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record please stand by we are going on air in 5 4 3 2 1 good morning and welcome to the February meeting of the city of my beach design review board um we have a bunch
of new members here today and I'd like to start the meeting by welcoming welcoming them formally and asking if or is it okay if I start with a welcome sure okay um asking if they could introduce themselves and maybe give us a
very brief bio start hello my name is keil Lester I am originally from Washington DC area moved to Mii Beach about three years ago I have a Construction and design engan background working in commercial construction for the past 12 years I've
been a design manager for the past three years now and I just love Urban Development and Urban Design so I up your board and got accepted so here I am well thank you very much welcome
thanks good morning Gabriel p i Am by here as a resident representative um appointed uh since I've done multiple boards here at the city of Miami Beach uh the day job I am the director for
Miami day counties lgbtq Community um their PR person for lgbtq Affairs at Miami day County and I'm glad to be here thank you thank you very much and welcome um
proceed sure um let's start by taking attendance um and I'll just do a do a roll call so we have some new members um uh Miss Baki here Mr dender here miss Giller Nelson here Mr Lester here miss
Luen here and Mr P P P here president uh we have a quorum I can confirm we have a quorum um the next item would be City attorney updates good morning everyone today's
meeting of the design review board has been scheduled in a hybrid format with Quorum of the board physically present in the commission Chambers at the Miami Beach City Hall and applicants staff and members of the public appearing either in person or virtually via the zoom platform webinar in order to participate
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truth and nothing but the truth right you may okay you may proceed okay um the next item of the agenda is something we have to do at the beginning of every year would be the selection of chair and vice chair
um so the term lasts for a year this is the first meeting of the year so um we would need to appoint a chair and a vice chair and and we can accept a motion um for somebody or or uh or if you'd like we can pass out a slip of paper and and
you can write it down either way does do we what what's normally done is there a piece of paper paper or um I've seen both uh somebody can just make a motion nominating an individual if there's a second and then we just have a
take a take a quick do we have members that are interested yeah and you're the chair now yes and you're still able to be chair one more year so I nominate you thank you okay I'll second okay all those in favor I I
any opposed okay uh and then Vice chair um the vice chair is currently Mr dender I'd like to renominate Mr defer the nomination cannot come from the chair unfortunately are you interested also in
continuing your okay so we nominate Mr tiffen for so moved okay do we have a second oh we have a motion by Miss W second by Mr Pi um all those in favor I I any opposed okay motion
passes congratulations thank you very much everyone okay for another vote of all right um so with that said I guess we can move along to the request for continuances um we have two requests for continuances the first one is drb2
24-104 that's 1500 Bay Road um the request came from the applicant they're working out some issues with um tenants within the building and so they requested that the item be continued to the March 13th meeting make a motion okay uh do we have a second
second second okay motion by Mr Defender for second by miss bua all those in favor hi hi hi all right motion passes uh the next item is 4880 Pine Tree Drive um this is an item that was coming for before the board for
an increase in the height um just two feet so that they could get to 28 feet um the item now can be approved administratively as a result of the ordinance that passed last week uh regarding understory homes um so as a result the applicant is requesting that the item remain on the agenda just in
case there's anything that we missed um so that we don't need to be Ren noticing the item um but it's likely that it would be withdrawn next week so I actually am an interested party in that Cas and I would like to speak so um is that okay
or um okay I guess if you if you'd like to open the public hearing for the item sure um do we first have to approve the minutes of December 10th oh I apologize yes okay yeah so I make a motion to approve the me minutes of December 10th
and were there not January meeting uh the January meeting technically didn't take place so there are no minutes for the meeting I problem I'll second that okay all those in favor
I um any post no motion passes okay back to uh drb4 1068 okay yeah it's just we don't have to read anything yet no okay good morning everyone my name is uh
Beth Colleen Martin I am the neighbor to the north of 4880 um this issue actually came before you in 2020 and under the doctrines of res
judicata it cannot come back in front of you again done and it cannot actually be administratively approved without going before the drb because this board made a ruling granting some waivers and denying
some waivers and the applicant did not appeal that decision so this request right now where they're asking for a second bite of the Apple because they were granted some waivers the last time you
were they were in front of you in 2020 and they were denied the height increase they were asking for a 4ot height increase and they were they were denied all but one foot so this
property appears to be about it's a private house but it appears to be about the height of the JCC it is extremely out of cohesive cohesive with the neighborhood it is not
not conducive to a overall neighborhood plan and we argued this four years ago and the board in all its wisdom spent an immense amount of time going through the plans going through
what they were asking for they were asking for in addition to the building is almost 50t tall my house is 24t tall the neighbor on the south side is 24 ft tall the house across the street just spent
millions of dollars renovating the historic property that is also 28 ft tall up and down the street there is nothing this tall it is huge it is obtrusive it is offensive and there's
no reason they need it because they have a 13t understory already they have on their first floor they have 13 foot ceilings plus they have two feet of flooring under story so 13 + 13
plus two plus the second story is also very very tall I think it's 12 or 13 plus they have a rooftop Deck with an elevator and that of course projects and the the lot um and I'm sorry I'm going
to pass out thank you so if you look at this first picture on here this is the drawing that I did four years ago when this came before
you this was their plan and their request for the waiver that you denied so first of all this cannot be administratively approved
under any new waivers they still need a waiver for you they still need a waiver and that waiver was denied and under the very very long-established doctrine of res judicata they can't have this height
increased because you denied it and they did not appeal and that's the way the legal process works is if they didn't like it they could have appealed to a higher court and that would have gone in I would have had the right to speak at each and every one of those hearings
because I am detrimentally affected by how giant this project is already it's not just a 4 foot increase or a TW foot increase or a three- foot increase and they're actually offering asking for a three- foot it is the
entire project needed waivers over and across the board so my house is the 4890 the 24 foot tall one that is on the bottom right the neighbor to the South is the 24 foot tall one that is on the
left side their house and by the way this is two scale this is how giant this project is how oversized this project is they have and
I'm estimating it's about a it's about a 3,000 square foot Hardscape deck on the first level which is not perious it is impervious and it is it is going to cause so much rain
overflow into the neighboring properties they have a raised pool that is 13 feet high and then they have their pool deck and their their shade um their wood Spike Shades um which go
next to my property over the 13t high pool that go another 13t F feet taller than my house the Second Story which is technically the third story because there's an under story which they were asking for 3,000 square feet of exercise
room and they have changed it to removable panels so the minute this house is finished those panels can be put up and brought down and put up and brought down so that they can enclose the under story The everything they're asking for
is over over the top and over the ma Max and and they can't ask for the 3et because they did not appeal it so if you turn to the second page this is a current photo uh you can see my
house to the right it's a little white house with a red roof and you can see their lot and you can see their drilling rig their drilling rig right here is about 120 140 ft back from the front of
the property that is how high their property is going to be from the street they have a slower a lower front that you guys made the move back because they had it right on the road
and then right after that this goes up to 48 ft and some things aren't counted some things are but they're asking for something that they need a waiver for and they were denied a waiver for
and this goes the lot is 200 feet deep so this goes from 20 feet from the front of the property to 30 feet to the back of the property 48t
tall which means not only does my pool not have sun on it ever in the winter in the summer my house will not get sun my windows will not have sun shining in them the neighbor to the north of me actually
has Shadows cast on their property during the original hearing I presented a shadow study and we shouldn't have to be going through all that again because you guys denied this um this basically makes my
property worthless so in addition um I'm going to have to yeah sure ask you to maybe speed up yes in addition if you turn to the third page this is their survey that they've
presented but if you look at their original project and I didn't print this out because I figured they would be here with their project instead of trying to skirt you guys and go administratively their property is 105 ft wide at the front
105 they took a foot and a half of my property they removed over 55 trees some of them 20t tall they removed several Citrus they removed a black olive they removed
uh a Fran jaon they removed so much of my vegetation and they if you if you look the next survey is my property and you can see I've highlighted two two areas one which
shows their construction fence a foot into my property and that's the the Highlight that says 1.0 and you can see that chain link fence a foot into my property where they removed all of my Landscaping without a permit they did not have a permit to remove my Landscaping because they cannot pull a
permit to remove my landscaping and then next to my pool I have on my property a six- foot chain link fence that six- foot chain link fence is mine it is on my side of the property line and they in in
their plans and their permit application are asking to remove that claiming it's on their side so in their plans and you can see it in the in the file they have noted on their setback and design page a
property that is 106 ft wide it is not 106 ft wide and that is false and they've submitted that full well knowing that it's 105 feet so that needs to be corrected then and I will stop in two seconds okay thank you the other the other pictures are pictures of where the
property line is and where their fence went if you turn the page you see four pictures you see their fence post a foot actually it's like 16 inches into my wall you see my original hedge and then
the next page at the very last page you see my original Hedges removed okay they have cut my because they marked the property incorrectly to get the setback difference they cut my gas line so I
spent 3 weeks without gas before I figured out that my neighbor cut it they put a camera I hate to cut you off but you're you're out of time okay I'm going to say one more sentence and then I'll be finished they put a camera on my pool and filmed me for several months on my
pool and they had a fire they they are Noto appropriately handling this they had a fire and we had to use my water hose to put the fire out so that my house didn't catch fire and my neighbor's houses didn't catch fire this
should not be we hand I'm sorry we've given you more than 10 minutes this is my last sentence this should not be handled administratively because it is barred by res judicata this cannot be relitigated this three foot height
increase is a no and they didn't appeal and I am forced to go to the highest court that I'm forced to enforce my rights which were solidified at that hearing okay thank you very much thank you um let me ask you you know I mean
this was my concern with the change in the ordinance not allowing the public to come forth with these issues how what is our next step what is your next step what how do you advise so so last Monday the city commission approved an ordinance that allows for understory homes to be approved administrative
um it modified some height restrictions so in several areas in The rport District in particular the maximum height limit was actually brought down to 28 feet and as well as in the RS3 District um the the code does allow that RS3 properties that have a lot size over
I believe 18,000 square feet are allowed to to um to go up to 31 ft and this lot does comply with that so what can happen it now is the applicant can vacate the prior drb order and they can submit for a building permit to achieve that extra height administratively staff will
review that um uh for compliance with the code make sure that everything uh complies with what's in the code including uh design criteria that staff has to follow um and if they comply with everything that can be approved administratively uh moving forward so
yeah what about the concerns that she has about the encroachment and and is that something that you deal with or Code Compliance we will look to make sure that the that what is built complies with the setbacks that are on the plans and with the setbacks that are in the code our inspectors will go out
before the property gets a certificate of occupancy so that's something that we will make sure of I'm sure if there's construction happening now there may be Framing and other things that appear to be encroachments that once the building is done those those those get removed um so maybe some of those issues go away
once the construction is done um but with the construction ongoing um it's it's it's hard to tell at this this is one of the issues that came up with a house we had a couple months ago that they provided a service showing um that those encroachments are are just temporary for for construction um ladders and different
things and framing for the concrete to pour the concrete and things like that that get removed and then you know moving forward to advise people again neighbors who do have concerns to air their concerns to write a letter how because I think that these are very valid concerns I know um I had a similar
thing happened when they developed a property behind my house they accidentally took down all of my f as well um so how can you know resid concerned residents make their voices heard when they do have concerns like what's the is there a process for that
yet the so the the ordinance did require that there be a posting um indicating um that there was an application and they have the and it does have the um the requirement that they have contact information for the property owner so they can reach out directly to the property owner but they're always free
to email staff and and and we can take their concerns under advisement we do have design criteria that we can use to perhaps request additional landscaping or or other issues that may help mitigate the circumstance can okay so administrative so the building the planning department staff is who they
can reach out to yes you feel free to email us your concern yeah and that okay I'll I'll I'll check them out I'll I'll make sure that that um that your emails are coming through I haven't seen any myself but while I will double check Ro Helio so the postings
that now will appear on homes that are requesting and story that no longer have to come to this board as a result of the commission uh ordinance change last meeting um does have the posting that states not only the resident's name or
the property owner's name but the contact that City Hall um I I haven't seen one yet but I I assume it will have c contact information it could be difficult that's I think we need to this just passed last week so I think we need to work out these details but um but I I presume
that would be my recommendation that have the name uh and contact number for the person that's a good suggest now I just quickly while the person was the uh Jason donor was looking at this um there was an issue as to the width of the
property it's listed here as 105 for what it is worth according to the property appraisal it's 102.5 width of the lot so um that may have caused maybe if property appraisal records are correct that may have caused
some of the problems with um trees being removed and chain Ling fences being removed from the owner's adjacent owner's property also just to make sure so this um new ordinance basically also
changed the height um allowing it to go to 24 feet in height if it has an understory 20 28 fet with an understory which was which was the same code before it allowed 28 ft and and the drb could approve additional height 31 F feet in
height with an understory if it's a bigger property a bigger lot in the RS3 districts that in I'm sorry in the RS3 District RS4 district is always 28 ft okay and now this lot according to
this just to understand it or this property based on this drawing um has a total up to the top of the elevator roof of um 26 ft um I'm sorry up to the up to this line
here of 26 feet which is right before the elevator cab and that's that line here and then there's another 8 ft for the elevator making it a total of 34 what am I missing here story is this
this height measurement that you're looking at in this in this handout is not measured from the base flood elevation plus the freeboard which is where we start measuring from um and and the Bas and how much more would that be I I can't tell I'd have to open the the
plans so that's what adds to the 34 ft in height the underst story and the freeboard yeah when it says 28 ft that's not that does not include the underst story it's 28 ft plus whatever the under story it does include part of the underst story so the underst story typically goes above the base flood
elevation plus the freeboard um so part of it is typically included it's it maybe not the whole thing but part of the end story will be included in that high limit so how what's the easiest way to know exactly what if you're standing in front of the building on the street from the base to the top how how do we
know what that is it varies because it depends on the elevation of the ground the base flood elevation is is eight ngvd um minim and then you have a free board that can be up to 5 feet and so depending on where the grade is on a property that that can vary depending on
the sidewalk elevation it can vary so it's it's I can't tell you Citywide what that's going to be and that's why it's not sidewalk elevation is six feet and that's why it's not fixed ever you know because it would be a lot easier for us if when you gave us the heights of things it would be from the ground to
the top as opposed to this plus BFE and freeboard that plus like all of that you know it would just I I don't know I don't I think that's part of your question to yeah when the next one comes up U that needs our approval it needs to
state where the height is actually going to start being counted from because you just said it includes uh it does not include the 24 ft or the um if if or the 31 ft does not include the base flood
elevation plus the freeboard and every base flood elevation is different depending on the street and the freeboard is usually one foot so so I believe this is City requires but you're saying it can be up to a free board of 5T the the architecture plans that we require do
have that information I believe this is something their under story is 13 drawn separately plus 2 feet of floor so I have a question though because I didn't get to ask we had variances Andor waivers previously are those still in effect yes so waivers still have to come
to the drb so the next item that's going to come before the board has a waiver the waivers on this project though is what I'm saying this waiver I did when I looked at the plans I did not see any waivers anymore it previously had a height waiver that was part of the code that that's now no longer because whoever cares who's listening I remember
this and I remember being very supportive of an underst story we were very to your disappointment saying this is just the way of the world happening yes this woman is under a horrible situation where her pool if I remember is to the very north of her prop very south of her property her pool's
completely shaded now she's right her pool and yard is completely ruined so part of the waivers and variances we asked them to move the house farther to the South South um and and again with a code whoever's listening whoever cares out
there this idea that we don't count the things on the roof in addition to it is ridiculous because this happens every time you have people coming to this board saying well it's maybe 24 or 28 ft but then let's add another six or eight
feet for elevator stuff and all this crap on the roof and before you know it the building is six stories tall in a twostory neighborhood MH so this is what a big problem with our code commissioner you're here I just we we've it's so frustrating to the boards and to
Residents to not have it all out there in the open that you can add this other stuff on the roof and make even higher than 28 feet so this is a this is a thing that we're not we just don't seem to be addressing it straight on so and
and just for clarification I'm sorry just at least for me and hopefully for others um the ordinance that was amended um basically still requires waivers and um
um the other word Varian variances to come before drb but under stories in single family homes do not have to come to drb which is basically um similar different architecture different architecture of other styles don't come
to drb but commercial underst stories do have to come to drb okay yeah this this only applies to the single family District so anything rm1 and above still comes to drb and anything with a waiver will continue to come to drb so the item that we're going to hear next is an understory home it has a waiver so it
has to be approved by drb any other questions so yeah oh you know what I have to close the have a question is are you telling me that they're dismissing the approved permit and going to submit another one a new
one they will likely vacate the drb order and just submit for a building perit okay I would like to be copied on all of the legal and I will forward to you a notice of appearance for that I'm going to request we need to move on with the meeting to have get in touch with
them directly so for what do you need us to do now do you need us to do the continuance if you can vote to continue the item they'd like to keep it on the agenda right now but they may they will likely withdraw it before the next meeting I vote to continue make a motion to continue the item till the next
meeting in March second I'll second Motion in a second motion by m Bui second by Mr dender all those in favor I any oppos no motion passes I'd like is as a general considering the concerns that the boards
have had when you do review it you know please take those concerns about the height into consideration thank you very much okay um moving on to previously continued applications okay so um
the next item drb 24-10 38 it's 1265 North biscane Point Road this application has been filed requesting design review approval for the construction of a new two story residence with an under story level including one or more waivers to replace an existing
residents okay so this oh you going to say something oh I was just gonna um ask the board uh before the petitioner um before the applicant presents whether uh any of you have received any experted Communications in regarding this appliation all right you may proceed okay so this is an item that's been
before the board before it's been continued um for a few months they uh the first time they came before the board um there were some concerns regarding the massing of the home in particular the second floor um that it would be uh two imposing on the street
and two imposing for the neighborhood um as a result of the concerns the applicant has revise the front facade um in order to step back that second level uh with they had a a screening uh bre solay in the front that they uh revised reduced the height of it um that has
significantly improved the design um so they've lowered the the um the louvers on the front facade to minimize the scale and massing they've provided larger windows on the second floor into the facade that are more visible um given the and given the reduced scale of the louvers it works really well um and
then the second floor of the west elevation was further recessed by 2 and 1/2 ft to create a larger balcony that extends along the majority of the facade um and this also has the effect of reducing the unit size slightly by 91 Square F feet um and so as a result staff is staff is very supportive of the
changes and staff recommends that the uh the application be reviewed subject to the conditions in the attached traft order I believe the applicant will be uh showing a slight change uh to the facade um and so I'll let them describe it and and go through their presentation I had
I had a quick conversation with commissioner Suarez about under stories and this house was an example but that I didn't didn't say that before Oh is a disclosure okay yeah no problem good morning we have one member of our team that still needs to be sworn
in good morning all my name is Edwin par and I'm part of the jodan team the architect firm of the house do we need we need the our architect to be sworn in before we get started yes do you swear or affirm that the
testimony that you will be giving in this proceeding is a truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes correct all right thank you you may proceed good morning Matt amster with the L of burkow Rell fernandz Lin and tapenz uh offices at 200 South biscan Boulevard in Miami here today
representing 1265 nbp LLC uh which is the uh applicant and owner of this property and in fact the the ownership is really yanak gay sitting in the front row uh our team here and we do have a slideshow if you could please bring that up uh Edwin PDA from yoden uh on Zoom is
also uh go to the next slide Renee Gonzalez um part of our design team uh Andres Montero is our landscape architect uh and my colleague is here um Mike lianopoulos who handed out um our
proposed change to the front wall we'll get into that um welcome to the new members um and uh I'll in recognition of your hearing this for the first time we might give a brief overview of the whole project just to make sure you are aware
of the entirety but we were here in October uh appreciate the comments that the board received uh addressed them and rahelio laid it out very well uh we feel that we've uh made appropriate revisions uh we did come last month to be heard uh while there was no Quorum uh the three
members that were here were gracious enough to uh informally listen to us and uh we appreciate that uh because we also got uh some additional feedback and that's actually where the front wall comes into play uh this slide shows you our location right where the property in
yellow um we reached out to our nearest neighbors uh and obtained three letters of support um go back just a second uh the the homes number one and uh the home to our uh East which is uh towards between us and number three um is
actually under construction was difficult to get a hold of them um numbers one and that home to basically on both sides of us are new homes approved by this board in the past U with underst stories so and as well as you can see across the street uh the dry
lot there is another home under construction so the area is being redeveloped and uh we are in context because essentially those two additional homes have under stories next to us um next slide so why don't we go to the renderings to I'm going to turn it over
to Edwin to give you again that overview of the project for the new members yep I think this is great and then we'll discuss our changes good morning all uh um well the new uh new constrution home if of two
story levels features a uh on the story level right uh the first habit table level is located in an elevation of 17 ft approximately okay the first level it features all the common areas of the uh the house and the second level includes
all the ER petons areas of the hubs right the front elevation um includes a AR contemporary designs that uh reveal of features are combine H verticals and
horizontal elements and the fat is a framing with some monolitic elements on both sides and the design also features a symetric h composition okay uh the main interest of the house
is is located H right in the center of the um the front facade that leads to a um interior codar that is connected with the indoor areas of the house here is a view of the H coar this
codar is open to the front er um to the front and the East H size of the of the property and the same way that card is also connected to to the to the east side okay through a corridor I will show
you in a in the video you will so you will see the configuration of the of the space you also have some other views okay and this is the rear facade which H it is Implement like a a more
open H design okay all the common areas on the bedrooms and the upper FL uh Upper Floor are open to the ocean view okay uh with are integrated uh cover teras on both levels okay why don't you go back
earlier now to discuss the the changes keep going a few more I think one more right right so this is the original proposal and what we show here is the
different depths that we have with all the components that are in the front facade as you see uh we have different like um depths on the distance on the the placement that all these elements are positioned uh the red ones are the
luers uh the green ones are the molic elements that frame the facade H the gellot uh identify the uh the glass partitions and also the main front H
door of the house okay I'm sorry the yellow on the top of the yes the yellow in includes the the glazing partitions the store front of the bedrooms as well as the main door of
the house okay good so um this is a comparation between the before and after and the new um the new elevation we will see it on the rendering in a few well just a spend a second to make sure it's clear to everyone um you know the left side the
louvers were very much taller covering a majority of the facade and the windows behind them were also much more like clear story type of design for the second floor and so not only have the louvers if you look at the right uh have been reduced significantly in height uh
but the windows on the second floor are basically you know full story Windows uh which does now mimic the same window pattern on the sides in the rear you know the same pattern of the entire home those are the largest changes that
we've made here um continue when we when they're done we'll have time for the board to ask questions thanks the west elevation we also incorporate a balcony all the way to the
so the the upper H size is set back uh 2 fet and a half so it's is like to integrate the Interior Space to the outdoor okay yeah this side which is the west side we're requesting the waiver of additional open space um we have
obviously the understory itself is fairly open at the bottom uh and then we have a full-on corridor that goes east west through the home sure right where the cursor is being shown um however there's you know um habitable space above that rather
than a full-on opening um as the code guides us to provide without asking for a waiver so in order to assist with um providing um again more privacy more articulation and changes in plane uh we
have pushed since the original design pushed uh that balcony on the second floor you can probably see it better in the next slide uh to provide again uh you can see at the bottom right the the brown areas uh are that balcony uh with an extend of uh you know many feet set
back from U the wall of the building uh below so that we further accentuate and that's how through design of openness at the ground level balconies uh but with just railings and a push back uh second wall um there's a lot of change there it
brings our home further away from our neighbor that neighbor has provided support but still we provided this additional um setback uh to accommodate the waiver and ALT hold uh I believe we're only you know we're not I don't
even think we're 10 feet wider than the there's a 60ft width when this waiver applies we are not too far away from that um with the home it is a small lot uh so we have that extensive you know balcony at the rear uh which does
provide openness when you're vieing it from the side uh so collectively we feel that that's uh improving our side elevation for the waiver this is a scem of What U mat you said about the different depths that we
have on the on the facade okay so views of the overall geometric of the building this is um contest elevation with the neighbors okay and these are their proposed already
approved and under at least the the I think they're both in permit uh one under construction already all right these are the same renderings one should go to the a few more slides later as the before and after from the rendering no the other
direction keep going okay good great so um the new proposal the revised proposal of the front facad address all the previous comments um first the monolitic elements were
redefined and were slightly H reduced on on the overall composition so they look more slick than the previous proposal also the lubers were reduc it in in size and not only in in height but also and
the um on the base of the elements okay they're going to go not all the way to the top but it's a um to a minimum high for a railing and the upper levels uh the veteran has access to that balcony as well okay we also incorporate the
glazing H St front and the upper level which create more permeability and transparence to the facade okay so H we believe that this uh chains keep you know the aesthetic of the building but also complying with with the suggest comments from the previous uh meeting
okay um you want to maybe mention this materials oh yeah of course uh um you see the composition of the elements that we have proposed in the facade uh first one here in the top is the composite material that we plan to use on the
outdoor ceilings on the balconies um this is a stocko plaster okay that's going to be used on the overall walls of the all the facades uh the glazing material and this is the clading that we intend to use for the
monolithic elements okay um the the metal the aluminum H finish that is going to be integrated on the roof line and also on the lubers right uh the wood finish for the main door okay and this
is the material for the papers and and driveway and what's the material for the and this is the new fence that you're proposing it is intended to use aluminum material it have to much the the same finish of the roof so the design is you know
consistent but just one minute more to that's exactly where we are next is to uh you know your handout is uh we had an insightful comment from our informal meeting last month that uh the front wall certainly as you go towards the west side which is the left when you're
looking at the front uh was uh needing more character so Edwin why don't you explain these so proposal that uh we um we are Incorporated some open space with this elements throughout
the the the the front fence right so we have a like a a combination of of a mid of these elements for the gate and also other uh knee walls H with the same material that we are using and the m
elements in the front fa okay so that was a a really great comment um the owner actually appreciate that and has gone forward and and will um basically ask for approval of the project including uh the design of that front
wall um and we would profer a condition that you know subject to what we have handed out today at the hearing subject to review by staff uh we we think that that is a a great Improvement so with that all we have uh is the a short
video I know at the October meeting there was a request to have a 3D animated uh version to give a bit more uh understanding of the project so if uh staff could show the video uh and then that would conclude our
presentation and this is the old wall yes the difference you can see the difference here we previously was a solid wall all all through now you have some op uh space okay and you can see that open courtyard on the first floor which is the upper right so here you now looking from the
East side looking to the West that was a this is the open Corridor and uh lots of open it at the front and just uh we respectfully request approval with our amended front wall and a condition
to utilize that in our final approval we're here to answer any questions you may have okay thank you is there anyone from the audience wishing to speak M of the public no I'm now going to close the public portion and open it up to no answer okay I'm going to open it
up to the board for discussion um at one point when we get to the when we're talking about the waiver for the side I think for the sake of the new people maybe explain what that is um but I'd like to you have some questions to ask the applicant I just said one question I
guess has been the new member I wasn't sure what was the original issue with the full height horizontal louvers on the front facade is it I can address that we thought it was a little too imposing for the context of the neighborhood okay and um yeah okay as
the we didn't have a quorum in January so there I think there were only three of us here here that day uh maybe two I don't recall but um we just thought it would be a good um change um and we gave them informal input into some of the
changes that we thought would be required once it came for a formal uh review and presentation and then we also asked about maybe cutting up the wall in the front Fortress like the horizontal can you pass around the
material board yeah Scott I have to say that that just the the the louers being shorten made such a difference in the approachability of the house I think it it looks so much less Fortress likee so and the wall as
well so thank you for that yes and I I'll just continue to say I thank you and first we apologize we didn't have a quorum last month but uh we thank you for taking to Heart the comments that were given the recommendations uh which were just that recommendations
and I think they have improved the overall appearance of the front of your home and we hope that you like it better as well um I think it just makes it more open and inviting um and still keeps the same idea of your architectural design
um so we thank you for that as well as the openings on the front wall um that we're done as as far as the side um 60 foot length um requirement that it
have a um opening uh maybe Ro Helio can explain that for the purposes of the new members sure the the code has a requirement that you have a twostory volume that exceeds 60 feet in length that you have an open courtyard um in
that within that to break up that space and that requirement for the open courtyard is that it have a depth of at least 8 feet that it be regular in shape so typically a a rectangular shape um and that it be fully open to the sky so from the ground all the way up it has to be fully open to the sky no overhangs
nothing uh can encroach into that at the ground level it it does allow you to have some mechanical equipment some other things but generally the idea is that you have a break up the mass because that is such a strict requirement the code does allow the drb to wave that requirement um assuming
they meet the intent so the intent is to break up that facade so you don't end up with a huge Mass uh wall uh adjacent to the property so um in this case they're exceeding that length by 9 feet and though they don't have that open courtyard the the that facade is broken up it's not a solid wall it has Windows
it has a balcony it has um other other features that make that wall interesting um so because of because of the fact that they have all these elements and the the uh excess Beyond 60 ft is so minimal staff is supportive of the waiver thank you Ro Helio and I think
that that as you said the intent is being met although not to the letter but the intent of breaking up that wall on the side um I don't know if it's South north west of the house it does break up that wall and create an openness not
just a concrete block thank you you're welcome yeah I'll just say thank you um for for listening to the comments in in January 2 um yeah I think you know wasn't expecting our feedback maybe to be incorporated because it was simply a suggestion but honestly it it looks
excellent I think that this is really inviting to the the streetcape and um just opens the house up more um and brings a cohesive nature to the front facade too so um yes I'm in support thank you Gabriel do you have any comments
okay good I like it um so I too um it was refreshing to see um first of all I I really like the fence that was made that's Justin thank you very much and and I think it really needed it because I like thank you for passing around the materials I like the texture but it is
very heavy um so that was that was really nice and I think it you know it sort of gives an introduction to a bit of lightness and heaviness which um you know the sort of brutalism it is about playing with that um I have I and I
appreciated the video because I I kept thinking that that interior Courtyard was on the ground floor but I see it's not one of the questions that I had and maybe this is for staff you keep showing it as grass I don't understand how grass is going to grow there it's going to be
artificial grass you cannot put grass inside I'm sorry I can't hear you Sor it's going to be ar artificial grass you cannot put reg real grass over there it's not going to grow okay that was okay that was my one concern but the plantings that you showed are going to be actual plants or they're going to be
fake plants I mean because I know you can go we're going to have a study to put real plants but we're going to see if it's feasible or not because you're facing sves so you have a lot of a lot of sun and they might burn so we're going to see we're going to we're going to study it to see which way but okay
another if we put fake plant they're going to look yeah more than real um and then just so it's this is where the okay thank you for that and then the other thing that I wasn't sure about is there a garage door or how can you explain
that cuz some of the photos had a solid some of it didn't yes it's we have a g just under the CER okay and the Finish is intend to be the same as the at the rest of the walls so seamless that was my con okay that was my concern too cuz
I've seen that done wrong so I'm glad to see that that's not that and just to clarify it's 13t 7 in further setback from the front setback so it's not at the building wall of the courtyard where those Planters would be and the louvers
it's it's 13 and2 ft further back yeah and then and again it I mean it also seems right there that you have another section underneath the understory with grass yeah I don't think it's grass no
it's not grass yes but it's not grass it's the same intent that we have on the card but it's use an open space is connected with the the side sets because it's open right I mean in this section yes it's probably part of you know the
rendering but it's intend to be use uh like uh vings that connect to from the front to the like open space and underneath okay but it's it's so it's going to be um pervious pavers okay just
just making sure that let me ask you question so I I I appreciate the um reduction of the louvers um and even the wings and I do think that it's it's better um I was did you experiment with having I
guess I'm going to call them the wings the same height as the fencing or the and how was that we we did 20 different version of it and it looked extremely strange extremely
strange like we we we we really did a lot of versions this way took us a little bit longer to come back uh and it looked really strange and you mentioned that you made these Wings thinner yes yeah okay sort
of lightness also for the second floor you you said that we R you saw that obviously that we reduced the the louvers but we actually reworked the whole second floor to to the left side so which is whatever whatever
North West sorry the west side was much more solid so we completely opened it we moved the the the balcony all the way around that we didn't have before so really to address the 68 ft that we have
and also the heaviness of the of the second floor so instead of trying to put the to put the the wing as you call them lure which really when they send it to me I said I'm sorry we can we cannot do that we need to find a better way to try
to open it by changing this uh the whole West the whole left side when you look at the house from the front so it it broke up the 60 ft requirement even further exactly yeah and it it seems to
you know what I like is that in the front facade there's a lot more Dimension to it with the set back back so I I think that um yeah I think that this is nice to see thank you for that and then you also mentioned the um there's a really nice detail in the roof
line that you're having the aluminum you're also going to put that on the big white louvers as well is that what you said or no they're going to be solid white we can develop that in the future but right now it's just a rectangular l so then we can discuss but it's rectangular okay
um there was something I was going to say and I just I think you discussed using the roof line material as well on the fence entrance the wall yeah did no I I appreciate that you um revised it and I think that this is is
much improved um I would also like to add um an amendment to the the order that the materials that were being shown are indeed the ones that are going to be used okay I believe there's conditions already in the order that call out
specific materials um yes um so Roman numeral I so any of the board members have any other comments D1 B sorry C D E and F all talk about and
even G as a general catch all talk about our materials the design consistent what we would need is a is a condition regarding the fence um that that there be um that the plans be revised to be consistent with the um
wall that was presented today okay I'll make a motion to approve with the condition that the plans are amended to reflect the new the new fence I second second a motion okay we have a
a motion by Miss Leen second by Miss Bui um all those in favor I I any opposed no motion passes thank you thank you very much congratulations you very much moving on to the next item on the
agenda Erb 24 drb 24 1049 1470 Lin Terrace an application has been filed requesting design review approval and a variance after the fact for the placement of air conditioning equipment with a required interior sidey
setback okay so um this is an item it's um it's a small apartment building located on Lincoln Terrace it is in the rm2 uh residential multif family medium intensity District um the uh applicant was um doing some updates to the
building and installed a central air conditioning unit in the sidey yard um the the required side setback does not allow for central air conditioners as an encroachment in the arm2 district they are allowed in single family districts they allowed in the arm1 district but unfortunately they're not allowed in the
arm 2 District um that is something that uh the city is looking at potentially changing to to take into account these situations um so they they essentially have no other place where the air conditioner could be located the the the uh I believe the roof is pitched um so
there's no no ability to place it on the roof the building is existing The Bu it's a building that was built in 1950 um it was likely originally built with wall air conditioners and and so they've been updating it to central air conditioning um so they they essentially have no other place where this could go so as a result they need a variance
uh from the required sidey setback um and staff is supportive of the of the variants good morning board Camila Soro consultant for the property owner and just like roio explained um this is an after Thea um
legalization um that would lead to a 40-year recertification of the property and the closure of several violations so we appreciate your approval and of the request and we also have our architect that can um explain any
technical details that you may need hi good morning my name is Paula arizola I'm a PA architecture and design I'm working with the owner on U legalization of uh the location of these existing air conditioning units and I
have a presentation uh 1470 Lincoln Terrace and uh I will show you the the location and then I'll will skip to the S plan so that we can see where these um air conditioning units
are located so this is uh just locating it on the road on 14 on uh Lincoln Terrace and on this side plan you'll see on the each side of the property towards the back um these are
the three units that we are discussing I have a closeup this is a the where you can see them in elevation on the East Elevation and in this section we have a close-up
of of the area so are we are requesting a variance to reduce the interior size setback by 2 Fe 4 in so you still have ample space to reach the rear side of the property and H will allow us to keep
the units plus the screening that is currently installed in the the property this is a picture of what the units look like if you see uh the view from the adjacent property the units are screened off
and um we still have enough space to walk around a to towards the rear of the property and um this variance diagram again shows that the required setback is
7 fo6 and we are requesting uh to be reduced to a 5 foot2 a interior setback and that concludes the presentation thank you so much thank you very much is there any members of the
public wishing to speak anyone online nobody's online I'm now closing the public portion does the board have any comments I have a couple of question questions did was there Central AC units in in the building before h no I believe that the the units
had a window window units okay and I noticed in the picture that the uh compressors are not elevated um from the ground uh was this done with a permit because I know the permit would require an elevation of those units no I think I believe it was
done a while back and we cannot find any um permits for it we did speak um and presented the the drawing and the fact that they are uh slightly elevated but not to to the the to the required height
exactly so will this trigger them to bring up the AC's so that they're in compli the compressors so that they are in compliance with the building code I I believe they were installed um on a platform if I'm not mistaken platform
yeah that's what it looks platform yes but um and you see them mean they're slightly elevated yeah yeah they're on a platform right now they're required to have like a stand that brings them up higher and there seems to be space in height between the top of the units the
compressors and the windows above them um I don't know that's beyond what we have to do here right um they'll they'll still need to get a building permit even though it's after the fact and if it is not compliant with the with the flood plane regulations they will have to
raise those raise those compressor units when I saw the plans it looked like they were on a platform I believe from from my knowledge I think they're okay but but they will have to get approval from the building department on that issue okay and if I may we've already also exchanged um communication with the
Department that reviews Flo plan and it's everything checks out okay good um I don't I don't have a problem with it I think it's something that's needed in the building obviously and you do need to pass your 40-year certification and
congratulations on changing from window shakers to um actual AC uh units um roio I I feel bad because this is a common thing that there's
no um there this was a cost to the building to come to this board and it cost him time and in dollars and the reality is that it's something that needs to happen I guess this is why you're going to amend the ordinance for
this District as well yes these zoning okay we we have a an ordinance that's in progress it was referred to the landage committee that we have a series of issues that we see repetitively that we're trying to address and this is one of them okay we have a lot of buildings that come before us and and and it could
be something an air conditioner was installed 20 years ago and now they're going in for the recertification finding that that air conditioner was put in without a permit and and we need and unfortunately we don't have any recourse but to make them seek a variance okay I don't know if I can make a motion to
approve I think Scott wanted to say something okay no I'm on I'm on the same page as as you are actually and think it's a waste of everybody's time to come for something so simple so if you want to make a motion or I will make a motion but go ahead I'll make a motion to approve it thank you
second okay we have a in a second um all those in favor I any opposed motion passes thank you very much okay next item on the agenda next item is the rb24 1032 110
North hibiscus drive this application has been filed requesting design review approval for the modification of a previously approved new two-story home including one or more waivers and a variance to exceed the maximum unit size specifically the modification includes a
modification to the unit size for the requested variance okay so this is a a home that was previously approved by the design review board uh in 2022 um they they did receive two waivers the home is currently under
construction um and so as they've proceeded they noted they noticed we've there have been some revisions and we've noticed that there were some areas that were not counted as part of the unit size that should have been counted as part of the unit size and so this causes them to exceed the maximum unit size by
168 sare ft it is very minimal at this point it would be a significant hardship to to modify the plans and and and reduce that area um so they are seeking a variance uh very minimal variance for 168 ft um and so staff is uh supportive
of the uh of the variance and and recommends that the design reboard approve the variance um and the applicant will show you the specific areas but it's basically a small area on the second floor um that that was incorrectly not counted and should have been counted and this is just a variance for an
additional 168 ft in unit size correct so uh Ralph choof um architect U Miami choof Ley fisherman um yeah this um this is uh
100% my fault I take full blame um the house is almost completed it's built and it was discovered the reason for the original two waivers is this house was originally um constructed for a quadriplegic woman
or not constructed designed for a quadriplegic woman so the elevator had to access not only the garage area but then the first floor and then the second floor and so it had to be put more forward than the city likes elevators to
be to be put in I forgot what the second waiver was for but it was a minimal waiver it meets all um uh requirements otherwise wouldn't need any other waiver so we we came uh to uh the drb and we
originally got a um a a uh an approval then we came back before the drb again because of uh um the side street would could you put up the plan plan oh that's I'm sorry go back
that's that that's the rendering um the the piece of uh that you see on top is was the elevator as it was approved could you go to the side elevation the street side that's the street side elevation which is the side
street and U it's a mixture of board form concrete stucco um so uh this uh this waiver was uh I think it was for ramps that we needed in the front we don't need them anymore and we replac those were reflecting
ponds um as well as the house is required to set back 15 feet from the side street we set it back 17 ft from the side street um and then when the house was already being constructed could you put
up the pictures of the house as it exists right today um they asked us to go back an additional five feet and we had uh in for 50% that's the house today it's not finished but that's the construction as you can see it's going
to look like the renderings when it's finished the railings you see are just temporary right now uh there um anyway the we we required after the fact to set back an additional 3 feet I should say
because for 50% of that elevation you have to set back 5T we're granted the variance there that's the second variance that I remember and so uh it was discovered that uh the elevator was not counted originally and then 100 square feet that
was 68 and then 100 square F feet of the second floor wasn't counted uh again my fault and discovered by the city and we're here to beg for mercy I don't know what else to say um it would not have if we were to remove that it would not have
any impact on the neighbors as the elevations wouldn't change we would have to change it from the rear uh so it has no impact on the neighbors whatsoever um aesthetically or physically that's my presentation thank you very much are
there any other members of the public wishing to speak anyone online there is no one online okay great I'm going to close the public portion and open it up to the board for comment who would like to begin I'll just say I believe Ralph
and we all make mistakes I I have I just got to say going forward in the future you know that mistake is valuable to probably a quarter of a million dollars for the property owner and if we have this go forward I mean I think there's got to be
some kind of mechanism in place again I believe you Ralph and I know you've always been a straight shooter with us so I'm not going to oppose this but I just that concerns me going forward that because everything's a slippery slope and everybody pushes for maximum variances and blah blah blah so for for
the record this is an end user this is not a for sale house but I do understand well we hear that all the time too sometimes they hit the market before the meeting's over so I I I'm not no offense but that doesn't matter yeah so that's all that's my comment I mean we all make
mistakes but this is a big this is a big Financial incentive for people to do so I just I think we need to come up with something for the future yeah I was that's what I was feeling as well when I reviewed this um and then I went past
and um yeah it's I mean it's very close to being done the house so I don't that's why and also you know based on what we've seen before um I was curious to know what happened um I agree with st
I'm concerned and in this case I'm supportive but but I do have concerns about setting precedent I don't disagree with the rest to the members of the board um unfortunately at this point I don't think there's much of a recourse but to
approve um the variance um for the additional 160 uh 8 ft of unit size that will bring it from the 50% that's allowed to 51.7% and I just one question you said
that this house was designed for a paraplegic but yet and and the reason for the elevator one of the reasons for the elevator besides getting everybody else that will live in the house up and down the the home quicker and easier um
there doesn't seem to be any other um design features for a person who's paraplegic being going into the pool or so going into the garage this entrance of the house so the house as originally designed had ramps on the front of the
house and the rear of the house and had a ramp inside the pool to get into the pool um the the new owner um because they were not quadriplegic we removed the ramps and replaced those reflecting
ponds we removed the ramps out um into the pool and in the rear the interior of the house was designed to accommodate a quadruple EIC and it was slightly modified on the inside for the new owner that didn't
need those uh those inment so yeah the house is originally very uh we'll call it uh friendly towards the disabled adaa okay I'll um if there's no other comments I'll make a motion to approve
the variance of 168 ft in unit size um for the property at 110 North hibiscus Drive do we have a second second okay second by Mr
Lester all those in favor I I any oppos motion pass this can I appreciate the board's uh leniency don't do it again um moving on to new applications um the next application is
the RB 24133 6470 Alison Road and this has been filed requesting modifications to a previously issued design review approval for the new construction of a twostory residence including one or more waivers to replace an existing home that was
subject to a planning board load split ation specifically the proposed modification involves expanding the L to the South which we which will allow for a larger building footprint at the front of the property and the addition of a
paddle Court including one or more waivers okay so this is um a home that was previously approved by the design review board in 2022 uh the home received a uh the the property received the building permit in 2023 and so the home is currently uh
under construction uh subsequent to that um last year the planning board approved a lot split for the lot that is immediately to the South and that lot split um was odd because typically we do a lot split and it's to result in more homes being built this
one resulted in the land of that lot being divided amongst the adjacent Property Owners so this lot grew by half the dimension of the adjacent lot so as a result they're seeking a few modifications to their design as a result of the fact that the large is now
the lot is now much larger um so they are they are seeking to extend they had a essentially a single a a northern wing and a southern Wing adjacent to a motor court is the way the home was designed that southern wing of the home that's
adjacent to the motor Court they're expanding it to the South somewhat um in order to allow for a larger gym and an additional guest bedroom and um and so this home sought a previously had a waiver for height to allow them to go
from 27 ft to 29 ft and so that waiver will be extended along this new uh very small addition uh to the front of the home um the addition is being designed so that it's compatible with the architecture that was approved by the board um so staff has no concerns with
this addition and staff is supportive the of the addition additionally they're going to be um building a padel court on the south yard um most of that uh podel court is going to be screened from view from this small addition to the uh to the to the to the home um so staff has
has no concerns there the the court will have to comply with requirements in the code for lighting and other uh fencing requirements for court games um in single family districts um so it's a it's a minor change to the home and staff is supportive of the modified design of the home and recommends that
the uh design reboard approve the application thank you good morning Nicholas Rodriguez 200 South pis game Boulevard from Burke how Del Fernandez Lin and tapenz I'm joined by Kobe karp the AR architect we also have our landscape architect on Zoom Tyler neelon um and we're here representing the 6470
Allison Road trust uh and really this is the Salter family um as Rio mentioned while this home was under construction and they had their building permit they were underway uh the this owner the Salters and the owners to the South uh the Sidman family they kind of
collaborated uh there was a vacant lot there they weren't really sure what they were going to do with it the Sidman owned it uh they decided let's divide it among our properties make our properties a little larger add significant Green Space um improves our storm water infrastructure uh and that we went
forward to the planning board got approved uh for that application and uh this home came before you guys in 2022 and here is just a modest expansion of their gym an accessory guest home addition of a paddle court and then really expansion of the Green Space um
just to put some finer points on it the the lot grew by about 8,000 square ft uh and I I know you guys are well aware of this maybe some of the new members aren't as aware of it when a lot split uh goes before the planning board and it doesn't follow the original platted lot
lines you get penalized on your unit size and your lot coverage uh so instead of being able to achieve the maximum of 50% and 30% you're reduced to 40% and 25% um often times owners come to this board and then ask for a variance to exceed those requirements we're not
doing that here so I just wanted to dispel that right away up front um this home is about 38% unit size which is consistent with the median unit size of the neighborhood and 23% lock coverage so it's really there a lot of Green Space um it's a it's a small footprint
and really a modest addition to the home and uh the the other a factor here is that the Sidman the owners to the South uh their application came before this board a few months ago and they just added a modest guest structure they have a large green area on the north side of
their property AB budding this so the paddle core is not going to impact their southern neighbors they're fully supportive of the application um so are the surrounding neighbors that were all informed of the lot spit application um their letters of support were submitted and as part of that lot spit application everyone's aware of what's going on um
so as far as we know there's no objection to it uh so with that I'll let Kobe kind of walk you through uh the small changes to the design and we'll take any questions that you may have thanks hi good morning I'll be brief because Nick I think did a pretty good job the family grew it's a young couple
um and they keep on having kids and so what we did here if you can see the screen and the landscape Arctic really did a phenomenal job and you can see that um the introduction of additional green and um Green Space along the front helped it quite a bit and what we did is
we opened up the courtyard you see the courtyard right here where it comes in allowed us to open up to the South the pool area also with the landscaping and gave us more green space along the water um the padel right here and then we have
two floors and you can see where's my other one there it is and upstairs there's um a bedroom with a balcony looking back to the street um with glazing and so forth and so that's the intent of the Edition
thank you so much thank you very much um there any members of the public wishing to speak anyone else no no hands raised on Zoom thank you I'm now going to close the public portion and open it up to the board for comment
um I can start I see a very big difference between what was initially proposed and what you're proposing now when I go back and forth mostly having to do with the color like it's so much
lighter um and so I have a few questions in those regards maybe it's just the rendering um I couldn't help but feel like in the original design that you proposed there was the sort of interesting play of dark and light and
open and recessed that doesn't necessarily translate into the new design one of the things I really liked and I'm looking back um I don't know if you can bring up I don't know what page this is um or maybe it's page eight in the
presentation the previously approved drb plans yes that's it thank you um that you have you know these really I think the the the overhang I really like the dark pitch roof and the overhang um and then is that are you also doing that
on the new one or is that sort of gone yes Sarah we are um we have a pitch troof on the new addition and we are having Stone on the face it's uh the stone that we have on the rest of the house so it is consistent in that and we're having the same dark metal roof
with the dark trim and the the the the um material um I guess on the eaves or on the sopit is that also yes ma'am it's the same coloring same same okay it just didn't translate yes you are correct yes you are correct thank you and then how
come you know another nice detail I mean there was a nice symmetry to the sort of Street side of the original and with with I guess it was Vines how come you decided to take away the vines on the the garage and it's just it's just
it's just a rendering sorry it's just a rendering we will have the vines going vertically on the facade of the garage you stated that this was the coral or the rock that's within the property just bringing it Forward correct I so yeah wait so is this
constructed already I'm sorry yeah if you it's on Alid Island the house is up and then they were able to um meet with the neighbors and um assemble the land and then what they did is you can see in the uh landscape plant um what they did
is they were added the green space in the front right here the padel right here the green space in the back and then this addition uh turned around right here um with a balcony facing the street so the house previously stopped
right about wait so because I didn't have a chance to go and look at this property is the new house being built or not yet it's not there it's almost finished okay I see so then that's why it's all the same and you don't happen to have a a current picture of what the
property looks like no I don't to give us okay but it's as per the previous approval that we received and permit plans well it's just hard to know based
on your presentation what's new what's existing how it's going to integrate things like that and and this is the previous that is currently built and that's the addition so the addition is this rectangle right
here right and the padel quartz and the padel right and the Green Space to the front and the Green Space to the back but everything else stays the same and the um facade of the house where I guess it
it now shows Stone which which is brought in from the inside of the house towards the front is that what is in the house now yes okay I'm not opposed to leaving it like that as one member um I
I like it better than the ivy growing um on that wall I think that would make it darker but I no the client spent a lot of money and they put the stone on the outside face of the house it looks quite beautiful yeah especially with the Sun hitting it it's gorgeous I do have one question and I guess it's more for RO
roio on page two of the doc of the uh document that we received on the very top it says the height proposed is 31 feet sloped roof the maximum allowed is uh
27 but further on the last um bullet point Under The Heading the project on that same page says a waiver to to increase the maximum allowed height of 27 to a height of 29 for a sloped roof so here it says
29 on that bullet point but on the top it says 31 so what do we I believe I apologize I believe that 31 is a is a typo okay um the the that's the maximum
height for let me go to the code section just for the record the prior order was 29 and I don't think the height of the home is changing so it's 29 Cor correct that's I think that's good catch uh so this
is RS3 the maximum height is 24 feet for flat roofs 27 feet for slope roofs and the drb can approve a waiver up to oh no I apologize 28 ft for flat roof and 31 ft for slope sloped roof so that is correct um however they
receive the waiver to go to 29 so they could have received a waiver to go a little bit higher so we're now I'm sorry so the maximum they can go for a sloped roof is 31 ft correct previously I guess it was
less or at least at least um they only went to a height of 29 now they're requesting to go to the maximum of 31 no we're we're keeping yeah we're keeping the same yeah that that is a typo so the propos should be 29 the prop
should be 29 okay so all we are approving we listed the waiver because um the addition will be taking advantage of the waiver that was previously approved okay even though it's less than the maximum that's allowed correct okay correct all
right thank you is the um the front wall is that a new addition to or was that a and the previously proposed plans the I guess the gate wall just didn't see that yeah we had the gate before you did yes we did okay
Y and that'll be is that in the same Stone as correct absolutely okay and um I see it in the renderings but maybe I'm just not reading the planting plan correctly I know that you said the South owners in support obviously they split
the lot with you all Yes um the the pedel Court just knowing that there's the height with the yes the walls um and I saw Palms but there will be like a Shrubbery too or a fence yes to block the completely okay thank you thank
you okay if there aren't any other questions that does anybody okay I'll make a motion that we approve the uh height of the um area increase to unit size by the padal
courts and that based on your comment that there be Landscaping provided around the padal courts um for the privacy and the beauty of uh to the neighbors thank you I'll second that thank you okay we
have a motion by Miss Bui second by Miss Luen uh all those in favor I I thank you so much ladies and gentlemen welcome thank you if I could ask next time make sure to have a more complete presentation yeah Al especially if it's something that you're adding to an
existing for us to see what we're dealing with happy to do so thank you thank you sir great day thank you all very much we'll we'll make sure to request that moving forward okay thank you okay the next yeah thank you the next item on the agenda is drb
24171 7 a 790 Lake View Drive uh this application have been filed requesting modifications to a previously approved design review approval for the construction of a new two-story residence including one or more waivers to replace an existing residence
specifically the applicant is requesting a design review approval for a two-story addition to the existing residence and a detached to car garage including one or more waivers okay so this is this is a home that was previously approved by the
design review board in February of 2019 um it replaced a pre-1 1942 architecturally significant home um those homes because of estate preemption are no longer required to come to the design review board however the home also sought a waiver as a result of the
waiver the home remains under the jurisdiction of the design review board um so the home is here before us today because they um are seeking an addition um the home is a waterfront property it's located on the surprise
Waterway um and they are um requesting to do an addition the the addition is uh contemporary architectural style that matches the existing home um and they're proposing to locate it on the west and north side of the lot replacing the existing garage and service Suite on the
ground floor and then adding uh additional square footage above um it maintains the same style uh including vertical slots um um and and um include similar rectangular forms uh the applicant is requesting uh a design waiver for the
two-story Edition to match the previously approved waiver pertaining to the height similar to the previous application that we just had it's a height waiver they're proposing to keep that waiver for for the addition um and so staff is supportive of that of that waiver um and so uh with
that staff is supportive of the application and recommends approval and we turn it over to the applicant thank you um I do need to be swor in do correct do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you will be giving in
this proceeding is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth I do all right you may proceed thank you thank you good morning um thank you for your time as R mentioned this is for an addition to an existing home that went before the drb in
2018 um is located along uh Surprise Lake in the middle of Miami Beach along Lake View Drive the subject property um faces the Waterway to the South and the neighborhood is made up of a mix of one and two story traditional and
contemporary homes and directly across the Waterway is the um RIS Carlton Residences which is a large structure uh this is the photo from the street of the existing property as you can see there's a layered landscape that really um masks
the home you don't see it other than just the very top of the roof uh these the steam fromont property wall Gates that will remain as is it's not part of this application that was what was previously approved photos of the existing front of the house as it was approved in 2018 and
as per constructed these are photos from after the completion of the construction um because the landscape has grown in since then and cannot get a good photo but I wanted to show you what the home looked like behind that landscape and from the other side of the motor Court from the front of the
property the rear of the property facing the waterway in the pool and then aerial photos showing you um the massing of the home it's a one story Pavilion towards the front of the street set well back from the front property line and then the second floor
of the home has this curving Boomerang shape pushed back further to the Waterfront so from the street the home is has a lower presence and then as you proceed into the house into this Courtyard then the home becomes a two-story home at the rear
neighborhood is a mix of one and two story as I mentioned contemporary and traditional homes the top photo on the left is immediately to the east or left of the property as you're facing from the front and it mix again a one and two story newer construction as
well there's a large public park there in the middle of the neighborhood and a lot of the homes have you know Landscaping that completely covers up the properties uh the top photo is a recent construction that one was going through drb at the same time as this house did
back in 2018 and the pink home on the bottom is immediately adjacent to the west and of course the r Carlton across the street no sorry across from the Waterway from the property uh demolition what we're
proposing to do is interiorly we're going to take the existing garage um make that a playroom because the family is growing and expanding so they want to remain in the home and thus we're doing the addition so we're going to make that garage into a playroom we're going to
remove the existing driveway that goes around the side of the property and enters that existing garage and then build the addition there so this is the site plan from 2018 as approved U mot Court when you enter driveway to the side entering the garage it's a one-story Pavilion at the front with the
courtyard Garden that you enter into and then the two-story home at the rear and this outlines where the changes or modifications to the site are located so um you can see on the second floor uh We've outlined where the addition of the
roof is on the second floor and then there's a new one-story detached garage um located in the front yard off the Mott Court where um the driveway used to be located uh ground floor previously approved
2018 um you can see the garage with the driveway go to the side the entry Courtyard garden and then the modification that garage KN becomes a playroom and we do an addition below that has you know relocating the service Suite that was adjacent to that space and then a new
office for the family then the one-story Garage in the front that addition of that volume to the side supports the structure above on the second floor uh second floor plan PRS approved in 2018
and then with the addition here the addition of one more bedroom um then enlarging the master suite to more of a lounge area off the master roof plan 2018 and as proposed today so we're working with the existing lines of the
architecture so instead of the home curving on the second floor away from the street we brought that line forward so it's a sweeping curving line um working with the existing architecture that we had in past lock coverage we are still compliant
we're under the maximum allowed we're at 28 and a half% unit size we are also under at 41% um the home in 2018 was approved at around just over 7,000 square F feet and
we're at 9,400 today we've outlined here in the two colors the beige color is the existing footprint and the blue is the addition for clarity um front yard open space is compliant with the removal of the driveway and the
addition of the garage which encroaches just a little bit into that front yard space we are seeking a height waiver of 3 feet in 2018 we were approved for 27 ft total so it's a 3 foot height waiver um so we're requesting this waiver so we
can build addition and match those existing uh floor levels and Heights for the home so it be a seamless addition to the house so the addition would be at 27 ft correct okay
materials materials matches the existing from 2018 um is stco on the second floor Stone ciding on the on the one Story Volume um at the front of the home and then wood elements providing screening on the second floor in front
windows excuse me then a bronze colored moons with the glazing comparative elevations from the street uh the top one was the previously approved and the proposed elevation you see the addition is
highlighted within the red square and then a rendered version of that and showing the second floor the addition of the wood screening from the glazing for privacy into those rooms uh the side elevation to the West
where the addition is located uh top one previously approved in 2018 and then the current proposed addition below and then the rendered version of that we're applying the wood screening on the side as well to match the architecture and then the on story garage in the front it's going to have
similar material pallet to the home but at a reduced modest scale we're proposing Planters on the roof so the landscape can drape over and just your typical sections just allow for the matching of the heights of the floor plates the first and second floor and we are compliant in the front
and side uh yards elevations so rendering um of the front Motor Court this is showing it without the garage so you can see the architecture Beyond and then with the garage added in and then another view from the front without the garage and then with the
garage as you can see here this is where I was talking about on the second floor that s sweep of the architecture keeps the curves and the wood material in front of glazing um that concludes my presentation the landscape architect and Builder are available via Zoom online if
you have any questions for them um and I'll open it up thank you very much are there any members of the public wishing to speak no one on Zoom with their hands raised okay I'm now closing the public portion opening up to the board for
discussion um I have some just some clarification questions that others might have as well um actually the first one is more for staff um if you look at can you bring up page
32 it shows with the addition the required no 32 am I looking at the presentation it's the open space diagram okay that shows the
there the required sidey guard setback it seems like there are in in the backyard there are things that are encroaching on the setbacks there are the code does have allowable yard encroachments so they're not allowed to have habitable space encroaching into the setback but they
are allowed to have roof overhang Sills um in certain architectural projections and so those are architectural projections that are that are encroaching into the setback that are that are permitted and and the it looks like the structure in the rear is that already
there that's existing yeah and the the command does have its own setback to the rear which is half of the the homes setback okay are you the architect of the original structure yes oh nice okay
um I also had so let me ask you a question it was a because of the interesting Curves in both the existing house and what you're proposing it was a little hard to read I thought to read The Proposal I actually went by to take a look just so I could which because the
fence was so high it wasn't as helpful as I was hoping um but let me I guess one of the big design changes that you're making um in the facade is the addition of even more of the wood
slats um and it almost reads very sort of uniform you know um how I really liked how it is now how you have this inner play of you know um stucco like the white stucco with the
rhythm of the slats um how come you decided to add even more you're really committing to the wood yes um let me go back to the existing so this is existing on the second floor it does have the wood slats
in front of the Glazer on both um the front and the side uh believe referring to the stone volume on the one story at the bottom on the left correct yeah on yeah on the left how it's just solid white so that stone it's
a actually a honed marble Stone finish um that is going to remain we're proposing to put a wood screen in front of that um the homeowner is very fond of the wood screens on the home um and we thought that would make a more of a consistent facade versus having these different materials um um so then when
you go to the exist and then one thing that I noticed when I was standing in front of it is the the wood screening on the second floor you could it was spaced greater than it's showing in I guess it's revealing in the rendering that there's Windows behind it yeah as opposed to on the first floor it's a
solid wall correct the first floor the volume on the right was the garage uh um let me see so the wood volume on the one first floor is on the right is the garage volume that is just clad in eBay wood on
the left is um just inside the volume is the homeowner's office and that's clad in a stone yeah material and that screen there just floats in front of it so it's going to be somewhat transparent you'll see through the stone and as you enter that entry Courtyard you'll see the
stone on the left oh yeah I was just going to recommend to have especially on the top floor to have it be as sort of transparent as possible I think it was much more especially because you're adding so much length to it and it is going to be coming forward and it it
didn't there's some really interesting aspects to this original design and I want to make sure that that is translated in the addition um although you're changing the volumes really dramatically um so that was going to be my suggestion to make sure that the spacing is transparent yes it's our
intent to continue on the left on the second floor that's existing screen which is going to continue that across the front so it will be more transparent it's not solid like the garage volume okay and can you show the screen after this I think it was that shows the
proposed structure right so that's going to going back to what Sarah's comments were it's going to have the slots going horizontal versus the other ones are vertical and up on the second floor I think it's also vertical correct it's
yeah it is vertical on the residence um and we have a screen on the front of the garage that is vertical as well in front of a window facing the street now the garage door we're reusing the existing garage door and we're going to collat it in wood and given that it is a panel
door that rolls up doing it horizontally we don't see those brakes otherwise we'd have to cut it and it would look like just a bunch of stacked wood honestly so this was the most seamless uh way to do the garage door thank you
what are you planting on the roof of the garage do you know yet or uh why can let the landscape architect answer that for you okay Chris are you available Chris call his hand is raised uh PJ can you unmute him thank uh I
would have to sare in first do you swear or affirm that that the testimony that you will be giving in this proceeding is the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth I do yes all right thank you you you may proceed okay thanks very much uh CH
collie Christopher collie landscape architecture it's an honor to be here um we were the Landscape Architects uh for the project originally so it's wonderful to see it going through this transformation and um on the roof of the the new volume we're proposing a um a
beach creeper erod literales which is a wonderful native plant which will Cascade slightly over the the edges it's very easy to maintain it's one of our favorite uh Native PLS okay great thank you Chris I'm sorry what was that native plant
again it's called Beach creeper a no lalis thank you it creates creates a Green carpet that basically just Cascades over sometimes with those hanging plants you just they don't look so well in
execution but that that sounds nice thank you I apolog I didn't at the beginning I skipped over introduce myself I'm Robert Morin um and with me is Francis y we're principles of Domo architecture design office is at 420 Lincoln Road Street 506 um I'm also a
licensed landscape architect but Chris colie is the landscape architect on this project so we try to merge landscape into all of our all of our designs anybody else have any comments I make a motion then no more comments actually I do did you also contact the
neighbors next in the pink house next door because this is going to be pretty close to their property yeah we did not this time we had discussions with them when before in 2018 um they let me show you their concern at that time was at
the rear of the property well it be more relevant now because you know what you're building is a lot closer to them um and that was one thing that I did notice in one of the the drawings that that show the property next to it that this
addition yeah it's going to be close I mean I know it's the proper set I think that was why I had the question about the setback um to make sure that it was within the proper setback um their concern in 2018 was at the where that caban is in the rear yard the other the
second floor of the home is on an angle they just wanted to have um the architecture not block their view to the surise lake the peripheral view correct so that remains unchanged we move the addition towards the front or is along the side of their existing home because their master bedroom is on the back
corner of the second floor yeah and the house is much not as tall it's close to it but not not quite additional 3 feet okay um although there's existing Landscaping there that that blocks of view that was there at the time as well
the architecture we made sure did not encroach on that view yeah like I said it doesn't change with this addition so and and roell the property the the addition that you're looking for I guess to to you it's not encroaching onto the side setback it's not and it's not
increasing the unit size or lot coverage beyond the maximum allowed correct we're them both so all we're doing here and and then if the neighbor had a problem uh it's always nice to get a letter from the neighbor saying we agree with this but if the neighbor had a problem there
was a posting on the on the property that they could have called or sent um their concerns to um so if there's no other comments are there oh may may we Note One correction on the for the order
if you don't mind um there's just a a typo at the end of the order on page five it says coconut Lane residents and it should say new addition to an existing residence by Robert Morin because we had the incorrect incorrect title yeah so that's
that's the only correction all right so I make a motion that we approve the proposed height the height of 27 ft for the proposed structure that meets the um current um it's below the current um
allowed maximum uh flat roof height but in it equals the amount of height approved Last Time by drb okay we have a motion do we have a second motion to approve I'll second
that okay motion by Missi second by Miss Luen um all those in favor I any oppos motion passes thank you very much congratulations thank you very much okay is that that concludes our meeting that
concludes the agenda okay we'll see everybody on March 13th thank you very much and Ro Helio so far for next month's agenda how many um applications are there do you know off hand I believe it's two so it should be a quick meeting okay
uh let me double check it's two plus the two that we continue today um but those two that we continue today may not come may not come so all right thank you um and uh Gabby went to get lunch so
your lunch should be here in a moment if you want to if you want to hold back but if not