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Designer outlines 1,600-square-foot sleeping-quarters addition to county fire station
Summary
At a March 11 Nassau County Development Review Committee meeting, a designer presented plans for a roughly 1,600-square-foot, one-story sleeping-quarters addition to an existing fire station; county departments provided preliminary technical comments and noted permitting and stormwater requirements.
Tabitha Bostick, chair of the Nassau County Development Review Committee, opened the March 11 meeting and invited the applicant for tab A to present.
Miguel Castillo, designer with POND, said the project is a one-story, roughly 1,600-square-foot addition on the west side of an existing fire station that will provide sleeping quarters for existing staff and will not increase the number of employees. Castillo said the new space will include sprinkler protection and will have new connections for water, sewer and electrical.
County reviewers provided technical comments. Constance Lake of the Building Department said FEMA map panels 216 and 215GS show the parcel in an X flood hazard zone and offered no further comment. Stephanie Kaiser in Planning reminded the applicant the site is in the American Beach commercial zone and will be subject to the Land Development Code (LDC) Article 15A standards for setbacks and dimensional requirements; she said a comprehensive comment set will follow at submittal.
Caleb Hurst in Development Services noted that LDC section 5.07 describes when full DRC review is required and said there is an exemption for developments that add less than 4,000 square feet of impervious surface. Hurst asked the applicant to document total added impervious surface so staff can determine whether the project must go through full DRC review or can proceed through the building permit process. Hurst also said stormwater created by the addition must be accounted for on site and that general plan notes will be required on engineering submittals. Ronnie Nester of the Health Department said the DRC has its own application and fees; Amanda Balvin of the Fire Department said she had no comments.
Castillo said the team plans to limit areas disturbed and to direct runoff to existing low-impact areas to avoid creating a new pond for this scale of work and will address staff comments on submittal.
The Development Review Committee is an advisory technical body; department heads provide final approvals, and department staff reiterated that DRC approval is required prior to breaking ground when applicable and that any determination about whether this project needs full DRC review will depend on the final impervious calculations submitted with plans.
