112744-Regular Session MINUTES
CiTY COMMISSION, SANFORD, FLORIDA, November 27,
at 7:30 19 .
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The City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, met tn regular
session at. the City Hsll in theCity of Ssnford, Florida, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
November 27, 1944.
Present: Commissioner Edward Higglns, Mayor.
George D.Blshop
" H.James Gut
" W.C.Hill
City Attorney Fred R.Wilson
City Clerk H.N.Sayer
Chief of Police R.G.Williams
Absent: Commissioner M.J.Lodge.
MeetS ng called to order by the Chairman.
The City Zoning Commission next presented the following report,together
with the Zoning Ordinance and Tentative Zoning Mac No. 3: '
November 27,
Honorable Edward,Hlgg~ns, Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
City Hall,
Sanford, Florida.
1944.
Dear Sirs:
By virtue of the authority vested in you by Chapter 19939 No.~44 Laws
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of Flori a, 1939 ( The 8tare Zoning nabling Acts you did, at a reguZerly called _
and constituted meeting of your Honorable Body held on June 26,1944, and by aooro
Driate action, officially aooolnt and designate the undersigned to serve and act
as members of the Zoning Commission of Senford.
Pursuant to the provisions of said enabling act it became incumbent on
us as a Zoning Commlssion,"to recommend the boundaries of the various oriainal
districts and aooronrlate regulations to be enforced thereon". It was also our
duty to develop a clan, consider same, and hold public hearings thereon before
reoortlng finally to your Honorable Body.
To assist us in the conduct of our work and deliberations you retained
the services of George W.Slmons Jr, Nuntcioal Plannlng Consultant, of Jacksonville,
Florida.
We now have the honor to present to you herewith a report of our work,
with recommendations, for your consideration and flnal disposition pursuant to the
provisions of the aforesaid legielatlve act.
Following his engagement by you, Mr Simons visited Sanford a number of times
to conduct a comprehensive study of our local situation and to direct the oreoaration
of the existing conditions mad which is filed currently with the City Clerk.
This existlng conditlons mad shows by colors how the various prooer~les within the
coroorate area are used, Mr Simons also made studies of present land and structure
uses, trend of community growth and development, subdivision practices, deed covenants
and other trends having an ~ffect upon land uses and development. The results of
the~e -tudiee conducted over a period of several weeks formed the bae~s of the first
tentative Zoning MaD and Ordinance laid before a meeting of our Zoning Commission
on Thursday night, August lO, 19~/~, at which the several orovis~lon~ of the ordinance
and the classification of land uses indicated on the mad were exolalned and discussed
at length. In the interim between this meeting of August lO and a second meeting
held on Tuesday ntght, August 29, 194~, the mad and ordinance were studied thoroly
by individual members of our own Commission in the light of our knowledge of local
conditions.
At the meeting of August 29, a number of changes in both mad and ordinance
were proposed, all of which were reflected in Tentative MaD and Ordinance No. 2
presented and discussed with ue by ~r. Simons on Thursday n~ght, October 5, 1944.
Followlng this meeting the mac and ordinance were further considered at a meeting
of our own Commlssion on October 12 after which Tentative MaD No. 3 was prepared.
Tentative map No. 3 and Ordinance as approved by us was received November
2,1944 ~ and costed in the City Hall pursuant to law and a oubllc hearing advertised
by the ity Clerk to be held Thursday night, November 2~, 1944.
Pursuant to the advertisement appearing in the local Dress and a nostlng of
the ordinance in the City Hall for more than three weeks, a public besting was held
in the City Co~umission chamber at 8:00 P.M. Thursday night, November 23,1944.
Mr. Simons attended the nublic hearing to e×olain the MaD and Ordinance provisions.
We now respectfully transmit to you the Tentative Zoning Mac No. 3 and
accomoany!.ng Ordinance with our recommendations that you proceed to enact same
formally into an ordinance of the City of Sanford. Pursuant to the nrovlsione
of the enabling act, it will be necesssry for you to hold another public hearing
before your Body before its adontlon. Your hearing will be an official hearing
of which the law prescribes "at lease fifteen days' notice of the t~me and olce
of such hearing shall be published in s newspaper of ~eneral circulation."
MINUTES
CITY COMMISSION, SANFORD, FlORiDA,nOvember 27 at
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of Sanford Ave. and Fifteenth Street, and to lnstall one 100 co overhead bracket
light at this intersection.
Request neet received from the local colored World War Veterans Post
for a contribution toward their Christmas nrogram for su'oolylng glfts for under-
orlvllege~ children and old oeoole.
Thereuoon Commissioner Hill moved that the City donate $20.OO to the
Colored World Mar Veterans Post for this ouroose.
Seconded by Commissioner Gut and carried.
Request next received from the local American Legion Post for oermit to
soonsor the "Bombing of Berlin" fireworks disolay at the Seminole High School
Btsdium on December 21, 1944, the oroceeds from the show to be used toward the cost
of erecting an Honor Roll plaque for service men.
Thereuoon Commissioner Gut moved that the American Legion Post be granted
a oermit to show the aforesaid fireworks disolay at the Seminole High School
Stadium on December 21 without oaying a license tax to the City for said oriv1~lege.
Seconded by Commissioner Sishoo and carried.
Request next received from J.W.Mhodes for an adjustment of the assessed
valuation in amount of $10,OOO.O0 for years 19M9 thru 1944 against Lot I Block 5
Chaoman & Tucker's Addition, claiming that the assessed valuation is more than the
actual value of the nrooerty.
Thereuoon after careful comosrlson of the assessed valuation of similar
prooertles similarly located, Commiss~oner Gu~ moved that the assessed vsluation
for the year 1~44 be adjusted to $9,000.00 and that no adjustment be allowed on the
orior years' assessments.
Seconded by Commissioner Bishoo and carried.
On motion duly carried, the Clerk was next authorized to invest the sum
of $1,O00.00 of the Tnsursnce Fund in United States 2~% Retie. G Defense Savings
Bonds, maturing 12 years from date of 1sane.
On recommendation of the Public Projects Committee, and on motion of
Commissioner Gut, seconded by Commissioner Biehon and carried, the Clerk was
next authorized to invest the sum of $10,OOO.O0 of the Public Projects Fund
in a negotiable United States 1~% Treasury note of Series C-1947 issue of December
1,1944, and maturing on Seotember 15, 1947.
On motion of Commissioner Hill, seconded by Commissioner Btehon and carried,
the Commission next authorized the sa~ry of S.M.RiChard, street foreman increased
from $1~5.OO to $200.00 net month, effective as of November 16,1944.
On recommendation of water olant engineer Abrahams, and on motion of
Commissioner Gut, seconded by Commissioner Hill and carried, the Commission
next authorized the salaries of Tom Lodge snd O.R.Smith, asslstant wster o]snt
engineers, increased from $140.OO to $150.O0 net month, effectlve as of November
lb, 1944.
Request newt reoeived from E.M.Armitage for an adjustment of the assessed
vslustion in amount of $1500.OO for year 1944 agslnst hls oersonal orooerty at the
Cabin Court at 2500 Psrk Avenue, claiming that the assessmen~ is too high.
Thereuoon after careful comoarison of the assessed valuation of
similar nrooert~es, the Commission felt that the assessmen~ agsinst ~hls orooerty
is well in llne and no adjustment could be allowed.