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THE Pl,AtWING AND ZONING BOARD
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Minutes of the Meeting, Tuesday, March 7, 1967.
Present at 3:00 P. M. were Members Mylander, Butler, Iley and
Harries, Mr. Rettig of the Engineering Department, and Mr. Holle. The
meeting was called to order at 3:35 P. M. when the arrival of Chairman
K~use and Member Swan constituted a quorum, the Chairm~n having been
detained at another appointment. ,
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Pri1oI" to a quorum being pz'escnt, there 'was some preliminary dis-
cussion 'with the Planner to farnilial'ize members \-1ith background infor-
mation regarding agenda items.
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The minutes of the meeting of February 28, 1967, were approved
as submitted in written su~mation to each member.
Upon suggestion of the Chairman, it was moved by Mr. Mylander,
seconded by Mr. Harries, that Paul Rettig be named as an interim mem-
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bel'" of the Board oending replacement of Don Wiliiams by the City Com-
mission. Motion carried.
DISCUSSION - DUPLEX - UNIT OWNERSHIP (continued from 2/28/67) -
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At 3:40 P. M. Mr. Frank Feraco, Builder, met with the Board and
presented his proposal for erection of duplex struc.tures with'provision
for separate ownership of each of the two units along with one-half of
the lot. Some information given was that:
The tract of inquiry contained a rOftl of 10 lots (ea. with 100 ft.
~rontage) located on the south side of Harn Boulevard in R-2,.
Duplex, zone of a unit of Morningside Estates Subdivision.
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Two duplexes, built by him, occupied 2 of these above lots, the
remaining 8 lots were ~acant. He had advertised the opening of
these two duplexes the first part of February; over BOO people
came out to look at them,' but he had not sold them as yet. The
price range of these houses was $29,500 to $35,000. These were
quality duplexes with 2 baths and Fla. room for each unit and were
similar in plan to houses he had bui 1 t in t:l€ HeH York area. Hr.
Feraco stated that if each unit were senarately available for sale,
then, it is possible there would be a market.
House plans passed to the Board by t1r. Feraco Here studied, also planning
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office land use card of the site area. Upon i~quiry made as to the
attitude of Mr. Blackburn, the subdivision developer, to his idea,
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Nr. Fcraco stcltnd that ho was told to find out from the Planning and
~ Zoning Board what could be. done and to investigate with the County the
:.ita tus of such units undel' the homestead c-xemption laY1. \>li th this i n-
. formation, he was to discuss the matter further with Mr. Blackburn.
1be applicant was advised that the use suggested would require a
change. of zoning and a new ordinance use classi.fication, both of which
would necessitate City Commission action of approval. He was reminded
that the Planning Board is only advisory to the Commission. Chairman
Kruse eornmented that the original concept of row houses, as far as
Clearwater was concerned, was to limit them to grounds that couldn't
be deve~oped any other way, and this has been the thinking of the Board
in regard to this type use. It was confirmed to the builder that tri-
plexes would be a permitted use in the multi-family zone en the north
side of Harn Blvd. opposite his 10 lots, but were not a permitted use
in a duplex zone. Hr. Feraco expressed agreement with an opinion of-
fered by Mr. Iley that perhaps he had overbuilt for the market demand
in this particular site area and that a lower cost model with fewer
extras would attract more buyers, After some further exchange of infor-
mation, Chairman Kruse advised Mr. Fe~aco that the Board would discuss
his request and that the Planner would let him know of any decision.
4:15 P. M. Mr. Feraco thanked the Board for its consideration
and left the meeting.
In the following discussion, the consensus of Board opinion was op-
posed to the idea of duplex structures as a rowhouse type. It ~las felt
that the agreement stateq by the. applicant to explo~e the lower price
.field wculd probably provide the solution to his particular problem.
After fUl1ther review of the request submitted, Hr. Butler moved that the
/ Planner inform the builder that this Board ~ourd be adverse to the re-
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ouest for rezoning from R-2 to R-4 which would be necessary to accomolish
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the pu~pose of the double house. Mo~ion was seconded by Mr. Mylander
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DISCUSSION SIGN SETBACK - R-4 & R-M AREAS (continued from 2/28/67) -
The Planner conducted a review of a study chart distributed out-
lining his proposal for revision in sigl; setback requirements in R-4
and R-H Zones (copy of office' record) - prepared Hith the intent to
reduce the incidence of sign appeals to the Commission. Hr. Wolle re-
ported on his field oQservations of motel signs on the Beach as made
with Mr. Hylander and Mr. Harries. Mr. Holle summarized the above pro-
posal' as based on the retention of the existing 80 sq. ft. and 120 ~q.
ft. maximum size with a 5 ft. minimum setback, but' providing for a per- '
, . centage reduction in maximum size for signs erected closer to' the right-
"of-way line~ He further reported that the City Mana~er had indicated
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that he would like,to retain the existing standards for application to
new areas and have any revised standards set up to apply to already de-
veloped areas. It was recognized that there would be difficulty in
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. making determination of what is new area.
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Chairman Kruse commented that his reaction was that the ordinance
.requirements should not be changed and suggested consideration of the
advisability of setting up a group or board to hear appeals on sign
variances. He thought that the proposal presented was all right for
study on the basis of being a possible guide for non-conforming sign
requests. After some discussion of this idea, the Chairman request.ed
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the Planner to investigate the matter of the possibility of an appeals
organization of some kin~ just to hear sign variances. Anv action was
postnoned to the next meeting.
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ZONING - REZONING REQUEST Z-7-367 - FROM R-2 TO R-4 OR R-3 pun -
Metes and Bounds Tract aonrox. 300 x 600 ft. a~t-Southeast
corner of Druid ~oad & ~!~pnland - Ot.mer: Floridr.l Communi-
ty Hospitals, I~c. - R~pr~g: frank Bonscy, A. I. A.
The Planner presented the applicati.on "lith information that it had
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been placed on the agenda without prior reference to the Zoning committee
as rnembdrs were familiar with the area in that it had a zoning history
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of the denial of one request for chanEe to R~l\ zoning and the approval
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(Jan '6~) of a later request for change to R-2 zoning in anticipation
of a possible demand for church use. It was also. reported that:
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The residence on the site was presently being utilized for
church usage through a special exception approval granted by
the Board of'Adjustment and Appeal on Zoning, but evidently they
don't want to establish a church there.
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Owner desires to have the property rezoned in order to establish a
1 story private hospital (number of beds contemplated not stated).
Such use would require either R-4 or R-3 PUD zoning.
Plot plan submitted with application Has studied. Surrounding land
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use and zoning was discussed. Uoon motion by Mr. Mvlander, seconded bv
Mr. Harries, it was unanimously voted to reco~nend that zoning reauest
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'for change from R-2, Duolex, to R-~ or R-3 PUD (Case Z-7-367) be de-
nied based on the following considerations.
1. Area has substantial single family homes on north, east and
west of tract. "
2. Property is presently zoned R-2, permittine two-family homes
and has been approved for church usage by the Board of
Adjustment and Appeal on Zoning. These uses are the most de-
sirable as well as appropriate for the tract.
3. The Highland and Druid Road corner is critical traffic point.
Hospital usage would cause further congestion on Druid Road
and additional traffic on Highland.
Chairman Kruse reported on his attendanca, along with several
Boar'd members ,at the. Ci ty Commission meetine of r-tarch 6, at which time
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ceremonies wet"e held installing M8Y01'\ Hougen and nC\o1 Commissioners
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The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.'M.
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