07-13-48 A meeting of the T;~x Equa!t~.af, i. on : ,ar'd and ,~sses":~.~+ 2o.~z'd w~s ,,~..~d
n~ by ?anage:c C. E BI. ac}:, and Lhn fo!low~q~ Courmi.!men r'z'e~':,~:+' ,Jo~-t,-~ v.
~!aeed on his buLl. din: e~ '~h ~ ~nc: 2, ,
The assass:,d value r~]_acec] or~ n:'::eePtv of that ':' ' :~' :
ar)nl:'Oved bi':: }i.
~ }fa!! compla~ .... of d..'
t~a~:cd on th~*: fooh3$¢ on th~ caqa]_~ !~ut z'at}mp or, ~T. E. Ist C~_~"t. !t ,.~as
proper't2 a~d add ~ 670.00 to th:~ totsl valustfon of ~,,~ nfo?ri: adjotn!nf oa +,~
north, owned by ~'~'~..,. Penna. Upon call of roll the .......... moti6n ca'm'i~d unanim~usiv..
Mr.ozar~e~':* v ..... Z,.mkerman com~,]a~,~ec] of ='c increase in the assessed valuation of
his st:?e baiiding located on L~ u !, ~':ock 100~ exntaf.nlng that in r~mode!ing the
store bu~]dLn~ the building itself had not be:-n cbangeo, bqt h~ was a.:~vts,d tha~:
an increased rets had baen used because of the instal!etlon of a cooling
and a n~nnn~' oa the front of the store
~:r. Zuc'.m~':aq also cor0pm,q%nad of t,~3e *, ] 50.<0 front roof. val,'at~on
oq the land in ~e~~' ]O?, vhi!e '~ '~'~ e ......
d'~ ',,-, n+ ~ v,:, ,,,.~: nolr'~h of this ~:~._oc:'. it' ~-~,,: ~,he c,')q.ser?'ls_ of on{q{or[, of the Co',tqci! t, hah
9locks 92, 93, lO0 ;:~,-,d !0! sho,~!d alt be asses:m:] on ,F :~,n.¢~
:,l a(:'~d nn l,o 399 1 - ]_2~ ~l; oc]{ e~ , ,. +~ ~ ~' - ~,a-i ]-,,oa4 h},8 ::<s and
.,'. Gst'qnlt' aiso coru[t,~a%ned a¥ou% 3~-1 asses:: ,:: ~u b~-~i:t: r,l~aed on ¢ r:mw
co.atk)!e{;nd LUi%[! after J~n~la:t"y ~ -~ and ::hn~.t]_d no% ~a .. '.
a: ,,,¢ _ ,).. assessed itt[on on this
A crone!a/et, f~led b,r,_, .... ~'%'. C. J. ~hit~, a:,'aLnst the excessive ~__.e,r ,-:ao~" "
¢:~e meet!q: adjouPnec] ~r,t:i !0 & !:. oa TuCk:day. Jul>' 13~h.
Officr,' at i0 ,':. '" ............... D~,~:'~+t, P/tv ' E.
a,',~ tha fo!]_ovling Coa~m~lmen ~' ' -~ rT. ' .... ~,~ c:: i!an.
of assessing::,o._t.,, ~ .... 4rass, property as compared t~ re;~ida~¢:ia! nrope~ty.. . ?,;o com,'~!a~nt
xas filed.
to '-,~h.,~ assessments placed on the news~aoer )ffice and. ~ ..... ouzluz~,,-' but fi].e~ no
complaint.
},k'. !',tow!in filed a come!sSht on ,¢,,, increa~::e in assessed valuation n!aced
on the baildings which he owns on Lot 13, Sact4on 20. xe o , ~
constr~zetion ~'as c,,eaper than ,modern cor~strtzctior~.~ and sho(,~d not 'oe agsnssod
on th(~ same oao~ s. His objection was withcl'pa~'m w~en ppom%sed that an i_ntensiw~
.Sea:~b:l~f the or,.~o,a~'t** '~',o~a be made for nr~xt year.
~.ro adjtts'baeni', vras a~ade on the m.~ F. 'Lyau ..... ..... hruse, a~thouch a 50~. .~ declaration
vms asb:~d on acco~t of thn bad stafi~ of preservat-:on of the buLldin?.
}fps. Lucille f¢icho!s comoza_nea of %hn increase in thn va~ tat;on of h~r
property sitqated on Lots ~ and 12, q]_oc,<' ~15, eorsnar~E, ..... ~. h.e:¢ va!uat~on
the De!ray ?ariel Apartcx~nt property directly acrw;s the Street.
-' '/-L
the va!T:tion nlsced on th.c* De!ray ;4anor Ana:ptm~-~nts, and an adjustment was
authot~.i, zed on this,nrope},'tv.,. }/'rs. t,!~ ehols. · ,~ ~hr]-,, ~.,,:., ~ ¢,~,r,,,~ 'r~r complaint.
},'ir. FPed Sco,~t~ owner o~ ~he Saacrest bole_ and Garat,e, approved
valuat]_ons pAaced on ~hi.s ppoper~y o~n the !9!,,8 Tax Roll.
],,b'. r 2[. oou~'tard in-ui_cad ns to Lhe assessed value of proper%~ in the
v~ci_nity of Biock 50~ whxmt he owns. Upon chac<ing sta'ro,_um.,.nL ~il<e orooerties~
?v. So~thard l~ad no comoiaint to filS.
i,,'h'. C. :7. Townsend¢ owner of Lots 6 and 7¢ 2!ock ('5,, ask,~d ¢_o~.-' an nxr]anation,.. .
of the method of assessing his ',,poperty¢ and filed no complaint after, rece[v~ng
this explanation.
The compiai¢'~t of.~ .~rl'. v,>-lie,¢. Ewtng as to th¢,~~tzgn .... sase~*¢,.m,:,.tto'~r" ola:eo~ (
buildings on S. E. 3rd Street~ Mto stated t, hat they should not be considered as
fronting oa a City .... n* ~ -,
o,.~'~..~, as ~h,. Street is not built accnrd~,~ "co Cit'¢
tions~ was taken render advisement.
.....,,,~,~. Pf~c~=oe_~,~o~ ~' asked for a reduction. _ _~n, th; vsiuation ,¢~-~ Lots 21 and ~2,
- ,_ ' .... ~" oh_s oroperty.
~rcOin;_ev ~- Oosman ouoa=v_;,:.on~ as the.ce is no road leading; to ~ fi
Tine Board considered this fact, which applies-to all of the YcOinie¥
Gosman Sabdivlsion¢ and ~pon motion of Counci~nan White¢ :~econded by Cotanc[!-
man Kab!ezb th~ Tax Assessor was instructed to reduce th~ assess¢~,nt from
"R.OO to ~ 6.~:0 per front foot.
............ . S ubos.v~s ~.on.
f,~o adius~me~+, ',m~, made on T,~ .... 35 and 3~ Sas Paimas
J~!LY !3~, 19/45
No action was taken on the recuest of Dr. ',7. C. ~'Tiiiiams for a reduct-'.on
in the vc!uation of Lots 2 and 3, Block tS.
~!rs. :,Teir complained of th~ val~,~ation placed o~ thc~ ~oyd ~_~.!ding, on
East Atlantic Avenue, stating that the cost of ~alnta~n-~ng th~ b~]_!d~n~
~ 5,090.00 ocr year. Tau Board did not con~ider the v.~!uation out of
and no adjustment was made.
Mrs. h~eir also filed a complaint on behalf of her mother, Yrs. Ed]th S.
S!sne, owner of Shattucks Restaur~nt situated on Lots 2 and 3, ~!ock t, Ocean
Pa rk.
~If%er eons[dera~{~on~ a ~oqion ~{as ~ade b? Oouncilm~n },[~c}~!llan~ seconded by
Councii,'~an Kabler, that the Tax ~ssesso~' be instructed to allow an adj~s*/~at
the assessment of th{.s ~oroperty be. cause o~ the ]_os~; of a norti_on of the
due to ~viden~n~ of bo~,~ yarn.
~z'. A. C~orge and ~Yi!iias N. Georpe apoeaPed before th,o Board to
th~: difference in th,~ method of assessing rasi.dentia! and co~ercia! p~'o~ert};.
The;~: did not file a complaint, as they were assured that atl:.assess~nts were
e~uat and fair.
The moet{ng adjourned u_nti! 2 P. ?. on ~;;ednesday~ July
JULY !3~H, 1945
Regular'. _~ _ ~ meeting_ of the C~ty ..... Council of the CCtv., of Deli'ay 2each ws~
held in the Council Chambers at 7:~0 P. ~.~. with Vice-Yayor Iff. ?.
in the Chair, and C~tv ltto'Pney -Tohn Yom'e, City ~.~ana~er ~ ~-.~= E.
and the following Counc~en~oreseat: John ~,~. - olaf and ~1 E. .~.ac}~zll~'
a euor~ being ppesent.
Hrs. John ~urst, representing the Horn's Club of Delray Beach, appeared
before the Co~cil vdth reference to obtaining th~~ old B~sebal! Field, known
as "Currie Hemorial Park", as a site for a new building. },~rs. Murst~ being
familiar with +3, e deed restrictions on this tract of land re~r~ng that the
prope~.ty be oermanentiy maintained and used as a Public Playffro~d ann ~rk,
stat~d that oh, Wom~'s Club o!a~zned +~ build 6he~,' Club House on the w,~st
one-half of the tract, and develoo_, the east one-half as a park, if ~'~oa.,
would give tha~ a long-term lease on tho property.
City Attorney Moore advised the Co~.mcil +~at t~is restriction had been
raised to some extent by the b~irs of the Currie Eststa~ and they we'Pe willlag
that a part, or all of tho ~roperty ~ leased Lo the Woman' s Club.
Hrs. Wurst, when asked if the ~7oman~s Club ~,'~o~id be willing to join with
other Clubs in b,~ilfiag a Co~.m~nity Club House or Auditorium, as such a
_. - ~ ~ .
building had been considered for this !ocatioa, did not ~.e-~l that bet orFsaiz-
etlon would cuter into such a project, although she did pledge cooper'~tion
with other Clubs in allowing them. to us~?. the Woman' s C!~b bui!d~c~:.
~u~ot explained that the ~?6~aq's Club bas b~an m~blic-spirited for a great
many years i~ housing t~a Library~ in sponsoring a Yo.~th program in their
. bu.~lo, lag was ava ~ . _ ..
building when no o~her ~ " ~labla in acouirJng the
property and turning it oveP to the. City, ~,d_ :_ they, felt thev~ }nad named any
cooperao.~on the ~ ...... g could now ~iva
!t was recommended by the C~tv_ Ua~agn~'~. _ ~ *hat: the ~'~oman's Club be g~vr'-n
~ o..~a~d th.a deW!o~-
use of the aatire t~'act, with th~ ~rovis[o~ that theTM work ~ ....
~nent of a,_l of the m'o~a~'ty, star'hZ that +' ~ otl~e ~ity ovrnad 1nuclei
which could ~
........ ~ use5 roi' a Civic Bui!d~n~ or AuSitor!,lm.
..~.ter f,.nt,,e~ cons!d~ratio% a motion was made by Counci!mon Kabler,
seconded by Counci~an !,,Iac~fillan, that the Cit~:; ,~,ttoPney be inert'acted to draw
on a 90 year lease on the "Currie Hemo~ial Park" tract, to the ~'7o~an' s Club,
and to work out t~m u..ua~_Lo with :.n~ ho~rs C~rrie Estate. Uoon ca~ of
roll th,:: motion car?ted lnanim?ust~¢.
...... F. R~]ev their, addressed the Co~mcl]., who stated that he had
advise5 by Dr. J. O. Robiason~ Pastor of tho Presbyterian Church, that the
Ch,rich wo,~d be ' * ~ ~ al :,~
znoe .......o~-., in bidding' on Lot 7, n!ock 2, Ocean .... if offe~-'ad
for sa].e 'o2," the C~6y._. ~Cr. Riley contended that the lot vas of' no va]ue_~ to
hmm~ .... F, ar.d asked for a decision by thn Co,~nci!
an:cone except th~- Church and ' ~'~ '
as to whether or not +~e lot would be put uo '¢
, ~. o~ sale.
Councilman ~abler fa].t th,0t this nartic~!ar lot should not be offered for
sale at t' ".~ time, as ~6 seems to bc serving both parties interested in it,
and no action was taken by the Oo~cil.
~.~c~u~ ~ar~ a,-,nea~d.., _ . before the Council relative -to his
I ~ ~ ~7~r~
for a Spedal Per,it,. . ~,Pt4 .... ch had br~en i. efarred Co ,;n~ ~,..~...~., ~oard for con-
s idai"s tio.n.
JULY !3T}!, 19118
f o!!ow s:
"July 2,
~on. P~yor and City Comqcil
City of Delray Beach, Florida
Ge ntiemen:
An erner?enc'.:,_ . maa+~g_ ~ ....... of t~ Zon~r~;~: aoard_ was n~a Friday,s, ,r.~v. ~,. .9~,d, ....
!0:00 A. },..[.~ pursuan~ to the reauest from the City Co~ncf! to consJter
issuing of a S.'mcial Permit ~o Yr. }~[. Y. .t~ r"~ '
~ ....... u ~an, ~r th~ rezo~'[?~g of *'.Jest
~t!aq~.fc ~veaue fro~ Swfnton Aveq.m +p t'r~ Seaboard Railroad fpo? Special
Business to ...l..at a,,~'~s
made~ and we also :r'ecoc;aenc] th~'¢-, thn zonln~' or: "r~::~ Atlaqt~c 've,,ue remain
Special Buszness so that Counc~!... ,~;~v.. p~ss upon each aDm!~cst'~ori ~Po- -~ ~Lus
ma::e caPtain that t[~ type of buildf_ngs iq hhat ai'~m aaintain a hi_lb standard.
"Th~ ~,o facts ?nye been r,res~qte~ a+, this mp~-~,~' %~ ~dicate +ha+ the
~-ainia~u~r~ ceiling height of 12' is incorr~ct, in order to ~.mke certain that. our
zoning req,.lirements are tn koen{_ng ~'~h the t2.'e~]d of time, the Zonin~ Board
conducting a study on fl,? subject of api!!a~ hei~ht and if ar03 changes ar~ found
.. ~ - ~ .......... ~h, Com~eii will fo~o~.~ ,,rom~,tiy.
t~ ~e i~ ol'ce{'~ q r'e~'om~ev-~da{~of ~o * e ....
He spec t fully ~
KSC,/ad Zonin¢ Board"
Cotlrlcilatari Kabler felt_ that as long as !0[,'. cm414n~o~ wePe parn%[tted oq
East Atlantic Avenue, in the heart ~ Town, tho reouir~ra~r~t for a !2' ceiling
on 71est fit!antic Avar:ue was tm~'~asonahle. _ . However¢ he was informed ~-v:: the. a4t'.,_ y
lamager that this restricM, on had b¢;,en complied with in a Special B~s{ness Di. str{r~t
on ehe Federal P4:hwav. and th~ Zonin~ ~oard h*d not felt ~* shou]d he
,.h._s i~stance w~ho,.tt_., a soec~a~. . ...... r~'as,:m, although for sto~-e buildings of the
width planned by !¢r. Mc?~'rian lC~;' ceiiin;,s wo~'~d be all righ,
.&fret further dlscussinn by the Couqcii, q motion vms mat~ by Counc~im~n
Yac!.ii~an¢ ........ n.,:1 .... Coumci!man Kab!er¢ that, a Snecial Pepm~+, be Erant¢<l to
!..ir. }[e}f,a'rian as racuested, a~,d uoor'~ c~!! of roll %h.~ .root'S. on carried, Counci!rmn
}facNi!lan and Kz. bl..r voting in favor of th~ mo+~on, a~¢ Vice-~%yoP DaP'itt
,: ~,. Outher~r!~ owner arid operaf::',r of Andy~s Trailer Co2r~,~ addpesse¢~
Co~ci!: e'~o]a4r-iiq¢ ~'~ Oct<bet qqtt-)~ !91-f_7¢ she had faJlen or_
front of th~ Jackson Paint storr~ on zps't At~arg;ic /tvenue and fpact,~red hep
As a result her ankle was xn a c~,~t, for s~x .... ' :::!'1o was o,-~ cr,~Lche~ for
eiffht~en weeks. Her Doctor had now advised her that she sho,J.d sell her business,
w'.~icl~ iqd4; _cared he2.. inj.n?', would be t~ar~:anent. . ~"~,.~ o. C~t,~rman, .... stated that +h~'
conditio~ ~f the sidewalk was not due ~3
. o~_ %he l~tPri, cana, but ~-' be~n in bad donditi:-,n
JULY 13TN, t97-~8
for some time. Sba had report~d t?~e accident to the former Cit~'
and to the, Cit? Attorney, an,~ sh~ had now engag~c] a~ Attorne~ in ~:fest
Beach, who advised her to co~ baFor~ the Courmi! a,w] asl~ for a
before taking the case ir:to Court. She a~b~:d damages from the Cit? of
f: ~ 500.00.
City Yanager Black stated tb~;t t~ sidewalk [~ad been reoalr¢.~d short]?
a ftc? l,e was em[~loyed by th~ City, bat that he vms r~ot fami]_iar wi~;b the
condftior~ of ~he walk before that time.
Ia a motion by Comnc~maa !,~ac}fiiian, seconded by Councilraan
mnaaimously carried, the case was referred to the City Attorney for invest-
igation and re, port back to the Council.
h~". A. L. Greenwood, Tax Coil_actor, advised t~ .Council that Mr. R. O.
Priest had applied for a Bui]_ding Contractor's licer~se, but had refused to
post the pers.:ma]_ property bond required b y the Comnci!, to ir'~sure the payment
of his 1948 Perso~ml Property tax.
It was the cons: ns~xs of opi~-~.on of the Cocci! that as the posting of
this Personal Property Bond has been reaulred of all operators of new businesses,
no exception should be reade in his case~ and >~r. ~reenwood was instr~lcted
advise !Jr. Priest 6[mt the Bond would ba refma~Jab!e after twelve months, but
license could not be issued v,ithou6 it.
An estimate of the cost of a Blanket Public Liability Insurance policy
having been received by the City !{anager from the P!astridge Inst~rance A~ency,
same was ordered filed pending recein6 of~:est~ates from other Companies who
ar~ figuring on [his ins~ranee coverage.
A reoueg;t Tot the installation of a street [light at the intersection of
North Swinton Avenue and loth Street, signed by five residents J_n that !oca!ity~
was presented b~ t.ba City }.~anai~jer who exp!afnad that street !i.~hts were
o].aced about 600' aoa',-t,, _ and .... ,.,n~_,~= ease .... ~ts~: .... are located at ab:-,~t ~at interval.___
Upo~-~ motion of Cou~cilman MacYi!lan, seconded by Co~nci!~,an Kab!er, the
City !.,~anager was authoriz,c5 to have a light instated at the location requested,
if in ;'is osinion ~s case ¥~rrantad
Co~,cilman Kab].er also reco~,~.~e,-~ed that a stu~vey of other dark spots in
the City b~ made before grar~ting a~y other particular req~lests.
A letter fi-'om the Deiray Beach Chamber of Coa~:~erce was then resd~ as
follows:
Deiray Beach, Florida
Jus_e 25,
~!r. Charles A. Black
City Manager
Deiray Beach, Florida
Dear !~r. B~ck:
i am eaciosing herewith a letter from t~ A)~a and Bacon County
Chamber of C>_~.~qerce, a Court S~zmmons, an6 in addition an af?idav!.t.?:com ~aul
Hayden, Ordi.nary of Bacon Coumty. Ail %hn:~r~ ara solf-exs!ar~atory.
I contacted Judge ?;~icox ~ det~u'mine what dispositon had bes, n made of th~s
case and ha informe:~ rar~ thct t~ bond '~' ' __ forfeited baaqu~e of
Since this is not a matter for t~ Chamber of Co.avmrce, but rather on~-~ for
tho City Council to determine, I am referring it to you in order that it may be
considered at the next Council ~ee~ing. I h~-,ve writte~ !fr. Bishop sad ! am
enclosing a co~y of my letter to him.
Very tr~y yours,
D~LRA~ v: BEACH C~.~!:~ER OF CO:5~YRCE
($igned) Werbert Lee W~_vely
HE:i~E:T ~E
HLH : tv~ S ~ c re t a
Enc. ~
l:r. 2~ck ezplaiaad that this arrest was made by the Sta~e Road Patrol w~an
the local Police Depart~nt was cooperating wit~ them in c.~acking auto~obi!~s
being oper:te5 by drivers w~thoot !ic~ases.
Aa affidavit furn~she~ by the Cha~be:-.' of Com::erce of &ima :,nd Bacon
:f A~:, G':~orgia was than reaQ, as fo!!o~'.~s:
,,OP~DIW~Ry 2~Co~ COU~,~TY At~:a, Georgia
Geor:~.a, Come, fy of Bacon.
Th~:~ is to certify that ! am Ord':nary (Probate Judge) of Bacon County,
C~orgis add as :rovided by stat~:te I a~ th~-~ trial offic[a! of ~!1 traffic
violations i::~ said count?'.
Joh,'-~ ~J. Boyias, a bona fiSe c~_tizen a~:d ten-k:dyer rasi:]:~: in: said
has :re s~:~:t~': d. ~o~'~ ~y inspection. Drive:"s ~'~zc':,,-.:, ~oe,' for the ~_~+~+~ ...... of 2e or'~_a
372569, dated A.~ust 9th, 19/+7 an~: ezpiring on Jm~:e 30,
This cert:ficate is issu d for th~: ou.r~ose of being forwarded by the said
~4~'. John ~.(. Boy!es to t~e trafic auth::rities of De!ray Beach, Wiorida, v~o hav~
~cuired ?roof of the e~:sta~:ce of :~_o'-~ ~ Georg~.a drive, rs !~cense, which ha states
that he had ~na:w'~rtediy left at his hom~: here before !eavia: for a tr~:', to
Ftori, Sa.
~Jr. John 2oytes is a gentleman of res:,:-.ctabi!!ty, an:~ for aaa: ?esr: has
been the chief of Co:':~n~mications of Civil As:ronautics ~ministratl-m st the
Ga. airport. An:.~ coasid~ration shown hem ia this matt~:r we_I! be a~pr~aiat~::~ and
a!to:eth:- r justified.
U~_tness my ha~:d and .,:ed! o? office, this 2!st day of June, i9~.~2.
..... ~ea) Paul Warden
Oral!nar?- 9acon Coun%y.
5
JULY 13%4,
L, ._='J Croft stereo fl-iht -~t bad bec:r, tl~n c,~stnm ~'o~,,_ l'eU~rn bonds.
%,~a,s rondo %-,~ C,~ur:miiman ,r
~ 25.00 by .... r-,hn ~' R ~ ~ n~
C~%y ....... ~anaz, e~,o._ a~.=s~ ck th. an p:~'eseot, ed a reqlr~s%~ filed bM Eugene. Eilio%t~ ira.'
the.. ooen~n? vf an al!er_. ~. in._ Block. o2,, ...... ............ aha ;ou~n~ he6v,mnn
and 5Ch Avenues~ N. ~., from 2nd uo 3rd ..~.,~eeto~ sari s nm was read as Follows:
"June ]_0~
]via 'rOi ..... n'.
Dehm/ ~ ach~ F!ori'da~
i6 ft. alley between 2nd s~g 3rd
Streets, N & S. aaa between ;~th
and 5th Avenqes.
C~ ntie ~e n:
Please take i~mndiate s~,e~s to conueran Pight q~ wac and oD~n an
nov; oulz% and rn=.,,',r for occuoaqcv sevo:ra! stores which, need n
and sevePal mope en~:n'nr, l~ted; ... ~n.._ that vicinity ..:.q.. :hr. av~a.v.
Y,?LtPS t,;ru~!v,
(Signed) Eu;~ene V, Ei!tot%
,~.~.r-... ~!ack exp].. _'~ned ....... that I,.t.'. E!!iott did not owe 50~ ? tl~e property in
this Block. %s the ]_bis on tile weJ6 si.de ~ the e]_ocl: are sha]!ov:,
building stores there are leaving e~ feP an alley, but do riot want ~o !6~ o~f
willing tn ..... ~,ive {~~ for a}l zqqnv.,.. }'flr. ~!nek felt ........ ...... ,,, :,. i-h w'o~d he fn'c
n'Pes~nt :nd f ~t,!-re~.- ooc-~ of ~IL. ~n C~tv r, nd b ~s~nasses i_n %'~).a-~'., .] ....... < -bo n'Povicte
poa',- access t,o bui!dings~ but he wo,~lu not recomm~md t, hr~ nxnc:nsr: -ho ~', Ci
concler:ci:~ qrZ the proper~y at tliis
At Ishe s~(ffCestlon of C,:)uncil_n,~n i[,~bln:r.~ ~,T:~'. E]_!~of, f, :,'m:~ r'enuested tO ask
Lbo O:~'ope-rty o=mers on the east s~_,,,, of th~:~ ~irz,~k to ='lye tho ~' needed for
a] !ey.
Tke foi_ow!ng o~tit, tor,~ si:-,ned ~- .
..... ~ .~, pi~Op¢?.'ty o:'mers on ,~ JS, <;i, AveflLle ~
"Mai-ch 12, 1914q
i?e~ the ~d~:rsi,-'nad property owners on S. E. 2nd Ave. b,?tweon !st, and
2,'id. SC~"nnL petition thc3 n-i-l-~ of De!:i',:~,~' leach for ..... E ~nd
. . ].~ St. i;hr:~i~ht to 2nd St.
:road, payable as tha ~+v dii'ects
//
JULY ~°~<~ lqL~'I
8-i c,.~ r,d~, Ehto~
" ,.!iiiiarr, Tottc rd..'_~]_n
" E. r'.~. Holland.
" ~.. D. P'~'in st ~ .......
"Cherrf- L,nne ~
~o'~'-[,hf i e ]_d ~ 17%.
137 S. E. Ist
In answep to your ]_etteP o~ ~,{arch o ,. ~- -
..l.~tn, I own d~n tp~_ar2p)t!a2.' o4eca of land
~ ~ .c,.z_,_z'oad. O":r~,:~c thinpjs ho~n,~- eoua! I ,,',',~2d iii? to
,~,]!]o.~r-~ lot; :~o I am ce"~-'~nq;? r ~
Lhan ~e e~uiva~n~ of on~:~ fair sj:,?;d ~ ' '~
rawer of paving on a fPont foot
~s far as satinglo- lots
....... ¢, g% I don't believe that thq rvesen%, is !.he
time to push m'ooerty oa thr, .... ~ ......... ;u~ I don'+
ma~,:~,. That timr~ ma.~ he cors~n~; *
N~li:~ve it i::: hePe OP i.~l ~ha i. rnmeJia~e future.
' !ett¢'.' From 7''. Scm C ~ ]~-, ~ "
"2~.02 c. Oc:~aq q!vd.
Delta> .....~eaon, Pla.
Jul-2~ 9, 1-94S
Cit:y of D.,~z'av ]each
DeEraj- ~each~ F!orSda
toy ?25.00 as pnr t!~n enc]_os~d stateme:qt from !,{i!ton J. Boone.
,~t the time Che i'e-paving and v~._oen.,.nf, l of Ocean ~nu/evard ~zas accom~!i_sh~d,
the ~+~ employee::~ ~,,n__e ot.. water mete*' in frv, n6 of
. ~.~.. f ~ ~ , raov:~ng ~'-~ . _ . p'cooert}5 comn!eta!y
des6royed Lha north end o2 6he seag]'ape which ff:;rrne.c~y made a hedge ac~'oss
- front of m:' pPoper'ty.
'%thout wi: :inF to a~pe~r' ~mcoooerative~ I must ~o~nt ~u6 to vo,~ that
extrr;me dJ.!igerme ia the _~tter of the road rLght-of-way-';cas cau:Ted~ in a
large me, asnre, b',:- my desire ~o mreserve this tr~e. ! had written the City
~ r~. before this incident, ~t ~ ~ih~m o~ ~ -' a~v~sing
=o_~ ~' ~-'~ notice of m~ ~d~bts dnU
tn ,m of the4r resoonsibj.!-i, ty for damages Fubhermore. rn',: agrae;%::~n% w~_th
~{i'. Edmond di~tinctly gav~ the City pe:?r;isslon to takr, 3roport}? up Co the
hedge N. ne.
!n vLaw of this damage, I be!i~m it only ?i~ht that the Ciky should
reiraburse rae for th~-~ planting of ano~tar saa~ra,~e in the gap in my hedge
caused b?' th~' neglignncn of their employees.
Thankin?~ p~u for your attention 6o tkS_s matter¢ I ars
Very truly yours,
SCC:js ~ Sar~ C.
Enc!. - ! Sart C. Collier."
Upon r~otion of Councilman Nab!ere secorw]ed b;? Coun~4!man NacYiilan,
~manim~zs!y carried, th~ Clerk was a~zthorLzod to reimburse l~,~r. Co!!~er
for damage to ~is h~:;cJge, in ~:: am:~un6 of ~ 25.00.
An apr~!ication for license, filed b[¢ lv%'. Jero'.e C. M~hes, ~,o operate
a liquor bar in t~; Seacres6 Not~! Garage, was pre?eared, i6 bei. nE ~mderstood
that ecui~e~er, t and bar ~¢¢ould be n~ov-d from the Seacrest ~..:>tei t'o the Hotel
Garage, at 1505 East Atlantic lvo~,ue, an6 no bar woL~d be operated in the
Am.( :.,~ on ;'Cas ~de by Com~m~_,aman ~able.~, uecondem b27 Co~nc~lraan Hac~:%llan,
that the application be aSw~.rtised ~n the Delray Beach We,as for two weeks, as
provided in 'the City Charter, before being approved by the City Comncil. frpon
r;all of roll the motion carried mr~animously.
An aE, oarent., error in the City foreclosure in z9/~7,' of th~ East 1//~ of
the ~7. 1,/2 of the ~. 1/2 ,f Lot !, Section 20, owned b, }:[ary Lee Yartin, on
which City taxes had been naid in full, was referred to the Cit: At~:-~rney for
checking, and correct, on.
i !ett¢,r from ~.r?'. J. :". No~'~iin vd_th reference to certain de!innu~nt CLty
taxes in Block 33¢ was rr, ad as follows, and ~.~ferred to the City Attor~ey for
investigation and reco~.~endati:m to the Council.
De!ray Seach, F!orLda
Jul>* 7,
City Co,moil
De z~y Beach,
F lo tide.
In t~: Lot S76' of the E 135'
Eeaeh, Fi~rida.
Gentlemen: -
You v,:ili retail_ that wh~m I ~:,:as aetia~ ~ as City ~tto~'r:,~v~ I brought a
foreclose all delinquent City taxes. ~rior to th~r~ br'~ngf nv or ~1%f.s suit a
count was allowed on fha psFment of htese tax.ns a~d d:lr'ing ....~u s discou~;t neriod
fha owners of tho above ~e~'~,?lond ~ropartv came to my offic~ %o ~,av tbs
taxes o~'~ thelt' lot. These "~' taxe
, o~rulcu!ar s :::~d qo% been tuPned over' [o 5e for
foreclosure 8qd I ~hone-d %h~ City Hall at that time 8nd thro<qh error I was ad-
oa!cJ a~v~seo ~:e owqeP~ of the nrnpar~y ~d
made no fui'ther attesDt to nay the = ~ -~
~ ~, . oa~u taxes.
It has now been asscertaiqed that the City taxes on thf s orooerty are de!in-
touch% slnqe 1926 amc] amo~n% to several h~odred dollars. ~he sett!a'~ant fi,cur~
%n,~t +.~me was ~ ~2.10
c!e]incuant taxes then it t~.~u!d be my :~:~commanc]at~on that the ~ 5P.!O be accepted
in payment of the de!incuent- ta~s az of t.n sett].an~mt dale end that razes in f,~.!!
b:~ chargod on the ~ronerty since: that ti e.
Vm:y tP~_~ly yours,
,:h/no ~Y: (Sir:ned) J. '". ~k,~]_iq"
~hc: C~tv ~.%1 to
and cost of the pavinE of S. '",:. 3~d Si:rent from South Swfnton Avequm to S.
~venue *:"" ~lowfn~, P~sol ~t~on was introduced and same was ~'~ad in full:
~ESOLU~TON t~O. 703
A ~SOLUTIO?.T OF ~E CITY COr~CIL ? .~H~, ,,ITY OW ,,~L~A ~E)CH, uLORIDA,
~f~_.,. RYPORT ~"'~. ASSESSNT[ZT ROLL 3LB~;IY~D ~W ~w~ .... CITY ENCI~T~E~ a~ ~_.. C!~y
q ~TT~r"RS T ~ ~
pursuance to th:' Charter o¢ said city, cubmitted to t¢:e Oitr Coanci! for
a report of the cost and the assrssmeqt r'o!l for r~pa~,in~ Southwest Third ~tr~et
from Sw[nfmn ~qven~.e to Southwest wifth
tO'" q~EZ2~0~, ~E Im !BOZ;~D by the CitF ~manct! of the City of ~]_ray
Beach, Firrida, as follows:
SECTION 1. That Said reoort and asses~ma[~t roll as submitt, d hv thr,
En~ineer be~d~. the ,~ama is . .... :~,xreoy ~noroved.
'bhe thi'cteenth aav' of July,~ A.D. -91/_: 2..
(Si.mndl L.n.
President, ~
~S1sne~) Ruth R S~nith ( .... ,, . d/ L. T-T. Rran-iOr'l
JULY
unanimously carried, the f~z'e~..~,~ R~-.a~.~ +~n ~o. gO3 was oa~s~.~; arid adopted as
read, arid th~ Clerk was .in':tructe~ to n~b}is~ a co,-,y of a?ses,.~:;~t vo!! in
q .latte':' f~'om_ Johs~' <~ qasch qe':'vice was v):'esanted ar:] r~ao~ ~ as follow?:
"J, tne 23,
Delray, Florida
Attention: ?h'. C. E. Black
~:~. ~raaager
.~ , ,'~ ve~ p~eased to h~;a~~ that au
Nv ~artner, ,t.:~hn B. Smith, and I ~e~, ......
is bcing, made to beautify Oelvay B::ach this su:¥:er in ~:ra:aration fop ~::h,
~ '~ :mo. :o,~ ootam s:fficie:t funds
coming ~,.,u,? st s~ason, and we since-rely ~ e _ will_ '
to cai'fy out your plans.
Vr. }.[eafie has ~ade a vet7 nice ge'stura ;n offarin: n:::::'n% fop ~'
1949 ~a - ~e ... .
:~, c. :'vice lic:ase fou the south end. ?'ia would to cooperate with
program and ape therefore enclosing ch~cl~ ~n 5ha amo,~t of ~ ~500.00 fo~ '
, - ! ~,_qewa_L
of Joh~q's Beach Se?'vice lionnse on thn north end of Deb'ay Baach ~,'hich vm trust
~'.~ bn accantab:e at this
~: ~'~,~ wi'.:h: s for yo.: contino, ed success.
Sincoro]_y yours,
JOHN'S ~E~n
H}f,/jk (Si{?nr-d) Harry '~, Vahl. ar, Jr."
Ur:on motion of C:)nnci!rr;ar~ K~bie3:'~ ::ocond~d bF Co~]nci!ma:~
194~-1949 seson was a~-,--Pow:d~ %he; ~ ~_5~0.00 advanced naV:ent Lo be used for.
Beach Irrmrovements durins t, hc sumnmr month
toga ..... .:~ ~ 42,518.10 were approved for payment, s~ject to the aporoval
of tho Finance Comr~tt~:~e, in a motion by Co,mcilman Hac}[i!!aq~,seconded by Council-
nan Kabler, and ~qaaim:a~siv carr'i:'d.
City Attorney Hoore advised the Oo~rtci. t that two laws were passed bM the
1947 Leg!slataPe~ whereby all Tax S,~!e Certificat~s, held b" a re'irate holder,
abich are now i:v~,::--,+,, or more v::a~,: o]_d ware caricel]_ed: also 43bat vd-iere any
i ads haw reverted to t~n St~te of F!orida~ all * '~-' _
,:ape cancelled. ~'" ~'~ ' ~ ', -'
:ooPe eAD.La:_%eu th t the Suors~e Cnu¥'t ~
O fi .~.L,.,h:,! ~ ' 8S u.) ....
_,..t,, ,:,nz,~,er tb~.h: ~,:ore rs:cant to ~neiud~ Tr~x S,:,:~ Certificates
hold b'j i.rus:.c~_pality, :r cl:.]_~.n.~u¢*r,t texa:; due ton" ' = -~ " .
that he be n~l~n )i'iz.:;o to erl%e!' a pet{%,joc fop a D ...... %or?' Decl'ee in Count?
Could' ~. in :)]'de?.- to de,el.mine if !2ir~ C~4'y f3P~,'-~-~ contf.~iLtr~ with forec].os::re