Gulfstream Hotel - Most Memorable Controversy of 2015

The Most Memorable controversy in 2015 and over the previous two years:

The Heights Charter Amendment vote of March 12, 2013.

**The  election results won by the people.

This measure amended the Lake Worth City Charter to limit buildings to 45 feet in height between Golfview Road and F Street and 35 feet between F street and A Street in a designated area of downtown, with exception to existing buildings and currently approved building permits.

It stands per Florida Statutes Section 166.031(2) and was effective on the date the results were certified, March 19, 2013. According to the former Inspector General, Sheryl Steckler, the date that the revised charter was filed or not filed with the Department of State, has no legal effect on whether or when the charter amendment is effective.**

On Tuesday night, there will be the second reading of ordinance 2016-04 to upzone the MF-30 parcels to DT, a commercial zoning that will allow Hudson Holdings to build to 65 feet. And as everyone knows, zoning changes are always political. And don't let them kid you--the casino complex is still on the city's back-burner to give Hudson Holdings a long-term lease on our property with development rights. This is dependent upon the outcome of the March election. They want to make their Gulfstream Hotel property package more valuable to them as well as to a possible buyer.

On September 15, 2015, Hudson Holdings withdrew from the ITN process.  The Palm Beach Post mentions the Gulfstream in today's article saying that this commission rejected the Hudson Holdings proposal in October.  The Post, once again, does not give the public all of the facts and NEVER writes about our Charter Amendment.