i , • BOCA NEWS RATON 52 Pages 10^ Vof. 14, No. 3 Sundoy, Dec. 8, 1968 P&Z board OK's new parking code It- was one of those nice The off street parking revi- in favor of it. evenings when everyone is sions mean that when a parcel They offered another pro- agreeable, so Planning and Zon- of land consists of two different posal which would include re- ing Board members in a rec- zones one of which is single zoning 20 acres for medical ord two hours cleaned up the family or duplex parking may center and the rest for multi- public hearing slate and got rid be provided in the single or family. The land presently is of quite a few "thorns in their duplex zone only after the mat- zoned for single family homes, side". ter has been put up for public Walter Young favors a modi- The thorns were in the form hearings before both the plan- fication of both plans which of revisions of the zoning code. ning and zoning board and the would mean medical zoning only First one to be cleared and rec- city council. around the present hospital ommended to city council was Board members also- dis- site. revisions of the ordinance cussed recessed public hear- And John DeGrove's sugges- relating to off street parking ings on the medical center dis- tion, board members decided facilities. The revisions deal trict with owners of the land to delay discussion on the mat- with location, character and on the north side of Meadows ter until Dec. 19 when they will size of parking lots and have road east of northwest 12th look at all the proposals for re- been in the making for two avenue. zoning once more. years. Owners of the land said Chairman Robert Rodgers in- Then came more revisions they were "shocked" when they dicated by that time the hos- of two more ordinances, which learned that the board had put pital authorities will release all came about because of up for public hearing 35 acres plans which will affect not only changes in the off-street park- of land to be rezoned the medi- the hospital but the zoning dis- ing facilities ordinance. cal center, and that they're not trict as well. Basically the amendement to one ordinance will read "when business commercial and in- dustrial areas are separated Zoning change approved ?by a street or alley from a residential district any plot in such business, commercial Officer Dave Messer explains police equip- event was the Junior Woman's Club which or industrial area adjacent to ..... for a drainage ditch ment to...local youngsters. The program was sparked the "Police Apprediation Day" obser- the street or , alley shall be The guessing game is over. Howard Miller, representing part of Friday's open house at the Police vance. provided with a land scaped yard Planning and Zoning board Schine Enterprises was still Department headquarters. Sponsor of the at least 30 feet in depth. members were informed Thurs- objecting to a swifcheroo in zon- Last ordinance to be revised day evening that Boca Teeca ing of the area near proposed states that open parking lots owns the,, land which they thought 40th street bridge between the Now at University for storage of self-propelled was owned by Hi'dden Valley, and Intracoastal Waterway and passenger vehicles and ac- so they went ahead and recom- A-l-A. The area originally had cessory to any of the non- mended tMat pie land be: rezon- been zoned R-5 and R-B-l, residential uses, are subject ed.from Il-lyD and B-l toR-3-C but the bridge -eras moved and so to provisions in section 25.-101 but not until board members the board switched the ; zone Stephan remembers i 'PearV or the offstreet parking ordi- made it plam they were not a bit around to read R-B-l and R-5» nance,,. •' . : . : pp/itll the R-3-C zoning. Only problem with the switch- Revisions in ,all three or- 7;' k game began last month eroo was that Schine had ?he By JIM RIFENBURG recalled. "I was in Honolulu ficfrs living in the same court : we were in," he said, "and I dinances were made in an at<- when the fc&ard members open- business property on his~side at our apartment with my fam- tempt to project, family ed public hearing on land which Twenty-seven years ago is a ily. went to their apartments and befof^ but now he 'doesn't. told them what was going on. residential property which they found did not coincide with Miller objected in 'November long time, but Professor "We had gotten up about 7:30 the zoning in the surrounding 1 Charles Stephan of Florida At- a.m. and were preparing for a We took a car and headed for backs up to business or com- when the 'matter was first Pearl'Harbor about 12 miles merical area from being sub- area. brought, up and tiev- object- lantic University has vivid me- leisure Sunday. I remember Board members listed the mories of Dec. 7, 1941. that it was overcast but was away." jected to encroachment of park- ed Thursday night. However, Along the route, they decided ing lots. land as Hidden Valley north of board vmembers agreed they Lt. Stephan, now a re- not raining and appeared to Boca Teeca and asked for R-3 tired captain and head of the turning into a pleasant day," to pick up the medical officer could not worry about who own- of the shipr zoning. However Boca Teeca ed what, but had to concern ocean, engineering—department he said. owners said the land is really "It was about ten minutes to "He |was taking a shower and Tree lighting themselves with the best land at FAU, was air defense of- Boca Teeca , south of Hidden use plan. So they voted to rec-, ficer of the USS Raleigh, one eight when I first heard gun- thought we thought we were Valfey and they wanted it zon- fire," he continued. "I mention- playing a joke of some kind on ommendUhe switcheroo in city of the ships bombed during the ed R:-3-C to coincide with their council. \ infamous Japanese attack on ed it to my wife but she thought him." Stephans said,, "He ap- to be Tuesday land.- - Pearl Harbor. it was just regular practice parently realized it wasn't a firing. joke when we grabbed his However board • members "I wasn't aboard ship when Boca Raton's traditional weren't a bit sure they liked the the first attack came," Stephan "But I went outside in the clothes and pulled him into the Christmas tree lighting cere- courtyard and saw anti-aircraft car clad only in his under- mony will be held Tuesday at R-3-C at all. bursts in the sky and knew we shorts. He dressed on his way Sanborn Square. Anyway, last night board to the ship." memberl found out the land Ann Landers Page 2B were under attack of some The ceremony, sponsored by Calendar 2B Taking a back road, the car they were quibbling over really kind," Stephan said. Royale Woman's Club, will be- is" a drainage ditch so they went Classifieds 10-1IB The hastily turned-on radio full of officers made the trip gin with the lighting at 7:30 p.m. Editorials 4A Dec. 4-7, 1968 in ten minutes flat. ahead and\recommendedrezon- confirmed his thoughts. William Prendergast, director ing and rezoned R-3-C. Af- Public Notices 10B Hi Lo Rain From that point on it was "We got to the gate of Pearl of parks, will do the honors. ter all there isn't much you can Real Estate 6-7B Wed. 77 65 .03 to be one of the most hectic Harbor just as the first sur- A Christmas music program do with a drainage ditch Sports V 6-7A Thurs. 69 41 0 days in the life of a young Na- vivors of the battleship Okla- presented by Mrs. Allan V. is there? Travel \ 2A Fri. val officer. homa were coming ashore," he' 74 40 0 Millar will conclude the cere- Next matter in the guessing Women's News 1-2-3-4-B Sat.(noon) 71 47 0 "There were four other of- (Continued on Page 7A) mony. game was not that easy. Christmas Gift Guide Section C ~&*&#x&&^^ The Queen arrives!r The Queen Elizabeth may be the world's largest passenger ship, but when she came past Boca Raton Saturday morning she caused the world's worst traffic jam. Well, it seemed that way to a lot of hot, nervous drivers, A News reporter and photo- grapher went early to north beach to record the entrance of the Queen into our waters. They m should have started back to the office early. Stopping at the pavilion brief- ly, the pair had to park on the west side of A1A and walk up the hill. Naturally there were no parking spaces available. After the passing of the Queen, they took life and limb in hand to cross the busy beach ' highway j and enter the stream of traffic. But the stream quickly be- came a dam. From the traffic light at A1A and Palmetto Park Road, the fearless duo crept toward the Intracoastal Water- way bridge. A boat also creeped up the waterway and the bridge was raised. Exactly 25 minutes later the newsmen reached the bridge three short blocks of travel.