Minutes 08-14-89MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING HELD AT
BUILDING DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM C, CITY HALL, BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA, ON MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1989 AT 7:00 P.M.
PRESENT
Vernon Thompson, Jr., Chairman
Lillian Artis, Vice Chairwoman
Raymond Eney
Thomas Newton
Henrietta Solomon
Ben Uleck
Frank Palen, Alternate (Voting)
Don Jaeger,
Building Official
Alfred Newbold, Chief
Plans Check Inspector
ABSENT
James Miriana, Alternate (Excused)
chairman Thompson called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.,
introduced the Members of the Board and acknowledged the
presence in the audience of former Mayor Nick Cassandra and
George Mearns, former member of the Board of Adjustment.
Chairman Thompson noted that Jan Lewis has moved from the
City and will no longer be a member of the Board of
Adjustment. chairman Thompson stated he regretted the loss
of such a dependable board member.
MINUTES OF JULY 10, 1989
Mrs. Solomon moved, seconded by Mr. Eney, to accept the
minutes as presented. Motion carried 7-0.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
COMMUNICATIONS
None.
NEW BUSINESS
Chairman Thompson referred to the six criteria from the
Boynton Beach Code the Board Members must take into con-
sideration when reviewing an application for a variance. He
read from Appendix A - Zoning, Section 10, B. 3. (a) through
(f). He noted it is beneficial when board members can view
the property in question prior to the meeting. Chairman
Thompson remarked that this was not a majority Board. Any
three negative votes would deny a request, but five positive
votes were needed to grant a request.
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MINUTES - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
AUGUST 14, 1989
CASE 9 134 -
Address:
Legal
Description:
Owner:
Variance
Requested:
2563 S.W. 10th Street
Lot 5, Block 5, GOLFVIEW HARBOUR, 1st
SECTION, Recorded in Plat Book 26, Page
178, Palm Beach County Records
Dr. James E. Buffan & Lee Buffan
Reduction in rear setback
Vice Chairwoman Artis served as Acting Secretary to the
Board. She read the Application and the applicant's
Response to Questions.
Attorney David Centola addressed the board on behalf of his
clients, Dr. James Buffan and Lee Buffan. Mr. Centola
explained that his clients wish to screen the pool area for
safety reasons and to help keep it clean. At the rear of
the property exists a 12' utility easement. Six feet of the
easement lies on the applicants' property. At the time of
purchase of the home, there existed a swimming pool whose
rear edge was 18" from the easement. In order to enclose the
pool and maintain a safety ledge on the rear edge of the
pool, the enclosure must run up to the easement, thus
requiring a 2' variance in the 8' rear setback. The footing
for the screen enclosure will be 6' from the rear property
line.
The survey of the subject property was examined and
discussion took place relative to the side yard setback. It
was noted the board only needed to address the rear setback,
as the applicants meet the side setback requirements.
Mr. Nick Cassandra, 2554 S.W. 10th Court, Boynton Beach,
resides directly to the rear of the subject property. He
was in favor of the variance and felt the screened enclosure
would make the pool safer and would serve as a protection to
youngsters in the neighborhood.
As no one else wished to speak in favor of or in opposition to
the application, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED.
Motion
Mrs. Solomon moved to grant the request for the 2' variance.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Newton. A roll call vote was
taken on the motion by the Recording Secretary:
MINUTES - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
AUGUST 14, 1989
Vice Chairwoman Artis - Aye
Mr. Eney - Aye
Mr. Newton - Aye
Mrs. Solomon - Aye
Chairman Thompson - Aye
Mr. Uleck - Aye
Mr. Palen - Aye
The vote was 7-0. The variance request was APPROVED.
CASE ~ 135 -
Address:
Legal
Description:
Owner:
Variance
Requested:
2400 Hypoluxo Road
Being a parcel of land in the northeast
quarter (N.E. ~) of Section 8, Township
45 South, Range 43 East.
High Ridge Country Club
Waiver of required parking spaces
Vice Chairwoman Artis read the Application and responses to
questions. Mr. Newbold also made available a letter from
Seymour Sobei, President of High Ridge Country Club, Inc.
dated August 9, 1989, which Vice Chairwoman Artis read to
the board.
Mr. Michael Corbett, Architect for High Ridge Country Club,
explained the locker room presently has small 8" to 12"
metal lockers available to members. They would like to
increase the dimensions of each locker room because larger
lockers are to be installed.
Mr. Corbett remarked that High Ridge By-Laws have an
established membership cap of 250 members. The membership
presently stands at 238 and there are no plans to change
that membership cap. Currently 285 parking spaces are
available to members. Mr. Corbett stated they do not use
all the parking spaces they currently have and there was no
point to adding more. Sufficient land is available for more
parking, but the applicant would prefer to leave the area as
green space.
Mr. Newbold commented that the parking regulations are based
on square footage of floor area. By increasing the size of
the locker area, square footage is being increased by 5,176
sq. ft. and that is why the 52 additional parking spaces
would be required.
Since there was no one present who wished to speak in favor
of or in opposition to the request, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS
CLOSED.
MINUTES - BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
AUGUST 14, 1989
Motion
Mr. Uleck moved to grant the variance and waive the require-
ment for the 52 parking spaces. Mr. Eney seconded the
motion. A roll call vote was taken on the motion by the
Recording Secretary:
Vice Chairwoman Artis - Aye
Mr. Eney - Aye
Mr. Newton - Aye
Mrs. Solomon - Aye
Chairman Thompson - Aye
Mr. Uleck - Aye
Mr. Palen - Aye
The vote was 7-0. The variance request was APPROVED.
Election of Secretary to the Board
Chairman Thompson felt the Board should wait until the next
meeting to discuss this topic and should allow time for the
Commission to replace the person that had left. He wanted
to wait until there was a full board. The other board mem-
bers agreed.
Board of Adjustment Meeting for September
Mr. Newbold commented that the deadline had passed for any
applications to be heard at a September meeting. Chairman
Thompson stated there would not be a meeting in September.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board,
the meeting adjourned at 8:00 P,M.
Shannon Burkett
Recording Secretary
(One Tape)
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