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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.05.66Q it° CL R ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION - MINUTES Thursday, May 5, 1966, 8 :00 PM City Commission Room, City Hall Present: Members: Clifford W. McKibbin, Jr., Chairman Donald Bishop, Jr. William Bush, Jr. Arthur Harris A. W. Lee, Jr. City Manager W. E. Knowles Building Official Linvel Risner Absent: Robert E. Karns C. F. Brooke Smith Mason H. Wharton one vacancy The Chairman called the meeting to order. 9 The reading of the previous minutes was waived. A Public Hearing was then called into session as advertised ^� in the Sanford Herald on May 4, 1966, regarding request of Colonial Oil Company, Jacksonville, Florida, to obtain rezoning of their ' property at the location of 1501 South French Avenue, Highway 17 -92, from R -lA, single family dwelling district to C -1, €.� neighborhood commercial. Legal being: Lots 1, 2 and 3, f� (less that part lying within 41.0 feet of the survey line of SR 15 -A, Sec. 7715), Amended Plat of Orange Heights. E. A. Robertson, representative of the company, appeard stating that Colonial Oil Company had been operating a service �- station at this loc ation since December, 1953, and desired to put the property to more effective use in keeping with a service station. The Building Official pointed out that recently this station had not been allowed to install larger or additional storage tanks because of the zoning. After discussion, on motion of Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Bush and carried, recommendation was made to the City Commission for a rezoning from R - to C - the following described property: Lots 1/19, Amended Plat of Orange Heights; depth of one lot on the east side of French Avenue from French to the east alley line running from 15th Street south to 18th Z & P Minutes May 5, 1966 -2- Street. Nominations were then open for names to submit to the City Commission for the appointment of a new board member to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dewitt Matthews. Moved by Mr. Bush, seconded by Mr. Harris that Phillip Logan be the first contact by the city manager regarding his willingness to serve on the Board. Moved by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Bishop that Jefferson Davis be the second contact if Mr. Logan could not accept the appointment. .It was then moved by Mr. Bush, seconded by Mr. Lee and carried that nominations be closed. The City Manager then presented information as to action taken by the City Commission regarding the unauthorized erection by the owner of an additional sign on the premises of Jim Spencer's Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge; having been denied by the Zoning and Planning Commission and the City Commission. He further passed on information that the City Commission had suggested a study by this Board for consideration of possible amendments to the Sign Ordinance along the lines of one example being less restictive regulations to owners who have more property than just one average lot frontage; tieing it into spacing with more than one ground sign allowed. He stated that, so far the State of Florida will not uphold zoning on the basis of esthetics. After lengthy discussion on the regulations as set forth in the City's existing sign ordinanceTrne inconsistency of it being followed, Mr. Harris moved to recommend to the City Commission that due to the fact that this law is unenforce- able; the majority of people in Sanford who have signs has violated it; the law thereby be declared null and void. Further, the biggest portion of the businessmen in the City of Sanford have ignored it; continue to ignore it; and the Zoning and Planning recommends to the City Commission that this law be abolished until such time there is a more equitable law written-and the Zoning and Planning Commission will proceed to undertake this step. Seconded by Mr. Bush and carried on roll call over the dissenting vote of Mr. Lee. There bein no further business at hand, the meeting adjourned.