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ZON;LNG AND PLANNINt~ BOARD
Minutes of the Meoting~ Tuesday, June 6, 1961-
The meeting was called to order at 3: 00 P. M.. by the V1ce-
Chairman, tJIr.. Headt). Presont wore I~embers Novotny, Harries, Mylander,
Gates t Konnedy and Galloway, 1/!r... Hettig of the Engineering Department, '
and ltlr. '/olla.. ,', .
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~lso l'~e8ent "l~_Fe ~h'1 wfollow~.!!g l'!.~l!Ibers of the City Government
qonunittea of the ,Leag:ue of, }lo,men V9~1ie~: {;Irs.. Hart, ].Ieague President~
Miss Figzer, Conmittee Cha irman, iJlrs. !'.1arquardt ~ li1rs. Hicks t i4rs..
ECkborg, ~~s. Lupton, ~ws. Povenz, ~h.so Hutenberg, and ~r.s. SnydGr~
These ;members were~,'present ~y invit.ation ror an iMnformal discu~~ion
of Clearwater zonillg m~t,per~..".
Mr~ Reade led off the discussion by giving a resume of the
present method of making zoning changes and amending the zoning oX'..
dinance. The main ideas presented were:
1~ 'fhat v.hen the Special Act of 1931 was passed (\mder which
the City administers zoning) Clearwater had a population
, of about 7500Q
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Sec. 79 of the City Charter, which incorporates the provi-
sions o~ this Act) requires that all pr.oposed changes in
~oning and zoning regulati.otlS must be approved (as a t'lhola)
by a referendum vo~e of t.he :rreehold(~rs t with only one such
election ~ year he.1.do
3 oJ 'root the referendun~ sys1jeJU now used is inadequate to Ineet
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the needs of the present city J s population of over 35 ~ 000.
t/ith the grO\rlth of' t.he cit~y} it io impossible i'tn' the votm.s
in one section t.() be i'aIllilial' \'lith ~~onir!g cond:i.1:.ions and
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needs in all sect"ions.
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}+" In the 1960 1'6 fe1.'endulU mrmy good proposals \iler\~ defeated
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beca.use of ob jGct.:i.ons to one or C\'lO items. It is the gen.#
eral feeling of t.he Board and the COI1lJnjs3ion ar. th:i.s tilfif.l
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(and it is balioved or the electora,te Coo) t,hat the preSI3nt
system should be (:hal1ged.,
'fhe. Board recom.nended to the COll\miJsioll that the C'lty adopt'
the san~ procedures thn t. all other 11~lor1.da municipalitie i3
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'that have zoning pOHElrS rollo,,,; that i~, to adnl'J.nister zon..
iug under authori ty of Chapter 1'76 of t.he Florida Statutos
"mere by the CotJ1Jlliss ion take s the final a ction in zoning
mat.ters. Clear\tlater is possibly the only Florida city that.
require s a zoning referendum.. It is the only: one of its
size..
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. 6. 11'he Boardt s proposal was presented to the Legislati.ve Dele-
gation by Citjr Attorney 9ro\'ll1 along with the proposal that
the City' Gommis5ioll felt should be presented--that voters
",ould b,e permittJed to vc>te on each individual item in a
'referendum, the C6.IU,ission feeling that the people should
be given a choice b9t\'lee n the t'\\"O proposals. The t'\>10 bill:,'.
have been passed by the Legislature and "all be submitt€ld i I
a referendum vote at the ne:t.t election. Date of. the ballot...
ing has not as ye t been set..
?.. 'l'hat if the bill adop~ing th~ glfneral ~:~tatiltes :i '" approved,
property Ol"mers have protection against undosirhble zoning
changes 1 fo'!' in the even t. of a protest against a change by
20)~ or more of the property .:p.mer3 in that UT'Ba or within
500 ft.. of the a:ce::3.) a YOtt1 oJ.' ;(\~Iqr out of fiV02 of the meffi-.
bers of Dity COlTI1!dsl3io11110uld be required tc clp)rOVe :i."t~
'fhe Yice-Chairm;Ul then invitE';d qu.~stions and COClll!1ent .from ~~he
Com.uit.cee.
League
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"At. our m'3e tines the eO:lS8n3US \'m s tba t. t.he B:'ll'tholomow
Plan Has t.hc bl~st \'{ay lwc.:.:..u3C: it is no 11,11'0 to gilt, 'i;he
voters out."
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'U\/hat is creeping zoning'~rr
lI\v'hen one lot is changed) than lot next to it is
probably put under the same pl~a ssures. A chai,n of
zoning changes.1t
tfr am wonderi.ng ji' it is I'sally legal the '\\ay we ha va
been doing :1.t in th(.) past?1t
.' lIThe l~gislators had a go od ldea of' wha t other cities
\';ere doing and thought; that since the Commissioners \-{ere
ale cted by the people thai; they would be responsible to
them. If
rrTime element - "\{ontt we be able to get zoning changes
quicker?"
"Yes.H - some discussion
J..1r. \lolla displayed blackboard outlino of processing
steps under change~ procodures.
,"I am concerned \dth the number of variances being
granted by the Board o~ Adjustmont and Appeal.."
uOhlei' basis of BAA granting varj.ances is hardship,
and hardship some ~imes is hard to dofine. U
"Under changes by City Commiss ion people dire ct~ly' con...
cerned may not have overall viewpoint of what is best
for the ci ty . JI
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Beard and CO;llmis5 :Lon would consider
the overall plan of the Ci.t..y,HII
The COullil:i.ttee 'vias g1.ven a (~f)PY of excerpt from 'the
REPORT OF COi;hiiI'l"r;m ON ~~ONING Al~D PLANh THO (by Fred G n
Sticltel ~ III, Counsel. Chairman) '1'0 THE NATIONAL INS'rI-
TUTZ OF MUNICIPAL 11\\/ O.F',FICEHS, 25th Annual Conference 1 .
Se.rt. 26, 1960, rrElIi II ZONING I Sub...sect1 nn B. p_ecisi.PE2."
(5} Initia ti YO aad Hefr:rcmdwn. Same is submit tad as
a pDrt o.fth-c~Je mi,:lllt e::1 '.' -
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"Are the aur'l"ontHlj.ng pro per1~y ownero advised in wri tine;?1f
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N oti.ficatiol1 by cil;y clerk on Board of Adjus Clue'nt and
Appeal cases explained. Jo;xplainod blacltboard outline
of' possible poli(:y on processing of zoning changes II
"It; has been discus.5ed \.,itih the CotlUuission that.. there
l'l111 be something more than neltlSpaper notice in regard
to ~oning change appl:i,cat;ions. if
Ii/Ira l-1ylander: E;xplained ul'aHha(;ks to includi..ng mail notice to
property ONners as a legal requirement.
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Rettig left the meeting at 4:00 P, MD
':How many referendtuas do you anticipat~e a y~arJ j.f the
re fel"endum deal goes through? 11
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Board rrperhaps two. Estimate of' coat of t.he second referendum
Ans, :, ';:;2,000 ..on " 11
recently given by the City Clerk was
Upon re quest of the Vice-.Ghairman, the City- Planner then? ex-
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Elained the mak~u~ and ~8.~ pf ,var i on::;. chax:.ts an~ maes ,ot; the ".?lannin.~
Off~ce '. including the Zoning Appeals Chart, Uf ficial Zoning i~ap ~ and
Land Use 14ap. The i-laj or Stree t Plan l~ap, aerial viell map stand other
"Iorking maps of the of.fice were displayed 0 Various questions from
Lea~e members in regard to these ':/CrE ans\'rerod.
At the conclusion of the disc1.iS::lionj .dr" tt~E~c:_~)~vr5:.Esed.J?h':.
~oee. that be!or~ ~::..J:~ection~ Boa!:9~_:~cra~_~~~__w~~}d be..2E- cont~ct Hith
various commwlj.ty organizations for a general program of publicJty
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all d would en&deav~~: to obtain the co opora I:. ion of t he CleaI'\i~ter Sun
and other ne"tl5 media to fully inform the public conce:cning the pro-.
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~c)sed bill~ ". The Vice-Chairman exprs ssod t.he B08l:'d r s pleasure in
hav),ng this di.8cu3sion ffit.~eting and thanked thu Coro;;r.i.ttee memberg for
their attendance. lfhoy wel'e then excused from the meeting"
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.t~~~]EH' S J;T]lIJIS .- J,1I'ft II"olle co.n,IH3nteJ about recetpt ai' ~ lElttar
,from t-1r. Kruse) mailed. from Paris, ind ienting tha t ~'Ji.l:'.. Kruse 1Jlculd
lil~e to have \'lord on any a:F.!:angemor..t t.hat. the Commission might be
making concex'ni.ng the reft;;:r'{.:uduIH on the zoning billsft
Distribution of the follou:\.ng literature was made,~
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Fla. Planni~g ~ Development
Area Development. Jullati.n
Public i.Jlanament
Lubor l~!arket tfrends
Chamb~r of Co~nerce-Cl~aT.water
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