BOAMin09-06-83The H and of Adjustment held their regularly scheduled m ing o
Tuesday, September 6, 1983 in the L q ood City Commis s.~.ontChambers.
Present. John Crystal, Chairman
nald Xorb
Onnie Shomate
A. Bryant, Huildi ng Official
,e ri 2ambri, Recording Secretary
Absent: Rod Cable
Larry Goldberg
1. The Meeting was called to order by Chairman Crystal.
2. Approval of M o£ July 6, 1983 !1 ing: Motion by M Xorb
and by M 8homate5 t approve the Minutes of the Suly 6, x1983
Meeting. Motron carried by a unanrmous vorce vote,
3. Special E ception to c nstru<t a Utility Service - Requested by
Florida R sidenti al Communities. R-SA. 11 A s lying w st
of Lake ETVn oad and N rth of LongwoodgNills Road. cptr. Howard e
Lefkowitz present to represent FAC.
Lefkowitz explained that t request w s for pond expansion o the
eubj ect property which would add 30& to the e ing c ity of the
plant. He explained that the request w solelytfor theapcli shi ng
ponds and that the plant i self would n t be expanded. Ae stated that
the additional oonds wouldtal low SDO additional taps.
. Crystal asked if theee w anyone else present w ould like t
speak for the request. then opened the floor t echnical n ns
arding the plant and expansion. ted he would then openuthe ro
floor to those wanting to speak agains is the request.
Question as to capacity n and proposed capacity. Lefkowitz a red
that the capacity n s 400,000 and witF the added ponds c ity would
be 650,000 gallons awday. silents complained of odooafrom the
plant. Lefkowitz s ted8thereawill be odors from time t time but
that a olydi ng t _ of the b oFerating plants i
the a Ques tio~ed a sofna and a t being
requested, M Lefkowitz s tedull a and t expansion
s planned on L1 a Que who w uldnbene£it from expansion.
Mx. Lefkowitz statedePAC wouldtbenefittfrom the expansion a well a
the City a expansion o the north for r sidential and to the southso
R 434 forsc ial, would bring t x base i the City. Question a
whether there w a full. t the plant. Lefkowi tzs
there w operaPOra to hours a day, 5 days a eek, at
thetpaant. lie statedlDCRrdoes not require a full trme operatorW
. Crystal c the question period, and asked if there w anyone
else who w tedst speak in favor of the request. No one else spoke in
favor of the request.
. Crystal asked if there was anyone who wanted to speak against the
request.
xry Shores, Dunhill D , Coventry, ted he first heard about
the request this e ing and requested thattthe E and postpone the
hearing until the r sidents could organize. ted he did n nt '1
the a o become like Sand Lake Road and B nett Road in OrlandoWa
Ite asked that the Board drsalLOw the requesten
a rgaret Stuarty, Ounhill D try, s ted the a should be up-
graded, n t down graded. She stated although FRC i intai ninq the
plant properly n there w that latermdown the road, the
plant would be sold and would be aLlowedcto deteriorate. She s ted
her life s ings w e in h r home and she did n t know i r
plant, any of there siden is did n t know. Ehe s tedt[hereaw
plonty of land not suitable for residential development that could hold
a sewer plant.
arl: Linton, W orth Court, Coventry, s ted he did not know it w s
r plant,ohad a Lot of m ney the house and fears a
theovalues of the properties will decreaseddue to the sewer plant.
zel Witten, J s Carnis, Ed Foyer, Sally Rund, Peggy L Hark
ooker, M indquis t, all C txy r sidents, all spoke aga~nst the
expansion Statements a nc l.uded n t being a of the s
plant b ing located adj a9en is for them, being lied towbyerealtors selling
to r sidents, odors from plant, requests to look for other alternatives
for sewer disposal.
Motion by Hr. Korb, second by Mrs. Ehomate, to close the Public Hearing.
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n followed. Shomate s ted that the City n tiff es all
sidents within 300 E of any request f r Special E ception. She also
toted that she did not know how anyon ould not knowxthe difference
between a sewer plant and a water tower.o
orb s ted that he lived i Skylark Subdivision and Chat t o years
ago they had a odor problem from the plant i Skylark, but that the
ity s aightened o the problems and there i odor from the
Y1 ant n cept possibly 2 of 3 i the m ing whennthere i
font tionwgoing o also s tednthat thong onds g sof fmn odor
and that this request i onlytfor additional ponds, no mechanical o
expansion of the plants
Crystal s ted that he lived i Highland Hills, within 300 feet of
the reques tedtexpansion, and that a few years ago, there w odor
problem, but that those problems have been taken c of working with
FRC and D and that i the past 2 1/2 years he doesen call any
problems with the plant. also stated that thrs expansion deals only
with additional pert ponds e
4. Special Exception to construct a Utility Service, requested
by FRCtrfor pond expansion.
Motion by m Korb, s and by M Shomate, t approve the Special
ception requested bycFlorida A sidential Communities, t expand their ,,
ing s r plant by allowing expansion of percolation ponds o
thespropertyeas depicted by FRC. [lotion carrred by a unanrmous roll tali
5. Request to front footage of lots. Requested by Bobby Lee
Thompsonanc~cati on. Highland Avenue. Zoning R-2.
Hoard of adjustment
Mr, Crystal opened the public hearing a asked if anyone would like to
speak for the reyuest. Mr. Hobby L Thompson stated he would like to
speak for the request. e stated heewould like to build tw single
family homes. statedHhe had t o 45' wide lots and would like t
build a Ingle family home o ach. orb questioned why a hose
tilts. Thompson s tedeh uMd enclose the bottom a o
angarage, r Crystal asked if he would try t the b g treesnt
Mr. Thompsonrstated he would try to save all he could.
. Crystal asked if there w anyone who would like to speak against
the request. No one spoke against the request.
n by M orb, s and by M Shomate, t close the Public Hearing.
Motron ca rriedKby a unanrmous roll call vote.
tal s ted that the L A had sequirea M Thompson
nclose~therbottom portion. Thompson s ted yes. Crystal
ted he thought this type of house would fittnrcely on the lot and was
not out of character with the neighborhood.
6. Action on Varrartce requested by Hobby .Lee Thompson.
n by M Shomate, s by M orb, to grant the V Request
tallow t Ingle familycdwellings to be c ted o a45e wide
lots a requested by Bobby Lee Thompson. Mo tionrc arri ednbywa unanrmous
roll call vote.
]. Reyuest to depth requirement for r sidenti al lot. Requested
by GeorgianeCOnstruction. Owner: L. D or toeand e a Torrey.
Location: Palmetto Avenue, north side, dust east of Oak street.
Crystal opened the public M1ea ring and asked if there w any o who
ould tike t speak in favor of the V Mr. SanfordaHUtl er, not
Georgian Construction explained chat the lot w s 90 Feet a the
t but only 85 f eep, ted the front footage e eeded the
]o foot r t butdthe depthso" the lot w short by lefeet of the
required loorfootndepth, tea that the overall square footage
exceeded the ]SOO sq. ft. Begui rement.
£11a T rey spoke in Favor of the request and stated her father L. D.
Horton was also in favor of request.
Ms. CVOnne Roberts spoke against the request s uld be
close i [he r the adjoining lot.whichtshe lived o
Butle- a red hero thatothey would adhere to the required setbacks in
R-2 zoningu
Motion by Mrs. Shomate, second by Mr. Korb, to close the Public Hearing.
0. ACtron on Varrance request by Ge g n Construe tron.
n by M Shomate, s and by M Korb, to grant the v requested
byte oxgi.anrC e the 1HO foot depth requir omen{ i R-2
and permit c nother05 foot deep lot. Motron carried by a
unanrmous rollsc all tvote.
Geri Zambri, R ordirt9 secretary
Board of Adjustment