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01:00 pm | Video of Longboat Key Club Attorney John Patterson making request to have Planning and Zoning board amend specific zoning codes that conflict with the redevelopment proposal. ...
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12:59 pm | Islandside Property Owners Coalition Attorney Mike Furen argues that revising only the codes that stand in the way of being able to approve the plan is a suspect process and violates Comprehensive Plan. ...
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12:58 pm | Resident John Sommers spoke out against the Key Club’s desire to change zoning rules to make the proposed Key Club redevelopment less in conflict with Town regulations. ...
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12:49 pm | Commissioner Peter O’Connor asks why the Town is custom crafting the code to suit the Key Club and not revisiting the entire code. ...
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12:45 pm | Commissioner George Spoll argues to send the specific codes requested by the Key Club back to the Planning and Zoning Board. He adds that if the Planning Board wishes to go deeper or...
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12:43 pm | Commissioner Jim Brown says process could take a long time, Town Attorney talks schedule. Jaleski does not want just rules affecting Key Club to be dealt with by the Planning and Zoning Board.. ...
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12:40 pm | Longboat Key Town Attorney Dave Persson said the code changes must be in compliance with Comprehensive Plan. He points out that if the Commission is leaning toward a ‘Yes’ vote on the Key...
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12:33 pm | Commissioners Jim Brown, Bob Siekmann, George Spoll, Gene Jaleski, Lee Rothenberg and Peter O’Connor all vote ‘Yes’ to send an ordinance allowing the Planning and Zoning board to propose amendments to the specific...
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12:32 pm | Key Club Attorney says if the Town is going to look at all codes or undertake a Comp Plan revision process, than forget the request and the Key Club will apply under existing...
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10:05 am | Video of Commission allowing Cedars Tennis to have off-Key members. Mayor Lee Rothenberg vows to return for tennis and lunch some day. Owner Randy Langley speaks as well. ...
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Major Headlines
Redgrave resigns P&Z seat »
03:46 pm | Longboat Key Planning and Zoning Board Member John Redgrave resigned immediately on Thursday, March 4, upon learning that he did not meet the residency requirement to sit on...
Town agrees to code review »
03:00 pm | In an abrupt turnaround, commissioners voted 6-1 at Monday’s regular meeting to grant the Key Club’s request to have certain zoning codes reviewed by the Town’s Planning and...
Sand search yields beach source »
02:43 pm | Town Manager Bruce St. Denis informed commissioners in a letter this week that the sand source had been found for the 2011-2012 beach renourishment project....
Offshore mooring ordinance underway »
01:03 pm | Police Chief Al Hogle informed the Town Commission at this week’s workshop that the police are working with the town attorney to make some changes to the town’s...
Jaleski urges WiFi Longboat Key plan »
01:02 pm | Commissioner Gene Jaleski has a plan to keep Longboat Key connected.
Jaleski gave a presentation to the Town Commission at Thursday’s workshop, listing the benefits of installing WiFi infrastructure...
Opinion
Rhetoric, reality and how Longboat can win »
12:37 pm | Why the incumbents? Why Hal Lenobel, Peter O’Connor and Lee Rothenberg? Ironically, they are as different in...
March 5, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Random thoughts »
12:21 pm | It has been a strange year, with a wintry “global warming” creating a topsy turvy Florida climate...
March 5, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Massachusetts, California, Greece − our future? »
12:11 pm | President Obama, along with Pelosi and Reid, the legislative twins of deception, are trying to sell another,...
March 5, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Thank you and good luck… »
11:48 am | Last Monday night, the Town Commission was handed an opportunity to turn down the Key Club application...
March 5, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Solving traffic problems »
11:35 am | Recently, as our town’s commissioners sat patiently in their chairs through a long morning and afternoon, many...
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