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ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Unofficial Meeting
Thursday, July 20, 1967
8:00 P.M. - City Manager's
Office, City Hall
The Zoning and Planning Commission met unofficially
on regular meeting date of July 20, 1967, at 8:00 P.M. in
the City Manager's Office of the City Hall. The meeting
being unofficial due to lack of a quorum.
Members Present: Art Harris, Acting Chairman
Donald Bishop, Jr.
John Daniels, Jr.
C. F. Brooke Smith
W. E. Knowles, City Manager
Jack Goodin, County Planner
Absent: Clifford W. Mcgibbin, Jr., Chairman
(on vacation)
Jefferson R. Davis
Robert E. Karns
Phillip Logan
Mason H. Wharton
Linvel Risner, Building Official
(on vacation)
Since the meeting lacked a quorum, the four members
held an unofficial meeting for discussion purposes.
Also, due to lack of a quorum, it was requested that
Mr. Jack Goodin hold up his presentation regarding the City's
workable program until the full Board or a majority of the
Board was present. Mr. Goodin stated that he would be out
of town and not available until the date of Wednesday, August
16, 1967. Therefore, the four members decided that the Board
would meet on their regular date of August 3rd, to handle
all other business and a meeting of the Board set for August
16th at 8:00 P.M., for the sole purpose of meeting with Mr.
Goodin for his presentation.
The agenda having been to also discuss proposed trailer
park regulations and to review an ordinance as adopted by
the City of Ormond Beach for the control of service stations,
the four members then proceeded to discuss the first item of
trailer park regulations as set forth by ordinance for the
City of Sarasota.
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Mr. Harris reiterated the City's status that by ordinance,
no trailer parks are allowed within the City Limits and, there-
fore, no provisions are set up in the Zoning Ordinance for them.
Observations were made and discussed as follows in that
these should be required if Sanford were to adopt trailer
park regulations:
1. Required to have a minimum of no less than
ten acres of land for a trailer park development.
2 . Size of the individual trailer lot is a most
important factor.
No septic tanks allowed; sewer must be available
and connected to city sewerage; good sanitation
being a prime factor.
4. Fire wise, they are not good. A trailer will
last only thirty minutes in a fire. Manufacturers
need to review this factor in addition to the
heating system and its placement in the trailer.
Cannot get a person out of a trailer window
from the outside. This observation was discussed
to some length.
5. Would not condone rental trailer parks where
trailers move in and out in that you get a lot
of older trailers. Your better mobile homes
are those that are large and not moved about
so easily, wheels taken off and set on concrete
blocks - more as a permanent structure, a porch
or covered patio placed on the front or a small
room added on wherein they do become a stationary
and permanent home and therein the lot should
definitely have more and adequate square footage.
6, A requirement of 50 -feet around the park to be
landscaped.
Z. Maintain some 500' for each trailer space as
a public park.
8 . Adequate lighting standards within the park
should be enforced.
9. Mowing within the park to be enforced.
10 . Parks where retired people are living appear
to be better maintained and of higher caliber.
11. Brought out that persons living in trailers
do not contribute to the ad valorum taxes of a
city and contribute only to a state vehicle tax.
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12 . Questioned as to trailer parks being a need to
house those living in Sanford under a potential
increase in industry.
Dr. Smith felt that he was for anything that will entice
people to move into Sanford, but stated that he could not see
the present need for trailer parks.
Mr. Harris stated that so far consideration has been given
only to regulations for setting up a trailer park with no fore-
sight for regulations for the maintenance of the trailer parks;
and that without regulations for maintaining these parks and
the enforcement of same, he would rather not see them allowed.
Mr. Bishop felt that nothing definite had been presented
in favor of allowing trailer parks.
It was a concensus of opinion that the Board members present
were not in favor of amending the present zoning ordinance to
allow trailer parks. However, the members stated that the matter
would be reviewed and discussed again in the presence of a full
board on August 3, 1967, to try and resolve it for recommendations
to the City Commission.
The members then reviewed the present ordinance as set forth
by Ormond Beach for the control of service stations as to one
service station not allowed within a distance of 600' from
another service station. It was pointed out that abandoned
service stations can be a definite fire hazard in that the
gasoline underground storage tanks are not removed and there
is a chance of children playing around them with matches. Mr.
Harris stated that apparently the competition and abandonment
of service stations is of little concern wherein the companies
can take a complete write -off but he further questioned the
cost of re- purchase vs the construction cost. It was observed
that several abandoned service stations have been purchased
and renovated into attractive office buildings. The members
felt that although it is presently a growing minor problem, it
will be a major problem with cities within the next twenty -five
years as the cities expand in growth and the situation becoming
three times bigger than it is now. However, the four members
agreed that the matter should be reviewed at their meeting of
August 3rd, as to recommendations to the City Commission.
There being no further items of business, the unofficial
meeting adjourned.
Appr ovp d By�
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Clifford Mcgibbin Approved By:
Chairman
Mary J. Harkey
Secretary