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In June of 1987 the
Hollywood Lakes Country Club, Inc. asked permission of
the City of Pembroke Pines to build “a Community of
Paramount quality…” stating; “that it will offer a
private planned community with 27 holes of golf, 16
tennis courts, and a hotel resort, offering all the
amenities…”
Possibly to induce purchasers for Hollywood Lakes
Country Club, Inc. or for the protection of said
purchasers, the City of Pembroke Pines approved the PUD
in October of 1987 guaranteeing to the purchasers a
community with amenities with specific requirements
of open spaces maintained to the highest standards.
The
City of Pembroke Pines appeared to protect purchasers in
their Zoning Code 155 delineating the homeowners and
requiring a PUD development to “exhibit and maintain a
total open space requirement at least equal to 35% of
the gross area of the PUD…” “and intended for the use or
enjoyment of occupants of the planned unit
developments.” “and improvements as are necessary and
appropriate for the benefit and enjoyment of occupants.”
The original PUD outlined the objectives and goals of
the PUD.
The developer is seeking a major change in use. The PUD
development previously approved by the city included
open space and recreation areas such as a Tennis Parcel
as outlined in the original Master Land Use Plan. The
current PUD outlines the amount of land for development
and specifies the amount of land for the open space
requirement.
The proposed amendment
allows the developer to build transient units and retail
shops, contrary to the intentions of the existing PUD
and taking away the requirements of the PUD that
protected the rights of the residents of Grand Palms who
are Landowners in the PUD.
Unfortunately, most of the residents do not realize what
is really happening in our community. It appears as
though people have tried to convince all that the developer has the
right to everything and the homeowners have no rights at
all. I do not believe this is the case, I believe
we do have rights!
It appears as though some of the current board of directors, for reasons best known
to themselves, have decided that negotiating a deal in
the best interest of the homeowners is not on their
agenda. They might have even gone against advise of counsel and met with
the developer without representation forgoing items that
even the first agreement secured to us. Items such as;
fitness facility & spa, golf course, tennis courts, our
entrance, our open space just to name a few.
It’s time we take back our community and stand up for
what is rightfully ours and protect the best interest of
the homeowners. We have formed a corporation and
encourage the involvement of anyone who is interested in
protecting our community and our
RIGHTS.
We need each and every one of you!
Together we can make a difference and protect not only
our property interest but our quality of life in Grand
Palms. Remember the the new opening of an entrance to
Grand Palms leads to nowhere. This cannot possibly
be an answer to the traffic situation.
At the last hearing one of the commissioners asked the
developer if the golf course would be open to only hotel
guests or open to the public. The answer was that they
could not guarantee that the golf course would remain
open to anyone outside of hotel guests. The golf course
is just one of the amenities we might lose.
To get involved please contact;
(305) 899-9467 ext. 101,
or email;
chofgp@gmail.com
We look forward to hearing from all of whom want to join
the hundreds of homeowners who will not sit back while
others attempt to take their
RIGHTS
away.
With warmest thanks,
Carlene A.
Tiedemann
http://www.CHofGP.com
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