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ZONING AND F;~AN'NING BOARD
Minutes of t,he I'~eet..ing, Scaptember lZ~ 1961..
'rhe meeting began at 3:30P" Mo l~.. Kruse~ t.he Chairman, pre..
sided.. Pre sent \oJere Members Gal1oHay. i-iylandeI' and Kennedy, 1.fr..
fie t tig o.r the Bngi ne erinF; De partlne n t. J and r.!r. \lolle 0'
1\pprciv'al of the I-1inutea of the Sept c 5, 1961) moeting was
postponed due to lack of a .quorumu
'l'he Board learned with SDrrow of' the death of 1-1ro Sidney
Lickton, City ~nginaer, ;>lhich OCCltl'l.'od that~ morning n Chairma.n Kruse
announced that in lieu of flo\-:ars~ it was raquest,ed that contribu-
.t.ions might be made to the Lit.tle Lt~ague, a program in which !/h~"
Lickton had taken such an active in.terest... It waG decided that. a
formal statement in memoriam \'lOuld bE:! issued at~ the next Tuesday
meeting"
INFORt.t4.T ION PROGRAM ON ZONING BILLS - The re was soene di scuss:ton
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of' Col. Clear''luter' s ar1~icle ill the Sun) Sept.. 10. in which he ex-
pressed support of zoning cho~hce No <> 2 in the Sep tem.ber 26 Special
Ela cti on II Gha! rman iCrus e 1"8 ported tha t, lJIrs ~ I~Larquardt 01' th e League
of \1{omen Voters had visited the Zord.ng and Planning office and had
inforJre:d hi~ll and Mr" Wolle that thf: LGague \'lould publish a statement
cone erning both bill s in the Sund3S ~ 813 pt~ Cl 17 j nEl('lS paper 8nd would
malee a statement of preferenc(d i.n t.ile f'ollovung Sunda.y~ a paper"
i:4r~ Kruse acu1oU11ced tha.t i.1r~ Holle and he had been invited by
the l1cx.'\rd of Realtors to attend its luncheon meeting ~ vledne sday ~
. Sept" 13 t at the Reef and p.'C'esfm~; in! o:ciu.':itton concel1ning th~ zoning
bills.. 1.rr-~ \'lolle reported tha t. i-Ir, B-wnn had me t \dGh iJL..... u Beardsley'~
Editor ot: the Clearwater Sun~ the p1'6vlous Satllrd:.~y and conveyed to
him the Board'l;3 invitation to meet wlt,h itu It \..,.as i'tu'thsl" reported
that in accordarl ce ,'.;it.h <lrrangemen t mnde by' Nr ~ Sw~n I th tl Planning
Of'fice had called l,1r.. BfwrdslHY Tuesday' t.o GO nf'J.rm his boj.ng on t.he
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aganda'l:Hld' '<las informed th9 t. hI:! would.' bo too bu~y t;.o u t.tend ~~hi8
mae tine... .
It 1~o.~ agl"aad that. JI!r, J,'lylc1.mlel" '\-iuuld meel> W'lt.h' L~i'~ \iQl1e the
i~ollow:l.ng morJ'~ing 1",'1' I'splU":'UJl3 !4.r'. l.1rlanderT s 8tatemonf.~ .r-o 'Proposals
I and, II - reviewed by t.he Board OJ) August 15 - in thr~ form of a
public i.nformation f'el~a8e, inc lud:lng as a preamble added potnt s
that; (l) under either plan .:ill itams must receive the approval.
or.. the City Commission; {2} additional notj.ce of public hearing will
be Oommiss ion polley undor t3'i.t.her plan" . It ",'as .further agre(1d that.
copies of the release would be submitted to the City Manager) with
a memorandu.m, and to the newspapers"
lllEZ tliOO D, ~\P AR"l~I~ Ff.1L.::.)1!?~-fA!.1l1]ig--=..J;!.~.~r~1 l~<2_ca t:i. on : S 9..~t>h..
!!last corner. Grecm....ood Ave.. au} Dl~Uj,ti J.toa.d .~ J.lr. Kruse 1'1:;ad !.18dlOran-
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dum of Sept. 8, 1961; froln the Cir,y Atcol'ney ~ prese.nt:lng r& qllest ai'
14r.. \:illiam L.. .nowlby~ li%A Properl'.~r O.f:Cica:rJ .Tampaf for permission to
replat the Flleet.\.wod Ap'artments and 3ell each apart.mG:nt. indi v5..dually
to various persons under' sepa.ra te 0'.1[1 ership on th(~ basi s ~f a 15
(fifteen) foot frontage., Tho Cit.y J~t.to~nr!.y r S meJllor'andum J.'url~.h{~r
solicited the opinion .of the Citv Planner anu!ol' t,hat of the Zoning
and Planning BOD.rd as 'to whei;her or not the City GO!l1lu1.ssion Bhould
approve or disapprove this re quest 0 To (>lari.fy ehe reque st ~ the
Planner advised that the untts are G'onstructed as l\p-and~~down apart.-
. ments 15 f't <> in 'width, that, &, clv:Jck 01' Count.y .l"e.~irrr'd~ show-ad th~~t the'
pl"op~rt.:r is recorded ~,!.s c.cre.ag~ I lULU tha t t,ho proposal i.~ to p1"upaT'8
a pl8.t t.he t \'lOuld di.vide each lot :l:~t,o 115ft.., unit.s .. lilt'" \/011e
quoted. L4r~ Bo\':lby as saying that ':l~; far as he lcno"o!s f,htu'e .ha::~ n(o~Vtn'
been an exanlple of th:ls tYFB of plllt~t.j.ng in t,lH~ .stat~(J or Flo.r'id.~t:t
but citing oxamples of' row housing (such a3 :In Halt:.i.:nor!..', l~ld~)"
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" ~ In the follo\'ling discus3ion~ it was brought. out~ that:
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'llhe apartments were not or.iginally designed as row
housing and e~ch individual aparunent doeB not have indi-
vidual sewer connection.
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'.rhat existing aervice ;U~.'3C:l.n serve the enth:'fJ project
(approximately 200 units). "
That separate ownerships \~uld probably take the property
off the tax rollsQ
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disc~s!Jion...~ ~he Board eXBra.s~s~fl. Jl,gr~n~ent not~,o re~.2fEl~-i!.E.2!'P~y€!l
oJ' FHA, .~guest to reE.iAL..1!.he }l~~eet;:",od Apartm~nts base!L,qn seQ~t~
9\me;r"13h~ ~8.!1dy aJ5 foot fr2J:!.tae,:e t-,?r~9~h~ .9ity Planner. \'1as-E~9ue5taq
~o so advise th~ Cit~ !\,Yt:.o]'noy ~v~ a m.~!~orar.E.~
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SITE PLAN - R.i~LOCA'rJO}1 OF !.181,lOhlAL 1.101Wr-f31'rrS - The Chairman
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advised that the Boar'd had been requ osted by the City l>l:"inagar to
oi'fer recommendation 8.S to relocatic!l of the monum!";! uts and fl agpole
at the approach to the Ear-;t Bridge ()n l"relTIorial Cause\'my v He expl a;L~l<?d
chesa would ha VEt to be moved due 1.0 t~h0 changes in \:rai'.ric pa tter'l1
proposed to serve the new East Hrid~8. A site plan preparod by the
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E:ngineering Depart.lDB.nt shO\'Ting the nw,..r t,rafi'j.c p!;ltttJrn t,w.s Btudied..
iIo .further .re.pCrl"'...od ~hat the Curdon Club had agr(~ed to removo t h~
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sundial pI;1d0tita:t fl'om tho area I thn'(. a pl8. ce '.l/ouId hHve to be found
for tihe Spuni5h~.American \lar markl::r'l and that the chit,!' matter of
concern \'VaS propsr relocation of thH flap;pol€~ and the t.\'fO U1onumerrc.s
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erected to the memor.y O.r t.ho soldier'l:l und sailorB of World ~lal." I.,
He stated that the Alllorican Legion, donors of tho monuments, had
not to hi.s knowladge expl"ossed any preforence us to their relocation,..
He of.re~"Gd as his and tho Plannept:) rf.!'=()mi'l~l)nd.ai:;.ion placin(~ of' the
soldier and sailer mOnUll1enta i.1l1nJsdJatoly to t.~le north of the CitY'
Auditorium. in the space \'1her~~ it \1:18 originall~l planned to bu:tld
the tennis clurr._ )use" H(i indi.cated a suxToumling memorial garden
might be created.,. He stated the fia.g pole could probably be nloved
to another location near the intersection and a plaza developed
around' it <I This pole is necessary fOI' displaying storm \'rarnings;
there fore) it should remain near i-I; $ present site" He also advi sed
that palms out. o~ scale with th8 reduced size of any of the islands
would probably be moved to a possible promanade along the breakwater~
.Ml"o> Kennedy suggested the idea of blocld.ng up the mom.unents and stor-
ing th\3ffi un.til completion of the E,:{st Bridge improvements. An En-
gineering Department estimate of .;~J.200..00 to m01fe the two monuments
was quoted to the Board.. Other COllbl1(-:}nt was made t,hat although
the,. should. be easily visible t.o tourists driving in th(; city i yet
they' should not distract at.tention of motorists at. this intersec-
t.ion "Urere heavy traffic is ant:\.cipat.edu Af:t;e::l' some fLU'ther dis-
cuss~ions it was. _d_~.c.!d~J~.2~f~~_fj nal .arH:lWeJ.:...J12,c t.t!8 Cj'~,Z:_)4CUl.~~r
~!?t1.~,- the t1~:ct n~e,tin~y' ,y.}l~~h, t:i~~_i.1r.~_l~rl!.2!~:g1d~he Plann~
J'lOUlci l).a'y.e~. comeq~.1!.~A"~e;::al_ l:i.2M.E}!.:2,_ J'2...l.:.~'ill.b!lt~.ss~9Alf~
PLAt1.lf~!!.!..~_J1T~ - Hr~ \/'0110 reported receiving a letter. from
l,Iro Jack Sf;odghill (i'ormorly oj: the Har.land 8arthololllG\'1 and J\550-
ciates At;lanta office) who is !.).m'/ rlil'actor of Planning at Ne'IJPQrt
News, VIrginia. He also report~d t.h'::lt. Mro .Ii'red llobinson ot' t;he
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Sapt 12, 1961
l)age 11r; .
, Atlanta' HBn office \'Ias to be in Clearwater, Friday, Sept.etl\bel' 15,
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for. a conference with him concernil~ expediting the rest. of tho,
~omprehensive Plan. He further reported that ar~'angeJl1ents had been
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'made 1'02" j.fr~ . Uobihaon to' mt:jet. ."Iith the City ~wta:nagar il'he' so wish'ad..
Plcull1ing literaturo "ias di8tribut.(~d",
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. The. mee,ting wan .adjourned at 5:.25.p" 1\1..
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