The Key West citizen., 1952-10-16
County Will
Have Building
Code In Future
Office OF Building
Inspector Created;
Fee Rate Set At
Commission Meeting

A building code for Monroe coun-
ty is being worked out for the
near future, it was said at County
Commission meeting Tues. night.
The passage of a resolution au-
thorizing a permit system based on
81 per thousand valuation of build
ing or repairs. and the appoint.
ment of county building inspector
areN two factors paving the way
for such a code.
The third action Of commis.
sioners was the approval Of the
zonins into business and residen.
fial Of Stock Island. Commission
ers voted TO back Up fhs report
Of the committee appointed to
study Stock Islands zoning. Ben.
iannin Bernstein. Of Charles Top
pino and sons asked commission.
ers when . building code would
be formulated.
I'VE are going to take that up
Immediately" Commissioner Joe
Allen assured him.
The resolution setting up build
ing inspection for the county, states
that this work win come under the
jurisdiction of the County Tax AS
SCISSORS office. No building will be
erected or materially altered in the
county without a permit.
Plans for this work must be filed
in the office of the County Building
Inspector and must conform to at
least one rule laid down Tuesday.
That requires flve-foot setbacks off
the highway and roads and off
neighboring property lines. The
building inspector win be paid out
of general funds. Tuesday nights
resolution is retroactive to 0cto-
ber /.
Claude Lowe, county civil de-
Tense director appeared before
Commissioners Tuesday to ask
that they allocate 5000 for auto
radio equipment to be matched by
an equal amount Of Federal funds.
.Sheriff-Nominee John SPOTS
wood had earlier asked that bids
be asked for on two patrol cars
for the Sheriff's department. This
was approved. Lowe then pointed
out that the radio equipment for
these cars could be purchased BY
5000 Of county funds and So.
900 Of Federal matching funds.
Lowe said that Florida has
$4,000 In matching Federal
funds for civil defense. " this Is
not applied for by October 70. u
goes 10 other states.
Overseas Highway Tolls
Hope for early removal of tolls
from the highway was dimmed .
BIT by the letter Of Alfred Me-
Keathan. State Road Department
chairman. He wrote Earl Adams,
County Clerk in answer to Com
missioners' unanimous request that
the tolls be lifted by January !,
1853 or soon thereafter, as follows.
II want you to know, and toI
please so advise the Commissioners
that feel that the tolls should be
lifted as soon as possible as II is
my definite belief that every city
should have a free road.
However, there are problems
to be worked out that go beyond
the State Road Department and
freeing Of the road must be passed
on by the State Board Of Admins
tration. They have this under con.
sideration and our actions viii be
guided by their actions
Commissioners agreed to call for
bids on q new Graphotype lpiatingD j
machine for the County Tax As
SCISSORS office and on 2I00 feet Of
road in Palm villa subdivision in
Big Pine Key.
They also agreed to lease the
old school property al Tayernier 10
the volunteer fire department as
long as Il is needed.
Walter Knowles was appointed
Captain OF the Prison Guard to re-.
place Albert Camera who died sud.
denly a month ago.
Clerk Adams, Custodian of The
voting machines Alfred Jones and
County Legal Advisor Paul Saw.
ser wcrc named to work on the
huge November I ballot
Supervisor Of Registration Sam
Pinder was authorized 10 hire Mrs.
Agnes Lose 10 assist him for three
dsys in his busy office. Jones VAS
authorized to hire ten hours u help
II setting up the voting machines.