11/22/1966
THE PLANNING AND ZOtlHIG BOARD
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Minutes of the meetine. Tuooday, November 22, 1966.
r-'" The meeting WilS called to order Cl t 3: 30 P. 11. by the Chairman,
Hr. ' Kruse. Present were Hembers Harries t S\olan t t1ylander:t Butler,
Reade, Iley, Galloway and Williams. Mr. Rettie of the Engineering
Department, and Mr. Wolle. '
.The minutes of the. meetings of October 18, October 25. and Hov.
1, 1966, were approved as submi.tted in \1/1'1 tten summation to each member.
ZONING CHANGE REQUEST - (from R-2 to "n") - Lots 36,37 & 38,
BRl:\~ PARK'SUHDIVISIOll - Applicant: Bernhardt Loeser (General
Location: on north side. Hart Street, approx. 70 ft. east of
Myrtle Ave. - Report of Zoning Committee -
The Planner presented application and explained the land use and
zoning in the area. Reference was made to map-drawing submitted with
such application and to office maps, Mr. Butler reported that it
was the recommendation' of a majority of members of the Zoning Com-
~ittee to approve subject rezoning request. After review and dis-
cussiont motion Has made by Hr. Reade, seconded by Hr. Harries, that
the reco~mendation of theZoning Committee be acceoted and aoproved.
The Planner concurred in the motion. Upon vote taken, motion was
passed. unanimously.
The above recommendation was based upon the
following considerations:
Area to east and south of SAL RR along N. Myrtle Ave. ~s
most suited to "B" or light mfg. usage. Such zoning for
this usage along Myrtle is inadequate in depth.
Property involved is vacant and is a landlocked parcel of
plat with access only to Hart Street.
Common ovmership of pt'operty in application and that abutting
property on f'iyrtle assures nore likelihood of better develop-
ment of the parcel.
General business uses that are Derrnitted in a liB" Zone pro-
vide a minimum of objectionablc.p~obabilities.
Planned development of structures on property of this size
may result in a development with only desirable cht;.racteristics.
The.Chairman personally thanked members for their participation
. <,~-'; in the recent FPZA Conference and characterized it as one of the best
conferences ever held, not only in attendancC!, but in general interest.
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Mr. Wolle advised the Board of a letter of commendation from Mr.
r---.. .Howat"d Rybolt, President of frZA, receivod just prior to the mcetinr..
3:.45 P. ti. At this time Chairman Kruse requested 111."'. Reade to t;.lkc
to take oval'" the chai~ and excused himself to keep a
scheduled ilppointl~ent.
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ZONING - DISCUSSIOn OF REQUEST - Lots 37 & 38, Block r, GREENWOOD
PARK NO.2 CFrom R-2 to "13") - Applicant:.James Bradley -(General
Location: North side of Palm Bluff, East of Greenwood).-
'The Planner presented letter request (submitted to him through the
City Clerk) with information that no formal rezonine application had
yet been filed. The explained that he t.,.,as solici ting an unofficial ex-
pression of opinion by the Board in that official action would not be
in .order without receipt of a formal application. Mr. Wolle noted
that there had been a nonconfor~ing grocery on the property for more
than 20 years and that the applicant wants store and the lot next to it
zoned business with the expressed intent to be able to get a beer and
wine take-out license. After discussion of the request with the
Planner, and reviet1 of land use and zonings it was the majority opinion
of the Board that business zonin\?, should not be extended east on the
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north side of Palm Bluff. Other business development in the area was
considered as well as -
1. The importance of protecting the home usage of the lot
abutting Hest;
2. The extension of the life of the nonconforminr. business
usage of Mr. Bradley's frame structure; and
3. The precedent that would be established in spot zoninB for
a nonconforming use and/or furthor requests for cxtcnctin~
business usage dot-m ?alm Bluff '../hen thcT'~ is adequil to II BlI
zoning on Greenwood and Palmetto in this area.
I1EETING MERC!iA~ITS DIVISION DEC. 8/66 - 8:00 A. ~. - (reference
is made to P&Z Bd. minutes of 11-1-66 rc CBD discuss i on) - It l,o'ilS
reported that Mr. Kruse had contacted the Chnrnber of Commerce and ten-
tatively arranged for a joint confercncc of th~ PJ.;J.nninf, He.lrd \dth
representatives of that group on December 8, at 8:00 At M. It wan
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requested that further information be obtained as to whom would con-
~ stitute the Chamber represcntation~
MOBILE H9]E LOT CHANGES - BAY ARISTOCRAT - General location Has
described as at US Hwy 19 and Nursery Rond. TIle Planner presented
and reviewed wi th the Boal.'d plan of Bay Aristocrat Nobile Home Park
Revised Additi.on, with information that the plan involved only changes
in lot sizes on the south tier of lots from 50 ft. to a 48 ft. width;
further that the new plan as submitted to himself and the City Engi-
neer \>lould still al10V1 only 1 mobile home per lot. The Planner recom-
mended approval as long as mobile home usage was retained. There
was no objection expressed to the revision as presented. No formal
action was taken.
LETTER LA\\lRENCE ALEXANDER - Mr. toJolle read portions of a letter
from Mr. Lawrence Alexander, Editor of the Downtown Idea Exchange pub-
lication. The letter indicated that Mr. Alexander upon request would
return to Clearwater to lead a discussion of a Clearwater CBD improve-
ment program v,i th the Board and Chamber of Commerce groups. Mr.
Butler made comments concerning his conversation with Hr. Alexander
during the recent. FPZA program~ Mr. Williams spoke in behalf of Mr.
Alexander as ~o vlhat he may accomplish through a one-clay visit. . ~
Wolle t-Tas directed to t.Jork. out with nr. Kruse a letter to Hr. Alexander
concerning his availability and expenJes which Hould be involved;
also the Eossible dates at ",hich he could apDear for such puroose. It
was suggested that this cost would be kept at a minimum if it were
coordinated with Mr. Alexander's visit to Miami durin~ the period
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Dee. 20/66 through Jan 3/67. It \'las c>:pected that an unswer from Hr.
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Alexander might be obtained proiaI' to the J:1C".!ctinr, scheduled '.o,i th the
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Chamber concerning the ini tiiltion of a eRn pT'or.,rClm. Hr. \'/ollc vIas to
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report on this arranccment at the next renular Board mcctinc) as-
~ surned to be prior to the Chamber meeting.
RESOLU1ION FPZA - Copy was presented of a Resolution from the
Florida Planning and Zonina Association expressing thanks and appre-
ciation to Mr. Wolle and the Clearwater Planning Board in contributing
to the success of the recent Clearwater Conference. This was ordered
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to be received and filed as official record.
SIGN ORDINf.NCE CHANGES - The Planner reviewed t,ti th the Board a
list of detailed revisions to be proposed in Sections II, III, IV, V,
& VIr of Sign Ordinance 1077 (copy of agenda record). These recom-
mendations he explained had been prepared upon request of theCity
Manager based upon changes felt desirable from the experience of the
Building Dept. in enforcement over the past iSH months, and with a
view to prevent so many sign appeals to the City Commission. After
discussion with the Planner, it was voted that the above proposals
as presented by the Planner for Sipn Ordinance changes be approved.
REPORT ON FPZA CONFERENCE - Hr. Wolle reported that the Con-
ference wa~very successful in (1) that the FPZA Conference had a re-
cord attendance, (2) that all bills were paid except those that may
be involved with preparing an annual proceedings, (3) that there was
substantial return that the proceedings could be publiShed, (4) that
repo~ts from many indicated that all the sessions were interesting and
educational and that the social functions were great. The Board
members were thanked for their assistance in handling the reeistra-
tion desk duties.
SCHEDULE FOR NEXT ZOIrnlG PUgLIC BE/\RI!IS - The Planner an-
nounced ~he next Public Hearinr was 3chnduled for Jan 3, 1967, with
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deadline for receipt of applications established as Dec. 9, 1966.
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Planning literature was distributed.
The meeting was adjou~ned at 4:50 P. M.
Respectfully.submitted,
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