting with Staff
and the Rose Hill home owners to discuss the possibility of moving the dumpsters further away
from their homes.
Since the P & Z meeting, the Developer's engineer has been making revisions to the plans to
address the outstanding comments from the DRC meeting. The Developer's engineer has been
able to satisfy PEC, the City's engineering consultant, regarding drainage issues. The
Developer is scheduled to meet with the Planning Department on Tuesday afternoon, April 25,
to discuss other revisions which have been made to the plans. The Developer will also be
meeting with members of the Planning Department-and the Rose Hill Home Owners Association
the evening of April 25 to discuss some of the home owners' concerns.
Since the revised plans were not ready prior to preparing the City Commission agenda package,
the plans which are in your package are the same plans reviewed by the Planning and Zoning
Commission. In order to provide the City Commission' with the most up to date information
available,, an additional memo from the Planning Department (dated April 26, 2000) will be
attached to this Staff Report following the April 25 meetings with the Developer's engineer and
the Rose Hill home owners which will summarize the results of those meetings.
April 25, 2000
Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
Page 3
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the recommendations of the DRC, the Planning and Zoning Commission, and the
recent efforts of the Developer to resolve outstanding issues,Staff respectfully recommends
that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Preliminary / Final Site Plan for The
Vintage at Lake Lotta, including the proposed waiver, subject to making revisions to the
plans to satisfy all the remaining outstanding comments from Staff as identified in the
attached memos, prior to scheduling a pre-construction conference.
Attachments: Location Map
Copy of Public Hearing Advertisement
Memo with outstanding comments from Foley and Lardner,dated April 5,2000
Memo regarding recent meetings from the Planning Department,dated April 26,2000
Preliminary/Final Site Plan,date stamped April 7,2000
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The Orlando Sentinel, Friday, March 31, 2000
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR-
INGS
CITY OF OCOEE
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' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the OCOEE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION will hold
a PUBLIC HEARING on Tues-
day,April 11,2000 at their regu-
lar session,at 7:30 p.m.or as
soon thereafer as possible,and
I the OCOEE CITY COMMISSION
will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on
Tuesday, May 2,2000, at their
, regular session,at 7:15 p.m.or ,
' as soon thereafter as possible,
in the Commission Chambers,
Ocoee City,Hall, 150 North
Lakeshore Drive,Ocoee,Florida
to consider approval of the Pre-
liminary/Final Site Plan for a
multi-family apartment project
known as THE VINTAGE AT
LAKE LOTTA.The site is locat-
' ed north of State Road 50 and
east'of the entrance to the West
Oaks Mall.
The complete project file, in-
cluding a legal description of
the subject property,may be in-
spected at the Ocoee Planning
Department, 150 North Lake-
shore Drive,between the hours ,
of 8:00 a.m.and 5:00 p.m.Mon-
day through Friday,except legal
holidays.
The Ocoee Planning and Zoning
Commission or Ocoee City
Commission may continue the
public hearings to other dates
and times as they deem neces-
. sary.Any interested party shall
be advised that the dates ,
times,and places of any contin-
uation of these or continued
public hearings shall_be an-
nounced during the hearing and
that no further notices regarding ,
these matters will be published.
Interested parties may appear at _
the public hearings and be ;
heard with respect to the appli-
cation.Any person who desires
to appeal any decision made
during the public hearing may I
need a record of the proceeding
and for this purpose may need
to ensure that a verbatim record
• i of the proceedings is made
which includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the
appeal Is based.Persons with
disabilities needing assistance
to participate in any of the pro-
ceedings should contact the
City Clerk's office 48 hours In
- I advance of the meeting at(407)
656-2322.
JEAN GRAFTON,
CITY CLERK
CITY OF OCOEE
COR3228228 MAR.31,2000
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FOLEY & LARDNER (�Li q i
APR _ 6 2000 LJ
'MEMORANDUM C' u` o,c_L �.
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020377/0493
TO: Ellen M. King, Development Review Coordinator
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FROM: . Scott A. Cookson, Esq., Assistant City Attorney
DATE: April 5, 2000
RE: The Vintage at Lake Lotta f/k/a/Lake Lotta Apartments — Preliminary/Final
Site Plan
(Case No: LS-99-006)
In connection with the above-referenced application, we have reviewed the following
documents:
1_ Preliminary and Final Site Plan for The Vintage at Lake Lotta stamped received
by Foley &Lardner April 5, 2000 (the 'Plan"); and
2. Response to Comments Letter from Bowyer-Singleton dated April 4, 2000 and
.stamped received by Foley & Lardner April 5, 2000 ("Response Letter").
This memorandum supersedes our memoranda dated January 6, 2000,
February. 3, 2000, March 9, 2000, and March 29, 2000 ("Prior Memoranda"). Based upon
our review of the documents noted above pursuant to the new Land Development Code, we
have the following comments: .
1. As requested on at least two occasions in our Prior Memoranda, please delete
Note 1 on Sheet 9 or provide a reason why this note is still applicable given the
Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement as referenced in COA 32.
2. Please delete COA 33 which has been added to the Plan since our last
memorandum. It is our understanding from discussions with Attorney Lindsey
Builder that this property does not affect the City and that the Owner will be
able to obtain a title report listing the Owner as the owner of the vacated street
without the necessity of obtaining a quit-claim deed.
3. Please add the following COA to the Plan:
Prior to the, pre-construction conference, the Applicant shall
submit to the City an application to vacate the unvacated portion
of the 15' right-of-way along the eastern bounda►ty of the
property. Following the vacation, a brick wall shall be installed
as close as practical to the new property line.
006.177117.1
APR-06-00 07:57 FROM:FOLEY & LARDMER
ID:4076481743 PAGE 3/3
4. Please be advised that an Easement Agreement incorporating the conservation
and drainage easement, the blanket easement regarding the water and sewer
system, the easement for access by emergency vehicles, and the pedestrian,
sidewalk and bike path easement will follow under separate cover.
5. City staff should verify the accuracy of the legal description provided for the
Conservation Area.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Attachments
cc: Paul E. Rosenthal, Esq., City Attorney
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"CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" MAYOR•COMMISSIONER
Qcoee S.SCOTT VANDERGRIFT
O CITY OF O C O E E COMMISSIONERS
6. pci a' 150 N.LAKESHORE DRIVE DANNY HOVVELL
v 0, OCOEE,FLORIDA 34761-2258 SCOTT
RUSTY ANDERSONHNSON
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ELLIS SHAPIRO
MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 26, 2000
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Robert Lewis, AICP, Principal Planner ¢v
SUBJ: Results of April 25, 2000 Meetings with
Developer's Engineer and Rose Hill Home Owners
Vintage at Lake Lotta Apartments, Preliminary-/ Final Site Plan
Meeting to Discuss Plan Revisions:
When the Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z Commission) met on April 11, 2000 to
consider the Preliminary/ Final Site Plan for the Vintage at Lake Lotta, there were still a number
of minor issues to be resolved on the plans. The P & Z Commission followed the
Recommendation of the Development Review Committee and voted to recommend approval of
the site plan, subject to making revisions to address Staff comments. At 4:00 PM Tuesday April
25, Principal Planner Robert Lewis met with Greg Reynolds of Bowyer-Singleton (Developer's
Engineer) to discuss revisions that have been made to the Vintage at Lake Lotta site plan since
the P &Z Commission meeting.
The Developer and his engineer have made a sincere effort to address the concerns of Staff,
the P & Z Commission and the Rose Hill home owners who attended the public hearing. They
have made substantial progress in satisfying the outstanding Staff comments. However, there
are still some outstanding issues (i.e. - easement documents to prepare, a 15 foot right-of-way
to be vacated) and a number of minor revisions that need to be made to the plans to address
Staff comments. Staff is confident that all the remaining outstanding issues and minor plan
revisions will be resolved as soon as possible.
Meeting with the Rose Hill Home Owners:
The recommendation of the P & Z Commission included a meeting between the Developer, City
Staff and the Rose Hill home owners to discuss a few site plan issues. That meeting was held
at 7:30 PM Tuesday April 25. The home owners expressed to the Developer that they had
concerns about the location of the dumpster enclosures, the three story buildings overlooking
their back yards, the location of the 7 foot buffer wall relative to the property line, site lighting
and a few other minor issues. The Developer and his engineer responded to these issues, with
input from Staff, and for the most part, most of the residents seemed satisfied that efforts were
being made to address their concerns.
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Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
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The Developer's engineer explained that they have revised the plan to relocate both of the dumpster
enclosures 20 to 25 feet further from the Rose Hill homes. He explained that the dumpsters will be
completely enclosed on all sides and the gates would only be opened when the dumpsters are
being emptied, which would be sometime between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM during the day. The
residents seemed satisfied with this effort, but some of them still hope that there can be some way
of•requiring that the lids of the dumpsters be kept closed at all times.
To address the concern about the three story buildings overlooking Rose Hill back yards, the
Developer is proposing to provide a continuous screen of trees along the Rose Hill boundary,
consisting of mostly fast growing slash pine trees with some oak trees as well. The slash pines
would be 2 '/z inch DBH and at least 12 feet tall when planted, and would be arranged in an almost
continuous line along the Rose Hill boundary. The oak trees would be 3 inch DBH and 12 to 15 feet
tall when planted. The plan did not specify the spacing of the oak trees, but appeared to show them
spaced at roughly 150 foot intervals. The Developer argued that the combination of the 7 foot buffer
wall and the almost continuous screen of trees 12 to 15 feet tall would substantially screen the Rose
Hill homes from the three story apartment buildings, which will be at least 100 feet from the north
property line and more than 200 feet from the east property line. Most of the residents seemed
somewhat satisfied with this effort, but some were still concerned that their homes and back yards
would not be completely screened from the third floor apartments.
Staff is somewhat concerned about this proposed buffer of trees. The typical buffer provided on
other sites includes shade trees (usually oak trees) spaced at 50 foot intervals with additional
understory trees in between if necessary. This proposed buffer would provide oak trees spaced at a
much larger interval, with numerous pine trees in between. The Code does not consider pine trees
to be shade trees. The approach that Staff has been taking with the landscaping on this site is to try
an make the landscaping reflect the Activity Center standards used on all the surrounding
commercial development. If the Activity Center standards are used on this landscape buffer, the
oaks trees would be spaced at 50 foot intervals with the pine trees in between.
Some of the home owners were concerned about the location of the 7 foot buffer wall relative to
their property line. They do not want to have a "dead zone" between their back fence and the 7 foot
buffer wall. The Developer indicated that they will provide an easement which will allow the Rose
Hill home owners to maintain the area on their side of the wall, which is likely to be a strip about 5
feet deep, and he would provide sod along that side of the wall. Most of the home owners seemed
to be satisfied with this, but some were still concerned about the costs they would need to incur to
remove their existing fence, extending the ends of their side yard fences to the wall and relocating
irrigation systems.
Many of the home owners were concerned that site lighting would shine into their back yards and
back windows. The plan currently provides light fixtures on the buildings with shields to prevent
glare, and 30 foot tall light poles for the parking lot with full cut-off light fixtures. In response to the
concerns of the home owners, the Developer agreed to change the parking lot poles to be no more
than 20 feet tall rather than 30 feet. Most of the home owners seemed satisfied with this
commitment.
In general, the Developer listened to the concerns of the home owners and tried to address their
concerns. Most of the home owners seemed to be satisfied with his effort to address their concerns.
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