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VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA 7►/�,�-
Z �•� `,Q Post Office Box 3273 • 357 Teyuesta Drive
f"=� ahF�, `� " Tequesta, Florida 33469-0273 • (305)746-7457 ,
MEMORANDUM:
TO: Earl L. Collings, Councilmember
FROM: Thomas G. Bradford, Village Manager --�
SUBJECT: Review of Community Appearance Board Ordinance
DATE: December 14, 1987
At the Village Council meeting of November 17, 1987 you
requested that the Village Manager and/or the Village Attorney
review the Community Appearance Board Ordinance in order to
ascertain the appropriateness of providing language that would
guarantee that all future commercial construction be in harmony
or compatible with the surrounding architecture. In reviewing
the Community Appearance Board Ordinance I discovered Section 7-
6, (a) , ( 1) and (2) which are supplemental criteria and
procedural rules of the Community Appearance Board.
Section 7-6, (a) , (1 ), states that "buildings or structures
which are a part of a present or future group or complex shall
have a unity of character and design. . . " This would appear to-
apply to shopping centers and be the legal basis for the Board' s
recent denial of the Vic's Hardware application for changing
their facade.
Section 7-6, (a), (2) states that "buildings or structures
located along strips of land or on single sites and not a part of
a unified multi-building complex shall strive to achieve visual
harmony with the surroundings. If they are built in undeveloped
areas, the three (3 ) primary requirements shall be met- express
honest design construction, show proper design concepts, and be
appropriate to the Village. " This would seem to apply to free
standing buildings and be the legal basis for insuring that
proposed architecture be appropriate and in harmony with the
Village.
Therefore, if I understood your request of November 17
correctly it would appear that language currently exists which
will provide the Community Appearance Board with the ability to
deny architecture which is not in keeping with that desired
within Tequesta. Should you agree with me, then perhaps it would
be appropriate to distribute copies of the Community Appearance
Board Ordinance to each member of the Board to insure that .they
are familiar with their powers and duties. Please advise as to
your wishes in this matter and appropriate action will be taken.
TGB/krb
cc: Village Council
John C. Randolph, Village Attorney
Scott D. Ladd, Building Official
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