9528-22ORDINANCE NO. 9528-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO HISTORIC DESIGNATION; MAKING FINDINGS;
DESIGNATING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 900
N. FORT HARRISON AVENUE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE
NORTH WARD SCHOOL, AS A HISTORIC PROPERTY UNDER
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION 4-607;
PROVIDING FOR CLASSIFICATION OF THE DESIGNATION;
PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE DESIGNATION AND
RECOGNITION OF THE DESIGNATED PROPERTY BY SIGN
OR MARKER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 4-607 of the City of Clearwater Community Development
Code provides a procedure for historic designation of properties and districts within the
City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of such designation are to protect, enhance and
preserve those historic properties and districts which represent or reflect the City's
cultural, social, economic, political and architectural history, and to preserve and
enhance property values, stabilize neighborhoods and other areas of the City, increase
economic benefits to the City and its inhabitants, continue the redevelopment of the
original center of the City, and promote and enrich the City's educational and cultural
environment; and
WHEREAS, historic properties may include but are not limited to Indian
habitations, ceremonial sites, artifacts, and other properties, or any part thereof, having
intrinsic historical, architectural, or archaeological value relating to the history,
government, and culture of the City; and
WHEREAS, the property in consideration for historic designation, is classified as
having intrinsic historical and architectural value relating to the history and culture of the
City of Clearwater; and
WHEREAS, Section 4-607 provides for application, review by City staff,
recommendation by the Community Development Board and consideration by the City
Council after public hearing, and provides that the same procedure shall apply in the
event of application for removal of designation; and
WHEREAS, an application for historic designation has been submitted and
processed for the property located at 900 N. Fort Harrison Avenue, known as the former
North Ward School, within the City of Clearwater; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Ordinance No. 9528-22
Section 1. The City Council makes the following findings:
The property located at 900 N. Fort Harrison Avenue, known as the former North Ward
School, bearing the parcel number 09-29-15-32184-001-0010 whose legal description is
contained in Exhibit "A" attached hereto [HIS2021-12003] satisfies the following criteria
specified under Section 4-607.F.2:
a. The property/district is associated with events that have made a significant
contribution to the broad pattern of City, State, or national history.
c. The property/district possesses distinctive characteristics of a type, period or
method of construction, or the representation of the work of a master, or the
possession of artistic values.
Section 2. Based upon the above findings, the property located at 900 N. Fort Harrison
Avenue, known as the North Ward Elementary School, within the City of Clearwater is
hereby designated as a historic property and is given the "Notable" classification. The
owner shall be given written notice of the designation by the City Clerk, and a suitable
sign or marker indicating the historic designation shall be erected on or near the
property.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
MAR 1 7 2022
APR 0 7 2022
1„6.e v ami
Frank V. Hibbard
Mayor
Approved as to form: Attest:
Matthew J. Mytyc ! sq. Rosemarie Call, MPA, MMC
Assistant City Attorney City Clerk
2 Ordinance No. 9528-22
Exhibit A
HIS2021-12003, 900 N. Fort Harrison Avenue, 09-29-15-32184-001-0010
A parcel of land Tying in Section 9, Township 29 South, Range 15 East, Pinellas County, Florida, including
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Block 1, of J.A. Gorra's Subdivision, according to the plat thereof, recorded in
Plat Book 1, Page 44, of the Public Records of Pinellas County, Florida and those certain parcel of land
described in the title commitment prepared by Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, for the
City of Clearwater, Commitment Number 2019117, Commitment Date March 20, 2019, and lands Tying
westerly of the above described parcels, being more particularly described as follows:
Being at the southeast corner of Lot 4, Block 1, of said J.A. Gorra's Subdivision; thence N89°59'58"W,
along the south line of Block 1, a distance of 244.70 feet to the southwest corner of Lot 5, Block 1, of
said J.A. Gorra's subdivision; thence N12°42'58"E, along the west line of said Lot 5, Block 1 ,a distance of
18.53 feet; thence departing said west line, N06°49'31"E, a distance of 29.50 feet; thence N10°37'10"E,
a distance of 45.45 feet; thence N14°01'37"E, a distance of 255.07 feet to the westerly extension of the
north line of Parcel 1, as describe in said title commitment; thence S89°56'18"E, along said westerly
extension and the north lines of said parcel 1 and said parcel 4, respectively, a distance of 263.33 feet to
the northeast corner of said parcel 4 and said parcel 3; thence S15°52'00"W, along the east lines of said
parcels of land and the east line of said Block 1, a distance of 352.67 feet to the point of beginning.
Containing 87,089 square feet, (1.999 acres) more or Tess.