Res 716-49 RESOLUTION ~G0. 716
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, REQUESTING STATE ROAD DEPART-
~ENT TO MAKE CERTAIN STREET IMPROVEMEMTS IN
THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA.
~iqEREAS, the State Road Department of the State of Florida,
through the splendid efforts of ~. Fultz, has caused splendid
improvements to be made throughout Palm Beach County in the re-
surfacing and improving of U. S. Highway No. i as the same passes
through the Town of Riviera, West Palm Beach, Lske Worth, Lantana,
Hypoluxo, Boynton and Boca Raton. Ail of this improvement the
Department is to be commended for, and
WHEREAS, there now exists in the City of Delray Beach a rather
broken, badly drained and narrow pavement over which all traffic of
U. S. No. 1 now moves, and this portion of the said Highway should
be improved and widened to its full extent, taking into consideration
the fifty foot flight-of-way along which the said Highway traverses,
as there is no alternate route for dividing the traffic in the City
of Delray Beach, and until the construction of the proposed Highway
No. 9, the citizens of the City of Delray Beach and the traveling
public in general must move along U. S. Highway ~qo. 1 on its present
locatiom;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City
of Delray Beach, Florida:
1. That the City does hereby request the State Road Department
of the State of Florida to let a contract for the complete
rebuilding of that portion of U. S. Highway No. 1 from the North to
South City limits, througdu the City of Delray Beach, Florida, to a
width of forty-four feet of pavement, proper curb, gutter, sidewalks
and storm sewers, using the present fifty foot riEht-of-way along
which the present U. S. Highway is r, ow laid out and constructed.
2. That this work be done as soon as possible, as U. S. Highwa~~
No. l, aa now lald out and constructed through the Cit~. of
Delray Beach is narrow and in bad condition, poorly drained, and con-
stitutes a bottle-neck through which a great volume of local and tourist
traffic must travel.
3. That the City now has an its books and records, and ~ 11 con-
tinue to have a building and zon~.~g ordinance, which ordinances
require a twenty foot set-back for all new construction along U. S.
Highway No. 1 on both sides, in order to provide for. off street and
Highway parking.
That the City will pass and keep in force an Ordinance pro-
hibiting Harking along U. S. Highway No. 1, if and when said
Highway has been fnboroved by the State Road Department as herein re-
quested.
ADOP~?ED BY THE CiTY COUNCIL OF T~ CITY' OF DELraqY B.-~ACH, FLORIDA,
~r~ day of Jar, uar%~, A.TM 1949
Ores~den~ uzt~ Co,nc 1
APPROVm~D:
City CTerk