Protecting Our Waterfront - Victory!

Dec 5th - Update - City Council approved the staffs draft ordinances to lower the maximum building heights on Al Lang, Mahaffey and future Dali Museum properties along the waterfront starting just north of the airport. This now goes to the Planning & Visioning Commission. It will have to come back to city council for public hearings before this is final. Currently, it is the FAA airport regulations that determine maximum building heights in this area
which is not way to zone in my opinion.

Sept.25th - Update.
The City Council met in workshop on Sept 25th to discuss the maximum building heights on the Al Lang, Mahaffey and future Dali Museum properties along the waterfront. Currently, the "height map" allowed buildings up to 300 feet for all these locations. Council directed staff to bring an ordinance to counci
in mid October with a 75' height for the Al Lang property and 125' for the other two frontwater properties. This is another victory to protect our waterfront.

July 2008.
City Council voted to direct staff to draft a zoning change to park zoning for
Al Lang Field on 7/10. This will provide a greater level of protection for our waterfront parks. I proposed allowing the citizens to vote on a similiar,
but stronger, measure a few weeks prior. That was voted down by Council. However, in light of the withdrawal of the Ray's proposal, the Council stepped up protect our waterfront this week!