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STATE OF FLORIDA
Dl:V:ISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
NOSTIMO, INC. , )
)
Appellant, )
)
vs. ) CASE NO. 89-3772
)
CITY OF CLEARWATER, )
)
Appellee. )
)
FINAL ORDER
Pursuant to notice,
a formal hearing was held in the
above case before the Division of Administrative Hearings by its
duly
designated
Hearing
Officer,
Donald
Alexander,
on
R.
September 22, 1989, in Clearwater, Florida.
APPEARANCES
For Appellant:
Blakely, Esquire
Box 1368
FL 34617-1368
John T.
Post Office
Clearwater,
For Appellee:
M. A. Galbraith, Esquire
Post Office Box 4748
Clearwater, FL 34618
STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES
The
issue
is
appellant/s
application
a
for
whether
conditional use permit should be approved.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
By its application, appellant, Nostimo, Inc., sought a
conditional use permit to authorize the package sale of beer and
wine at 32 Bay Esplanade, Clearwater,
Florida.
The application
was
considered
the
Planning
zoning
(Board) of
and
Board
by
appellee, city
June
13,
1989.
By
5-0 vote,
of Clearwater, on
a
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Two other witnesses testified at final hearing in
opposition to the application.
One, who is a member of a church
that lies a block from the proposed store, pointed out without
contradiction that a playground sits next to the church and is
used by area young people,
many of whom use bicycles as their
means of transportation.
She was concerned that if more traffic
is generated by the store, it would make access to the playground
more
hazardous
the
discourage
and
children
using
the
from
facility.
The second member of the public is concerned that the
store will be incompatible with the surrounding area.
This is
because much of the neighboring area is made up of public areas,
apartments,
rental units or condominiums,
and he
contended an
establishment selling alcoholic beverages would be inconsistent
with those uses.
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
1.
The
has
Division
Administrative
Hearings
of
jurisdiction
subject
of
the
parties
matter
thereto
and
the
pursuant to Subsection 120. 65 (6) ,
Florida statutes
(1987),
and
section 137.013, Code of Ordinances.
2.
Although
the
city
the
code
does
not
allocate
burdens of proof in this type of case,' the under~igned concludes
that the appe:Llant is obligated here,
as in other conventional
regulatory proceedings, to prove its entitlement to the requested
permit
by
the
preponderance
evidence.
of
See,
e.g.
Fla.
Department of Transportation v.
J. W. C.
Co.
Inc.
396 So.
2d
778,
(Fla.
In
788
1st
DCA
addition,
1981)
under
section
137.013 (f) (1)
of the city code, the City has provided that this
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