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Home My WebLink AboutVI (A) Health Central Hospital, Parking Lot Expansion and SR 50 Access - Preliminary/ Final Site Plan, Project No. LS-99-008 Agenda 12-19-2000 Item VI A "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE' MAYOR•COMMISSIONER 00096 S. SCOTT VANDERGRIfT 1:- 0� fy COMMISSIONERS ti 0 : CITY OF OCOEE DANNY HOWELL o 6I 150 N. LAKESHORE DRIVE. SCOTT A _ OCOEE,PLUk1UA 34761-2258 RUSTY ANDERSON DERS N ��be• '" Aw (407)656-2322 NANCY J. PARKER t*OfG000•` Cfr Y M.NAGER ELLIS SHAPIRO STAFF REPORT DATE: December 5, 2000 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners FROM: Joanna R. Dyson, Senior Planner --q ---. \' /` THROUGH: Russ Wagner, AICP, Director of Planning ,J SUBJECT: Health Central Parking Lot Expansion & New Entrance Preliminary and Final Site Plan - Project # LS-00-007 ISSUE: Should the Mayor and City Commissioners approve the Preliminary and Final Site Plan for the Health Central employee parking lot expansion and new State Road 50 entrance ? BACKGROUND: The employee parking lot expansion for Health Central is a proposed 427-space addition to the existing parking facility of 754 spaces. The property is zoned C-2 and PS, Community Commercial and Professional Service/Office District, which allows a wide range of retail, office, and service uses. The property is adjoined by Old Winter Garden Road (OWGR) on the south and State Road 50 on the north. To the west is the proposed Super Walmart site located on the other side of Blackwood Avenue. The area of the parking expansion and new entry roadway is east of the existing hospital site. The subject property is located within the Ocoee State Road 50 Activity Center. As a result, the project is required to conform to the Special Development Plan and Private Area Special Regulations that are incorporated within the Activity Center. DISCUSSION: Health Central has successfully incorporated this project into the surrounding development, which is principally the existing and proposed phases of hospital expansion. The project includes a master stormwater system designed to handle the stormwater flows from the proposed parking lot and entry road consistent with City requirements. The new entry road is envisioned as a private roadway that will eventually serve future development parcels northeast I .:; December 5, 2000 City Commission, Health Central Final Plans Page 2 of the existing hospital building. The existing hospital site is currently accessed from Blackwood Avenue, and this plan proposes an additional access directly onto State Road 50. With respect to landscaping, the developer has incorporated a wide variety of plant materials for landscape islands in the new parking lot, as well as along the property lines to comply with the State Road 50 Activity Center requirements. The Plan meets or exceeds the Land Development Code with regard to pond slopes, landscaping, and pedestrian amenities. The Plan also incorporates other required amenities such as screening of mechanical equipment, internal walkways and crosswalks to promote an aesthetic Activity Center concept. The plan illustrates safe and efficient pedestrian access, and appropriate sitting areas to benefit employees crossing between hospital buildings, internal roadways, and parking areas. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: On November 13, 2000, the Development Review Committee (DRC) met to review the proposed project. At that meeting, it was determined that there were still seven technical items that needed to be resolved prior to the Plan being considered for approval. Based upon this, the DRC voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Plan, subject to the Plan being revised prior to the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting. During the interim, the developer has revised the plan to satisfy the staff comments. However, the plan currently shows 3:1 side slopes with swale drainage along a portion of SR 50, which would not facilitate an urban roadway section design or a future sidewalk. In order to clarify that an urban section (enclosed drainage) and sidewalk is built in the future, a note has been added to the plan to reflect this. PLANNING AND ZONING (P&Z) COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: The Planning & Zoning Commission held a public hearing for this project on November 9th, 2000. Based upon the DRC recommendation, Staff recommended that the P&Z approve the Preliminary and Final Site Plan for the Health Central Parking Lot Expansion and State Road 50 entrance, subject to the Division Avenue right-of-way vacation being approved, and subject to a note being added to the plan as follows: "Enclosed drainage and a sidewalk will be provided along the S.R. 50 frontage to maintain an urban roadway cross-section east of the new entrance as part of the design of the abutting development site." At the P&Z public hearing, two citizens spoke in opposition to various aspects of the new entrance layout on SR 50. In response, staff clarified that the access locations along this segment of SR 50 have been set through previous commitments evaluated in the City's State Road 50 Access Management Plan, which was developed in cooperation with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). There was also discussion among the P&Z members to emphasize to staff that tree preservation efforts on the site should be inspected and enforced prior to construction. The P&Z members voted unanimously to approve the project, with the stipulations as described above. December 5, 2000 City Commission, Health Central Final Plans Page 3 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Based upon the DRC and P&Z recommendations, Staff recommends that the Mayor and City Commissioners approve the Preliminary and Final Site Plan for the Health Central Parking Lot Expansion and State Road 50 entrance, subject to the Division Avenue right-of-way vacation being approved, and subject to a note being added to the plan as follows: "Enclosed drainage and a sidewalk will be provided along the S.R. 50 frontage to maintain an urban roadway cross- section east of the new entrance as part of the design of the abutting development site." Attachments: Copy of Public Hearing Advertisement Preliminary and Final Site Plan, date stamped November 22,2000 O:\CALEXANDER\ALL_DATA\CAPDFILE\Staff Reports\2000CCSR\SR00090.doc POINT Copy of Public Hearing Advertisement Date Published ORI6 Orlando Sentinel SUNDAY, November 19,2OOO Advertisement NoncE Of PUBLIC HEARINGS LILY OF OCOEE NOTICE OCOEE IS GIVEN, DN'ZONING NEARING onNWednesday.No ember T30p29. Cm0 or thesso regularonremi session, ,oat ICle and the OCOEE CITY COMMIS- SION will hold a PUBLIC REARING M Tuesday.December 19,2000 at their regulasession.ler et]a5 pm.,um seen theaCs sOce'ri me C115nhambe Ocoee Orly a, 0Nonb Lakeshore Dive.Ocoee,floriddaa Fnaconsider S e Plan approval HEALTH CENTRAL HOSPITAL PARKING EXPANSION AND STATE ROAD 50 ACCESS.The Me is of SF 50 and Backw on muAvenue.enue comer The omolete pored We.minding a le- gal description of the subject properly,be inspected at the Ocoee Plan. mg Department 150 North Lakeshore Drive.GO the hours al eon am. and G pm,Monday through Friday, except legal hWbys . The Ocoee Planning and Zonog Coes m or Ocoee CIry Conn as.1m maycontinue the public hearings to other dales and times as they deem notes seen that interestedt party shall s ad, el any continualr n of Nee or contin- ued pubis hearings snarl be announced du;ngsthe hearing and that no thither notices oticesedarding these matters will be Interested heatangs and be appear eard*,the re- spect to the ap llrelion My parson who desires to appeal any demon made d need a recor d the pcceedng Antler d t purpose may need to ensure that a proceedings is Verbatim o Ca evidence e N spon M includes which testimony appal and sssoss with death1rc.pte in flEe ig aNs t.ue proceedingsto sh u the Nld contact City ln' olme 48 bows in adance of the Masan.)at{407)905-3106 JEAN GRAFTON, CITY CLERK CITY OF OCOEE SundaySunday. toOember 19.2 O OV IBRV