Minutes 03-19-65Minutes of Meeting of Board of Adjustment, held in City Hall,
Boynton Beach, Florida, March 19, 1965~ at 5:00
Presents
George Davis, Chairman
William Yates, Vice-Chairman
M~ L. Doughty, Secy.
David Swank
Jay Sarno
Col. Wehrell, Alternate
Robert Huested, Alternate
Mr~ Davis called the meeting to order. Reading of the minutes
of the last meeting was dispensed with by a unanimous vote of the
Board.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearing on the following application was called:
Variance in side setback Lot 22~ Block 2,
Boynton Place as recorded in PLat Book ll,
Page 40, Palm Beach County Records.
Address: 612 N. E. 7th Ave.
O~er: A.F. & Jean Cottrill
Mrs Co~orm_t appeared before the Board and explained that they
wanted to add an additional room on the house and at the same time
a carport, which would bring the building up to within one foot of
the line on the~st sideof the house~
There were no objections received by the Board to this variance.
It was brought out that the property in question was located just
east of the A&W Root Beer Drive-in Restaurant on the North Federal
Highway and the variance would apply to that side of the Cottrill
property which bordered on a twenty-foot deadend alley which ran
between the Cottrill property and the A&W. Mr. Swank moved that
the request for variance of setback~on Lot 22, Block 2, Boynton Place,
be granted due to the fact of the existence of the twenty-foot dead-
end alley and the adjoining business property on the west. Mr. Sarno
seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
Pubii__9~ Hearin~ on the following application was called:
Variance in lot square footage requirement
Lot !t, Block 2, Happy Home Hts., as recorded
in Plat Book ll, Page 30, Palm Beach County
Records~
Address: 306 N. E. i3th Ave.
O~er: Philip T. & Lois Haire
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Mr. Haire appeared before the Board and explained that he was
interested in building a duplex on the property and would like a
variance in the square footage requirement for a duplex. Ail other
requirements would be met as to setbacks. It was pointed out that
a minimum of 7500 square feet lot size is required for the construc-
tion of a duplex ar_d since this lot was only 42x95, a variance would
have to be granted to build a single family residence on it. Mr. Haire
submitted a drawing of the duplex he intended building to the Board.
Mr' Davis read into the record a communication from the St. John's
Baptist Church, Boym~ton Beach, which expressed opposition to the
requested variance°
There were no other objections received either in writing or
by Voice. It was noted that on a previous occasion Mr~ Haire had
asked for a variance on Lot size on this lot in order to build three
one-bedroom apartments. Public hearing on the application was held
on December ll, 1964, and the application had been denied.
Mr~ Sarno moved that the variance be granted due to the under'
size of the lots in that vicinity for the express purpose of the
construction of a duplex as the presented plans showed~ Mr. Yates
seconded the motion. Motion carried ~uuanimousiy.
Variance in Hei ht of Fence ~ Las Palmas Park Subdivision
A petition bearing twelve signatures requesting permission to
erect a six foot fence along the south line of Las Palmas Park sub-
div~vision was presented to the Board. Mr. Bennett, one of the
petitioners, spoke to the Board regarding the request, stating that
the residences ~elonging to the oetitioners back, ed up to the newly
constructed marina and it was the feeling of the petitioners that
their privacy had been taken and it would be to their advs~ntage to
erect a six foot block wall at their expense for the protection
of their children s/nd property. They were asking for a variance of
two feet, s.ince "they could construct a four-foot wall without coming
before the Board. Mr. Swank moved that the request for a two-foot
variance in the height of the wall be granted with the ~mderstanding
that the wall would only extend to the last platted lot on the east
and the pe2itioners would submit details in the form of a plan of the
wall to the Building Department. Mr. Yates seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
Following the public hearings~ a short organizational meeting
was held in which the following officers were elected to serve for
the coming year: George David, Chairman, Wi] Yates~ Vice-Chairman,
and M. L. Doughty, Secretary.