HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 16-2401Renee Basel
From: Chris O'Hare <chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:26 AM
To: Bill Thrasher; Rita Taylor; Renee Basel; mminor@udkstudios.com
Subject: Public Record Request - open front lawn review of 960 Indigo Point
Dear Custodian of Records,
I request to inspect certain public records in the custody of the Town of Gulf Stream or in the custody
of its agents or associated entities.
While I am not statutorily obligated to explain why I want to inspect these records, I tell you my
inspection of these records may be essential to my ability to make informed comments in an
upcoming public hearing. The records I wish to inspect may also be material to current, anticipated or
presently unforeseen legal action. The production of any and all responsive records is
therefore urgent and must be acted upon in compliance with Florida Statutes and established case
law as soon as possible.
Before making this public record request, I first searched online and in the public records portion of
your agency's website hoping I could locate the public records I seek without having to write you
directly. Unfortunately I cannot find the records I wish to inspect. Therefore I am writing you now and
requesting you make every effort as required by law to produce these public records without delay.
The public records I request to inspect may be in the custody of an entity currently or previously
associated with, or under contract with, your agency. As a courtesy to you and that entity, and to
assist in expediting my access to inspect records responsive to this request I am notifying this
entity of this request by copy of this email. I am NOT requesting this entity produce responsive
records directly to me. Rather I am alerting them to my request to you so that they may prepare to
assist you, if they choose to, in producing responsive records. Do not assume my act of copying this
entity with this request relieves you of any of your duties under Florida Statute. I ask that you contact
this entity yourself in order to obtain all Public records responsive to this request if those records are
not all in your custody.
I make this request pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119 of
the Florida Statutes. I hereby reserve all rights granted to me under the Florida
Constitution and Florida Statutes.
I ask that you take the following action:
• Read this entire request carefully and respond accordingly.
• If you are not the custodian of the public records described herein please determine
who that person is and notify me immediately in order that I may make this request to
the appropriate person without delay.
• Reference Florida Statutes and appropriate case law when responding to this record
request.
• Do NOT produce any records other than records responsive to this request.
• Identify by name the person or persons responding to this request if that person is not
the Custodian of Records for your agency as required by 119.07(1)(b).
• Respond to this public record request in a singular manner and do not combine this
request with any other public record requests when responding to this request.
• Once you have determined that you do or don't have any records in your
custody responsive to this request, immediately act to obtain any responsive records
that may be in the custody of your contractor(s) or other parties.
• Provide only those records for inspection that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes.
• If records responsive to this request are not presently available but you expect that
they will soon be available I request that you produce the records as soon as they are
available.
I ask you to take note of §119.07(1)(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1)
promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort which
"includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within the agency
whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be accessed." I am,
therefore, requesting that you notify every individual and entity in possession of records that may be
responsive to this public records request, including individuals and entities under contract with your
agency, to preserve and produce all responsive records on an immediate basis.
If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt from
inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by §119.07(1)(e) of the Florida
Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as required
by §119.07(1)(f) of the Florida Statutes. Produce for my inspection all responsive records and ONLY
redact that portion of the record that you consider exempt. To be clear, if you consider an entire
record to be exempt, produce that record in its entirety with all portions redacted that you consider
exempt. I specifically ask you to do this in order that I may inspect fully redacted records for the
purpose of challenging a particular redaction or establishing a reference for a future request of a
record that is only temporarily exempt, as in the case of a public record that was prepared by an
agency attorney exclusively for litigation and is only exempt from disclosure until the conclusion of the
litigation.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency or contactors for your agency, in an
electronic format please produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were
created or received. See §119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes.
Again I ask that you provide only those records for inspection that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes. Take note
of §119.07(4)(a)3.(d) Florida Statues and if you anticipate that any records exist, the production for
inspection of which will require extensive use of information technologies or extensive staff time or
both in excess of 15 minutes, then please provide those records that can be produced within the first
15 minutes and advise me of the cost you anticipate to be incurred by your agency for the remaining
records prior to incurring this cost. Please do not incur any costs on my behalf without first obtaining
my written authorization to proceed. If you produce only a portion of all existing responsive records,
please tell me that your response includes only a portion of all existing records responsive to this
request.
If you anticipate the need to incur any costs that I would be statutorily required to pay in order to
inspect these public records which would exceed $1.00 please notify me in advance of your incurring
that cost with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any estimates so as to
indicate the total number of pages and/or records, as well as to distinguish the cost of labor and
materials. Again, please do not incur any costs on my behalf without first obtaining my written
authorization to proceed.
A record that does not exist because of its disposition requires the creation of a disposition record. In
all instances where you determine a record does not exist please determine if the record once existed
and in its replacement provide the disposition record for my inspection.
As background to this request I call your attention to Town Ord. 15/4 regulating
"Open Front Lawns" in Place Au Soleil.
I request to inspect any public record* in the custody of the Town of Gulf Stream** regarding
commenting on, communicating about, considering, or reviewing the proposed landscape
portion of the most recent Application for Architectural/Site Plan Review of 960 Indigo Point in
regard to the proposed projects compliance with Town regulations and the regulation
referenced above which requires 75% of all plants in the front of a home in Place Au Soleil not
to exceed a mature height of three feet. I anticipate that responsive records may include but
may not be limited to records submitted by the applicant, records created by Town staff,
records created by appointed or elected officials, records created by Town consultants, and/or
records created by the Town Attorney.
*The term public records, as used herein, has the same meaning and scope as the definition of Public
records adopted by the Florida Legislature as Statutes Chapter 119.
3
**The phrase Town of Gulf Stream when used herein refers to the Town in its entirety and all entities
of the Town including all employees, appointees, officials, assignees, counsel and consultants
including Town Manager, Town Clerk, Town Police Chief, Town Commissioners, Town Mayor, Town
Departments, Town Police Officers, Town Employees, Town Staff Attorney, Town Engineer, the law
firm (Jones Foster Johnston & Stubbs P.A.) that claims to be the Town Attorney including all attorney,
partner and employee members of that firm; the Town Counsel of Sweetapple, Broeker &
Varkus including all attorney, partner and employee members of that firm, the Town Counsel
of Richman Greer, P.A. including all attorney, partner and employee members of that firm and any
other entity associated with the Town and subject to public records law.
If you do not understand any part of this request or if you need clarification about this request, notify
me as soon as possible so I may further describe or clarify this request. Due to issues of delivery
failure and occasional rejection by your server this email is being sent to multiple recipients to insure
prompt delivery.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email address:
chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACII COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
November 17, 2016
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream(a)pmail.coml
Re: GS #2401 (open front lawn review of 960 Indigo Point)
I request to inspect any public record* in the custody of the Town of GufStream** regarding
commenting on, communicating about, considering, or reviewing the proposed landscape portion
of the most recent Application for Architectural/Site Plan Review of 960 Indigo Point in regard to
the proposed projects compliance with Town regulations and the regulation referenced above
which requires 75% of all plants in the front of a home in Place Au Soleil not to exceed a mature
height of three feet. I anticipate that responsive records may include but may not be limited to
records submitted by the applicant, records created by Town staff, records created by appointed
or elected officials, records created by Town consultants, and/or records created by the Town
Attorney.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisohareeulfstream(7a.gnail.coml:
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records request dated November 12, 2016. The
original public records request can be found at the following link:
http://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/O/doc/103528/Pagel.ast)x
Please be advised that the Town of Gulf Stream is currently working on a large number of
incoming public records requests. The Town will use its very best efforts to respond to you in a
reasonable amount of time with the appropriate response or an estimated cost to respond.
Sincerely, D�"�"�
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As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
January 6, 2017
Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstreamRgmail.coml
Re: GS #2401 (open front lawn review of 960 Indigo Point)
I request to inspect any public record* in the custody of the Town of Gulf Stream ** regarding
commenting on, communicating about, considering, or reviewing the proposed landscape
portion of the most recent Application for Architectatral/Site Plan Review of 960 Indigo Point in
regard to the proposed projects compliance with Town regulations and the regulation
referenced above which requires 75% of all plants in the front of a home in Place Air Soleil not
to exceed a mature height of three feet. I anticipate that responsive records may include but
may not be limited to records submitted by the applicant, records created by Town staff,
records created by appointed or elected officials, records created by Town consultants, and/or
records created by the Town Attorney.
Dear Chris O'Hare [mail to: chrisoharegulfstream(i4gmail.coml:
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records requests dated November 12, 2016.
You should be able to view your original request and response at the following link:
http://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/O/doc/I03528/PagcI.asl)x
You have asked that the Town only provide those records that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes and that the
Town provide an estimate of the cost that would be required to fulfill the request as permitted by
the Public Records Act. To that end, the Town has spent at least 15 minutes on your request and
is providing you with a response to your request of "any public record" at the same link above.
We consider this request closed.
Sincerely,
As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records
Renee Basel
From: Marty Minor <MMinor@udkstudios.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:43 PM
To: Bill Thrasher, Rita Taylor
Subject: FW: Public Record Request - open front lawn review of 960 Indigo Point
Attachments: 960 Indigo Point Review memorandum.pdf; 960 Indigo Point Review memorandum2
081415.pdf
Bill,
We did not review the landscape plan for 960 Indigo Point and have no correspondence regarding the landscape
plan. We did briefly reference landscaping in the two memorandum I did provide to the Town regarding the proposed
site plan and architectural elevations. Those two memorandums are attached for your information.
Thank you,
marty
Marty R.A. Minor, AICP
urban MMinor@udkstudios.com
sruoios
610 Clematis Street
Suite CU02
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
P.561.366.1100 x.148 [ F.561.366.1111
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From: Chris O'Hare [mailto:chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:26 AM
To: bthrasher@gulf-stream.org; RTaylor@gulf-stream.org; rbasel@gulf-stream.org; Marty Minor
<MMinor@udkstudios.com>
Subject: Public Record Request - open front lawn review of 960 Indigo Point
Dear Custodian of Records,
I request to inspect certain public records in the custody of the Town of Gulf Stream or in the custody
of its agents or associated entities.
While I am not statutorily obligated to explain why I want to inspect these records, I tell you my
inspection of these records may be essential to my ability to make informed comments in an
upcoming public hearing. The records I wish to inspect may also be material to current, anticipated or
presently unforeseen legal action. The production of any and all responsive records is
therefore urgent and must be acted upon in compliance with Florida Statutes and established case
law as soon as possible.
Before making this public record request, I first searched online and in the public records portion of
your agency's website hoping I could locate the public records I seek without having to write you
directly. Unfortunately I cannot find the records I wish to inspect. Therefore I am writing you now and
requesting you make every effort as required by law to produce these public records without delay.
The public records I request to inspect may be in the custody of an entity currently or previously
associated with, or under contract with, your agency. As a courtesy to you and that entity, and to
assist in expediting my access to inspect records responsive to this request I am notifying this
entity of this request by copy of this email. I am NOT requesting this entity produce responsive
records directly to me. Rather I am alerting them to my request to you so that they may prepare to
assist you, if they choose to, in producing responsive records. Do not assume my act of copying this
entity with this request relieves you of any of your duties under Florida Statute. I ask that you contact
this entity yourself in order to obtain all Public records responsive to this request if those records are
not all in your custody.
I make this request pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119 of
the Florida Statutes. I hereby reserve all rights granted to me under the Florida
Constitution and Florida Statutes.
I ask that you take the following action:
• Read this entire request carefully and respond accordingly.
• If you are not the custodian of the public records described herein please determine
who that person is and notify me immediately in order that I may make this request to
the appropriate person without delay.
• Reference Florida Statutes and appropriate case law when responding to this record
request.
• Do NOT produce any records other than records responsive to this request.
• Identify by name the person or persons responding to this request if that person is not
the Custodian of Records for your agency as required by 119.07(1)(b).
• Respond to this public record request in a singular manner and do not combine this
request with any other public record requests when responding to this request.
• Once you have determined that you do or don't have any records in your
custody responsive to this request, immediately act to obtain any responsive records
that may be in the custody of your contractor(s) or other parties.
• Provide only those records for inspection that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes.
• If records responsive to this request are not presently available but you expect that
they will soon be available I request that you produce the records as soon as they are
available.
I ask you to take note of §119.07(1)(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1)
promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort which
"includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within the agency
whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be accessed." I am,
therefore, requesting that you notify every individual and entity in possession of records that may be
responsive to this public records request, including individuals and entities under contract with your
agency, to preserve and produce all responsive records on an immediate basis.
If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt from
inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by §119.07(1)(e) of the Florida
Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as required
by §119.07(1)(f) of the Florida Statutes. Produce for my inspection all responsive records and ONLY
redact that portion of the record that you consider exempt. To be clear, if you consider an entire
record to be exempt, produce that record in its entirety with all portions redacted that you consider
exempt. I specifically ask you to do this in order that I may inspect fully redacted records for the
purpose of challenging a particular redaction or establishing a reference for a future request of a
record that is only temporarily exempt, as in the case of a public record that was prepared by an
agency attorney exclusively for litigation and is only exempt from disclosure until the conclusion of the
litigation.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency or contactors for your agency, in an
electronic format please produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were
created or received. See §119.01(2)(f), Florida Statutes.
Again I ask that you provide only those records for inspection that do not require extensive use of
information technologies or extensive staff time or both in excess of 15 minutes. Take note
of §119.07(4)(a)3.(d) Florida Statues and if you anticipate that any records exist, the production for
inspection of which will require extensive use of information technologies or extensive staff time or
both in excess of 15 minutes, then please provide those records that can be produced within the first
15 minutes and advise me of the cost you anticipate to be incurred by your agency for the remaining
records prior to incurring this cost. Please do not incur any costs on my behalf without first obtaining
my written authorization to proceed. If you produce only a portion of all existing responsive records,
please tell me that your response includes only a portion of all existing records responsive to this
request.
If you anticipate the need to incur any costs that I would be statutorily required to pay in order to
inspect these public records which would exceed $1.00 please notify me in advance of your incurring
that cost with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any estimates so as to
indicate the total number of pages and/or records, as well as to distinguish the cost of labor and
materials. Again, please do not incur any costs on my behalf without first obtaining my written
authorization to proceed.
A record that does not exist because of its disposition requires the creation of a disposition record. In
all instances where you determine a record does not exist please determine if the record once existed
and in its replacement provide the disposition record for my inspection.
As background to this request I call your attention to Town Ord. 15/4 regulating
"Open Front Lawns" in Place Au Soleil.
I request to inspect any public record* in the custody of the Town of Gulf Stream** regarding
commenting on, communicating about, considering, or reviewing the proposed landscape
portion of the most recent Application for Architectural/Site Plan Review of 960 Indigo Point in
regard to the proposed projects compliance with Town regulations and the regulation
referenced above which requires 75% of all plants in the front of a home in Place Au Soleil not
to exceed a mature height of three feet. 1 anticipate that responsive records may include but
may not be limited to records submitted by the applicant, records created by Town staff,
records created by appointed or elected officials, records created by Town consultants, and/or
records created by the Town Attorney.
*The term public records, as used herein, has the same meaning and scope as the definition of Public
records adopted by the Florida Legislature as Statutes Chapter 119.
**The phrase Town of Gulf Stream when used herein refers to the Town in its entirety and all entities
of the Town including all employees, appointees, officials, assignees, counsel and consultants
including Town Manager, Town Clerk, Town Police Chief, Town Commissioners, Town Mayor, Town
Departments, Town Police Officers, Town Employees, Town Staff Attorney, Town Engineer, the law
firm (Jones Foster Johnston & Stubbs P.A.) that claims to be the Town Attorney including all attorney,
partner and employee members of that firm; the Town Counsel of Sweetapple, Broeker &
Varkus including all attorney, partner and employee members of that firm, the Town Counsel
of Richman Greer, P.A. including all attorney, partner and employee members of that firm and any
other entity associated with the Town and subject to public records law.
If you do not understand any part of this request or if you need clarification about this request, notify
me as soon as possible so I may further describe or clarify this request. Due to issues of delivery
failure and occasional rejection by your server this email is being sent to multiple recipients to insure
prompt delivery.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email address:
chrisoharegulfstream@gmail.com
Renee Basel
From: Marty Minor <MMinor@udkstudios.com>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 2:42 PM
To: Bill Thrasher
Subject: Herzog Residence
Attachments: 960 Indigo Point Review memorandum2 081415.pdf
Bill,
I have updated the review memorandum for the Herzog Residence at 960 Indigo Point. The house meets the code
standards, except for the entry feature. The alternative entry feature identified on the plans meet the code standards
through the provision of a discouraged height.
Please review and please let me know if you have any questions, revisions, corrections or comments.
Thank you,
marty
Marty R.A. Minor, AICP
Urban Design Kilday Studios
610 Clematis Street
Suite CU -02
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561)366-1100
MEMORANDUM
TO: William Thrasher
Town Manager
FROM: Marty R.A. Minor, AICP
DATE: August 14, 2015
RE: 960 INDIGO POINT
REVIEW MEMORANDUM
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STUDIO
Urban Planning and Design
Landscape Architecture
Communication Graphics
The following is an analysis of the proposed demolition of an existing house and the construction
of the new house at 960 Indigo Point.
Request
The applicant is seeking Level 3 Architectural Site Plan Approval for a 7,186 -square foot, Anglo
Caribbean home on 21,719 square feet (0.498 acres) within Place Au Soleil. According to Palm
Beach County Property Appraiser records, the existing home is 4,716 -square foot in size and was
constructed in 1965.
Land Use & Zoning
EXISTING USE, ZONING AND LAND USE DESIGNATIONS
EXISTING USE
ZONING
FUTURE LAND USE
Subject Site
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
960 Indigo Point
North
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Single Family Home (955
Indigo Point)
East
OR- Outdoor Recreational
REC (Recreation)
Intracoastal Waterway and
Gulf Stream Golf Course
South
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Canal and Single Family
Home (955 Emerald Row)
West
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Single Family Home (940
Indigo Point)
610 Clematis Street
Suite CU02
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.366.1100 561.366.1111 fax
www.udkstudios.com
LCC000035
Project Details
The following is an analysis on how the proposed house addresses the Town's development
standards.
960 Indigo Point
Town Regulation
Proposed Plan
Consistent?
Floor Area Ratio
0.33 for first 20,000
7,186 square feet
Yes
square feet of lot
+ 0.20 for portion of
lot over 20,000
square feet =
6,944 square feet of
house allowed + a
maximum of 300
square feet of
special exception
coverage. Total area
allowed 7,244
square feet
Building Height
30 feet
29 feet
Yes
Maximum Stories
2 stories
2 stories
Yes
Lot Size
15,000 square feet
21,719 square feet
Yes
Lot Width
40 feet — pie-
55 feet
Yes
shaped lot
Maximum Second
.70 of first floor
2,668 (61%) square
Yes
Floor Area
area
feet
4,395 square feet of
first floor area =
3,076 square feet
allowed on second
floor
Setbacks
Front
30 feet
66 feet
Yes
Side
Total of both side
North setback -15
Yes
setbacks shall be a
feet
minimum of 30% of
South Setback -18
the lot width;
feet, 7 inches
however, no single
Total Side Setbacks
side setback shall be
— 33 feet, 7 inches
less than 15 feet.
Totalsetbacks
required: 33 feet, 7
inches
Rear
30 feet
30 feet
Yes
Parking
2 spaces in garage,
3 spaces in garage,
Yes
2 spaces outside
3 spaces outside
Access
Access to the lot will be through Indigo Point, which is a two-lane local street within the Place Au
Soleil neighborhood.
Floor Area Ratio
Per Section 70-71 of the Town Code sets the maximum size for a single family home through the
established Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for the subject lot. As indicated in the table above, the
maximum size of the home for the 21,719 square foot lot is 7,244 square feet. The applicant is
proposing a house area of 7,186. This area 5,832 square feet of living area, 591 square feet of
covered outside area and 763 square feet for the three -car garage.
Architecture
The proposed home is identified as having an Anglo Caribbean architectural style, which is a
preferred architectural style within the Place Au Soleil district. The Town Code does not provide
a description or characteristics of the Anglo Caribbean style.
However, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) does provide a good description
of the Anglo Caribbean style, which is attached for your review and information. The proposed
home contains many of the features of the Anglo Caribbean architectural style as described in
the attachment.
"Discouraged" elements
Section 70-4 of the Town Code states that the use of more than three "discouraged" elements
on a property is prohibited. The applicant is proposing to use three "discouraged" items within
the house design. These items are:
• The proposed eave heights exceed the "Preferred" eave heights (8' to 10'6" for one-story
and 21 feet or less for two-story portions) found in the Town Code. The proposed first
floor eave heights of 12' 6" for one-story and 23 feet for two-story portions fall under the
"Discouraged" category.
• The proposed entry feature for the home, the applicant has provided a covered entry
employing columns and a hip roof. The height of the entry feature (labeled as "Alt. Front
Elevation" on the submitted plans), as measured from the finished floor elevation to the
top of the feature, is 12' 6", which falls under the "Discouraged" category.
Please note that another Front Elevation has been provided, which indicates an entry
feature which includes columns and a balcony. The proposed balcony alternative
exceeds the height limit for entry features.
As you are aware, Section 70-100 (a)(4) states: "Entry features are the front portion of
the structure which provide door entrance to the dwelling. The height of the entry
feature is measured from the finish floor elevation to the upper portion of any balcony
railings, Dutch gable or other such elements. Entry features, if used, should provide a
sense of arrival, yet should not overpower them or the remainder of the structure. The
scale and proportion of entry features should be consistent with the rest of the structure,
varying just enough to provide a focal point to the front of the house.
As prescribed by the referenced code section, the entry feature has been measured from
the finished floor area to the top of the balcony railing. This distance is 15'6", which is
listed as a prohibit height for eaves and entry features.
Section 70-101 (c)(4) states, that "between 25 percent and 50 percent of total window
opening area on an elevation composed of undivided panes larger than eight square
feet" is "Discouraged." The rear elevation, facing the Intracoastal waterway, for the
master bedroom and family room feature windows exceed eight square feet.
Recommendation
The proposed new construction of a 7,186 -square foot at 960 Indigo Point is consistent with the
applicable provisions of the Town Code if the "Alt. Front Elevation" for the entry feature is used.
As such, we can recommend approval of the subject application only with the specific approval
of the "Alt. Front Elevation."
" A N G L O C A R I B B E A N
G e n e r a l C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
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s l o p e s a r e b e t w e e n 4 : 1 2 a n d 8 : 1 2 a n d a r e t y p i c a l l y h i p r o o f s .
" R o o f o v e r h a n g s w e t y p i c a l l y q u i t e d e e p w i t h e x p o s e d r i f l e r t a d s a n d t h i n e a v e s . O f t e n t h e o v e r h a n g
w i l l k i c k o u t f r o m t h e b e a m a t a s h a l l o w e r r o o f s l o p e t o g i v e t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f a c a n t e d r o o f . T h i s
a l l o w s f o r a s t e e p e r r o o f s l o p e a n d a d e e p e r o v e r h a n g w i t h o u t c o v e t i n g t o o m u c h o f t h e e l e v a t i o n
w i t h r o o f . B r a c k e t s c a n b e u s e d a t t h e o v a h a n g b u t a r e n o t u s e d a s e x t e n s i v e l y a s w i t h t h e F l o r i d a
B t m g a l o w h o u s e .
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a n d m a t e r i a l s . M a s o n r y o r s t o n e i s u s e d o n t h e g r o u n d f l o o r w h i l e w o o d f r a m i n g a n d s i d i n g a r e u s e d
o n t h e s e c o n d f l o o r . T h e f a c a d e c o m p o s i t i o n s a r e t y p i c a l l y s y m m e t r i c a l w i t h l o n g c o v e r e d b a l c o n i e s
a n d p o r c h e s . G r o u n d l e v e l m a s o n r y c o l u m n s o r p i e r s s u p p o r t s e c o n d l e v e l w o o d e n p o s t s .
" E x t e r i o r f i n i s h e s a r e a l m o s t e x c l u s i v e l y l o w e r l e v e l s t u c c o a n d u p p e r l e v e l s i d i n g . C o l o r s t e n d t o b e
s u b t l e w i t h a n e m p h a s i s o n n a t u r a l m a t e r i a l s a n d e a r t h t o n e s . T h c r e i s t h e e x t e n s i v e u s e o f b a l c o n i e s
s u p p o r t e d b y b r a c k e t s , t w o s t o r y p o r c h e s , l o u v e r e d o p e n i n g s a n d s h u t t e r s . D e t a i l i n g a n d
t n n a i m e n a t i o n i s v e r y s i m p l e a n d t e c t o n i c i n i t s u s a g e .
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d e e p a n d c a s t d e e p s h a d o w s a s w e l l a s g i v e t h e i m p r e s s i o n o f t h i c k n e s s a n d s o l i d i t y . W i n d o w s c a n
h a v e d i v i d e d l i g h t s , s i n g l e l i g h t s , a n d m a y b o r r o w l i g h t c o n f i g u r a t i o n f r o m t h e F l o r i d a B u n g a l o w o r
C r a f t s m a n l a n g u a g e s . W i n d o w s a r e m o s t c o m m o n l y d o u b l e - h u n g o r c a s e m e n t . W i n d o w a n d d o o r
s u r r o u n d s , w h e n t h e y e x i s t , a r e m a d e o f s t u c c o , s t o n e , o r w o o d .
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u n d e r t h e p r i m a r y r o o f . L o g g i a s , l i k e i n t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a n R e v i v a l , c a n b e f o u n d o n e i t h e r t h e f i r s t o r
s e c o n d s t o r y . P o r c h e s a r e a u g m e n t e d b y b r a c k e t e d s e c o n d f l o o r b a l c o n i e s .
" C o l u m n s , p o s t s , w o o d e n a n d m a s o n r y b a l u s t r a d e s , a n d b r a c k e t s a r e a l l v e r y c o m m o n e l e m e n t s w i t h i n
t h i s l a n g u a g e . C o l u r m s s a r e e i t h e r s m o o t h a n d r o u n d , o r c a n b e d e t a i l e d a s s q u a r e d m a s o n y p i e r s .
T h e m o s t p r o m i n e n t f e a t u r e o f t h e A n g l o - C a r i b b e a n h o u s e i s t h e c l e a r d i s t i n c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e f a s t
a n d s e c o n d f l o o r s ; b e t w e e n t h e m a s s i v e a n d t h e d e l i c a t e , b e t w e e n m a s o n r y a n d w o o d .
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Renee Basel
From: Marty Minor <MMinor@udkstudios.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 10:28 AM
To: Bill Thrasher
Subject: RE: Herzog residence
Attachments: 960 Indigo Point Review memorandum.pdf
Bill,
Attached for your review is my draft report on the Herzog residence. Please review and please let me know if you have
any questions, concerns, revisions or corrections.
Thank you,
marty
From: Bill Thrasher [mailto:bthrasher@gulf-stream.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 7:35 AM
To: Marty Minor<MMinor@udkstudios.com>
Subject: FW: Herzog residence
Do you have a report?
From: Richard Brummer <rbrummer@amesint.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 5:15 PM
To: Bill Thrasher
Subject: Herzog residence
Good afternoon Mr. thrasher, I got an email from Marty Minor regarding the Herzog residence that he was
done with his review. Please let me know if there is anything you need from us this moment, and if we can stop
by the Town and pick up the paperwork for the August 15th submission..
Thanks for all your help and talk to you soon.
Cordially yours
Richard Brummer
Project Director
Ames International Architecture
Phone 561-274 6444 ext. 2
Fax 561-2746449
www.amesint.com
FL AR 0023002 FL AA 0002307
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MEMORANDUM
TO: William Thrasher
Town Manager
FROM: Marty R.A. Minor, AICP
DATE: August 6, 2015
RE: 960 INDIGO POINT
REVIEW MEMORANDUM
STUDIOS
Urban Planning and Design
Landscape Architecture
Communication Graphics
The following is an analysis of the proposed demolition of an existing house and the construction
of the new house at 960 Indigo Point.
Request
The applicant is seeking Level 3 Architectural Site Plan Approval for a 7,118 -square foot, British
Colonial home on 21,719 square feet (0.498 acres) within Place Au Soleil. According to Palm
Beach County Property Appraiser records, the existing home is 4,716 -square foot in size and was
constructed in 1965.
Land Use & Zoning
EXISTING USE, ZONING AND LAND USE
EXISTING USE
ZONING
FUTURE LAND USE
Subiect Site
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
960 Indigo Point
North
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Single Family Home (955
Indigo Point)
East
OR- Outdoor Recreational
REC (Recreation)
Intracoastal Waterway and
Gulf Stream Golf Course
South
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Canal and Single Family
Home (955 Emerald Row)
West
RS -Place Au Soleil
SF (Single Family)
Single Family Home (940
Indigo Point)
610 Clematis Street
Suite CU02
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.366.1100 561.366.1111 fax
www.udkstudios.com
LCC000035
Project Details
The following is an analysis on how the proposed house addresses the Town's development
standards.
960 Indigo Point
Town Regulation
Proposed Plan
Consistent?
Floor Area Ratio
0.33 for first 20,000
6,944 square feet of
No, Section 70-72 of
square feet of lot
house +523 square
the Town Code
+ 0.20 for portion of
feet of covered
restricts roof
lot over 20,000
overhang for a total
projections above
square feet =
of 7,467 square feet
the FAR limit to 300
6,944 square feet of
is provided on the
square feet. The
house allowed + a
submitted plan. A
FAR limit for this lot
maximum of 300
review indicated an
is 7,244 square feet.
square feet of
overall area of
special exception
7,479 square feet of
coverage. Total area
area.
allowed 7,244
square feet
Building Height
30 feet
30 feet
Yes
Maximum Stories
2 stories
2 stories
Yes
Lot Size
15,000 square feet
21,719 square feet
Yes
Lot Width
40 feet — pie-
55 feet
Yes
shapedlot
Maximum Second
.70 of first floor
2,668 (61%) square
Yes
Floor Area
area
feet
4,395 square feet of
first floor area =
3,076 square feet
allowed on second
floor
Setbacks
Front
30 feet
66 feet
Yes
Side
Total of both side
North setback —15
Yes
setbacks shall be a
feet
minimum of 30% of
South Setback -18
the lot width;
feet, 7 inches
however, no single
Total Side Setbacks
side setback shall be
— 33 feet, 7 inches
less than 15 feet.
Totalsetbacks
required: 33 feet, 7
inches
Rear
30 feet
30 feet
Yes
Parking
2 spaces in garage,
3 spaces in garage,
Yes
2 spaces outside 1
3 spaces outside
Access
Access to the lot will be through Indigo Point, which is a two-lane local street within the Place Au
Soleil neighborhood. The home, which is proposed to be surrounded by a wall and fence, will be
accessed through gated driveway at the entrance to the lot. Landscaping should be incorporated
with the fence design. Elevations of the proposed vehicular gates and surrounding wall will need
to be provided for the Architectural Review and Planning Board and Town Commission review.
Floor Area Ratio
Per Section 70-71 of the Town Code sets the maximum size for a single family home through the
established Floor Area Ratio (FAR) for the subject lot. As indicated in the table above, the
maximum size of the home for the 21,719 square foot lot is 7,244 square feet. The applicant is
indicating the proposed house area is 7,467. The review of the CAD plans indicated an area of
7,479 square feet. The applicant will need to recalculate the FAR for the house in compliance
with Section 70-70 of the Town Code.
Section 70-70, Floor Area Calculation, states "For purposes of computing the floor area ratio,
floor area shall be defined as follows. "Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area of a structure
as measured from the outside of the exterior walls and shall include or exclude the following:
(1) All floor area under a solid roof whether or not the area is enclosed with walls
(i.e., porches, balconies, breezeways, etc.) shall be included.
(2) Areas under awnings with leg supports or those that extend more than three feet
out from a structure shall count as one-half shall be included.
(3) Floor area under ceilings which are higher than 15 feet shall count as double.
(4) Areas under screen enclosures shall count as one-half.
(5) Areas under eaves or roof extensions of 2%: feet or less shall not be included.
(6) Areas in basements shall be included as 75 percent when it is located completely
under the first floor footprint and has no outside entrance. Areas in basements
with an outside entrance shall be included as 100 percent.
(7) Areas in attics that cannot be used for living area shall not be included if the
ceiling height does not exceed 6'/: feet and there are no windows.
The applicant may consider listing or identify the area for each room on the revised floor plan.
Architecture
The proposed home is identified as having a British Colonial architectural style, which is a
preferred architectural style. The Town Code does not provide a description or characteristics of
the British Colonial style.
However, the Landmark Manual, used by the Town of Palm Beach Landmarks Preservation
Committee, does provide a good description of the British Colonial style. This description is
attached for your review and information.
Please note that several elements of the proposed British Colonial home which are not
consistent with the description found in the Town of Palm Beach's Landmarks Commission
description. These missing elements from the traditional British Colonial style are:
• Arches found over entry doors and garden gateways.
• Thick chimneys used to provide grace and strength to the house.
" W o o d s h u t t e r s a r e o f t e n i n c o r p o r a t e d f o r s t o r m p r o t e c t i o n .
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h a s b e e n p r o v i d e d t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r t h e h o m e i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e B r i t i s h C o l o n i a l
a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e . T h e a p p l i c a n t w i l l n e e d t o a d d r e s s h o w t h e p r o p o s e d h o m e c a n b e c l a s s i f i e d
a s b e i n g p a r t o f a B r i t i s h C o l o n i a l a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e .
T h e p r o p o s e d e a v e h e i g h t s e x c e e d t h e "