Maybe I am just plain distrustful. And maybe the newly formed Anna Maria Island Heritage Society would have a little more credibility if it wasn't backed by PAR - a developer. (How many Historic Societies does one small City need anyway?)
I also saw the original plans for the planned hotel/motel on North Bay Boulevard. These plans showed a footbridge passing from the Anglers Lodge to the hotel/motel. Why? Because they need additional parking for the hotel/motel which they can get at the Anglers Lodge.
So in my opinion this is just another 'back door' attempt to move development forward slowly for the hotel/motel which I am absolutely sure has not gone away totally. So what do they do first? They need to get a change of zoning and in this weeks' Sun lo and behold a big article pushing for just that. The parking they need for the hotel is impossible with a property zoned residential but if they can get it changed to ROR or even PSP I have no doubt the doors will open for them to use the site for parking. ( The Waterfront currently lease parking places from the City so there will be nothing to stop PAR doing the same thing for their hotel).
And what does that mean for the residents of Lake View Drive? With the Anglers Lodge situated at the end of Lake View Drive it means a great deal more traffic and loss of the peace and quiet we currently enjoy on that street.
The 'entire community' does not need a place for 'soirees and wine tastings' bang in the middle of the residential area and I strongly appeal to all residents to step up and knock this on the head right now - even if you do not live on Lake View Drive think about where this is heading ie whether their motives really are about preserving this building or whether there is something else behind this. Can we take the chance? I urge P & Z members and Commissioners to think very carefully about the implications before they change the residential zoning of this property.
This is yet another change that I can see being of no benefit to residents of the City - if we want to go and taste wine there are plenty of wine tastings available on the Island and in the appropriate places.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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The "angle" with the Angler's Inn is clear--if you look at PAR's web site, wherein there is a bridge from the motel/hotel/inn across the inlet. Here's the link to the site. Note they've put "Build to Suit" across it. Literally, read between those lines and you'll see their real intent.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't think it will stop there. The PARtners (I coined this word to include PAR and their elected partners in city government) very likely envision re-zoning the entire strip all the way to the beach.
But remember, they are an inch-at-a-time bunch. Presently, they want to "historically" preserve the lodge with the help of the wife of the guy on the little red bike and Sissy "I got booted from the Historical Society for paling with the PARtners" Quinn. In order to do this, the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, AND THE CODES must be amended to make the project feasible. Think they can pull it off? Only if this November's election goes their way. If that happens, bye-bya Anna Maria! Stay tuned.......
Dune Hugger
"Dune Hugger" did not include the link to the "Build to Suit" reference in previous comment. Here it is: http://www.pineavenueinfo.com/nbb.html
ReplyDeleteWhilst chatting with Commissioner Woodland on Pine Avenue this afternoon Mike Coleman stopped to talk to us.
ReplyDeleteWhilst Mr Coleman and I do not agree on everything I am sure he won't mind me repeating the part of our conversation that was related to the Anglers Lodge. He reassured Commissioner Woodland and myself that PAR and the Anna Maria Island Heritage Society have no intention of seeking a change of zoning for the Anglers Inn. When I said that the article in the Sun had stated they were looking at ROR or PSP zoning he said that this was absolutely not true and he had asked both his wife and Sissy Quinn and they had never mentioned that. He said clearly the paper had got this wrong. He was absolutely emphatic that it would never be anything other than residential. This was certainly good to hear.
Whew! This is great news. So I guess The Sun just misheard the quotes contained in the following excerpt from their story:
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Quinn and Jane Coleman, who volunteers as an advisor to Quinn, can envision a day when the old Inn would be the site for soirees or wine tastings.
"We see it as a sort of place for the entire community to use," Coleman said.
"It won’t be a museum," Quinn added. "But we do plan to restore and furnish it in a way that’s appropriate to that period in time.""
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Positioning it as "a sort of place for the entire community to use," is totally unallowable under city code 114-121, that states, in part:
(b) Permitted uses. Not more than one permitted use, and only one such use, shall be permitted on an individual lot. Permitted uses are as follows:
(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Group home or foster care facility licensed to serve six or fewer clients of the state department of health and rehabilitative services, provided such uses shall not be located closer than 1,000 feet to another group home or foster care facility.
(c) Accessory uses.
(1) Home occupations shall be permitted as an accessory use in the principal dwelling provided that:
a. The activity is a professional or business activity carried on by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises in connection with which there is used no sign other than a nonilluminated nameplate attached to the building of no more than one square foot in area.
b. No display is made which will indicate from the exterior that the building is being used for any purpose other than a dwelling.
c. No person is employed other than a member of the immediate family residing on the premises.
d. No mechanical equipment is used except of a type similar in character to that normally used for domestic or household purposes.
(2) Ordinary flower or vegetable gardens shall be allowed as an accessory use to the principal dwelling.
(3) Arts, crafts and hobbies shall be allowed as an accessory use to the principal dwelling provided such activity is pursued by a member of the immediate family residing on the premises, provided that:
a. No disturbance shall result from such operation.
b. No instruction or class work in connection with such hobby or arts or crafts activity is undertaken on the premises.
(d) Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited:
(1) All uses not specifically permitted.
(2) Sale of any commodity on the premises.
Like I said: "Whew!" We dodged another bullet. I wonder who's going to live there?
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