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Minutes 01-15-73qI~JT~S OF T~ BOARD OF J~JUST~.~ENT !~ETING HELD AT CITY Y~&LL, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, JANU~2~Y 15, 1973 AT 5:30 P. P~SENT: Ezell Hester Fey Ward Lester Cousins Frank Lucas Walter Rutt er Richard Rohan, Alternate ABSENT~ ~ard Sturgis~ Alternate GeerEe ~npol~ Alternate ~. Heater col!ed -the meeting to order at 5~0 P. ~. ~Jh~. fenpot could not attend the meetin~ because he had to fly north due to a death in th~ ]~Jir. Ward moved that the Lainutes of December 18 be approved as written~ seconded by ~,{r. C~usins. ~,iotion carried 5~0. ~. Hester thanked the members of the Board for th~ir~'support during the past year. _¥Ir ~ Ceusins moved to appoint ~. Heater Chairman, seconded by ~r. ~ard. l~iotion carried unanimously. ~r Lueaa ~oved to appoint ~ · · ~.. ~lard as Vice Chairman, seconded by ~.~ Ruttero ~.~otion carried unanimously° ~o Mard moved to appoint }gr. Cousins as Secretary, seconded by~. Lucas. Hotion unanimously carried. The Board requested that a letter be drafted .and sent to the City Council requesting that Betty Tmnpkins remain as secretary to take ~dnutes for the Beard inasmuch as the Council voted not to have a City Employee take minutes of any Board meetings. _~,~[r. Hester stated that the Beard should get a letter to Council asking what v~e can do about these 50' lots of record that are lots of record and there is nothing we can do about it. ~ere ~ere lots .an ]rd that we brought back for discussion and approved the vari~ce. Smueone came in and wanted to kn~ why they were not told to appear again. In his opinion the Beard had hoard both sides and ~me~ v~'hat they had %o say. Thez'~ 'wa~ 'ac need for another ~h].ic ~INUTES BOARD OF ADJUStmeNT ~TING J~2fJARY 15~ 1973 ~',~. Ward stated that we had the su~mmary outline that Gene said was not officialj: but he said he ¥~ould make a ruling and we never heard from him. He went to the building department and was given a s~n~tmry outline that was said to be official~ it was almost identical to the one Gene Hoore said was not official. ~/e should find out if it is the right one. ~3h~. Heater stated that he does not see h~v you can penalize a person that has ~zned the property before the ordinance was passed. ordinance should only affect the persons purchasing 50' lots after 1962. ~[r. %7<~rd stated that in Boca the filing fee for the B,:~rd of Adjustment is enough that the Board can request the City Attorney to sit in on the meetings if necessary. :'~fr. Hester stated that this has been requested before. !t,~r. Cousins asked how marly 50' lots there are in the City. ~.~r. Hester an~ered that there are many. ~'~. Lucas stated that many developers buy up these lots to build }~r. Ward stated that when they buy these lots they are creating a hardship. _%{r. Hester ~gested getting the sm~uary outline fr.m_u the Building Department and ask~that' ~?~. Simon interpret it so that we will be on the right path. ~-~r. Lucas brought up the item of 5' and 10' setbacks for back p~ches and 6' for pools then put uprights and screens. ~. Cousins stated that it is up to the City Council to make the 1 83~ S. ~..,~r. Lucas asked if the Board can make a request to the City Council to change it. ~fr. ~gard stated that ]\~. Simon would be able to tell us what we can ask for. ~¥,~. Hester stated that each case is left up to the disgression of the Board members. Irk~. ¥9'ard stated that the decision depends on the individual case. lWro Hester stated that each case should be individual that is why we should go out and look at each parcel. MI~3TES B0~,RD OF ADJUStmeNT _~ETI~G JA~rUA/{Y 1~, 1973 The Board went on record as requesting the City Attorney to meet with the Board to review the smummary outline. Kn~ring that Mr. Simon is ~ery busy, they went on record at this time. .~.~. ~lard moved to adjourn~ seconded by ~.,~r. Lucas. Meeting adjourned.