Minutes 08-05-65M~nutes off Planning & Zonin~ Boar~ Meeting, held in City Hall,
Boynton Beach, Florida, August 5,' 1965, at ?tSO P~M;~
William Wohlleb, Chairman
Haynard Wefts, Vice Chairman
Herbert KeatS,
Robert Olds
Jack Raulston
Stanley Weaver
Harold Blanchette,
~uildingD®partment
City Mgr.~
Hr,: Wohlleb called the meeting to order at ?1~5 p.m,~ Minutes
of the July 8th meeting were read. Hr.~ Weaver moved the adoption
of the minutes~ Hr; 01ds secondedj motion carried unanimously.
Parcel 1
Lots 18 and 19, Mock 1, Frank Webber Addn;~ as recorded
in Plat Book 9, page ~, Palm Beach County Records
Requests R-'I to R-'2
Address, 125 N,~ W, 10th Avenue
Owners Sislene Dean
Sislene Dean, owner and applicant~ appeared beffore the Board
and requested the rezonin~ stating that she wanted to build anice
duplex.~ Hr' Wertz suggested that the Boar~ recommend the R-eA
zonin~ instead of R-2 as requested.- It was noted that the lots
were in a residential section that had just recently been upgraded
at ~he request of the ~nteroRacial Cemmitteeo,
Ezell Hester, member
the audience and upon inquiry stated that as far as he vas con-
corned, since there were already apartments there, he didn*t have
any objection; There were no objections presentede~
Hr,: Wertz moved that the Board recommend approval o~ the
requested chan~e in zonin~ From R~! to R-eA. Hr;~ Keatts seconded*~
. Hotion carried
Parcel 2
Lots 13, l~, 15 and l~,'21ock 2, Happy Home Heights, as
recorded in Plat Book Il, pa~e ~0, Palm Beach County
Records;~
Requests R-1 to R'~
Addresss ~01 - ~l! N. E*~ 12th Avenue
0unerI Cora H* quackenbush
Hrs.~ Quackenbuah spoke to the Board relative to herrequest
for a change in zoning and stated that she would be satisfied with
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Planning & ~.ontng Board
an R-~A instead of the R~ as previously requesSed, She stated
that she had a contract ~for deed Flth Co~ &*~ Ostrum on the piece
of property and that Mr;~ Ostrum ho~ plans to build., a two-story
apartment-building, in back of the existing duplex ~nd to remodel
the duplex 4nrc a combination recreation room and laundry.~ She
and Hr*- ostrum had been planning this project for over a year and
she did not realize when the zonin~ was chan~ed, otherwise plans
and pernuts would have been secured wh41e the old zoning vas in
effect.
Mr* ,strum spoke to the Board and confirmed Mrs;~ Quackenbushts
statements.! ~n addition he stated that he planned to build ten
or twelve apartme~ts, two-story, w4th 600 to ?dO square _feet in
each, one bathroom and full kitchen with built-in units*~
Sislene Dean stated that she thought the project would be
a great improvement and she had no object~ons to it'*~
Speaking in opposition to the application was Ezell Host.r,
who represented the St'~~ JOhn, s Baptist Church*' Re stated that
there were too many apartmen~sin the area already, that there
wouldbe a parking problem and that the church wanted the zoning
kept as it was,~
The Chairman read letters from the St.~ Johnes ~aptist Church
and Ruby Davis objecting to the request*
~t was pointed out that seventy,three notices were sent out
to property owners within two hundred feet.
~he Board d~scussed the application, the objections to it and
the fact tha~ there was another application from the same area
to be heard later in the public hear~n~ as Parcel ~, that was also
in the area recently res.ned, ~n add, ti.n, during the last
several months other reques~ of a similar nature had been received
from the area,: Hr.~ Weaver pointed out to those ~nterested persons
in the~audience that if the Board decided to deny this appl~ca-
ti.n, other applications that were forthcoming from that area
would also have to be d;enied*~
Clyde Stalworth, l~.N*~ W*~ llth Avenue, applicant in Parcel ~,
stated that he had no objection*~ F~d~e ~efferson ~0~ No ~e? loth
Avenue, stated that he owned a duplex in the vicinity and was
negotiating, for another piece of property in the area and that he
was ~n' favor of granting the request.'
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Board
Rosa Lee Hincy said that her house tn that section had been
condemned and that she would have an application for a change in
the zoning as she wanted to build a duplex so that she could rent
one side t° help-her'paY~ for the mortgagee.
Xt was brought out in general discussion that many of the
people who owned property In the area were not aware of the change
in zonin~ when it was, changed and since the property was broken
up inindividual lots w~th long-'time residents owning many of
them of them would have ected to the zoning change
what was happening, It had been the opinion of
the theCounci! that, since the request had come.from
the Committee, that they had represented a majority
effected citizens, and had informed them of what
had been asked for their property'*
Raulston moved that the application of Cora M; Quackenbush
be and brought up at the next meeting and that the City
Clerk be instructed t~ many of the people in that section
as~po ~ at the so that the Board could have the
opinion the people as possible.~ ~he motion received
no second,
Mr*' Wertz stated that in his opinion the Boarde's action-was
based Ona request from the people of the area dnd since the deci-
sion was made, it should be upheld even ~f the appl~cation before
them had to be denied*~ ~he property owners ~nvolved still had
the prerogative to carry the matter further.~ He. therefore, moved
that the .Board recommend denial .of the request." Mr, Weaver
seconded.~ 33aw motion carried ~-0e~ Dr.~ Raulston abstained;
Paroel ~
That ..part of the S l~Oe of the N 1~55;~50* of the NW1/~
of See; 1~/~/~ lying East of U. S. ~1 and West of ~ntr-
coastal Waterway.
Request8 R-~ to C-I
Address~ 26½9 N~~ Federal H~hway
Ownert Will~amand Jenu~e A*~ Smith
Hr. 5m~th spoke to the'Board concerning his request;~ He
Stated that he needed the flexibil~ty of an all C-1 zoning; he
wanted to get financial backing and, although the westernpart
of the property was already C-l, he would have an easier t~me
getting loans ~f the whole th~ng were C-l'*~ It was pointed out
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August 5, 1965
that the trailer park existing on the property was already non-
conforming and would still be non-conforming with the zoning
There were no objections to the request.
Mr;~ Weaver moved that the Board recommend approval of the
request. Mr.~ Olds seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Parcel :~
W ??,Si of Lot ?, LainhartJs Subdivision (unreCorded)
Ac Sec
Roquest~ R-! to R-'2A
Addresst l~N°~ W;'llth Avenue
0wnert Clyde Stalworth
Clyde Stalworth spoke to the ~oard concerning his appltcation.,
He said that he was unaware off the chanse in zoning and that he
would like to have it rezoned back the way-it-was.
A letter From Ruby Davis was read Objecting to th. applica-
tion on the grounds that the owner lived out of the City.-
Hr., Weaver moved that the Board recommend den~al of the
application based on the dZscussto~eld with regard to Parcel 2
(Quackenbush)*~ Mr.~ Keatts seconded the motion which carried 5-0;~
Dre Jaek Raulston abstained from the voting;~
There be~ngno fur~er bus,ness th. meeting was adjourned at
p.m.
, Chairman