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THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
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Minutes of the McetinE, Tuesday, May 7, 1968.
The meeting ,was called to order at 3:00 ,P. M. by the Chairman,
Mr. Kruse. Present were Members Mylander, Rea~e, Harries, Butler,
. Morris and Gallo\o1ay, Hr. Rettig of the Engineeri.ng Department) and
Mr. Wolle.
The minutes of the meetings of March 26, April 2, a.rid April 9,
1968 t were approved as submitted in l,/ri tten summution to each member.
REZONING REQUEST - HOMER E VIRGINIA J. LEAR - R-IE TO PRS -
LOTS 13 AND 14, HIGHLAND HILL SUBDIVISION (GEHE:RAL LOCATION:
N~<l CORNER JEFFOltDS ST. AND HIGHLAND AVE.) -
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The application was reviewed with study of surro~ndine zoning and
land use. Reference was made to prior zoninr. history inVOlving denial.
'of a request for change to R-4 zoning for parcel of 4 lots on this
same northwest co~ner. Zoning Committee members Butler, Reade, and
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MY,lander reported their findings. Aftcl' Commi ttee disc,ussion to1i th the
Board, and recommendation of the Planner for retention of subject lots
in single family zoning, Committee members ,concurpcd in motion offcpcd
by Mr. Reade that j,t be recommended that ahove apolication fop chan~
of zoning 'to PRS for I~ts 13 and 14, Highland Hill Subdivisioh, be de-
hied.
His ~otion was seconded bv Mr_ Mvl~ndcr and was passed.
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Galloway of the Zoning Committee was not present upon vote on this mo-
tion. .. Rccornmenda tion Has based on the cons idcT'nt:i.ons that:
Area f.'H1S subdivided and developed for singlc family usat:e. All
lots .to the north in Highland Hi 11 ,arc bui 1 t upon to ~ood standc.1rds
and arc occupied. Nice sinele family homes are also in subdivision
adjoining to the west. A spot zoning of PUS would devaluate these
homes and establish an undesirable precedent.
PRS zoning would provide no control by plan of any specific
permitted use to be establi~hed and t-.'ould allOt,] for' builcline, to a
maximum heieht of ISO ft.
Apartment usage would be permitted under PRS zoninc. At the time
of the public heari.ne of pr:i.ol~ rezoning request, there \vos strong
opposition to a chanBc to R-4 zoninc'from nciehborine residents.
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REVIEW OF PLANNING STUDI~S
Hr. Harries ::- UE..~r Pine] Ias - Hr. r~arT'ics prcscll tee! rcvict... of
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final report, "Uppel" County/Lake Tarpon ^rea Study", prepared by the
Pinellas County planninp. staff for' the Pinella!; Planning Counci 1. Mr.
Harries highlighted in particular cleven or ~welvc clements of the plan
,for future growth of the Upper County which he considered would concern
the future development of Clearwater. Arnone those listed were:
The Caladesi State Park development
A beach causeway extennion from Union Street
Possible extension of Keene Road if the airpark is abandoned
,Designation of Myrtle Ave.-Douglas bve. as Alternate US 19
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Alligator Park lake as a possible future annexation
The planned Spanish March Parkway
Traffic circles proposed
In conj unction \..Ji th '~1r. Harries I T'eport, the Planner, displayed report
map, . "Emerging Patters Horizon Year" (Lep,end: Zonine, Traf ficvray -
Controlled Access Express~ay with Grade Separutiont Trafficway-Controlled
Access-Arterial', TrafficHay-Al"terial-Par'tial or No Access Control, Rail-
road, Intracoastal Hatert-lay). Hr. \0]011e explained the features illus":
trative of.major proposals for the study area. 1'11"'. Kruse clarified that
this study and a first study of the Mid-County/Cross Bayou Canal Area
will be coordina~ed into one general scheme.
After some discussion, the Chairman requested that the Planner obtain
a slide of the area study mno to be oroiected for future Bo~rd detailed
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study as a basis for recolflmendptions to the Cou1J!Y.. _ ~1r. \'}ollc indi ca Ted
:that he~t-lould make inql.li ry of the COl.}n.t: ol;1nn.in(! office to finel out if
'they might have available a slide foT" Y'(>oroducti.on.
Mr. Nylander - Economi.c B.asE'=-_- Nr. Hy landct' p!."cscn tcd reviel.:! of a
report, "Economic Base Study of Pi nc] Jar; Count";! II , pr>(~par'cd hy CElndeulJ,
Fleissie and Associated, planninr, cnnsu1 t.C'!nt::. for the County. l'lr.,
Hylander said it Ha'S. pointed out that :the bip.f'cs.t c1SSct of the County ~.Ja~;
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its location and that the report cont;.d.ns' forecants of population flrowth,
economic changes, cantinGinB attraction to tourism, and 6vcrzoning of
business. It was indicated thnt thcl'C Hould be conflictine pressures
of use of land for residenti.al or lir.ht inclustr>y. . Hr. r1ylander commented
that the report content Has very intcrcstine. He suggested that any ac-
tion on the report should be suspended until re~eipt Qf the Alexander
and Mosko~.,li tz report on the downtown Circa (noH in process).
The Chairman e xprc.sscd agreement Hi th HI"'. Mylander t s su'gge.stion and
stated that he would like to have al~ Board members make study of the
Economic Basa report. lir. Kruse thanked Mr. Harries and Mr. Mylander
for these reviews.
REPORT R-~ ZONING ORDINANCE ^MENDM~NT AlA - The Board r~viewed
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copies distributed of letter dated Apri~ 10/6B sent to City ManaEcr :
Sticrhcim from Mr. Forest E. Watson, Jr., P~esident of the Clearwater
Section (Fla. ChapteJ:'), American Institute of Architects. Such letter
offered comments on review by that group of the proposed zoning amending
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letter of agenda, record). Hr. '~~olle presented a sheet titled, "ANS\1ER
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TO AlA COMMENTS It (copies distributed to Board members and of agenda re-
cord). Mr. Wolle reported that he had prepared ~lis after discussion
held with Mr. Morris as an interim suggestion for chanees,pendin~ com-
pletion of further study beine given by the architects. Nr. Harri.s
stated that the answ~rs submitted wer'e genepally in accordance v,i t:l his
dis cussion Hi th the P J anner, bLtt that in 1'0 p,ard to anst..'c1.' i tern 112 (b) his
recommendationv]as that the 1.: 5 bulK planr.! ratio should only c1.pply in
the, R-t~A classification cJnd that there ~'TaS no objection by the architcch;
to bulk plane proposals in the R-IIB and R-IIC.
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Aftel:' e>:plana tion of the.' J\ns'.'1C!' Sheet made by the Planflc)" and di s-
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cussion of the revisions outlined, the Board b~sically accepted the
ideas submitted. However, it was decided to defer further discussion un-
til after receipt of a second letter from the AlA which, according to
infol'ma tiel'\. from Hr. Mo)"ri.s, was to be sent to Hr. Stierheim. Mr. Kruse
suggested that after final analysis, the Planner and Mr. Morris make UP
draft of specific rccowmendations to brine before the Board.
In the scope of Boat:,d revicH, there was some. brie f discuss ion of
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comment in paraeraph #5 of the architects' letter reading as follows:
"5. The usaee of property should 'conform to the Zoning Require-
ments for that particula1:' occupancy; ie, an apartment build- .
ing on business-zoned property should conform to the re-
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No conclusions were reached.
PUD-R - HENNESEH - PRELIMINARY PLAN TO COMMITTEE - Mr. Wolle re-
quested to meet with' Subdivision Committee members after the meeting in
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regcJrd to ref.erence of ,above PUD-R plan to committee. Upon ,request of
the Ch~irman, Mr. Butler agreed to serve as an int6rim member of this
committee during the summer' absence of Hr. Harl~ics.
REPORT ON DRUID-BBLCHER ANNr;XATrml - Concerninr-. the BtJ.rhor trac.t,
the Chairman reported that at its l1ay 5 meeting the City Commission con-
firmed the Planning Board l 5 recommendation in deninl of' the R_l~ zOI'd.nr,
requested (this after Mr. Hattaclia, attorney for the d~vcloper, would
not agree to any R-l zoning); fur-thol' that the 'applicants Hithdrch' their '.
shoppine center zoning request.
LETTER or RESJGrlATIOH - S\'J/\N - The ClJainiwn r-ca(} to the BOupd ^nri]
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2l~/68 letter of resignation ::rom ~k~J\\bc:r S...:an. He rcported 'that Hr. SHan'~.
resignation vIas accepted t1i th rcer~t by the Commis:don and that no F.lppoint-
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ment has yet been n'lade to fill this V<'lcancy.
r1emh'7.!T's j oj J18d t.,i th tIle
Chai l"ma n in h is expression th,j t t:hcl nOi':r'd t"':I::; ve l'Y sorry to J.o~~c. -the
services 0 f this Ion g-ti tIC mQrnhG 1".
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. ~EPORT arK ZONING CON FEREN,fF: - MYLAND1:P. - MY". Mylnndcl" reported on
his atteridancc Friday, May 3/60, at sessions of the Conference in Tamoa
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sponsored by the State Association of County Planninc and Zoning Directors.
countered at times. After review, the Board agreed with opinion ex-
press,ed by the ChairmHn that defini to control should be exercised but
that there arc some instances where this type of,subdivision planning'
may be' justified.
. Agenda Item # II (e), Seminole Rezoning Process, was not cove't"ed due,
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to a time, limitation.
',The meeting was adj ou:rned at 5: 0 5 P'. M.
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',:; ".~'../ ,Respectfully submitted,
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