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ZONING AND PLANN ING nOAH.D
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14inl).t,es of the M.6e t.i.J1g, Tue sduy.t J\ugust fj, 1961..
The meeting \'1as called to order at. 3 :00 p" 1,1.. by the Chairman~
loll". Kruse.. Present \'l6ro j'Jlembers Reade t Gatos t Kennedy, Swan,. j.1y1.andel"
and Gallol"~Y, l;J,r. Ret,tig of the Engineoring Department.. l~r., Wollo,
Citiy PlannGr~ lias a\'lay on vacation....
The minutes of the July 25, 196J;, meet.ing \<1ere' approved as read>:>
PR~PARATION Ii'OR. REFERENDUM. ON LEGISLAifIVE ZONING BILLS - The
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Chairman reported he had bean st,pplied by the City Attorney vii t,h copy
of Ordinance #901 approved by the City Comnission on its firDt read-
ing Aug. 7, 1961~ This ordinance Bet a tentative date of September
26, 1961, for a spacial city election for the purpose of ratification
of bill3 passed in the 1961 session of the Florida Legislature. It
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\'1as further reported tha t OI'd.. if901 was to be considered on its 2nd
and final reading in special sessions of the Commission scheduled' for
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Tuesday,Aug.. 8, and Thursday, Aug. lO~ The Chairman read ror the
Boa~d's information Section 10) I~em #1 and Item #2~ of Ord~ #901
as 1"'0110\'15:
H~~t:?-<?J}-ll!o . Voting machines shall be used and the ballot
. shall contain the rollowing questions and be in the follo~dng
form:
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Do you favor the ratificat.~.c~1 of Chaptel~ 61-2005
Spa cial hots of Florida 1 1961) linere in the j."Iayor-Oouunis.,
sioner shall receive a sal.-:lry of ~200 ,jrIJ per month and each
of the City Comnissioners shall receive a salm'y of 4150
per month, $,0 of \'lhich in each case .shall be paid as
reimbursement for expensGs7
"112.. Vote for one of .tho folloHing:
nChoico 1. T~e l"utii'ication of: Cbap: ~r 61-2007; Special
Acts of Floridu) J.961 t Cluthorj,~il}g the Cit~r Coxmlss ion
of the City of Clearwater t.o udopt, and folJ.o"J the general
laws of Florida or portions thereof, pertaining to municipal
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zoning; authorizing the Clty COll1ll1l08 :ton to establish
and amend zoning districts amI rogulat:l.on~3 .!lfter provid-
ing i'or propel' public hearings thereon..
"Choice 2.. ThE) ratificat.ion of Chapter 61-2013) Spacial
Acts of' Florida, 1961, providing for voting by refeI'F3n-
dum on proposed zoning ordi.nance changes and/or additions,
" \'11 th said items to be changed and/or amended to be voted
on indi vidually ~ and providing for not. more than two
elections for such purpose to bo held, Hithin any' one :fis-
cal year of the City,,"
i'~~ Kruse advised that he was unable to arrange for a joint
meeting with the City Co~nissiont as the i4ayor and various Co~nis-
sioners ~ere away, or to be a~my, on vacations,. and the City i4anager's
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vacation would begin Aug 14~ Upon inquiry, the City I~allager had in-
formed i>1.r.. Kruse that he thought the Board would hays. to carry out
. its own unb1.ased program of' public ifl..f'orrnat-ian.. Perttnent excerpts
. from the two z.oning bills ",ere revif;nmd. Various ideas for present-
ing information regard.ing the t"iO choices l~ere d5..s eus sed. ~J1r" Swan
expressed htmself as being will ini to talk \d.th !~h~.. Beardsley of tho
ClearNater Su.n but suggesf;ed that he would like to have some \1l"it:.ten
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material as a guide for his discus~Jion.
I t \ora s 8.P'r00 d. that iJI1' L'
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Jll!a.nQ~r ~quld c01!W:j,le~ an in:~:e.!:m9~i'2.n, s~~ t~qse~0~ .o'O.~.,~i!!.f1.n.~.illt~~
~.d.- disagvan taEtE!fL.~i' b9~.ltJ2L1J.s L.2!:_.sLi,GS:1g?g.~l}__a1:~ t.he neEl?~~tix%.?
and that:,).1r:"..,Sl'la1) \10uld de~ua!k!E1~..J..-:i.l~h i1r~Je(:tF-S!!;l~_ru!}.ti.l ~:Df.2t
t~hat ..qilte/.,
Chairman Kruse advisr::cl that st:atj.on \/S{m-'l'V had offHr8d to
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arrange for a panel program at any time 1.ihB Board might ~lJish to
have such a pres'-3ntati.on~
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BAY BLUF'F ES'fNrmS ~ A SUBDIVISION 011' Ii PAH'l1 OF' 1.0'1' 2 O~1 A
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RBSUB OF. BASKIN W~PLAT __AND A1)~~C~~!~J:~~D~J IN THZ sou'rH Ij~ pF . ~Eq~
.~Z-.22-16 ( ACREAGE JUH~g~I!:D Jm~Jt.J..7.t 19...5..1.L-=- General ].IP.9-a!;,;.on: _m1._th.~_
Sou.tth ,Side o..t:..Q'=!.lf-to-~Bn:r_~B~v_t:h...J.~~~ 0,1' USftj'fl9 ~.an,d \'(~st of B~~
H~ip;hts Subd.ivisi..,qJ! - !4r& Ai ao:'s~rs;l Realtor, \-las present at 3:20
P. 1\'1.. to dincuss a ~.possib~e rezoni!.l& ot 3 6 ac~ 01' this t,ubdivi-
sion from R-l (single:-faml1y) to multiple 'dwelling. He explained
that the subdi vis:i.on had not been platted or developod after annexa-
tion due to the fact that perculation tests showed that an individual
sewer plant 'Would be required. He pointed out that it cOllld nm'l be
served by the East SeHer Plant. He displayed a layout of a planned
development of non-profit multiple housj.ng for scnioil citizens to
be lOO~ government financed over a 40 yrA period. Layout showed a
;"""'''', stree'c' dedication at each ex.f;remity ~ HHBtat.ed the.t :tn ord.er to
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give an option to 'the interested group, he needed'the multiple zon-
. :lng of these 36 acres. In vie1-! of their having been no activity by
the original group) he inquired whether tho property could be
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change~ to nlultiple zoning by another 1~tter of request ~dthout
going through reozoning channels" {Reference \i8S made by l\jr to Rogc.:rs
to asterisk note on planning office chart~ PROCESSING ZONING ORDI-
NANCE OR DIS'l'HIC'r c HJ\Jmi!~S, as foll O\'lS: Ii City' Comm:tsslotl makes de-
cision on 1"0 quests fer' 9.oning of areas ,;lnnexed and zoning of He\"
3ubdi visions; t.his zoning i::1 ~.malediat,e 'Nitholl.t z'eferendum.") Mz'"
Rogers was :i.n:formed by the Chai.rma.n that the September 26 special
ale ction wou.ld determine In!H;hod of fuhure zoning changes and amend~.
ments} and t~hat under the axis t. 5. ng zOl1j.ng la\"/s the Board' s inter~ "
pretation was that his 1'13 que st Via uld be a rezoning applica t,i on .for
submiss ion 1;0 a ref'ul"endum vote, Upon the Cha i rman t s request ~
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cl1:w5xJ.Lallfug: ~ava .!ill.2_J~,oar,d f~U~.zp.l ol?inio~ as ,r.91-J.~l
nr would say that the it.em 14r~ Hogers quoted only rei'erl"ed
t.o. property Uu~.t. in ann.exed and immedj.ately zoned n The j,ntar...
pretation of this Would be that tinder t:.h(~ pre sent zoning la '\'IS
the only thing that we could refer the present case to would
be the ra fel'.'endum.. U
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J.~. Rogers made mention of a simi,lar proposal ~n the planning stages
for development. of a clinic and multiple houoing for senior citizens
in the vicj.nitcy.: of Sunset Highlands} which would involve a' rezoning
request and annexation of 10 to'12 acres..
iv1r~ Rogui"s left the ffiGeting at this timeo
HOUS,INq,_CODJ!; "- An op.iniol1 by io1ro l~ylander cOllcerning the legali-
ty of: requir(;)ments in Sec~ '2-F, Page J~.. and Sec. 3-A, Page L.., was
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deferred. t~o gi va lorr.. i4ylander time for study of this matter 0
LETTER HARLAND BARltHOLOj~\{ AND ASSOCIATES - I.Ira Kruse read
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. 'letter da~ad July 241 1961, from IJr.. Fred~~ic Mo Robinson concerning
his re vie", of the Housing Code..
The meeting ''las a.djourned at 4: 20 P ~ No
Respectfully. 3ubmitted~
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A'rthur it, 'Kruse t ~Actfi1g Secretary
Chairman
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