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ZONING AND PLAN1l INO BOARD
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'r""-: Millutee of the lieeting, ThurEJdElYf Febr11m'y 12, 1959
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Pl"Gsont wore mo:",tb';)l"s Loviaon, Rondo 1I Barrio D, Gates and Swun.
'Mrs~ Alice Bush (f,or Paul Rettig, Engin~ering Dnpartmr:J11t) IJIr.. '\'!olle,
and Chucl~ Albury. of the St ~ Petersburg TimLlls I) ~1l". Ii'red Robinson and
J~ck Sto~lghil1 ~'fOre pl'e!:lsnt representing Harland Bartholo:t13\'l and
1\.3soc:tates. Th1'3 rneet.:i.ng ,~s called to order by the Vice Cha:\.rman,
Mr. Levison 0 I.ir. Krttne "tlas unabl.e to nttond hecause of il1nes3~ Thg
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minutes of the Februars' 5 meeting were appZ'ovEl(lr.
A report from the oubdi vision committee 011 Sunset Lake Estates
Uni.t #2 and masteX' plan was deferred pending further study and visi't
to the s1toQ
Mrll Reade sunmar1zod 'the edi't1ng done by Mr" HaITie s and himself'
in the review of the Economic BackgroWld and Populat ion Report 0 This
review had than been 4iecussed at the special me9til~ held Tuesday,
February 10 with ~~. Harriea, Reade, Swan, Gates~ Kennedy and I~o ~o11e
in attenda"lce"
l'IIr.. VTolle passed out a copy of these corrections to be a part
of 'che existing composed report..
~wo Robinaon credited the Board Members for their intere3t and
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cooperation in f'lnalizing this report. Hl:l then stated tho genel"ol
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coverage of the report, of \.;hich t.)--~re t,...aG no change. in substanco ~
He pointed out the need of planning lOGislat~on for Olear\~ter to
allo\'! more immediate processing in zonJ.nB, thus permitting a more
flGxible yet practical zoning programCl This was followed by n briei'
rev:tew of ~che scopo and ob,1ectives of planning and, the importance o.f
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each roport as it contributes to the crJli1prah~nsive pla.n to bo adopted
and follol.'red,,' Special emphasis l1aS 'then di:r6Ct(~d to the PlateD and
Tables in the Economic .B~ckg~"ou!1d and POpul'1tio~1 n~pO!.t l>
~I,tr.. nobinson
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further oxplain{ld tho 301.\.rCt) (),r data for 1,jho,'2lo e1'llphj,c~J us '....011 t'1B
tho meol1J.llg of this data to C:1anr..m.tert, Diocusaion brought out tlle
.follm.dllg 'oboorvationa ~l.f.fect:tng planning for Glear\'rat~r4
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" The 'trend in the' economy am employment is tO~'1nrd lilOrf:l manu-'
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facturing l'lith mn;jor dependance on \Jholesale and Heta11 trade.
and Sorvicesp Con,atruction is bar;omndng of ma.jor impol....hmlCGo
J.>ivel"oifica.tion of omploymentt su('.h ns. Clearwater has, produces
a a.ound economYe
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Retail Sales are expected to continue high \nth a high effec-
tive buy:tng inr.omo pe:,;' capita.: Outside income helps support.
this posit1o,:1~. Herfi! there is a ccmpariso.n ,.rith other similar
cities a,Iid the metropolitan areao
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Pop~\la,tion rate incraanes dictat,e closs and continl1ed' obsGX'..
vat~~on al1d analysis of the community p A plall for a desirable
density must be 3et e':.1ch that a quantity arn quality of popu...
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lation may bp, controlledr.
f) 4u ~01~~11, .i'~~Lk'1Elltr~
,'rhe limitation of groll:'th is goographical" Clearw~~t.erf s plannhlg
area. ffi?.Y ;tbso::'b a populn:tion of 135~OOO by 1930" The 85rmranC6
of prcvidin~~ :ldequats facilities :for t.h1.s r,l'Q'hth "/il1 bfl deter-
mined by the dt:sirable standards f.:sto,b.!.i3h~:ld Hithin th~ service
area. {I This ):'ca~iz,ation dnpends on a co.:)pel.at ion and coordi...
nation of a J.O!Jg rango .fiscal plannj,n.g pr('If.;l....~,m to p!'ovide t,IH;o~~e
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services to me e'G t.he demands o.f t.hc POllUl:~"tion <1:1 J.t. al'l"ivos ~
Ther~ W.'i5 e:.:.tonsiv~ di.t:> cuss 1011 on tho i..mpor.tmH~(~ of r~ st~;,blislling
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desirable densitios to tit the community 0 Thi8 cont l'ol would be
attained thro ugh zoning l1.Tld subdivision rogulationstl I~. nobin5:on
asked that !vir. \'lolle prepare :for the Board u map of the Clanr\'fJ.tor
area showing density districts by shadingso This is to be used at
the meo"cing ..1i'thin 30 days '1'1hen Bartholo'melf representatives w:Ul pre..
sent \-lork material for the Zoning Ordinanco 0
Mro Stodghill and Mr. Robinson set a schedule of tiuly 1 for
the preliminary report on Land Use and Zoning D The oflerall program
o~'raports necessitates overlapping; thus, it would be expected at
the time one report \'\'3.3 presented, the follo\\"'ing report WJuld have
been part.ially completedo ,Hr", Robinson stated that although the
base study reports have nsce9sarily eonswned much time, it co~d
nmi be expected that. a st\.uly would be completed every 60 to 90 days
depending on its contento
Planning literature vma distributedo
There, being no further business) meeting adjourned at 5: 20 P ..l~o
Respectfully submitted~
~VAk-S). Wo.e,k
ack Io Wolle, Secyo
, City Planner
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