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08-16-1938 Special Meeting August 16;--1938 _ A special meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council and the property owners of the Village was held in the Village office at 7:30 P. M. Present were Mayor Lindsey, Messrs, Kitson, Carlisle, Pruitt, the Village Attorney and the Village Clerk. There were approximately forty home owners present. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Lindsey, who explained that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss whether or not the Zoning Ordinance should remain as it is or whether it should be increased or lowered and that this meeting was called to give the property owners an opportunity to express their opinions, that no action will be taken now but the Council is anxious to be informed first as to the views of the property owners and then they will do the best they can to act accordingly. Mr. :aures A. Dixon, 9660 N. B. 6th Ave. Road, asked that the zoning restrictions be raised as high as possible in his district so that new buildings would conform in size with the ones already there, that the restrictions be raised to 56,000 or more. Mr. Thomas Anderson, 361 N. B. 102nd Street, asked to have the zoning restrictions explained to him. Mr. Fred Aufford, 80 H. B. 94th Street, asked that the building restrictions be raised high enough that the people building new homes municipal and moving into the Village be required to pay.expenses, that unless the minimum requirements be raised that there will be an inerease in taxes each year. He suggested that the 12000 Cu. Ft. limit be set to 13000 13000 Cu. Ft. " n s 16000 16000 Cu. Ft* a n e 18000 16000 Cu. Ft. " 20000 and the remainder to be allowed to ride as they are. Mr. S. Grover Morrow, 487 N. B. 100th Street, asked to go on record as being in favor of raising the zoning restrictions in the district where his property is. 1 Mr. Charles K. Lalor, 644 N. E. 93rd Street wished tog o on record as approving Mr. Aufford's suggestion for raising the zoning restrictions as outlined above, Mr. J. P. Reeder, 362 N. 9. 98th St:, was in favor of increasing the restrictions. Mr. Olen King, 671 N. B. 94th Street, asked that Blocks 66, 66 and 67 be increased from 15,000 to 20,000 Cu. Ft. He was of the opinion that small houses were not suitable to that neighborhood. Mr. Burton Faust, 436 8, B. 94th Street, was in favor of increasing the building restrictions. Mr. U. R. Beum, 428 N. E. 91st Street, asked that the restrictions be increased to 20,000 cu. ft. from Miami Avenue to the railroad on his Street. Mr. B. V. Becker, 9830 N. E. 6th Avenue Road, asked if full cube for porches and garages was allowed. Mr. Becker was of the opinion that not more than one-half. should be allowed for the porch and one-quarter for the garage, then this would raise the cost of the house. Archie Cooper, who is building a house at 9833 N. Miami Avenue, asked that the zoning restrictions in this district be raised. Mr. J. A. Guyton., 648 grand Concourse, asked that one-story houses be minimized in his section, that he would like to see only two-story houses built in his neighborhood. Mr. Jack Thompson, 636 Grand Concourse, who was late in arriving asked If there had been any project laid for increasing the restrictions. Mayor Lindsey called on Mr. John A. Mahood for his views. Mr. Mahood thoughtthe present restrictions to be very fair, that there could possibly be some corrections in some sections of the Village. He brought out that 30 times and conditions have changed since the- time the village was originally established and he thinks an Increase in the restrictions would tend to stagnate building in the Village.. Miss Pratt Spears, 287 H. E. 96th Street, was in favor of an increase In restrictions rather than a decrease. Mr. Roy H. Hawkins, 273 H. E. 98th Street and of the Bessemer Properties, explained that he was not here to lower the restrictions and that perhaps is some sections of the 'Pillage they should be increased. He stated that out of the 4000 lots set up by the Village, the Bessemer Properties originally owned 1600 of them, now they own 1200. In the Miami Shores Subdivision fourteen years since the Vtllrage�was started a little over 300 homes have been built. In talking about charging• the restrictions it must be put on a reasonable basis, that the Zohing Ordinance is weakening ,n©t and It could be easily upset. Some of the worst looking houses in the Village are the older houses, hgkept and in bad repair, and some of the most attractive houses in the village today are the smaller ones. He brought out that there isn't a law that can make a man build a house out of porportion with the value of his property. He said that there are no houses in the Village inferior to those in Miami, Miami Beach and Coral Gables and that the Village rates second in building permits in the country and the less the Zoning Ordinance is tampered with the better it will be. Mrs-i-jiolet Stuhrman, 9454 H. S. 4th Ave. , made the remark that she bad wanted to build a bungalow on her property but that Mr. Hawkins insisted upona two story house, which she built. Mr. Hawkins then explained that his company had done everything possible to comply with the Zoning Ordinance of the Village and it had cost his company money and time to assist people who owned fifty-foot lots to obtain an additional twenty- five feet so they could build on a seventy-five foot lot and in conforming in other ways with the zoning restrictions of the village. - _ 4. Mr. H. J. Etheridge, 310. N. B. 99th Street, stated he purchased his property with the understanding that the restrictions were good. He is in favor of keeping the zoning restrictions up instead of lowering same and suggested that the Council increase the zoning restrictions and also conside future taxes. Mr. Aufford then stated that he appreciated what the Bessemer Properties Inc. bad done for the Village but that the Village does not have the sources of revenue that Miami, Miami Beach and Coral gables have and that unless houses are built that will provide money for running the village that the taxes will be increased each year. The eighty new houses that were built last year only provided a few thousand dollars to pay for extra lights, police protection etc. There being no one else present who wished to express themselves the Mayor stated that it is the desire of the Mayor and Council to serve in the best way possible every citizen in the Village and as they go out of office they want to know that they did their best. He stated he wished to bre fair with Mr. Hawkins and his company and thea he appreciated their purchasing of lots and keeping up the seventy-five foot frontage etc. , but he did not agree with him on the legal part of his argument. Mayor Lindsey invited the home owners who did not express their views to write letters to the Council and they would receive the same attention. He wished to object to the home owners addressing their remarks to the Council as "your Village" instead of °our Village". He concluded by expressing his opinion that a $5000.00 home was a liability to the Village instead of an asset. The meeting was adjourned. ©o e ag anger and uleric ' P 0 D T 00 L: Mayor