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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08.20.59ZONING AND PLANNING CO MISSION Regular `Meeting August 20, 1959 - 7:30 P.M. City Commission Room, City Hall Members present: Messers. McKibbin, Favilie, Karns, Harris, Lee, Johnson, and Morgan. Also present was Building Official, M. A. Yelvington. City Manager Knowles was on vacation. Meeting was called to order by Chairman McKibbin. Mr. Alvin Odham appeared before the board regarding the newly annexed area of Pin®crest with a particular request for consideration of Lot 8, Pinecrest Heights Re -plat. Address being 2625 S. French Avenue, north of 271 Street. Mr. Odham stated that he owned the property, which is adjacent to his home, and that the property.uhder consideration was.formerly the original office of Odhan & Tudor. Mrs. White had requested the use of the property to operate a children4s day nursery. Chairman MaKibbin informed Mr. Odham that, until the board discussed and recommended a zone or zones for the newly annexed areas they could not give him a definite commitment on this request. Also, that the matter of zoning the newly annexed areas was on the agenda for this meeting. Mr. Odham told the board that he would check at a later date regarding their action on his request. The minutes of the July 16, 19599 meeting were read and approved!. The Building Official then presented to the board for their approval the off- street parking plan for the laundry known as "Joe's Wee Wash It" on Sanford Avenue, south of 251 Street and adjacent to Angel's Eat Shack. Property owned by Mrs. and Mr. Clarence Powell. The plat showed eight proposed spaces. The lessee has plans for an extension to the south of the existing building. A lengthy discussion was involved noting that the existing structure is now right on the lot line to the north and that the laundry and Angel's were sharing each other's property for a driveway. The owners stated that the operation, in the past, had always been a drive -in, pick -up, drive -out taking approximately two to three minutes and with no definite parking spaces, Tboy also stated that the State Road Department had approved two curb cuts - one in and one out. On motion of Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Johnson and carried, five (5) vertical off - street parking spaces, up next to the build- ing and a reserved off- street parking space for each employee to the rear of the building, was approved. Z & P Minutes. August 20, 1959 Page 2 Approval for the off - street parking neat submitted for the new building at Baggerly's Appliance Store on South Orlando Drive. This is a building going in between the two existing stores, which will house two additional stores or shops. The plat showed fifty -four off - street parking spaces for a total of the three commercial structures on Mr. Baggerly's original site. Mr. Faville moved that the fifty -four off - street parking spaces as designated on the plat and submitted be approved. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and carried. Chairman McKibbin then asked the board to consider the zone or zones they wish to recommend for the new areas recently annexed into the City, namely: Pinecrest Heights, South Pinecrest, South Pinecrest First Addition, and the Country Club Area (which includes all of the Country Club Manor sub - division). Each area was consUUred as to the structures therein with thoughts toward the square footage in the living area of the residences, side yards maintained by the individual developers, surrounding structures or areas as to commercial development, etc. The following recommendations for zoning were then made by the Zoning and Planning Commission for the City Commission's approval: A. Moved by Mr. Harris, seconded by Mr. Lee and carried f that - the area from French Avenue to U.S. 17 -92 north of 27n Street, plus Lots 510, 511 512 513 515, 517, 519, 5219 523, 5259 529, and 531 shall be zoned an R -1B (Single - Family District). B. Moved by Mr. Karnes, seconded by Mr. Lee and carried that - the area from French Avenue east to the alley between Elm and Myrtle Avenues, between 26S and 27S Streets shall be zoned as -1B (Single- Family District). C. Moved by Mr. Faville, seconded by Mr. Johnson and carried that - the Pinecrest School property, in its entirety, shall be zoned an R -1 District. D. Moved by Mr. Harris seconded by Mr. Faville and carried that - the South Pinecrest and South Pine- crest, First Addition shall be zoned R -1B (Single - Family District). E. Moved by Mr. Karns, seconded by Mr. Johnson and carried that - Crooms Academy property shall be zoned R -3. The Country Club area zoning was deferred until the Building Official could check with the developer regarding the square footage in the living area of the houses in the Country Club Manor sub - division. Z & P Minutes, August 20, 1959 Page 3 A discussion was held in regards to the regulations of the R -1B zone as pertaining to the required width of side yards. Mr. Harris moved that the recommendation be submitted to the City Commission that the side yard requirement in an $--1B zone be reduced from 10 feet to 7A feet. It was seconded by Mr. Faville and carried. Mr. Harris moved that, if the City Commission did not con- sider the above recommended side yard requirement, that all the zoning recommendations in the annexed areas be referred back to the Zoning and Planning Commmission. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and carried. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. : rJ I