1989.08.09_PB_Minutes_RegularTOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH
• PLANNING BOARD
REGULAR MEETING - MINUTES
Wednesday, August 9, 1989 9:30 AM
The Regular Meeting of the Planning Board, Town of Highland Beach,
Florida, was called to order by Chairman John E. Ward in the
Commission Chambers at 9:30 AM.
The Deputy Town Clerk called the roll. Present were Chairman Ward,
Vice Chairman A.M. Fox, Jr., Arthur Keller, Helene Harris and Amelie
Leng. Alternate Robert Gregerson was absent.
Also present were Town Manager Mary Ann Mariano, Building Official
Harry Heithaus, Deputy Town Clerk Doris Trinley and members of the
general public.
A MOTION was made by Vice Chairman Fox/Mr. Keller to approve the
minutes of the June 7, 1989 Regular Meeting. The MOTION carried unan-
imously.
A MOTION was made by Mrs. Leng/Mrs. Harris to approve the minutes of
the Public Hearing and Regular Meeting, both held on July 12, 1989.
The MOTION carried unanimously.
0 NEW BUSINESS:
Preliminary Review for two-story addition, 3525 S. Ocean Blvd., Lot
78. John Bacarri/Architect; G. Antonacci/Owner.
Chairman Ward asked the Building Official to comment on the request
before the board. Mr. Heithaus said that on 2/20/85 C.O. #646 was
issued for a 10-unit condo. The proposed two-story addition and the
reduction of 10 units to 3 units was, he stated, in compliance with the
zoning code, with exceptions to be noted later because at this time the
applicant did not want to incur any more expense until the Board gave
preliminary approval.
Mrs. Leng then addressed fellow board members, questioning if this was
a "conceptual approval" request and, if so, did the Board have
authority to approve same. Mrs. Leng also noted it was her under-
standing that preliminary review plans should have all data included
when presented to the Board.
Following Mrs. Leng's remarks, Chairman Ward requested that Town
Manager Mary Ann Mariano join the meeting to clarify the situation.
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While awaiting Mrs. Mariano's arrival, Mr. Bacarri, architect for the
project, addressed the members saying that the purpose of meeting with
the Board at this time was to determine if a two-story addition to the
existing building would be in compliance with the zoning code. Mr.
Keller suggested that the Building Official, rather than the Planning
Board, would be the one to so advise.
At this time, Mrs. Mariano joined the meeting and advised that only the
Town Commission dealt with conceptual approvals, although in this situ-
ation it appeared the Board was rather dealing with incomplete site
plan data and, therefore, could not take action at this meeting.
Addressing the architect and the owner, Mrs. Mariano said that when
full plans are submitted in accordance with current zoning, it would
appear there would be no reason for the Planning Board to withhold
approval of same. The Town Manager further suggested that the fee for
this meeting be credited to a future meeting.
A discussion ensued regarding density, with Mr. Antonacci explaining
that he planned to reduce 10 units to three units for the personal use
of his family. He then asked the Board and the Town Manager their views
on this reduction. The members of the Planning Board replied that they
were in favor as long as the reduction was in compliance with the
zoning code. Mrs. Mariano spoke to the fact that the Town has
undergone one Comprehensive Plan and is in progress with another at
this time and, therefore, this property would be down -zoned anyway.
She further stated that despite the applicant's good intentions, the
Town has to look to building code regulations, not personal reasons,
for any building.
Responding to a question by Chairman Ward regarding current zoning that
allows for multi -family construction if density is reduced by one-
third, the Town Manager explained that this applies to new construc-
tion and demolition/replacement construction, not renovations.
After a summarization requested by Mr. Keller, a MOTION regarding
3525 S. Ocean Blvd., Lot 78, was made by Mrs. Leng/Mrs. Harris that the
applicant appear with complete site plan data at a future meeting and
that fee credit for today's meeting be applied to such meeting since
the Board could take no action today due to the fact that plans were
incomplete. All members voted AYE.
The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, September 13, 1989.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time
and upon MOTION by Mrs. Harris/Vice Chairman Fox, the meeting was ad-
journed at 10:25 AM.
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Jo E. Ward, Chairman
A.M. Fox, JroyiceChairman
Arthur Keller
Helene Harris
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Amelie Leng
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