Minutes 10-08-64Minutes of Meeting of Planning and Zoning Board~ held in City Hall~~
Boynton Beach, Florida,~ October 8,~ 1964, at 7:30 P.M.
Present:
Stanley Weaver, Chairman
M. Z~-Wertz
Robert Olds
Herbert Keatts
Robert ~ffron
Jack Raulston
Dirck Grootenboer, i Director
of Planning ~ Inspections
Dorothy Jones,~ Recording
Secretary
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. Minutes
of the last regular meeting of September 10th were read by the
Chairman. Mr. Olds moved they be approved as read. Mr. Effron
seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
.PUBLIC HEARING
Public Hearing was called on the following application:
Colin and Mary B. McKenna requested conditional
use as nursery school in. R-1 Zone for Lot 23~'~ Block 5,
Central Park Annex, as recorded in Plat Book 12,~
Page 51, Palm Beach County Records.
/nAddress: 141-143 S. E. 12th Ave.
Mr.'McKenna,. applicant,~appeared and told the Boardthat hewas
the owner of the property,~ however~'i Mrs. Press was a prospective
buyer and she desired to operate a nursery for children up to two
years of age in one Side of the dUPlex and reside in the other side.
Mr. McKenna pointed out that this property was right across the
street from the railroad 'tracks and also all the property facing it
on the opposi~side of the street was industrial.
It was brought out that the duplex existing on the property was
a non-conforming use as it had-been built before the zoning ordinance
was passed.
Mr. Weaver read a letter objecting to the rezoning
Clyde H. Spencer who 'owns property located just westof from
Lot~ 23.
Present atthe hearing and objecting to the request were:
Andrew j. Scott,~125 S. E. 12th Ave.
Mrs. Eva Pierson,! 142 S. E. 12th Ave.
Thomas Robinson~ 121 S. E. 12th Ave.
Mrs. Press was present and told the Board that she had looked at
approximately 30 pieces of property around-the town and that this
particular piece suited her needs best. She had operated nurseries
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before and had~excellent ratings from the Health'Departmenton
her prior'nurseries. 'Irhe layout of this Particul'~ piece of
The Board
pie she'
In studying the.zoning ordinance, i it was pointed out that
nursery ( ~
an R-1 zone.
,~'had to.~be a minimum of 7500 feet
, SinCe this- '
if the tot met was a
there
asked
"in~f~ lly be
~licati°n be tabled until the
withthe City Attorney~.as~to
lot to~ and also check the. size of the
Mr. the minimum requirements.
Ayes.: Messers.'~-Effron,
Dr. Raulston.
Both Mr. McKenna and Mrs. Press urged the Board to reo
the .
that they WOuid r~ther ~_2_ ~ ~ pen
or the ~ve action one way
wsr'e notin their favor,~ than
up for another'month and-~a halfbefore final decision~t°'be~"heldwas made.
Mr. Olds. moved that the application bS removed from the table
and'that the Board~recommend to .the Council that-the-application
be denied, as not meeting the minimumrequirements for anursery
and also the inaccurate request fora nursery school in the~origi_
nal application. Dr-~Raulston~seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING
Public Hearing was called on the following application:
Mary. Francis~request that Lot 24, Block 1,
Frank 'Webber Ad~',tion~i as recorded in Plat Book
9, Page 3, Palm Beach County Records, from C-1
~to R-1.
Mary Francis was
~ present and also Mr, Law Samyn, builder~
speak for the app±ication. There were noobjector~ present andt°
no objections had been received b~ m~ail.
Mary ~rancis told the Board that she wished to build a single
family residence on this prOpert fo'
did not · Y r her home. ·
~ want to l~ve an ~ ~ She sa~d that
Board pointed out~.to herYW~ ~e,~that s~e li~edthis lot, ~e
there'were-nice ~ous~ ~ _~'~n~s.~as_spo~:'zonlng and tha~ ~T~,,~
that on Lot ~23, just east of her lot,. the owner could build a
_ h~ ~o ~n the surrounding.-area,
three-story building up to the line, which would be six feet from
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her house. The Board expressed the desire to see
re-zoned for'nice homes.
the whole area
master plan.
OTHER
Mr., Effr~on seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
A discussion was held. regarding plats furnished the Bca~rd by
Mr. Grootenboer with regard to a study being conducted by the Board
for the purpose of up-grading certain areasin the north section
of town. No action was taken.
The Chairman expressed the regret of the Board at the resigna-
tion of Mr. Grootenboer~i~,s, Director of Planningand inspections,!
and thanked Mr. Grootenboer for all the hard work and his skill and
knowledge which had' been a great asset to the Board.
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
~ar~± ey Weave~'
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