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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31070 - MINUTES - City Commission MINUTES OF MEETING CITY COMMISSION CITY OF DANIA HELD ON June 3, 1968. Pag` -I- The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida, met in the Commission Imm Room at Dania City Hall at 8:00 P. M. , June 3, 1968. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was recited. The Mayor asked the Clerk to call the roll and the following Commis- sioners and city officials were present: Mayor-Commissioner - Robert Kelly Commissioners - Robert E . Houston - Richard Marant - Boisy N. Waiters - Joseph Thornton (Absent) City Attorney - Clarke Walden City Manager - Stanley Goldberg Chief of Police - Donald Parton Building Inspector - Hubert Walker Acting City Clerk - Gloria Houghton There being a quorum present, the Mayor called the meeting to order. Minutes 0 =e City Attorney asked for approval of the Minutes of May 20, 1968. A motion was made by Commissioner Waiters to approve the Minutes of May 20, 1966. Commissioner Marant seconded the motion. The Commissioners voted as follows: Houston Yes 0 Marant Yes Waiters Yes Kelly Yes Motion passed. Permits —Tre City Attorney requested the Building Inspector to report on the status of the plans and specifications of Mr, and Mrs. Warren Pickering which was deferred from the meeting of May 20, 1968. The Building Inspector reported the plans were not ready for approval and on recommendation of the City Attorney the matter was tabled. ® Ordinance - R-Apartment Zoning Classification -City Attorney presented or Third and Final Reading the final draft of the R-Apartment Zoning Classification Ordinance which included minor changes made at a previous City Commission meeting, May 27, 1968. The City Attorney now read the ordinance. ® Mr. Melvin Muroff, 150 S. E. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida, an attorney, came before the Commission at this time and was recognized by the Mayor. He said that the objection he had, if it could be called that, not only on behalf of the developer he represented, but in the light of the exper- ience he has had representing some thirty to forty condominium complexes was with respect to the development they proposed with a one-story recrea- tion area in mind. He said, while the developer he represented was proposing to build a one-story recreation building, many other developers had a two- story recreations building with a sun-deck on the second floor. He said he thought, perhaps, if one had a building in the midst of others that were four stories in height, it would not matter if the one in the center were allowed to go at least two stories. With regard to not permitting businesses of any type, he questioned whether this included medical offices because he said often some of the larger complexes do have medical and dental facilities for the people, and wondered whether or not the Commission wished to make a distinction between business offices and a profession in the medical field. Commissioner Houston said, after some discussion, he understood the developer _ now interested in this ordinance would be putting up approximately 600 to A- 700 units and that if it were necessary to have a doctor or dentist, there would probably be enough people who wished to be accommodated. 6/3/68 -1- ?l MINUTES OF MEETING CITY COMMISSION CITY •OF DANIA _1_1= June 3, 19 Page -2- Ordinance - R-Apartment Zoning Classification (Cont'd) Mayor Kelly pointed out, that for the medical field, there could be granted a variance to the zoning, if necessary. Mr. Gus Brice appeared before the Commission, was recognized by the Mayor, and pointed out that the ordinance was written to accommodate developers locating on one acre or above. City Attorney Walden said he thought there would be many suggested changes while reading the ordinance and suggested that a motion be made as they developed. Mr. Goldberg, City Manager, asked about the incorporation of town houses in the ordinance. Mr. Paul Stutzman came before the Commission, was recog- nized by the Mayor and said the word town house were of a generic term, but ® architecturally, it has come to mean a unit that is built in a row, i. e. , anywhere from six to ten units where the kitchen and living room are down- stairs and the bedroom and bath are upstairs, in other words, a two-story apartment. Mr. Muroff commented in this connection that Friday's edition of the Wall Street Journal, in a full page ad, had noted that by 1970 to 1971 the popu anon was going to need 92% more town houses. He said that ® in California many of the new developments were comprised of town houses and this appeared to be the next fashion in housing development. Commis- sioner Houston said developers were putting town houses on too small a piece of land. Commissioner Waiters said he would like to see town houses included in this ordinance. Mayor Kelly asked if any more density would be gained in having a town house than in a two-story condominium and then noted that a town house is restricted to two stories. Mr. Brice said if town houses were to be put in the ordinance there should be a restriction as to the number of units in a row. After much further discussion, the following are recommended amended changes in the R-Apartment Zoning Classification Ordinance: Section 3. Change any other type of accessory building, including buildings primarily designed for meetings and recreational use, shall not exceed one story in height to two stories in height. Section 4. In regard to restrictions on use as related to other uses permitted by R-1 zoning classification and R-2 zoning classification under the zoning ordinances of the city change to: Notwithstanding the fact that the R-l-AAA zoning classification, the R-1-AA zoning classification, the R-1-A zoning classification, the R-1 zoning classification and the R-2 zoning classification of the city may be considered as higher zoning classif- ications than the R-Apartment zoning classification, so that an inference might possibly be drawn that any use permitted in such higher zoning classification should also be permitted in theR-Apartment zoning classifica- tion, the R-Apartment zoning classification shall be one that permits the construction of multiple family apartment buildings for residence purposes only and no occupant of an apartment in an R-Apartment zoning classifica- tion shall be permitted to conduct or practice any type of business or pro- fession from, or out of, his particular apartment. Section 4. In regard to construction of town houses excluded in this ordinance draft, change to include town houses, or row houses under the following restrictions or limitations: each unit to have a minimum interior width of 25 feet; each unit to contain a minimum of two stories; each unit to have interior stairways without the use of exterior stairways; exclusive of party walls a town house complex shall be not less than 100 feet in length and not more than 200 feet in length; the town house shall be subject to all other provisions of this ordinance, but not limited to, building setback requirements, minimum distances between buildings, special yard requirements and parking requirements, and two parking spaces shall be provided for each town house apartment unit. 6/3/68 -2- r.. • _C MINUTES OF MEETING CITY COMMISSION CITY OF DANIA HE June 3, Page -3- Ordinance - R-Apartment Zoning Classification (Contfd) SectionT6is section rgEuired a 5U, setUack across from single family zones . It was noted that accessory buildings, two-stories in height will be required to setback 251 . On consideration of allowing two-story apartments or town houses to setback the same as accessory buildings, Mayor Kelly commented that they prefer to see the plans first, and he is sure the Commission would consider a variance to 25T for 2-story buildings and that three and four —storied buildings would still have to setback 501 . Section 8. It was determined to leave this as now written with regard to building setback requirements where the parcel does not abut a public street, with such setback requirements being also described by reference to the term "side yards" and to the term "rear yards." Section 10, (b) - This item remained as written, "no fence or hedge over 3' in height shall be located within 25t of any street line." (At this time, 10:45 P. M. , Commissioner Houston excused himself from the City Commission Meeting) . Section 11. The square footage of plot area required for apartment units ranging from 700 sq. ft. to 1,700 sq. ft. was deleted and changed to be that the combined land area that is actually occupied by a main apartment building, or apartment buildings, plus any accessory buildings or roofed structures, shall not exceed 35% of the total land area. Section 12. The minimum floor area required for the apartment units were changed as follows: Efficiency Apartment, 500 sq. ft., one-bedroom • apartment, 600 sq. ft., two-bedroom apartment, 850 sq. ft. and three-bedroom apartment, 1,000 sq. ft. . . Section 13. Maximum number of efficiency apartments that may be con- structed in a multiple family apartment building shall be not more than 1/6th of the total apartment units in the building. i® Section 14. Parking requirements. The requirements for parking units was changed to be 1' parking spaces shall be provided for each apartment unit, up to and including the first 75 apartments and thereafter, ley parking spaces shall be provided for each apartment .unit in excess of 75 apartment units. There being no further discussion on the R=Apartment Zoning Classifica- tion at this time, the Commission requested the City Attorney to present the final draft at the meeting of June 10, 1968, for Third and Final Reading. Adjournment �5n motion made, seconded and unanimously passed, the Commission adjourned at 11:15 P. M. . Respectfully submitted, i v! / , yor6 o n ssloi er Robe e y Act x City Cler , is Houg ton 6/3/68 -3- P 1