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12-18-1962 Regular Meeting 77 REGULAR MEETING MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL December 18, 1962 A regular meeting of the Miami Shores Village Council was held at 4:00 o'clock P.M. , December '18, 1962, at the Village Hall, with the following Councilmen present: Mayor Dale Miller, Jr. John F. Saxon Dean R. Claussen Spencer W. Rudnick Absent: Joseph H. Walker Mr. Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney, was also present. Inasmuch as Mr. Walker had indicated that he wished to make a correction to the minutes of the last meeting, action was deferred until he is present. Bids for three new police cars were received as follows: Net Price Studebaker-Miami $3, 595. 65 Vic Potamkin Chevrolet 4, 027.47 NorthsideNf6tors Plymouth 3, 813.42 Biscayne Dodge 3,496. 50 Monroe-Zeder Plymouth 4, 076. 37 Mr. Claussen moved that the bids be referred to the Village Manager and Chief of Police to be analyzed and a recommendation brought back to the Council. Motion was seconded by Mr. Saxon and passed unanimously. On the Planning Board minutes of December 6, 1962, approval was recommended for permit to build a six-unit apartment on Lot 9-A, Anco 90 -2- 12/18/62 Subdivision with an 800 sq. ft. area variance and the required parking spaces. Mr. Saxon moved that the action of the Planning Board be upheld. Mr. Rudnick seconded the motion and stated that he was seconding it because other plans of similar ugly elevation have been approved in the past and that he agrees 10016 with Mr. Moyer's assessment of the elevation but felt the same consideration should be given this builder as the others. The motion was then passed unanimously. Also on December 6, 1962, the Planning Board approved final plans for the U.S. F. & G. office building to be constructed at 9190 Biscayne Blvd. , provided they meet the parking requirements. After a review of the plan Mr. Saxon moved that the action of the Planning Board be approved. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick. A discussion followed concerning the parking plan which was not submitted with the plans and the motion and second were withdrawn. Mr. Claussen suggested that when plans come in that the parking layout should be part of the plot plan, drawn with exact spaces, driveways, etc. Mr. Saxon moved that the Council approve the action of the Planning Board subject to a parking plan being submitted for at least one parking space for each 300 sq. ft. of building, including off-street and on-street abutting the property. Motion died for lack of a second. Mr. Claussen then moved that the Council approve the plan for the U.S. F. & G. building as submitted subject to the applicant submitting a parking layout that will meet the formula of 300 sq. ft. of building space to each parking stall of 200 sq. ft. using the on-street and off-street parking space available and that the on-street parking stalls must abut the property of the applicant on 92nd Street. Motion was seconded by Mr. Saxon and passed unanimously. ` 9 -3- 12/18/62 On December 13, the Planning Board approved a variance of one foot on the rear setback for a workshop addition to the home of Mr. Eli Timoner, 1245 N. E. 94th St. , Lots 4 and 5, M.S. Bay View Sub. , but denied the use of frame construction for this addition. Mr. Timoner was present to appeal the Planning Board decision inasmuch as this is to tie in with other wood construction and was recommended by his architect. After some discussion Mr. Saxon moved that the decision of the Planning Board be overruled and the applicant be granted a variance for frame construction and one foot on the rear setback. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick. Mr. Claussen stated he would personally like 'to see this delayed and have Mr. Markel examine this building and report back to the Council. He added that he is reluctant to go against the Planning Board and reluctant to go contrary to our zoning ordinance which requires masonry con- struction and thought this should be given further study. The motion and second were withdrawn. Concerning the first Council meeting date in January which falls on New Year's Day, Mr. Claussen moved that the first meeting in January be on Wednesday, January 2nd. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. Final plans for the five-story apartment to be constructed on N. E. 105th Street were recommended for approval by a majority of the Planning Board on December 13th. After a review of these plans, Mr. Claussen moved that the Council sustain the action of the Planning Board. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. Mr. James Jones was present in regard to parking plans to be submitted o -4- I2/18/62 along with the remodeling of the old Collins warehouse. The following "Con- siderations No. 1 and No. 2" were presented to the Council by Mr. Jones: "CONSIDERATION NO. 1 Present building at 9405 Park Drive, N. E. to be remodeled and to provide parking places for not less than 75 cars. Permanent parking facilities to be provided through a twenty-year lease from Miami Shores Presbyterian Church on the adjacent property north of the building in a space 128 x 150 ft. Agreement to provide the necessary document by the city attorney to cloud title on the 9405 Park Drive, N. E. subject to lease for proper parking. Since no new buildings have been started on Lots 10, 11, and 12, adequate parking area has been provided for these buildings, and since building is to be gradually remodeled in order to suit various leases to be required, parking for 9405 will be utilized until spaces occupied in building equals alloted parking space. If new buildings are erected on Lots 10, 11, and 12, the leasing arrangement for the property from the church is to be instituted as required vacating the space for the area allocated to Lots 10, 11 and 12. " "CONSIDERATION NO. 2 Plans are hereby submitted as an alternate to the plans which have been previously approved in which we propose to erect a two-story building on Lots 10, 11 and 12 in lieu of the two single story and the triple story buildings previously approved. This building would have a total area of 29, 172 sq. ft. as against the buildings previously approved of 21, 000 sq. ft. This would be an 8, 000 sq. ft. additional office area based on the formula of 300 sq. ft. This would necessitate 26 additional parking spaces, and we propose to add these by providing a ramp and an area on top of the existing 9405 N. 'E. Park Drive build- ing. Due to the height of this building and the parapet the cars would not be visible from the street. As an alternate there would be a satisfactory lease agreement with the F.E. C. Railroad for using the present spur track area for providing this number of areas which can be adequately provided for east of present parking lot and east of the 9405 building. " Mr. Rudnick pointed out that Mr. Jones wants to remodel the Collins warehouse and provide no off-street parking. Mr. Claussen suggested permitting Mr. Jones to start remodeling the building known as 9405 Park Drive and that the parking requirement set forth on 300 sq. ft. of usable office space to one 12/18/62 -5- parking stall on and off-street, be provided with off-street on Lots 10, 11 and 12 and on-street abutting the properties in question. After further discussion, Mr. Claussen moved that in view of the statements set out in Mr. Jones° pro- posed Consideration No. 1, that a conditional building permit be issued to him in accordance with his application, the conditions to be those as setforth in the above mentioned Consideration No. 1 and also that it be understood by the applicant that before a Certificate of Occupancy would be granted when the work is completed a proper legal document concerning off-street parking, satisfactory to the Village Attorney, would have to be prepared and executed by the applicant and submitted to the Village Council. Motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and passed 2/1 with Mr. Rudnick dissenting. Mr. Jones then asked the Council to act on Consideration No. 2. Mr. Rudnick moved that in consideration of No. 2 that the motion previously passed be rescinded. Motion died for lack of a second. - Mr. Rudnick further moved that this plan be referred to the Planning Board where it should be in the first place for their study and recommendation. Motion died for lack of a second. Mr. James Kindelan of Ring, Mahony & Arner, was present to discuss the recent annual audit report. Since there were no questions, the Council unanimously accepted the 1962 audit. A recommendation was made by the Chief of Police after analyzing the police car bids, to accept the low bid of Biscayne Dodge, net $3, 496. 50. Mr. Claussen moved that the Council grant the bid for purchase of police cars 12/18/62 -6- to the low bidder as recommended by the Chief of Police. Motion was seconded by Mr. Rudnick and passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 P.M. Village Clerk Approved: Village MQager APPROVED: Mayor