Architectural Appearance Co
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Architectural Appearance Committee
Meeting Date: July 6, 2021
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DOWNTOWN POMPANO APARTMENTS
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Request: Major Site Plan
P&Z# 17-12000018
Owner: Adam Adache
Project Location: NE 2nd Street and NE 1st Avenue
Folio Number: 484235250120
Land Use Designation: DPTOC
Zoning District: DPOD (Downtown Pompano Overlay District)
Commission District:|910|Agent: Adam Adache
Project Planner: Pamela Stanton
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Summary:
The applicant is requesting approval for various building appearance changes, and for Vernacular or Superior Design Alternative. The Major Building Design was approved by the Architectural Appearance Committee on October 26, 2017, to construct a ten-story mixed-use building with residential units, ground-floor commercial/retail space, a parking garage, on-street parking and landscaping improvements.
The applicant is requesting approval for the following proposed changes:
* Replacement of mesh balcony railings with horizontal ones;
* Replacement of the stone finish along the colonnade with scored stucco;
* Removal of the glazing at the decorative rooftop (beacon) structures so the frames are 'open to sky';
* Relocation of some rooftop planters from the pool deck to the fifth floor roof on the south elevation; and
* Replacement of the approved clear glass to glazing with a grey tint.
The applicant is also requesting approval for Vernacular or Superior Design Alternative for relief from Section 155.3501.O.2.h.ii.g), which requires that active uses (nonresidential or residential lobby) on the ground floor must have the glazed area with a minimum visible light transmittance of 75% and a maximum reflectance of 15%. The applicant is proposing that the residential lobby and retail window area on the south side of the building to have a grey tint storefront. Vernacular or Superior Design Alternative Option #5 has been selected to apply to the project. Option #5 is that the project proposes conspicuous...
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