City of Coral Gables

File #: 15-4314    Version: 1 Name: Mayor Slesnick Appeal for Coral Gables Country Club
Type: Appeal Status: Adopted
File created: 9/11/2015 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 9/22/2015 Final action: 9/22/2015
Enactment date: 9/22/2015 Enactment #: 2015-228
Title: Case File COA(SP)2014-002 Donald and Jeannett Slesnick, Vincent and Carol Damian, applicants, have filed an appeal to the Coral Gables City Commission from the decision of the Historic Preservation Board at its regular meeting held on Thursday May 8th, 2014, to permit the laying of keystone pavers over the front yard of the property located at 997 North Greenway Drive (Coral Gables Country Club) , a contributing structure within the “Country Club of Coral Gables Historic District,” legally described as Lots 1 through 9 and Lots 37 through 39, Block 32, Coral Gables Section “B”, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida, which will result in reducing the setbacks and the amount of required landscaped open space.
Attachments: 1. CGCCAppeal-For.C.C.09.22.15 cover sheet, 2. CGCCAppeal-For.C.C.09.22.pdf, 3. CGCCAppeal-For.C.C.09.22.15-draft, 4. ResultsLetterandCertificate, 5. HPR196-COASP2014-02 Greenway997 Country Club.HPR197-COASP2014-02 Greenway997CountryClub.HPR198-COASP2014-02Greenway997CountryClub, 6. Appeal Application - 997 N. Greenway, 7. notice-of-public-hearing, 8. Letter of Intent.Staff Report COA (SP) 2014-004.Plans, 9. E-mailfrom-MayorSlesnick, 10. Dan May Comments received 4-10-14, 11. Vincent Damian-Email-Dated-April 11 2014, 12. Vincent Damian Letter Dated April 14 2014, 13. E-mailfromMayorSlesnick-Dated-April 14 2014, 14. Letter from Mayor Slesnick received May 06 2014, 15. E-mailfrom-AldoBusot-Dated-May 07 2014, 16. E-mailfrom-JoseLuisandNalvisValera Dated May 08 2014, 17. CoverPage.COA(SP)2009-19.Staff.Report, 18. HPB August 20 2009 - Signed, 19. HPB September 15, 2009-Signed, 20. plans-addition-997-north-greenway-drive, 21. DanMay.Comments.May.8.2014.HPB, 22. E-mails between Dan P. May.and.City Staff.Officials, 23. verbatiam-transcript-may.8.2014.hpb.meeting, 24. Verbatim Transcript - CCMtg September 22 2015 - Agenda Item E-1 and E-3 are related Appeal HPB Appeal Coral Gables Country Club

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Case File COA(SP)2014-002

Donald and Jeannett Slesnick, Vincent and Carol Damian, applicants, have filed an appeal to the Coral Gables City Commission from the decision of the Historic Preservation Board at its regular meeting held on Thursday May 8th, 2014, to permit the laying of keystone pavers over the front yard of the property located at 997 North Greenway Drive (Coral Gables Country Club) , a contributing structure within the “Country Club of Coral Gables Historic District,” legally described as Lots 1 through 9 and Lots 37 through 39, Block 32, Coral Gables Section “B”, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida, which will result in reducing the setbacks and the amount of required landscaped open space. 

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The Historic Preservation Board at its regular hearing on Thursday, May 8th 2014 met to review an application for the issuance of a Special Certificate of Appropriateness, a contributing structure within the “Country Club of Coral Gables Historic District,” legally described as Lots 1 through 9 and Lots 37 through 39, Block 32, Coral Gables Section “B”, as recorded in Plat Book 5, at Page 111 of the Public Records of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The application requested design approval for the installation of pavers and an exterior stair. Variances were also requested from the Coral Gables “Zoning Code”. The applicants are appealing the decision of the Historic Preservation Board ruling as per resolutions HPR196-COA(SP)2014-02, HPR197-COA(SP)2014-02, and HPR198-COA(SP)2014-02 which granted variances for the laying of keystone pavers over its front yard and thereby reducing the setbacks and reducing the amount of required landscaped open space.