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ORDINANCE NO.538
.AN ORDINAro:E RIDUUTING THE SALE, CONSUMPTIOl
NANUFAOTURE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF AND DEAUNG
rtl ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OONTAINING MORE 'mAN
ONE (1%) PERCENT OF ALOOHOL BY VIEIGHT AND
l'ROVI DING P .ENALTIES F OR THE VI aLA TI ON OF THE
TERMS HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CONMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLFARWATER,
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OI'JY OF CLEARWATER
CITY COMMISSION MINTUES, JUNE a, 1947
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Sec1;4on 1. DEFINITIONS: for the purposes 'of this Ordinanoe, the terms
manufacturer, ~i8tributor, vendor, chartered or inoorporated olubs, sooial
olubs and golf olubs shall be defined as the same are deflne~ by Chapters
561 and 562 Florida Statutes a's amended to the date of this Ordinanoe.
Seotion 2. No person, firm or oorporation shall engtlge in tne business
of manufaoturing, selling, distributing, bartering, exchanging ~ in anywise
dea11~ in liquors, wines, beers and/or other beverages oonteining more than
one (1%) per oent of aloohol by ~eightJ ~ithin the Oity of Clearvloter, Florida,
exoept unQer and in oomplianoe with the provisions of this Ordinanoe.
Seoti~n 3. Before engaging in any business listed in Section 2 hereof,
a license shall be seoured for such business in the manner hereinafter provided.
Seotion 4. LIOENSES, CLASSIFIOATIONS: On and after October 1, 1947,
licenses for businesses listed in Section 2 above, payable annually to the City
of 01earvlater, s.hall be as follows:
(A) 'Vendors who may sell only beverages containing alcohol of more than
one (l%J, per oGnt by weight and not mare than fomrteen (14%) per cent by weight,
and wines regaxdless of alcoholio content. $15.00
(B) Vendors operating businesses where beverages other than wines
oontaining alcohol of more than fourteen (14%) per oent are sold only in aealed
oontainers for oonsumption off the premises where sold. $562.50
(0) Vendors operating businesses where oonsumption on the premdses is
permitted of beverages other than wines containing alcohol of mo~e than fourteen
(14%) per cent by weight. $750.00
(D) Ohartered or incorporated club s J sooial olubs and golf olubs as .
defined in Section 1 above. $125.00
(E) Each manufaoturer engaged in the manufacture of beverages eontaining
more than one (1%) per oent o~ aloohol by weight shall pay an annual license
tax to the City of Olearwater, as follows:
(1) If engaged in the manufaoture of wines and of
nothing else $50.00
(2) If' engaged in the manufaoture of wines and
cordials and of nothi~ else $~OO.OO
()) If engaged in the business of brewing malt
~iquors and nothing else. $750.00
(~) If engaged in the business ,of distilling
spirituous liquors and nothing else $750.00
(5) If' engag~d in the business of reotifying and/
or blending spirituous liquors and nothing
else. $1250.00
(F) Eaoh distributor who shall sell beverages oontaining alooh~l of ~are
than one (1%) per cent by weight and not more than fourteen (l~%) per oent by
weight and wines regardless of their alsoholio oontent, sha~l pay far each and
every establishment or branoh operated or conduoted in the City, an annual Ci~
Lioense Tax of. $200eOO
(G) All other distributors, for eaoh and eve1Y establishment or branoh
operated or conduoted in the City, shall pay an annual City License Tax
of. $1250.00
Seotion 5. LIomsES: QUALIFICATIONS FOR LIOENSF.S: . Lioenses shSll be
issue~ only to persons of good moral character, who have not been oonvicted
of allY offense invibJrt.ing moral turpitude and who are not less than twenty-one
(21) years of age. Lioenses to corporations shall be issued only to oorporations
whose directors and offioers are persons of good moral character and who have not
been oonv1cte~ of any offense involving moral turpitude.
Beotion 6. PERSONS. NOT ENTITLED TO LICEUSES: No person under sentenoe
or paro~e, and no ~rson now a fugitive oharged with violating the ~everage
1aYls ot the State' of ,Florida, or any other State, or of the United States, shall
be granted a lioense under this Ordinance. No lioense hereunder shall-be issued
within 'tw() .f 2) Y6.a:t's. atter suoh conviotion or revocation of lioense 'to any person
\" 'W~ct~~aJ;.l'be oon'Vi,oted: of. a Violation hereof nor to...sny. oorporati on any of, 'Whose
of'~~~rs6:r:: d1r eot~s. shall be' convlo"ted at a violation hereof, nor toeny person.
:rirni 'cir"~G()rpOr'ation whose lioense hereunder -Slial1have been revoked'. Anylloense
issued. to a person, t1r~ ~ corporation prohib!.ted f'romobtaining alioense under
this, Ordinan.oe shall be'. revoked.
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Seotion 7. APPLIOJ~TION FOR LICnISES: Before any lioense ~ball be issued
under any olassifioation in Seotion 4p eaoh prospective licenses shall rile
with the City Clerk or the City of Clearwater, Florida, a written application
under oath, setting out the name addreas and' charaoter'of business to be oonduoted
the olassifioation of lioense applied for, the names and addresses of all
persons, firms or corporations interested direotly or indirectly in the
business sou~~t to be licensed end should any such interested party be inelig-
ible for a license under Seotions 5 and/or 6 hereof, then the application for
!:lnd license soue;ht shall be denied.
Seotion 8, All applications under Section 7 shall be investigated by the
Oity OlerIc as to the qualifioations and requirements set out in this Ordinanoe.
After any suoh applioation shell be approved by said City Clerk, he shall,
upon reoeipt of the speoified fee, prooeed to issue any lioenses under Cl~ss-
ifioation (A) of Section 4. abovo. Applications for all other olassi1'ioations
of lie enses sha 11 be referred to the Oi ty Commission of the Oi ty 'of Ol-earwater,
Florida, for action, If approved by suid COIoollssion, the Clerk shall then
issue suoh lioense upon receiving the required fee.
Seotion 9. Any license ,provided for in this Ordinanoe may be denied by
the Oity Commission abd/or Oity Olerk on any of the following gr,ounds:
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That the' proB,peotive lioense~ is ineligi lie for a '
lioense under seotions 5 and/or 6 above.
That the location of the business sought to be lioensed
is or slDuld be in a prohibited zone or area as 'de1'ined
in this Ordiance.
(0) That the issuano e of suoh lio ense w cUld be c ontrery to
the general welfare of the Oity of Olera~vater.
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Section 10. The denial of any application by the Oity Olerk may be appealed
to the Oity Commission within fifteen (15) days. the action of the Oommission
shall b~ final in all oases.
Seotion 11.
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No lioenses shall be issued for any classification hereunder
located or to be looated within 500 feet of any public school,
be measured from property line to property line by the most
Seotion 12. With the exception of licenses issued uDder Seotion 4(A)
and exo.ept as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, lic~nses in any classification
may only be issued for businessesc+pdated in pne ~ ~9re 9f t~e r9~~pwing zpnes
~ereb~ estab+is~ed f9r tUB ~~pose of this Ordinanoe:
Zone 1. Consisting of all territory between Drew Street on the North,
Haven Street on the South, Myrtle Avenue on the East a nd the
wa-ters of Olearv~ater Bay on the West.
Zone 2. Consisti~ of all territory on Clearwater BHBch Island,
between Olearwater Street on the North and irst street on
the South.
Zone 3. Oonsisting of territory now ocoupied in the City by ohartered
or incorporated clubs, social clubs and ~lf clubs.
Zone 4. Oonsisting of property fronting on both sides of Greem\Ood
Avenue .between Falmetto and Washi.::1gton Streets, and extending
respectively. ~ast and West fxom Greenwood Avenue to a distance
of One Hundred Twenty-five (125') Feat.
With the exoeption of licenses issued under 4.(A), no license shall be
issued for any classifioation hereunder far any business outside and not included
in one or more of above designa ted zones.
Section 13. All licenses issued u~der this Ordinanoe shall be far one
year, the lioense year to begin October 1 and end the fOllowing September
30th and any lioenses issued after Ootober 1 of any year shall expire September
30th next suoceeding, pxovided that any person beginning bUBl~ess on or after
the 1st day of April of any year may prooure a lio ense expiring on the
September 30th next sucoeeding on the l~yment of one-half the lioense tax
herein required for the annual license.
Seotion 14. No lioense issued uaier this 6rdinance shall be transferable
either as to lioensee or 100 ati on. A lioensee moving his or its place of business
to a new loosti on shall,. upon surrenderi rg his lie ense to the 0 it 'I Clerk and making
a new applio at! on in the a ame manner as for m original applioation for the new
lboatiQn, be. issued a new lioense'to run for the remainder of the license year
without, the, payment of: any further fee or tax providing that said lioensee shall
,then quality under all the provi si ons of this Ordi nancs.
Seotion 15. The City Commission may revoke any license issued hereunder for
any Viola"tlon at this OrdinanC?e or for any other just oauae.
l. ::.,,;.St'Q:ti~n,16. Lioenses lBsu.~d hereunder shall b~ in addition to and not in
ii.e\!' Ofoonyu' o'ther lioense ~.. tax lawfu;tly imposed by the City.
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"~.I.;":1"'en..4iitrom year( t,o, year. upon payment of the .~ioense fee required under, Seotion 4.
';:2iiP%'OV101gg"suph,,~.')"1o.ellae. shall not: have b6en revoked am none of the lioensee' B
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Seotion 19. No vendor, olub or oaterer shall have in his or its possession
nor on the premises oooupied by him or it, any alooholio beverages requiring
stamps whioh are not stamped nor any alooholio beverages no t penhi tad to be sold by
suoh lio ensee unier the lio ense issued pursuant to this Ordinanoe. Pos sess ion
o~ such prohibited beverage shall be prima faoie evidenoe of the sule of suoh
beverage .'
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CITY COMMISS ION MIWfES, JUNE 2, 1947
Ordi llano e 538 (continued)
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Seotion 18, No lioensas hereto shall pennit any por1;1bn-l of the premises'
occupied by or used in oonneotion with the business lioensed to be ~ept in an
unsanitary oondition nor shall suoh lioensee engage in or permit any disorderly oonduot!
on such premis eS!Dr in any way operate or permit the operati on or the business
in suoh a manner as to oonstitute a nuisanoe. No a1ooholio beverage paokaged
or otherwise shall be sold, given or serv.edlto any person who is intoxioated at the
time or who is forbidden by any law of the State of Florida or Ordinanoe of the
Oity of Clearwater from entering such p1aoe of business or oons~ing suoh beverage.
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Seotion 20. No person, firm or oorporation shall sell or offer for sale any
beverage mentioned in this Ordinanoe without having a ourrent lioense uDder the
appropriate olassifioation authorizing suoh sale or offer.
Section 21. After the effeotive date ot: this Ordinanoe, ever'J lioensee
reaeiving or renewing any lioense herein provided for shall agree that, as a oondition
to the issuance of anioperation under suoh license, the premises 1ioensed shall be
subject to inspection and/or search by any police, health or sanitary offioer
of the City of Clean/ster at any tine without 8 searoh warrant. A~ licensae, agent
offioer, employee or person in oharge of lioensed premises who pefusas to a.dmit suoh
City Offioer or who hampers, hinders or interferes with any inspection or search
made hereunder shall be subjeot to punishment upon oo~viotion as hereinafter provided.
Seotion 22. No Licensee shall be permitted to sell anyualcoholio beverage
oontaining more than fourteen (14%) per cent of alcopo1 by weight except inside the
building or buildings on the premises described in his ar its lioense.
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Seotion 23. No person shall conswme any alcoholio beverage conta,ining mare
than fourteen (14%) per cent of alcohol by weight at any plaoe a.r business
lioensed hereunder exoept within the building or buildings on the premises so
lioensed.
Seotion 24. Any Vendor licensea under classifioation (B) of Section 4, shall
not in his or its place of business sellar expose for sale any beverages other
than those for Vihich license was issued and suoh pIa oe of bus iness shall be devot ed
exolusively to such sales.
Seotion 25. Vendors lioensed under Classifioation (0) or Seotion 4, shall
provide seats for the use of their customers. Suoh Vendors may sell beverages.
oovered by their lic ense by the dr.ink or in containers far consumption on or off the
premises where sold but when such beverages are sold by the drink or for oonsumption
onthe premises where sold, they shall be sold only to oustomers who
shall oonsume such beverages whi~e seated. It shall be unlawful for suoh premises.
to contain swinging doors or screens so placed as to Jrevent seeing into the premises.
There shall not be sold at such places of business anything other than the beverages
authorized in the lioense and what is customarily sold in a restaurant. At all
such plaoes of business where sales by the drink or for consumption on the premises
are permitted, regular meals shall be offered, prepared and served':' either a 1a
oarte or American plan on the premises when open for business.
Section 26. No licensee under this 6rdinanoe shall sell, give, serve or
permit to be sold, given or served any beverages mentioned in this Ordinanoe to
any person under twenty-one (21) years of age, whether suoh person's disabilities
of minority shall have been removed or not.
Section 27. No licensee under this Ordinanc~ shall employ any person under
twen~y-one (2l) years of age to work in such place of business. It shall also
be unlawful far any licensee to employ any person in the business 1ioensed who
shall have been twioe convicted ~ithin five (5) years immediately ~ior to such
emp10y.ment of any offense agalnst any of the provisions of this Ordinance or
the beverage laws of tbi s or any other State or who shall at any time have been
conv icted in any Court of any offense involVing mora11llrpitude.
Section 28. HOURS OF SELLING: No aloofuolic beverages as defined in this
Ordinanoe shall be sold, given away, consumed, served or pen;.litted to be served
or oonsumed in any plaoe of business licensed hereunder between the hours of 1:00 A.M.
and 8:00 A.M. on week days and between the hours of 1:00 A. M. on Sundays and
8:00 A.M. on @'ft: Monday; provided, however, that wines and beers or any beverage
containing less that fourteen (14%) per oent of alcohol by weight may be sold
between Noon and Midnight on SUndays and provided further that any alooholio beverage
as defined herein may be sold on Suddays between Noon and Midnight in any plaoe of
business operating as a restaurant where suoh beverage 1s sold with alm oonsumed
in the course of a regular full meal.
Seotion 29. RULES OF EVIDENCE: In all prosec~mions for violations of this
Ordinanoe pro6f that the beverage in question was and is known as whiskey, rum
gin, brandy, been, wine or other similar designation, shall b~ prima faoie evidenoe
that suoh beverage is an alooholio beverage under any of the tems of this Ord1na noe.
Any person or persons who by 'experienoe in the handling or Use of alooholio beverage,
or who by taste, smell or the drinking of suoh beverage, had knOWledge as to the
alooholio oontent therof, may testify as to him opinion whether suoh beverage is
or 1s not an alooholio beverage as mentioned anywhere in this Ordinanoe and a
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Seotion 30. No person shall before the Munioipal Court upon the trial of
any pe:DB6ft~ :Jpers:.onplor oorporati on oha rged with vi ola ting any provisions
of this Ordirwnoe refuse to testify or give evidenoe or produoe any reoord,
book, 'paper or other pe,rsonal property of any desoriptiop" !:lj;>on the ground that
by so dOing he may thereby inoriminate himself; and any person ~ho ~hall so
testify or give or produoe suoh evidenoe shall not be proseouted or held liable
tor any penalty or forfeiture for OD on aooount or any matter or thing
oonoerning ~hioh he may so testify all' gi va or produo e evidenoe end the same
shall not be used against suoh person 1n anywise or in any manner in any
proseotulon or otherprooeeding under this Ordinanoe; provided tha t nothing
in this section oontained shall proteot any person against prosection for perj~
or felse swearing.
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Seotion 31. Any person, firm or oorporation violating any pro~sions
of this Ordinanoe shall upon oonviotion in the Munioipal Court of the City
of Clearwater, be. fined ~ot exoeeding the sum of Five Hundmed ($500.00)
Dollars or tnprisoned in the City Jail tor not exoeeding sixty (60) days or
both, suoh ~ine and tmprisorunent in the disoretion of the M.Unioipal Judge,. v
as to eaoh violation.
Seotion 32. Should any seotion or p~tion of this Ordinanoe be deolared
unoonstitutional or inval~d for any reason, the ramainder hereo~ shall not
be affected thereby.
Seotion 33. All Ordinanoes or parts of Ordinanoes in oonf~iot herewith
are hereby repealed.
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Seotion 34. This Ordinanoe shall beoome ef~eotive immediately upon
'passage.
PASSED AND AIXlPTJID by the City Commission of the City of O~earwater,
Florida:
~assedon First Reading June 2, 1947
Passed on Seoond Reading June 2. 1947
~assed on Third Readi~ Jun.e..2." 19.47
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CITY C01llvrrSSION MINUTBS, JUNE 2, 1947
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May 31, 1947
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Vie re-su brui t hereiNi t.h for your corlOid eration the applic ation of I...rr. and
~;rs. i~. Oapriotti for the issuance of e lic ense to sell alooho1ic beverages.
As you know, this application has been submitted twice bet'ore, and it is
re-su bmi tted becuuse it is the understanding of the undersigned tr..at the Com-
mi ssion did not f eel on t he two ,previous occ osions tha tit ha d suffi ci ant
infol'DJ8 tion to warrant the issuance of this license.
We VJi sh to call iyour Elttention to the fact tha t the State and County
license has already been secured by the applicants, and that they have
entered into El contract with H. M. Thompson Company, local contractors, f'or
the construction of B $35,000.00 building on the premises, ttw plans for
which buildinB have ulrt~edy been approved by the State Beverage Department.
It is the further intention of applicatnts to place an addi-ti onal $15,000.00
worttl of eq uipment in this building.
In addition to the ~;50JOOO.OO thus being spent with local business
people, we wish to CEllI your attention to the fact that the applicants
will of necessity spend other sums Vii th local merchants for the purchase of'
SUP1)lies for their busine ss, their fElmily and themselves.
We feel that to refuse this application would not only VIOrlc an
injustioe on the applicants, but wculd result in ll;,loss of e substantial tlmount
of' business to the Oity of Clearwater.
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It vias the intention of the undersigned to be presen t when this application
vias presented, but en urgent business trip to Cl1icago made it impossible
for me to attend. I am accordingly reque sting my law partment, William. liI. Goze ,ifr.
to be present at the hearing an this application to answer any questions which
you migh t wish to ask. A representati ve of R. 11. Thompson Company will also
be present in the event you have any questions concerning the building.
Your s very t:ruly,
J. Tv~eed Me :Lvlullen.
I.ray 27, 1947
Honorable City Commissioners
Ole arVlster, Florida
Gen tiLemen :
As Trustees. of the Oity of Clearwater Employees' Pension Fund, you are
hereby notified that due to the action of the Civil Service Board, Mr. Guy
M. Holloway is being retired from the City Police Department, effective
M8Y 30th, as he is entering his 70th year and physically uneble to pex~orm
his duties.
It vias agreed that I,ll'. Holloway who has served the Police D~partment so
1'ai thfully for man~r years be recommended to receive the following monies fxom
the pension 1'und:(:
Service with Oity - 17 years and 9 m.onths.
Average salary for last 3 years - $194.03
2% of $194.03 per month equalls - 3.8806
Multiplied by 17 3/4 years worked - ~68.88
It is hereby recoDlmended by the Advisory Committee that lVll'. HOlloway
be paid monthly the swn of ~?68.88.
Hespectfully yo~s,
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Oity Employees' pension Fund
Joseph Rape
Joseph Rape
Lee l.Ic1~ullen
Lee McMullen
Frank .hbernathy
Frank Abernathy
By Betty Urmey
Secretary
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Gentlemen:
As Trustees of the City of Glearw8ter Employees' Pension Fund, you ere hereby
notified that Stanley Zuba, emplpyed at the City Gas Plant, has been duly examined
by a looal physic ieln and is C]uali1'ied to become a member ot' the Pension }llan.
Mr. Zuba is also eligible os to uee, length 01' service with' the City, etc. It
it hereby recommended by the J~dvisory Committee that he be accepted into membership.
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.ADVISORY COlhMITTEE of the'
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Frank Abe:tmathy
Frank Rbernathy
Joseph Rape,
Joseph Rape, Chairman
Lee 1I1c Mullen
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HonorL ble City Commissio ners
Clea~water, Florida.
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notified the t Clyde Harris and Clarence Hall of the Street and Sallitary Departrnent,
have been duly examined by 8 local physi cian and are qualifi ed to become members
of the Pension Plan.
The above employees are also eligible as to age, length of service with the City,
etc. It is hereby recommended by the .l~dvisory Coromi ttee that they be accepted into
membership.
Very truly yours,
ADVISORY COrv1,:ITT~E of the
City Employees' Pension Fund
Joe Rape
Joe Rape, Ghairman
Lee hIcMullen
Lee Mc Mullen
Frank l~bernathy
Franlc .AbernathJT
By Benty Ur.WeY
Secretary
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Honorable City Commissioners,
Clearwater, Florida.
Gentlemen:
As Trustees'of the City or Clearwater Employees' Pension Funa, you are hereby
noti~ied that'J. H. Ricketts, emplpyed at the City Gas Plant, has been duly examined
by a local physioian and is qualified to become a member of the l)ension l)la n.
Mr. Ricketts is also eligible as to age, length of service with the.City, etc.
It is hereby reconunended by the AdVisory ,Commit tee tha t he be accellted into memberShip.
ADVISORY COMMI'l'TEE of the
City Employees fension Fund~
;roe Rape,
~oe Rape, Chairman
By Betty Urmeu
Secretary .
Lee 1\':c Mullen
:Lee Mc Mullen
Frank ~bernathy
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Clearwater Florida
May 27, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Commissioners:
City of Clearwater.
Gentlemen:
As Mo~day night's public Dleeting was the first I have attended in Clearwater, I
hesitated to speak then on any of the itellls listed for discussion. I now wish,
through this wetter, to call to your attention some phases of' the matter of preserv-
'ing Seminole Pier that reoeived no mention ,at this meeting. I doubt whether these
" ... who,. so readily said. "Let it go," even gave them a tho~n t.
'Ith1nk: there oan be no question that if the pier is to be preserved, some work
done 'on it immediately, for even two or more years ago, when I first visited
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CITY COMMISSION MINUT:"!S, JUl'l~ 2, 194 7
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it , it Vias getting into unsatisfactory oondition, and its subsequent deterioration
has been rapid, Just how far, it it is to be saved, suoh ~ork shoud go at this time
beyond what is absolutely neoessary to preserve it 1'01' the future, is 01' ooorse a
matter o~ argument, in view of the city's present finanoial condition. The main
question, however, seems to be vmether to :i(Jve it [It all. .l:.pparently same persons
do not think it wor th saving.
But I believe the pier is well VJorth saving and developing, if funds f'or thi'B
can possibly be found, and this not only1'01' fJ,shing but for other purposes as well.
i~S to fishing, it seems hardly fair to judge future years, as one speelter seemed
to imply that we should by this one sleek year. I migpt add that the pier is even now
a boon to our colored ci tizens, who are kept from using a number of other plaoes
open to ~l1ite people. I believe these citizens deserve some oonSideration.
I wish, however, to emphasize its other values. Ylhen I settled in Olearwater
two and a half years ago, the pler, despi te its then unsatisfactory oondi tion, was being
regularlY used ~or other types of recreation in additon, to fishing. Nothers pushed thei>>
baby carriages out upon it to enjoy the cooling breezes while they watched the other
a6tivi ties. J:>eople bra ught their books, end sometimes their linohes, and rested or
sun-bathed upon it. Tourists, and residents too, often walked out upon it to get the
marvelous views of the Bay, especially at sunset and by moonlight, or to watch the
seabirds and porpoises, unfamiliar signts to mast of them. These porpoises often swan
close enou~h to the pier to enable their breathing to be heard a s their he ads rose
above water. still others enjoyed watohing the pipe-fish and the sohools of sardines,
and other forms of sea lif'e in the vlater and ao brought up by the fishermen. People
found this a pluce in which to get Bc~ueinted with one another and to form lasting
friendShips. TodBY, because of its unsafe condition the pier no longer attracts these
groups. It has become less and less the c.lsset that it was formerly--anquiet, refreshing
plade in which to rest and enjoy nature, und a pleasant sooial meeting-ground.
Develop it reasonably by making it sofe und providing oomfortable benches, and there
seems to be no reason to doubt tnat all these uses will oome back to it in increased
mea sure.
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recreational c enter in a part of the oi ty whi ell wi 11 need su ch a center inoreasingly
as the years pass. Close by it are Seminole Park, the 1i ttle Ij,'heater, the Womans'
Club and the Garden Club, buildings and possi b1y, becou se of it s nearness we might J.
include the North Ward School. It woold seem desirable, in planning long-term
developments within the cit,y, to think of these units as loombers td s~eoe1tent
of a single related group within whic h irnprovemen ts of anyone uni twill tend to
increase the beouty and usefulness of all the others.
Your s very truly,
Carleton E. Preston.
To the Oity Commission of Clearwater
I, D. A. Yettaw do hereby tender my resignation as I)resident of'the
Board of Examiners of l3arbers of' the Oity of Ulearwater, to tak effeot June lOth,
1947.
Signed this 2nd day of June 1947.
D. A. Yettaw.
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CITY COMMISSI ON ~.lINUTES, JUNE 2, 1947
The following reso~ution was adopted Sunday evening by the aongregation of the
Churoh of the Nazarene:
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appreciation to Messrs. Johnson, Wells and Crane, our City Commissioners, far
their oonsistent stund end voting on the proposed liquor zoning ordinanoe now
before them for tlle third reading.
We wish to assure these gentlemen that we are backing them with our prayers end
influenoe in every way possible to J~lp make the proposed ordinance the law of
our city respectil~ saloons.
We, the congregation of the Church of the Nazarene, stand against the liquor
traffic in all of its forms, and pledge ourselves to assist in every ~ay feasible
to put this enemy of our homs, churches and oities, entirely out 01' OllI' State
and Nation.
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BE IT RESOLVED. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the City Commission
meeting Monday night, June 2, 19l1-7, and a oopy be sent to the Clearwa ter Sun
for publioation, and a copy be spread on the minutes of the Church of the Nazarene.
We, ,the undersigned, at the service of the Belmont Methodist Chuxch, this
25th day of May, 1947, do desire to express to the City Commission that we are
in favor of the passage pf the liquor zoning ordinance, now up for third reading
in the interests of civic righteousness in the City of Clearwater.
L. H. Wheeler, Pastor
Eli za beth BaL ley
C.. Earl l.IcMullen
Susie E. Rodgers
C.'F. Bill
N. R. :Erwin
J. W. Barnes
~u". and Nrs. H. M. Ledbetter
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel :r..~ille r
T. E. Striokland
Mxs. L. H. Wheeler
Levi B. Bailey
Mrs.. Adams
ClYde Detele
Mrs. John C. Harley
:Mrs. C. F. Hill
1~s. R. C. Dempsey Jr.
J. D. Nelson
~~s. Dick Nelson
1~s. Tom E. Strickland
1~s. J. W. Barnes
J. A. Miller
Pure 118 ser:
Guy o. Parker & Lucille Parker his ~ife.
Sale Price:
~750.
Property Sold:
L~ts J.9-20~21, Block B. Avondale Subdivision
PUrchaser:
Nona B. Sharp.
Sale Pride:
$1125.
Property So~d:
Lots 12 & 13, Bloc k C. Avonda~e.
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Lew is Zu ble r
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$750.
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Purcha ser:
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Total selling ~ice $2850, less $200. for title insurance to
be paid by the City leavil\g B net selling price to the City 01' :~2650.
Oity of Olearwater,
Frunk Cooley,
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D.O. Box 952
Clearwater, Florida.
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Honorable ~ayor, City Manuger,
City Commissioners, and Chief
of Police of the City of
Olearwater,
Gentlemen:
Vie the membors of Spri hgtime Lodge No. 592 and Spri ng Blvssom
Temple No. 360 choose this n~thod of expressing to you our sincere
thanks and appreciation, for your kind consideration and cooperation
in helping us to make the stay of our delegation pleasant while
attending otU' State .t\ssociation from 118Y 18-21.
The requests and privileges granted to us made us to feel that
we are full fledged CITIZENS, and tnElt it is a step towards true'
Democracy and lasting peace.
We wish to each of you continued health. and success in the
guiding the afftJi rs of !JtU'" city.
Vie remain.
IJinoerely yours,
Spri ngt.iime Lodge #592 .
Springblossom Temple #360
o. S. McCollum, E. R.
John H. Keene, Sec.
June 2nd't 1947
Hon. Board of City Commissioners,
City of Clearwater, Florida.
Gentlemen:
l~S attorneys for the operators of the It'ort Harrison Hotel, Mr.
Kenneth t:enyon and l..r. Vi. D. Owens, we take this means of applying for
a license for the operation of a Cocktail Lounge on the top ~loor
of the Fort llarrison Hotel, located in: ClearWater; b'lorida. The
management of' the Hotel desires this license for the pu~pose 01' aecomodating
its guests and does not intend to ODerate a package store. Ir the license
.is granted to them they will cond'orlll with 811 of the rules and reBLllations
01' the City of Clearvi8ter in the operation of same and will operate
it in such manner that it will be a credit to the Hotel and to the City.
For referenoes wi th ref'erence to the gentlemen who oper6te the
Hotel, we beg to advise trlEl t the~" hold same uni er a le ase 1'rom ti:le
R. E.. Olds Company', which has oVJl1ed the building and l)roJ)erty for 8
good many years. As referenoes we would su.ggest that you oonsult "lith
Mr. Taver BlJylYt President of tbe First l'fational Bank of Olearl/Jater,
or VJith I.ir. Paul F. Randolph, or, as a matter of fact, with any business
firm or reputable citizen in Clearwater.
We will ap.precia te your taking Be ti on a s soon as possible on .
this application as Vle Vlould like to install the neoessaxY' equipment so
that the license could become ef1'ective the i'irst of Octo,ber, 1947.
If neoessary we are willing to pay the license fee at onoe.
Thanking you, we are
Yours very truly
McMULLEN! MoMULLJ!N & l)OGUE
By Cyril Pogue.
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of the Charter of the Oity of Clearwater, Florida being
Chapter 9710 Laws of Florida, Speoial Acts of 1923, at a
spec!lal meeting duly called and held at the City Hall
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thereto on behalf of Mrs. W. T. Harrison, and after due deliber-
ation thereon, dete~ined by proper resolution that a oertain
portion of Osceola Avenue in said City should be widened and re-
paved acoordiIg to certain plans and specifioations submitted:
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of the City 01' Clearwater, Florida, in regular session assembled,
that oertain improvements authori zed under said Charter
provisions on May 22,1947, with reference to the widening and the
repaving of the designated portion of Osceola Avenue in said City,
be made forthlVi th and tha t the Oi ty Attorney be and he is hereby
instructed end author ized to take such legal aotion as may be
necessar,y and proper for acquiring the lands necessary for such
improvement by oondemnation prooeedings or otherwise on behalf
of' said City.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City
of Clean/ster, Florida, this 2nd day of June, A.D. 1947.
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CITY C0M11ISSION 1UNUTED, JUNE 2, 1947
The'City Commission met in regular session the evening of June 2nd, at 7:30
in the City Hall with the following mambers present: J. 0.' Houze, J. R. Crane.
H. D. Sargeant., W. C. Wella am T. .A. Johnson. Absent: none.
The meeti ng was ce1led to order by Mayor Houze and. the minutes of the
previ OUB meeting were read ani apllroved.
The first order Of business 'Was the consideration on its final reading of
Liqour Ordinano e #535.
At this time the C Ie rk: :read a Resolution from the Churoh of the Nazarene end
a Petition from the Belmont Methodist Church, both Resolution and Petition urging
the Commission to make law Ordinance #535. Commissioner Gr~Qe stat~q that he .
did not oare to ask for a third reeding for Ordinance #535, after whioh
Commissioner Johnson introduoed and read in full a Liquor Ordinanoe to be known
as Ordinanoe #538 and after suoh reading moved its adoption on its first reading;
on seoond of Commissioner Wells the motion was unantmously oarried. It was moved
by Commissioner Johnson seconded by Commissioner Wells and unanimously carried
too t Ordinano e #538 be read on its second reading by t1 tle onl.y. After the reading
of the Ordinance by City l...ttorney Smith, it was moved by Commissioner Crane
seoonded by Commissioner Johnson end unanUnously oarried that the Ordinanoe be
passed on its second reading. City Attorney Smith now read Ordinance #538 in full
on its third reading and it was moved by CommissiDner Crane seoonded by Commissioner
Johnson and unanimously oarried that Ordinanoe #538 be passed on its third and
final reading.
Commissioner Johnson o~ the Land Appraisal Committee now read to the Board
the results of an auction sale of City oWled property held May 29, 1947, said
report shuwing that in a11 eight lots in the Fairmont and Avondale Subdivisions
were sold at a net price to the City of $2650.
City Attorney Smith, by unanimous consent of' the Commission~: read Ordinanoe
#537 by title only. This Ordinance has to do with permiting of direotional signs.
It was moved by Commissioner Crane second~d by CommiD~ioner Johnson and oarried
that Ordinance #537 be pABsed on second reading.
The Bo<U"d had before it a letter f'rom the law firm of MoMullen and G03a
asking that the Commission reconsider and grant the issuance of a liquor lioense
to Agostino Oapriotti for location near the nor~~west corner of' Haven Street and
South Garden Avenue. M. H. Thompson and. Wm. M. Goza Jr. were present and urged
that the 110 ense be appro ved. It was moved by Commissioner Sargeant tha t the
liquor applio ation be appro ved.
At the request of'Mayor Houze, Commissioner Crane toolc the Chair as
Chairman of the Board after ~hich Mayor Houze seconded motion of Commissioner
Sargeant and when the same was put was unanimously carried.
An application for a liquor license to operate a cocktail lounge on the
top floor of the Fort Harrison Hotel building ~as before the Board and it was
moved by Cornmissio ner Crane seoon ded by Commissioner Johnson' and carried that the
application be granted.
The Commission heard read a letter from D. A. Yettaw stating his resignation
as president of the Barbers Examining Board to take effeot June 10, 191~? I~
was moved by Commissioner Crane seoonded by Commissioner Johnson and oarried
that the resignation be accepted.
Letters were n~l read by City Manager Bennett concerning the repairing and
upkeep of Saninole Pier and from the Colored Elks Lodge #592 expressing thanks
and appreoiation to the Commission for their he~p toward entertaining the reoent
State Co~ention of Co10red Elks held in Clearwater.
At the request of the City Manager it was moved by Commissioner Sargeant
seoonded by Commissioner Crane and oarried that the City Attorn~y be instructed
to take what ever legal steps necessary to seOUl.'e from Mrs. Nell M. Harrison
the property needed ~or widening North Osceo~a Avenue, as set out by Resolution
belcm .
Captain McClamrna reported tha t he had investigated the requast of Mr. G.
N. Carlson owner of" the Pine1las Office Supply Company, 27-29 N. Ft. Harrison
Avenue, ooncerning the need of free parking speoe. Mr. McClamma reoamnended
that parking meter number 213 in the rear of the business be removed. The
matter was left for the disposal of the City Manager and Captain MoClamma.
Oi ty Manager Bennett reported that he had appointed Riohard Oxnam as
temporary aoting Building Ins~ctor.
The Commission in1'ormed Au. M. B. Thayer that any irregularities or
unfairness whatsoever concerning the operation of the City Eleotrioal Board
or any other Exandning Board of the City would be thoroughty gone into if
proper evidenoe of any suoh irregularity or unfairness was presented to the
Ci ty Commission.
Mr. H. H. Erns~, Journeyman Plumber, stated that he believed that the
lllumbing oontraotors of Clearwater were being unfair 1n using ~ many Apprentioe
Plumbers oons1dGri~ the faat that a diffioult examination is'requ1red~ by
the Oity before a Journeyman Plumber 1.9 a11aNed to ply his trade.
TheC1ty Oommdsslon now oonvened as Trustees ot the Clearwater Employees
Pension Fund hea~d a reoommendation from the Advisory Committee that Stanley Zuba,
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the reoo~end6t1on be appr~ved.
as members of the
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Also read to the Board was a reoommendation from the Advisory Committee
t.ha:t.;G~y M. Holloway reoently retired, be paid a monthly pension of $68.88
from the p'ension i.unci. It was moved bY' COIIllllisslonar Johnson seoonded by
Commissioner' Wells and' oerried that the reoommendetion be appr~ed..
There being no f'lU"ther bl1sinessto oome before the Board the 'meeting
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C?TY 0� CLEARWATER
cs2�r com�sszorr t+�rrruFs, Jur� �, 1947
ORDTNANCE N0. 3$
AN ORDINA.NCE RL+'GU'LATING THE SALE, CflNS�TION
MAI+]T7F'ACTURE, AND DISTRIBT3TION OF i�TVD DEALINC � •
IN kLCOHOLTC B�P�ftAGES CONTAa1ING M0� THI�].V
ONE (1�) PLRCLT;�' OF ALCOHOL BY'V�TEIGHT AND
, PHOVIDIN('� PENALTIES FOR THE 'PTOT�ATION OF TI3E
TEF71145 HEREOI' .
BE iT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMI4IISSION OF THE CTTY OF C�EARWATIl�,
FLORIDA': "
manu�actur�er'�, distrib or,�ven�or, charteredsor ineohis,Ordinance, the terms
rporated clubs, social
clubs and golf clubs ehall b'e defined as ths same are defined; by Chapters�
561 and 562 Florida Statut�s as ainended to the date of th'zs Ordinance.
Sec�tion 2. No person, fi.rm or ccrpora+.ion shall engage i.n t�e bueiness
of manufact�uring, selling; distributing, bartering, ezchanging ar in anywi.se
dealing in liquors, wines, beers and/or other beverage: containing more than
one (lf) per cent of alcoY�ol by weight, within the City of Clearwater, Florida,
axcept under and in compliance with th'e provi.aions of this Ordinance.
Sectian. 3. Bei'ore engaging in any business listed in Section: 2 hereof,
a license shall be secured for suc� business in the manner herein�Pter provided.
Section l�. ZICII�tSFxS, CLASSIFICATIOIdS: On an& ai'ter Oc�cober l, 191;7,
licenses i'or businesses listed in Section 2 above, payable annually to the City
of Clearvaater, s'hall be as follows: -
(A) Vendors wY�o may se1.l only beverages co�taining al.cohol of m�re than.
one (1%��� per cent by weight and not mare than forrrteen (1/��) per cent by weigh�G,
and wines regardless oi alcoholic c�ntent. � �15.00
(B) Vendors operstin� businesses where beverages o�her than wine5
containing alcohol of more than fourteen'(lt��) per cent are sold onlp in s:ealed-
containers for consumption off the �emises where soldo �5o2,5p
(C) Vendors operating businesses where consum.ption on the prem.ises is
permitted of beverages other than wines conta�ning alcohol of more tlian fourteen
�14�) Per cent by weighti, - �75a.�0
(D) Chartered or incorporated clubs, social c'lubs and golf clubs as
deYined in Section 1 above. ��2j.��0
{E) Each manuPacturer en�aged in the manufacture of beverages containing
more than one (lf j per cent of alcohol by weight shall pay an annual license
tax to the City of Clearwater, as follaws;
(1) If engaged in the manufacture of wines and of
nothing else �,50.00
(2) If engaged in the manufacture of wines and
cordials and of nothing else � �100.00
(3) Zf engaged in the business of brewing mali: ,
liquors.and nothing else. �'750.Op
(1�) Tf enga�ed in th� business =of distilling
spirituous l�.c�uars and nathin� else �750.00
(5) If engaged in the business of rectifying and/
or blending spiri�uaus liquurs and nothing �
else. . �1250.00
(F) Each distributor who shall se_ll bevera�es containing alcohol of mare
than one (1°0) per cent by weight and not more th�n fourteen (14�) per. cent by
wei�;ht and vaine� regardless of their alsoholio content, shall pay fat each and
everg establiehmc�nt or brancl� operated ar conducted in the City, an snnual. City
Zicense Tax of. �200.00
(G) All other distributars; for each �nd eve�y establishment or branch
opera�ed or corductad in the City, shall pay an annual City Zicense Tax
of. ' �lz5o:oo
' Section 5. LZC�TSES; QUALI�ICATI�NS FOR I,ICENSES: Zicense's ,shall be
issued only ta persons of good moral character, �roho have not been convicted
of any offense invdl:3�ing moral turpitude and who are noc less than twentg-one
(2l) years oP age. Licenses to corporations shall be issued only to corporations
Y�hose direct�rs and officers are pers•ons of g;ood moa:!al charactei and wh� 1�ve not
bQen convicted. of any offense inuolving moral turpitude.
Section 6. Fb:RSONS NOT 'EI�7TI'.PLID T0 TSC�P7SES: No person under sentence
or parole, and no person now a fugitive ch�rged with violating the �euerage
�aws of the- Sta�e of Florida, or any other State, or of the IInited States;`shall
be granted � license uinder this Ordinance: No license }iereunder shall be issued
within two_ (2) yee�s after such conviction or revocation of license to any person
who'sha11 be conviatt�d of a'�io?.ation hereof nor to-any eorporai�ion eny of whose
oi'fiCers or dirootors shall be convic�Eed of a violation hereof, nor to axiy pe�son,
firm or cor'poration whose license herettnder si1a1� heve been revoked. An� licen�e
iasued to a person, firm or corporation prohibitad from obtaining a-license under
this Ordinance ahall be�revaked.
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Sectibn ?, APPZICATION FOR ZIC�VSES: Be��re any license slasll be issued
uncier any classification in Section 4, eaoh prospective liasnse� shall filo �
yvi�h the City Clesk oz the City of Clearwater, Florid��, a written application
under o�th, setting out the r.ame address and' csharacter oi' Uusiness to be oondua�Ged
the olassification of license applied far, the names an.d addressas of all
persons; firms or corporatio�s in'terested directly or indirectly in tne
business sought to be licensed and Shauld auy such int'srested party Ye inelig-
.;.ble for a lioense uncler Sections 5 and�or 6 uereof, than the application for
�nd license songht shall L�3 denied,
�ection 8, All applications urxler Section '� sha'll bo i�vestigated by the
City Clerk as to txie qu3�ifications and xequiremants set out in this Ordinance.
Afte� any such spplication shal.l be approved by said City Glerk, he shall,
upon receipt ,of the specified fee, prooeefl to issue any licensea under C1'ags-
ifica'tion (Aj of Section 1� �above. Appl.ications for all other ^lassifi�ati�ns
of licen.sea sl�.a'll be rEferred to the City-0ommission of the City •of Cle�rwater,
Florida, for action� If approvec� by said Commission, the Clerk shall �Ghe:u'
iasue such license upon rec�:iving the rac�uirea' �ee. -
Saction 9. Any license provided far in this Ordin�nce may be denied by
the City Commission ahd/or City Clerk on' eny of �the f'ollowing grounds;
, (A) That the' prospeetive license;e is inal'igi13� for a�
} , license under s:ections 5'and/or 6 above.
, (B) That the location of the business sought to be licensed
, - is or sinuld be i.n a prohibi �ed zone ar area as :definad
i� t�is Ordiance.
� (C) That the issuanc,e c�f sucl� license wdzld be cont'rary to
the general welfare of the City of ClerarFvater.
5ection 1p. The denial of any application by the City C1exk-may be appea�ed
to the City Commission within fifteen (15) days. the actioa of the Commission
shall be final in all ca�es.
Section 11. No lioenses shalY. be issaed £or any classification h�reunder
for any businesa lxatzd or t� be l�cated within 500 feet of any public school,
saici c1i,.stance to be measured from property line to property line by the most ,
direet route.
Sectiou 12. jitith the exception of licenses issued under Section l�(A)
and exeept as othercaise provi.ded in this Ordinance, liconses in any alassificr�tion
may only be issued far businessesti�:4�ated is� 9na o� ��re af' t�e fo�..�Q�y3ng zones
�exeb� astablisliad, for tii� piarpose of this Ordinance:
Zone 1. Consisting of all territory between Drecv Street on the North,
Ha�ven Street on the South ,' Myrtle Avenue on �he East and the
waters of Clearvaater Bay on the West.
Zone P. ' Consistir� of all territory on Clear�vater Sl�ach Island,
betcv:Aen Glearwater Street on the North and irst Street on
' the SQuth, ^
Zone 3. Consisting o� terri'tr�ry now occupied in the �ity by chartered
or ineorporatedclubs, sociaT clubs and golz clubs,
Zone 1�., Gonsisting oP property ixonting on botYi. sides of Green�vood
�venue .betryeen Palmetto and �Vashi�gton Stree�s, and extending
respectivel�: �ast and V�est from Greemv�od l�venue �to a distance
of One Hu�7.red T4venty-�'ive. (.125' ) Feet .
VTith the exception of licenses issued under 1�(�), no license shall be
is9ued for any classifieation hereunder for any business outside and not included
in one or more oi' above designate�i zones. ,
Sectian 13. All licenses issued u�der this Ordinanee shall be i'or one
year, the license year to begin October 1 and end the fallowing Sept�nber
30th and any Ticenses issued aPter October l of any year shaly expi�e Sept:ember
30th next succeeding, provided that any person beginning busi�ess on or �ftar
the ls t dap of April o� any ye ar may pro cure a lic en:se expzring on the
Septe.niber 30th nsat succeeding on the payment of one-half the license tax
herein reqkired for the annual license.
Section 1:4., No license issued unaer this �0rdinance sl�all be transierable
�3thei� as to licensee or location. A licensee moving his �r its place o� business
t� a nPw locati on shall, , upon surrendering his lic ense ta the City Clesk and making
a new application in t$e same manner as Por � original application for tho new
1�ocat;ion., be• issued a new lice.nse'to run for the remei:nder of the license year
without the payment of any further fee or tax providing that said licensee shall
then qnalify under all th9 proyisions of this Or3inancs, '
Section 1.5. Tho C'ity Conimission may revoke any license issued hereunder for
any vi�latian, o� this Ordinanee or f�r any other just c�use.
. Sec+ion 16. Licenses iasued hereunder shall be in ad�.ition�to end not in
lieu oi any other lioenae or tax law�ully imposed by;the City.
See�iori 1'7. Any .license issupci: under provisions oP this Ordinance ma be
renewed Yrom ` y
year�to year upon payment of the licen:se �ee required under Section /�.
� pro�iding au�h �icense sna�.l n.ot have boen reva�ed and none of the J.icensee�s
qualifi�c:ations here�znder impaired.
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CI'Z'Y OF CI.,EA12�^ikTER
CITY COl�g/lISSTON I+(II+TI7TES, JiJNL 2, �947
Ordinancse 5'38 (continuea) : � . _ ,
Sec:tion lg� No �,:ya�nae� heret+� �hall permit any por�ibn:� of 'the premises'
occupied by ox used in connsction with the business licensed to be ��pt i.n an
unsanii;ary condition nar shall such lieensee engage in or pc3riaii; an� disorderly conduct
on auch premisesmr in any way operate, or peimit the oporation of the.business
in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance,. No alcohcli,.c beve�a�e p�ckaged
oi otherwise shall be s�ld, givon or serv.edeto �ny person. �vho is intoxicated at the
time or wh,o is forbidden by any law of the State of Florida or O.rclinance oP t'he
�iity of' Glesrwater from entering such place of business �r consu�i.ing sueh beverage,,
Section 19, N'o vendor, club or caterer s��ll ha�e in his or' its possession
nor on tha premises occupied by him or it, any alcoholic beverages �equiring
atamps which are not stamped nor any aleoholic begerages not permited to be sold by
such licensee urxler the licenee issued pursuant to this Ordinenee. Pessession-
of such �rohibited beverege shall be prima faeie evidence af the sgle o� such
beverage.:
Section 20. Nn person, firm or corporation shall sell or o�fer for sale any
�evarage mentioned in. this Orc}inance without heving a current licenae u�l-er tias
appropriate classificatiori authorizir� such sale or oP�er.
Section 21, kPter �the effective date of this Orclinance, ever�,� licensee
re�reiving or renewing any license herein Fmovided for s�all agree that, as a condition
to the issuance of eisloperation uruler such license, the prem.ises licensed shall be
subject to inspection and./or search by any police, i�ealtn or sanitary offieer
of the City of Clearv�ater at any� time =,�ithout a search warrant. Any liceilsee, agent
oPficer, emplcyee or person in ch�rge of licansed premises who pefuses to admit such
CYty Officer or who ha�npers, hinders or interferes with any inspeetion or search
made hereunder shall be subject to punishment upon co�viction ss hereinafter provided,
Section 22. No Licensee shall be permitted t� sell any�aleoholic beverage
containing more than Pourteen {11y°fo) per cent o�' alcoliol by r�eight e�cept inside the
building or buildings an the ,premises 'described in his or its license.
Sectio�. 23. No person shall consume any alcohalic beverage containing more
than fourteen (1�.�) per cent o� alcohol by weight at anq place of business
].icensed hereunder e:;c�pt tvithin the building or buildings on the gremises so
ii�BnSEa.
Section 21�. Any Vendor licensec� u�cler classification ('B) of Sectian 1�, shall
not im his or its place of Y�usiness seil or expose �or sale any beverages other
than those �'or which license was issued and such place oi bus�ness sha11 be devoted
exclusively to such sales.
Section 25. Vendors licensed under Classification {Cj of Section 1�, sha11
provide seats �� the use of their customers. Such Vendors may sell-beverages--
co�ered by their license by the d`r:�nk or in ct�ntainers far� consumption on or nff the
premises where sold but when such beverages are sold by the drink or �ar consumption
onthe premises where sold, they shall be sold only to customers who
shall consume such beveragss whibe seated. 2t sha11 be unlawful Yor such premises.
to contain s�inging doors or screens so placed as to prevent saeing into the premises.
There shall not be sold at such places of business anythi�; other than the beverages
authorized in the licensE and what is customarily sold in a restaurant. At all
such place� of business where sales by the drink or for consumption on the premises
are permitted, regular meals sh�1.l be offered, prepared and served�. either a ls
carte or lamerican plan on the premises when op,en for business.
Section 26. t3o licensee under this 0rdinance sha11 sell, give, serve or
permit to be sold, given or serv€;d any beverages mentioned in this Ordinsnca to
any person under twenty-one (21) years of age, whether such personTs disabilities
of minority shall have been re.moved or not.
Section 27. No licensee under this Ord�nance shall e�ploy any person under
tv�en�y-one (2I) years of age to wo.rk in such place of busi�ess. It shaZl also
be unlawful i'or any licensee to employ any person in the business licensed �vho
sha11 have been twiee convic�ed within five (5) ye�rs immediately prior to such
employment of any offense against any of the �ravisions ef this Ordinancs or
the Ueverage laws of thi s or any other State � wha shal� at any time i�ave been
co�icted. in an� Court of a�y offense involving mor�l turpitude.
�eetion 2�. HOURS OF SE�LI�IG: No alcoTaolic beverag�s as defi.ned in th�s
Ordinance shall be sold, �iven away, consumed, servsd �r perl:�ii;'ted to be �srved
ar consumed in any place of business licensed hsreunder between the hours oY 1s00 A.Ivi.
an� �:00 A:Ni, on week days and betsveen the hours of 1�00 k. Ti�. on Sunctays and
g:00 �i.I�4. on � n+tonday; provided, however, thi.t wines and beers o,r any beverage
containing less that fourteen (ll�g'o) per cent of alcohol by weight may be sold
k�etween Noon and Midnight on Sundays and provided further that any alcoholic beverage
as defined herein may be sold on Su�days between Noon and 142idnight in any place of
business operating as a restaura�t where auch beverage is sold with and consume�
in. tha c ourse of a i egular Fai11 meal.
Section 29. RULES Ur EVIDAVCE: In a11 proseci�?kions for violations of this
Ordinance, �ror�f. that the beverage in question: was and is �nav�n as 5'vhiskey, rum
�ir, b�andy, bsen, wine or otrer aimilsr desi�nation, shall b� pr3.ma facie evidence
that such beverage is an alcoholic beverage under &ny of the tes�na o� this Ordinance:
Any pexson or persoas who by �xpe.rienee in the handling or use of aleoholia beverage;
Ar who by taste, snzel.l or the drinkiria of such be`verc�gc�., had knowledge as to the
8lcoholic content therof, may tes�iiy ras to him opini�n whethes such beverage is
ar is not �an alnohclic bevera�e as mentioned anywhare in this drdinance and a
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. S'ection 30. No p�xson shall'be�ore the Islunicipal Couxt up'on the trial of
eny p�r'son;�g�rsnnsior corporation aharged with vi�lating �ny provisions
of this Ordinance refuse to tostify or give evidenne or produce any recard,
book, paper or othe.r personal pro�erty oi' any descTiptx�n,,u�on thc graund that
by so do1r� he ina3* thereby incriminate himself; ai�d any �SexS�n who �hall ao
tsstify or,g�ve or produce such evidenei:a shall not be prosecuted 'or held liable
Yor any penalty or for�eiture for a�' nr.� soc�unt of any m�tter or thing
cottc�rnine; which he ma�* so teatify a�r give or produoe evidenoe ar.d the same
shall not be used against suoh person �r_ anywise'or in any manner in �ny
pros�ctuion or'other proceoding under thi's Ordinance; pr5vided that noth�ng
in this secti.oii contained shaTl protect any nerson a�ainst pro�eotion for perjury
or �else swoaring,
Section 31, Any persun, firm o'r corgora�tion violating anv pr�trisions
of'this Ordinance shall upon conviction in the Municipal Court of'the City
of Clearsvater, be,fined not e$cee$ing the sum of Five guna�ea (�Soo.00)
Dollars or imprisoned. in the CitST J'ail for nat exceedir� sixty (50) dsys or
both, such �ine and imprisonment in the disoretion of the Municipal Jud�e, �
es to each violatione
Section 32. Should any saction or p��ti,on, .of this Ordinance be declared
uncunstitutionsl or i.nvalyd for any reason, #,he remainder hereof shall not
be af�ected thereby.
' Section, 33. .�11 Ordinances or. parts of Ordir�ences in co*�flict� herervith
are hereby repealed:
Section 34, This �rdinance shall become effactive immediately upon
passage.
� PASST� ANU ADOPTI*�J by the City Cammission of the City of Clearwater,
Florida :
Passedon Firs� Readin�_ J'une 2, 191�7 -
Passed on Second Reading June 2, 19�k7
Passed on Third Readirg J'une 2, 19/�7, T '
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CITY OF CI�kRVTkTER ' i
CITY C014�SSION P�ATUTES, JUT� 2, 19i�7 ;�
MaY 31, 1947" '
City Commission . ,
Clearwater, Florida. �
Centlemen: "
We re-submit here�ith for you� consideration the _�pli�ation of I:Zx, and '
N,rs. !�, Capriotti for the issuance of a license ta sell alc�holic beverages.
&s �ou know, this applic ati on has been s ubmitted twice before, and it is
re-submitted bEcause it is the unders�Gandino oY th� undersigned tl�at the , Com--
missinn did not feel on the two previous occasions that it had suificient
infor.mation to warrant the issuanee of this license.
ti'Ie wish to calllyour attention co the fact that the State and �ounty
license has already been secured by the applicants, �nd that they have
entexecl into a contract with R. �J�. Thompson. Compony, 1oca1 co�tractors, for
the construc�ion oi a�35,000.00 building on the premises, the plans for
w}�ich builclin� have already l een approve�? by tne State Beverage Depar-cment.
It is the further intention o� applicatnts ta place an additional �15,000.00
wortri of equipment in thzs building.
In addition �o the ��50,000.00 thus being spent with local buuiness
people, we vaish to call your atten�ion to tihe fact th�t the applicants
will of necessity spend other eums vlith 1oca1 merehants for the purchsse oi
sugplies for their hu�iness, their family and themselves.
V7e feel tnat to re�use this applicatian vaould not only work an
injustice on the a�plicants, but vaould rRsult in ���oss of a substan+ili �rou:nt
of husiness to the City oi' Cleari+rater. �
It v,as the intention of the undersigned to be present when this application
a�as presented, Y�ut an urgent ousi�ess trip to Chicago made it impossible
for me to attenfl. I am accord�ngly requesting my lava partment, l�tilliam I4, uoza,Tr,
to be presr,n� at the hearing nn this �pplication to ansitier any questions vahich
yau mi�ht wish to ask, ii representati�e of R, I�:. Thompson Company will also
b� presznt in the event you have any questions concerning the bnilding.
Yours ver,y truly,
J. Tweed r�ic 1�iullen.
r�say 27, 1947
Honorable City Commissioners
Clearw�ater, I'lorida
Gent1'smen:
As Trustees of the City o�' Clearwater �nployees' Pension Fund, you are
hereby notiiied that ciue to the action ai �`�he Civil Service Board, �ir. �up
b4, Holloway is bein� retired �rom the City tolice Departsent, effective
I�ray 30th, as iie is enterin� his 70th year an� physicqlly unable to perform
his du'ties .
It v�as �agreed that io�r. Holloway wlio has served ths Police Danartment so
' faithfully for r�an3T years be recommended to receive the follawing monies from
the pension t'und:�;
Service vnth City - 17 years and 9 months.
Average salary � or last 3 years -��`'191a..03
2� af vr194•03 per month equalls - 3.8506
h2ultiplied by 17 3/1� years worked -�6$.�$
It is hereby reconunended Uy the ��dvisory Committee that 14Sr. Holloway
be paid monthly the sum of �6$..8�.
kespectfully yours,
�iDVISO:tY C OT�II�.`�I.TT yE
Ci�y L+�n.��loyees' pension Fund
J'o�e»h Rape Lee i�Tcl�;ullen Frank hbernathy
�'oseph Rape Zee I�:cn.ullen Iranle ��bernathy .
By l3etty Urnrey ,
Secret�ary
May z7, 1�3�a7.
�Ionortablo City Gommissione�s -
Clearwater, T'lcrida. '
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Gentlemen: .
ks Trustees of the City of Clearvarater Employeest Yension T'und, you ale he�eby
notified that 3tanle� Zuba, empl;oye�} �t the City Gas Plant, tias beon duly examinad
by a locr�l physician and is c�uali�ied �o become a member o� t.ho �'ension .�'lan.
� Nir, Luba is also eligibie as to age, lei�gth of servioe with' the Ci'ty, e'ta. Ifi
it hereby recommended by the tiavisory Conuni�tee that he be accepted �.n1;o meml�ership.
, Very truly yours,
�iDUTSORY COPJ;NIITT"' + of the'
City L'mnlosfees' .�eneion I'und
Josep�h R�a�ne�,�� Lee 111c I�Iullen FW�nk 11�betnath.y
Jesegh 3 e, Chairman Les Mc l�iullen Frank r,bernathy
By: Betty Urmey
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a�tay 29, 1947
Honor�ble City Conunissioners
Ctear�vater, Florida .
Gentlemen;
�s Trustees of tlle City of Clea�vaater Employ�es' Pension Fund, you are hereby
notified that Clyde Harris and Clarence Ral1 of the 5treet and Sani:tary Depari�m�nt,
hsve been c�uly examined b�r a local ph�sician and ar� c�ualii'ied to become members
of the Pensian Plan. "
The al�ove employees are �lso eligible as ta age, length of service with the Ci�ty,
etc. It is hereby reconmiended by the �dvisory Commitfiee that they be accep-ted into
mer;bership. p
Vzry truly yo�rss,
�➢VISORY COP��'�STm�+.vE of the �
City E��loyees' �ensi on Fund
Joe Ra e I,ee IiicPlullen Fran.k l�bernath.y
oJ� e��ape, hairman Lee �ic hTullen Frank Aberna�th�
By Betty Ur�p.e;�
Secr�tary .
Iviay 27 , 1947
Tionorable City Commissioners,
Glearwater, �'lorida.
Gentlemen:
As Trustees�of the City of Clear�vater �nployees' Pension Fun$, you are hereby
notii`ied that�J', H, Rieketts, emplr�yec� at the City Gas Plant, h�s veen duly examined
by a �ocal physician and is qualified to become a member of the 1'ension Plan. ,
l�ir. �ieketts is also eligible as to age, length of service with the,City, etc.
It is hereby recommended by the xdvisor3* Coramzt�ee that he be acce�ted into membership.
i�DVISORY COT,�TV!TTTE� of the
City Employees "r'ension Fund.
�oe Rape, Zee 2v:c �iullen Frank r,berna�_
J�e �ape, Chairman , Zee �c Iuiullen, Franl� r�.bernr�thy
By Bet�?:T Urme�Z , , ,
Secxetaxy.
1765 N, Ft, Haxrison
Clearwater Floriaa
�IaY 27, 1947
To the Honorable Hoard of Comm.issioners:
City ot Clearvaater.
Gentlemene
As 2yior�day nightts public meeting was the �irst X have attended in C1.e.arwater, I
hesitated �o speak then on any oi the it:ea�:s listed for discussion. T naw yuiah,
through �hzs 1,etter, to call to your attention s�me phases of the matter of preserv-
ing Seminole Pier that received no men.tiop. �t this m.eeting. I daubi; whethex theae
who sa readilg said. '�I,ei; it go," even gave them a�ha�nt.
I thin.k ther� can be r�o qusstion that ii the pier is to be preserved, sbine warls
mu.st be done on it ircanediately, for even two or more years ago, y��heii S�irst visited
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it, it wa� gettin� into unsati�factory condition, and its subsequent deterioration
has been rapid, J'ust how �:�r, it it is to be saved, such work shoud go at this -time
beyonrl whai is absolutely necessary tr� preserve it Por the future, is oi' course a
matter of �rgument, in vie�v o�' tY�e city's p�es9nt financial condition. The main
guestion, however, seems to be vlhether tn ssa�re it at a1.1, i�pparently some persans
cto not think it worth s�ving.
But I�elieve the pier is we11 worth saving and develo�ing, if funds far� this
ca� possibly be found, and this not only i'or ��shing but for other purposes as well.
�ss to �ishing, it seems kiardly fair to judge future years, as one spe�aker seemed
to impl� thot we should by this one slack year. I might add-that the pier is even now
a�oon to our colored citizens, who are kept from using a number of other p�aces
opeh to white pedPle. I believe the.se citizens deserv�e some eonsideration.
I wish, however, to emphasize its other yalues. 4'�Then I settled in Clearvaater
two and a half years ago, the pier, despite its then unsatisfactory condition,�was baing
regularly used for other ty�5es of re�reation in additog to Yishing. I�iothers pushed t�iei�
baby carria�es out upon it to enjoy the cooling breez�s while they watched �he other
activities. Yeo�le brought their books, and sometimes their linches, and rested or
sun-bAthed upon it. Tourists, and residents too, oiten walked out upon it �o get the
marvelous views of the Baq, especa:�lly at sunset and by moonli�t, or to v�la�ch the
seabirds and porpoises, unfamiliar sights to most of them. These �orpoises often swan
close enough to the pier t� enable their breathing �a be heaxd as their hea�s rose
above water. Still others enj_oyed vaatching the pipe-fish and the schaols oY sardines,
and other forms of sea life in the v�ater and as bmught up by the Pishermen. �eople
foun� this a place i� which to get acguainted �iith one another and to foxm lasting
friendships, Today, because of its unsafe condition the pier no langer attracts these
groups. It k'�as become less an.d less the asset that it was formerly--anquiet, refreshing
plade in which to rest �nd en�:o;� nature, and a pl�asant social meeting-ground,
Deve�.op it reasonably by making it sa�e a�d providing com�ortable b��nches, and there
seems to be no reasor to doubt tnat all these uses will come back to it in increased
measure.
B,y its locatian Seminole Pier na-curally forms �rt of a secondary civic and
recreational center in a�art of the city which vaill need such a center increasingl�
as the pears pass. Glose by it are Seminol.e Park, the Little Theater, the 4Yomans'
Club and the Garden Clnb, buildings and po�sibly, because of its nearness we might :�
include the North Ward School. I'f, SNOLIICZ seem desirable, in planning long-term
de , alapments wi thin the city, to think of these unit s a s members iso so�ce��xtent
of a single relatied group within wnich improvements of any one unit will tend to
increase the beauty and usefuJ:ness of all the others.
Yours very truly,
Carleton E. Preston.
T� the City Coimnission of Clearwater
I, D. A, Yettaw do herebp t�nder mJ resignation as President ai' the
Board oi Examiners of i3arbers of the Cit� of �learyvater, to tsk effec� J'une lOth,
1947.
Signed �his 2nd flay of June 191�7 •
D. A, Yettaw.
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GITY COP�lfISSTON 1l�NU'�ES, J'UI�iE 2, 1947
The following resolution was adopted Sunday evening by the corigregatiun of the
Church of the Nazarene:
,RESOLUTIQN
B� IT RESO�,V�D, t�.at we go on record by a rising vo�e in expressix� our sincere
appreciation to Pliessrs. Johnaon, We11s and Crane, our City Gommissioners, Yor
their �onsistent stand and voting on the proposed liquor zaning ordinance now
before them for the third reading.
Vle wish to �ssure these gentlemen ,that we are backi� them with our prayers and
iniluance in every way �ossible to help make the proposed ordinance the law �f
our city respecting saloons.
UJe, tY�e con�regation of the Church of the Nazarene, stand againat the liquor
traffic in a11 of its forms,.and pledge ourselves to assiet in every way i'easible
to put this enemy of our homes, churches and cities, entirely out of our State
an� Nation.
Bi IT RE50LVED. That a copy o� thase resolutions be sent to the City �ommission
meeting Monday night, June 2, 19�E7, and a c¢py be sent to the Clearwater Sun
for puU.:�ication, and a copy be spread on the minu-�es of the Chureh of the Nazarene.
E. D, �Sesser �
1'astor.
�;7e„the undersigned, at the EeTYlCB of the Belmont f�etho$ist Church, this
25�h day of IvIay, lgJ�7, do desire to express to `the City Qormnission that we are
in �avor o#' �he passage of the liquor z�ning ordinance, novr up for third reading
in the interests of civic rightzous�ess in tt3e City of Clearv�ater.
L. $. Wheeler, Pastor Zevi B. Baile�
Elizabeth Bailey Nrs. Adams
C. Earl �1eNullen G1yde Detele
Susie E, Rodgers hirs. John C, Harle3r
C. 'F. Hill h�irs. C. F. Hill
N. R. �r.win - Ivirs, t2. �. Dempsey Jr.
J. �Y. Barnes J. D, Nelson
I�'Ir. t�nd P,irs. H. I�, Ledbetter DiLrs. Dick I�elson
Iv�r. and P,1rs. �nsel �iller I�rs. Tom �. Strickland
T. E, Strickland b7rs. d. 4'7. Barnes
P•1Lrs. L. H. Z"�heeler J'. �i. T;iiller
Rr�.'ORT OF �-:UC^1I�N BxLE F3ELD l��Y' 29, 1947 10:00 o'clack
Prope��y Sold: '
Zots 2& 3, Block li, I'airmont Subdivision
Purchaser•
Gu3r o. Parker & I.,ucille Parker his vri�e,
Sa1e �'rice•
w75o.
Pz opext,y Sold :
Lots 19-20-21, �lock B. �iv�ndale Subdivision.
Purchaser•
Nana B. Sharg.
S�le Pri�e.
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F�ro perty Sold : � '
Lots 12 &].3, Bloc.k C. Avonda],e.
Purchaser•
I,ewis Zub1e r
Sr� le 1�ri c e�a
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Lot 5, Block G, I'airmont
Yurcha ser •
Robert Frost.
Sale Price:
5�225 .
T��al selling �ice yp2�50, less y,�':2QQ. �or ti�le insurru�ce �to
be paid by the City leaving a nat`,sellir� price to tl�e City of �,�2650.
�ity of Clearwa�er,
Fran.k Cooley,
�ity Auditor and Clerlt
Springtizue Lai�e �592
B.o. Box 952
� Clearwater, Florida.
nsay 3i, i947 .
Honora'�le L:ayor, City P�Tanager,
Qity Commissioners, and Chief
' of Police of the City of
' Clearwater,
Gentlemen: •
4�e the members o� Spriii�time Lodge No� 59� and Spring Blossom.
Temple No. 360 choose this methoci oi' Expressin� to you our sincere
thanks and apprec?ation, for your kind consideration and cooperation
in he�ping us to maks �he stay of aur delegation pleasant while
sttending our State xsso cia ti on � rom I�ay lt�-21.
The requests anci privileges granted to us made us to feel that
v�e are i�i.11 iledged CTTSZ�NS, and tnat it is a step tawards true•
Denocracy and lasting peaae.
V,fe vuish to each of you continued health and success Yn the
guiding the af�aira of our� city. �
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Springt:ame Lodge �5�?
Springblossom Temple �360
0. S, tt4eCn21um, E. R.
John g. Keene, Sec.
June 2nd:� 1947
f'ion. Board of Gity Cop�missioners,
�ity oi Clearwater, rlorida. '
Gentlemen:`
ks attorneys for tne oPerators of the .'t�'ort �iarrison Hotel, Iv2r.
Kenneth Yienyou and i1.r, �i1, D, ihvens, we take this means of applying i'o�
a license £or the operation o� a Cocktail �,ounge on the �op floor
oi t�e rort iiarrison Hotsl, located in Clear�kater, r'lorida. The
management of the tlotel desires this license for the purpose of accomodating
its guests and does not intend �o operate a�ckage store.- If the license
is granted to �them they vrill concPorm witYa. all or the rules ancl re�ulati�ns
oY tne City af Clear�raater in the operation of same and vail]. operate
it in such m�nver that it v�ill be a credit to the Ao�e7, a�d to the City.
For references vaith reference to the gentlemen vah� o�erate the
fiotel, we beg to advise t�.At tLey ilold same urxler a lease �rom tne
R, .�. Olds Company?, v�hich has oi�med the builain� and .p•rouert;; inr c�
; good many years, As re�erences we would sug�es� that you consul� ��rith
I;;r. Taver B�yly, �resident o�: the �'irst IJational �a!:tk of Clearwater,
or vaith i.s. Pau1 F, R�n.clolph, or , as a matter of fact, with any businoss
Pirm or re1�utable citizen. i�. Cle arwater.
V1e will appreciate 9our taking action as s�on as possib�.e on
this application as U�e would like to install. the necessarv equipment eo
that the liaense eoulcl beco�e effec'tivs the first oi' Oetober, l94•7•
If necessary we are willin; tc� pay the license fee at once.
�rhanifin� you, we are
Yovrs very truly
r;Scr;:ULL�rif , T�kclvirtJLL�T & ��OGtTE
By Cvril iogu�.
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WI�REAS, pursuant to the provisions of Seci;ion 123
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oP the ChEarter oi �the City af Clear�r�ater, Florida being �
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ahapter 9710 Laws of Florida, Spec2al Acts af 1q23, a� a
spec�al meeting duly cailed and held at th� City Ha11
in said City oP Clearvaater on the' 22nd day oi May, k.D�
191�.7, the City Oommi�sion of said City, aPter hsaring objections
thereto on behalf of Mrs. W. T. Harrison, and aPter due deliber�
ation thereon, cieteunin.ed by gropsr res�lution �hat a certain
portion of Osceols Avenue in said Gity should be widened and re-
paved according to certain plans and specifications submitte3c
N05v, THII3EFORE, B� IT RESOLVED by the Cit� Qommi.ssion
oi the City of Clearviater, Florida, in regul.�r session a�sembled,
that certain improvements aut�orized under said Gharter
provisions on iviay 22� 19y.7, with reference to the widening and t�e
repaving of �he designated. portion of Osceola A�enue in said City,
be ma:de �arthwith and tha t the City P_ttorney be and he is hereby
instructed and authorized to take such legal act�on as may be
necessary and proper ior acquiring the lands necessary for such
improvement by condemnation groaeedings or otherv�ise on behal�
o�' said City,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Cii:y Comrnission o� the City
of Ci_earcraater, �'lorida, this 2nd da� of June, A.D, 1947•
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ATTES/T��-- f / l /I �
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CITY COI�fISSION MINt7TED; J'UNE 2, 1947
The� C'ity C��3,ssion met� i�. regular session the evening af J'une 2nd, at 7:3q
in the City Hall with the Yollow�x►g members present: J'. 0.� gouze, J, Rm Crane,
N. D, Sar�eant�, W. C. Welys and T. A. J'ohnaon. Absenttnone.
The �meeting was cralled to o�,°d.er by �viaybr Houze and the minutes oP t�e
previous meeting were read and appmved. ,
The first order of buainess was the consideration on its final reading oP
Ziqour ordinanc.e.#535•.
At this time the Clerk ��ad a Resolution from the G�.urch of the �azarene and
a Petition fro� the Belmont Methodist Ch.u�ch, boti� Resolution and Petition urging
the Commission to v�ake law Ordinance �535. Comm.issioner Crane. stated that he •
did not care to ask for a third reading for Ordinance #535, after which
Con�misaioner J'ohnson introduced and read in full a I,iquor Ordinance to be krown
aa Ordin.an.ce �538 and after such reading moved its adoption on its first reading;
on second of Commissioner Wells tne motion was unanimously carried. It was moved
by Commissioner Johnaon seconded by Corr�issioner V��ells and unani�aouslv carried
tha't Ordinanc e�53�' be reafl on its second reading by title only. After the reading -
of the Ordinance by City xttorney Smith, it was moved by Commissioner Crane
seconded by Commi.ssioner Johnson azi�i unanimously carried that the Ordinance be
passed on its second reading. City ktitorney Smith now read Ordinanee �538 in �ull
on its third reading and it v�as moved by Commissiqner Cra�e seconded by Ccmmissioner
J'oluison and unanimously carried that Ordinance #53� be passed on its third and
�inal reading.
Commission�x J'ohnson oY the I,and Appraisal Co�ittee nrnv read to the Board
the resul,ts oP an auction sale oi City o`med property held Mag 29, ].91�7, ssid
report sh-nwing that in all eight lots in the Fairmont and Avondale Sundivisions
v�ere sold at a�.et price to the Citiy of �2fa5D.
City Attornep 3ma,t�., by unanimous consent of tihe Commission:;: read Ordinance
�53? bY title only, This Ordi.nance has to do with permitir� of directional signs.
It was moyed by Commissioner Crane seconded by Commi.ssioner J'ohnson a�3 carried
that Ordinance �537 be passed on seccnd reading.
Th� Board had before it a letter from the law iirm of P�eMullen and Go�a
askinb that the Commission reconsider and grant the issuance of. a �iquor license
to <gostino �apriotti Por lxation near the northwes� aorner o� Aaven Street and
South Garden Avenua, M. H. Thompson and SYm. N:, Goza Jr, were present and urged
that tihe license be appr�ved. It tivas moved �y C'ommissior,er Sargeant �hat tne
liquor application be approved.
A� the request of Mayor Houze, Commissioner Crane took the Chair as
Chairman of the Board after which Mayor Houze seconded motion of Commissioner
Sargeant and tvhen the same was put was unanimously earriea.
An application for a liquor license to operate a coc�tail lounge on the
top fl�or oY the �ort Harrison Hoi;el building was be�ore the 3oard and it was
moved by Coxam.issionex Crane seconded by Commissioner J'ohnson: and carried that the
application be �ranted.
The Gommission hearc� read a letter from D. A. Yettazv stating his resignat'ion
as nresident of the Barbers �xamining Board tc� take e�fect June 10, 19/�7. It
was moved by Commissioner Grane seconded by Commissioner Johnson and carried
that the resignation be accepted.
Letters were now read b,� City Manager Bennett cca�cerning the repairing and
upkeep of Saninole Pier and from the Colared Elks I,od$e #592,expressing thanks
ancl appreciation to the Commission for their hel�i toward e�tertaining the recent
State Cozivention of Colored Ellss held in Clearwater.
.�t the request of the City b4anager it was moved b� Camn:.issioner Sargeant
soaonded by Coramissioner Crene and. earried that the Cit� Attorna5* be instructed
to take what ever legal staps necessary to secure from i;�rs. Vell M. Harrison
the property needed for widenir� North Osceol�a Avenue� as set .out by Resolution
beloW .
Captain McClamma reported that he had invastigated the request of Mr. G.
N. Carlson aJuner of the Pinellas Office Supply Campany, 27-29 N. Ft. Harrison
i�venue, concerning the need of free parking sp�ce. Mr. MeClamme recammended
that parking meter number 213 in the rear of the business be removed. fihe
matter �vas 1ef� for the disposal oi the City I�ianager and Cantain McClamma.
City Manager Bennett reported that he had apgoiuted Richard Oxnam as
temporary aeting Buildirk; Inspector.
The Commission informed NLr. N. B. Tha, or that ar�T irregularities or
unf�i.rness v�atsoever coneerning the operetion of tha (;ity Electxicel Boars�
or ar�y other Exami.ning Board of �he City would be thoroughZy gone into if
praper evidence o� any such irre�ularity ar unfairness was gresented to the
City Commission, �
Mr, H. H. L+'rnst, Journeyman Plumb er, stated that he believed that the
plumbin� contra�tors of C1earGvater were beino unfair in using s�o many kpprentice
Plumbers considoTing the fact that a difiicult examination is requi�s�d:a bg
the City before a Journeyman Plumb�ar is allowed -�o ply his trr�de.
The Ci+y Commission now convened as Trustees of the Ciearwater F�aployees
Pensio� Fund heard a recommendation fram the Advisory Comm3.ttee that Stanley Zube,
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pension plan. Tt was moved by Commissioner Sargeant seoonded by Commissioner
Grane and oarried tnat the reco�mendstion be approved.
' Also read to the Board w�s a recammendation from the Advisary Committee
thst:Guy M, Holloway, recently retired, be �aid.a monthly pension of �6g.g8
irom the �ension fund, It was moved by Commissioner J'ohnson secanded by
Commissioner'Wells and'csa'rriec� that the�reoc�mmendation be agpraved.,
There beir� no .further business to come bsforo :the Board the vnaeting
was adjourned. �
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