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Prepared By:
Eugene Lawrence, Architect

The Lawrence Group Architects
205 Worth Avenue

Palm Beach, FL 33480
Joseph B. Pollock, Jr., P. E.
Traffic Engineer

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
4431 Embarcadero Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Paul Rain fr ell, Esq.
125 Worth Avenue

Palm Beach, FL 33480

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE

CHAPTER

PAGE

ONE

The Mar- a- Lago Club

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TWO

Principles of Preservation

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THREE

Critical Features

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Architectural Analysis

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Inventory of Mar-a-Lago

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FIVE

Buildings

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Inventory of Mar-a-Lago
Landscaping

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SEVEN

Maintenance and Inspection Schedule

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EIGHT

Articles of Incorporation,

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By-Laws and Rules of The
Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc.

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Traffic Analysis

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Application for Special Exception,

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Site Plan Review and Development

Impact Report

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Site Drawings and Floor Plans

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CHAPTER ONE

THE CLUB

INTRODUCTION

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Mar- a- Lago is indisputably one- of-a- kind. No other property in Palm Beach, the
United States or even the world is quite the same. To use the Latin, legal expression, it is sui
Precedents in construction, preservation and usage, both before and after Mar-a-Lago,

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have no application to it. The palace conceived by Marjorie Merriweather Post is as unique and
original as an acclaimed painting, sculpture or other important work of art.
Mar- a- Lago has been the subject of debate for decades. The debate distills to the
tension between ( a) the public' s demand for the preservation of Mar-a-Lago as an historic

landmark at minimum taxpayer expense and ( b) the owner' s constitutional right to use the

property freely and feasibly. See Gray, Dorothy, " Mar-a-Lago: Who' s Going to Pay the Bills?"

Palm Beach Daily News, November 7, 1973 and Osolin, Charles, " Storm Brewing Over What
to Do with Post Estate," Palm Beach Post- Times, September 21, 1975.

The alternative uses of Mar-a- Lago are ( 1) continued ownership by one individual
as a private residential estate at his or her sole expense, ( 2) a retreat for government officials, ( 3)
a museum, (

homes, ( 6)

4) a cultural and intellectual center, (

5) a subdivision with multiple single family

separately owned condominiums, created out of existing suites, and( 7) a private social

club. Competing and conflicting interests must be resolved for each possibility based on fairness,
principles of private property and a valid determination of public welfare. See Babcock, Richard
F.,

The Zoning Game., Municipal Policies and Practices, Madison, Wisconsin: The University

of Wisconsin Press, 1956 and Dunlap, David W., " Resolving Property ' Takings';
to Tilt In Favor of Owners," The New York Times, August 23, 1992.
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Courts Seem

 As to Item ( 1),

it is impractical for a single individual to continuously own Mar-a-

Lago as a private estate at his or her sole expense.

When The Post Foundation marketed the

property after its return to the Foundation from the U.S. Government, it was almost impossible
to sell.

About 80 qualified buyers, thoroughly screened, inspected Mar-a- Lago and elected

against even making an offer. H. Ross Perot was one prospect. Although " everything is for sale
at a price,"

no one would step forward to make any offers for this so- called " white elephant."

See Bellew, Patricia, " Mar-a- Lago: Lookers, No Buyers," The Miami Herald, June 29, 1982 and
Musgrove, Martha, " Does Anyone Want Mar-a- Lago?" Palm Beach Post Times, April 29, 1979.

As to Item( 2), both the U.S. Government and State of Florida deemed Mar-a- Lago

unsuitable and too expensive for a retreat for government officials. As to Items ( 3),
and ( 4),

a museum,

a cultural and intellectual center, both are financially impossible without substantial

public accessibility which would generate intolerable traffic.
Item ( 5),

a subdivision, has been rejected by the Town Council and opposed by

The Preservation Foundation and others. Item( 6), condominiumization, would wreck the interior
character of Mar-a- Lago.

A private social club, Item ( 7),

can totally preserve Mar-a- Lago at the expense of

a limited group of members, most of whom will be Palm Beach residents. All of the existing

Palm Beach clubs have waiting lists and therefore a demand exists for an additional club. A club
would shift the burden of paying the bills for a landmark from one person to a limited group,

without any taxpayer contribution, If Mar-a-Lago is converted to public,or charitable ownership
and use, the Town over time will lose millions of dollars in tax revenues.

Finally, more Palm

Beachers, but not an excessive number, will have access to this architectural treasure if club

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 members and their guests can enjoy it in the manner that Marjorie Merriweather Post and her
guests used it.

The conversion of other estates to private clubs is an adaptive use which has

proven to be dramatically successful. Examples are The Epping Forest Yacht Club created from

the estate of Alfred I. duPont, The Sleepy Hollow Country Club developed from the residence
of Elliot F. Shepard, The Ingomar Club from the home of William Carson, The Mamoroneck

Beach Cabana and Yacht Club which was formerly the Osborn House, and The Lotus Club in
the former home of Maria Louisa ( Vanderbilt) Shepard.
THE PRIVATE CLUB

The Mar-a-Lago Club would provide fine dining, swimming, beach and pool side
sunbathing, a card or game room, tennis, croquet, spa facilities and golf. Spa facilities -rooms, sauna baths, massage tables, fitness rooms and the like --

steam

will be the only change at Mar-

a-Lago and will be located in totally unimportant storage areas. (

Since this change is internal,

no approval by government authority is necessary and it is irrelevant to the special exception
application).

The activities at the Club will follow traditions established by Marjorie
Merriweather Post: periodic dances, receptions for charities such as The Animal Rescue League

or The Preservation Foundation, musical recitals, theme dinners, lectures and the like.

See

Wright, William, Heiress., The Rich Life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, Washington, D.C.:

New

Republic Books, 1978 and Knott, James R., " A Square Dance Evening At Mar- a- Lago,"

Palm

Beach Revisited: Historical Vignettes of Palm Beach County, Privately printed, 1990.
At least fifty percent( 50%) of the members of the Club will consist of individuals

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 who maintain residences in the Town of Palm Beach or have places of employment located in
the Town.

The Club will uphold, as an organizational premise and immutable principle, the

preservation of Mar-a- Lago in its historic condition. The Club will commit to generally accepted
preservation and restoration principles in maintaining Mar-a-Lago in its present form as described
herein.

" Principles

of Preservation"

are set forth in Chapter Two.

These Principles of

Preservation are distilled from the Architectural Analysis of Chapter Four, the Inventory of Mara-Lago Buildings in Chapter Five and the Inventory of Mar-a-Lago Landscaping in Chapter Six.
The Club will be a corporate entity, The Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc., and will own the

real property and its improvements. The Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and Rules of The
Mar- a- Lago Club, Inc.

are based on those followed by other clubs in Palm Beach.

set forth in Chapter Eight.

These are

The Club will not discriminate against any individual based on race,

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or marital status.
All facilities at the Club will be used on the basis of advance reservations to avoid
any congestion or over- use.

A calendar of events, similar to that of the Bath and Tennis Club

and the Everglades Club, will be promulgated with activities scheduled so as not to conflict with

events at these other clubs so that traffic congestion is minimized.
available at all times.

Valet services will be

On- site parking will be on the paved and un-paved grounds following the

same patterns begun by Mrs. Post. One ( 1) parking space per four( 4) members will be available

in accordance with Town of Palm Beach zoning requirements.
Traffic generated by the Club will be limited to those trips allowed by Palm Beach

County and the Town of Palm Beach.

Chapter Nine analyzes the traffic aspect of club use and

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 its management.

This traffic management plan has been reviewed and informally approved by

traffic advisors of Palm Beach County and the Town of Palm Beach. Traffic, at most, will be

comparable to or less than auto travel that existed during Mrs. Post' s intensive usage.

See

Hundreds Attend Benefit Tea for Animal Rescue League at Mar- a-Lago, E.F. Hutton Home,"
Palm Beach Post, March 15, 1928; " E. F. Huttons Give Circus in Florida," The New York Times,
March 12, 1929; "

Mrs. Hutton Hires Circus for a Little Party", Illustrated News, March 3, 1929;

E. F. Huttons Hosts at Ballet Intime; Entertain a Large Company in the Patio of their Palm Beach
Villa",

Beach,"

The New York Times, March 14, 1927; " Mrs. E.F. Hutton Plans Large Party at Palm

N.Y. Evening Sun, March 12, 1927; " Society Attends Play at E.F. Hutton Estate,"

The

New York Times, March 2, 1930; and " Society Turns Rube, Has Big Time at Hutton Circus,"
Palm Beach Times, March 12, 1929.

Residents of Woodbridge Road, 1125 South Ocean Boulevard and members of The

Bath and Tennis Club, Inc. will have club privileges without paying membership fees.
privileges should increase the value of neighboring properties and reduce traffic.

These

See Chapter

Eight. Landscaping along the northern boundary of the Mar-a-Lago estate will be cultivated and
enhanced to serve as a sound barrier for the benefit of Woodbridge residents.

If after a

reasonable period of time this vegetational buffer proves to be inadequate, the boundary wall will
be increased in height with appropriate governmental approval.
All statements in this text and the special exception application constitute

representations binding upon the Club and enforceable by the Town of Palm Beach Code
Enforcement Officer and Board.

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 CONCLUSION

In order to preserve Mar-a-Lago into perpetuity -- beyond the lifetime of any one
owner --

it must be shifted to communal usage where expenses of maintenance are shared by a

group.

Playa Riente ( owned by Mrs. Horace Dodge), El Mirasol ( the Edward T. Stotesbury

estate),

the home of Louis Clarke Anthony and Casa Bendita are examples of Palm Beach' s

architectural masterpieces which were lost by the absence of creative, adaptive reuse.

Mere

landmarking status is positively no insurance that Mar-a- Lago will last. Landmarking, while it
seems permanent, does not pay for any upkeep. Many landmarks have disappeared; some have
been razed or ruined by individual owners. If any single owner becomes unable to maintain Mara- Lago, it will deteriorate into oblivion.

A private club was discussed as a means of preserving the Stotesbury estate, but
the concept was ridiculed as too radical.

The Stotesbury palace was once regarded as the

centerpiece of Palm Beach society. Now the Stotesbury estate is demolished and its glamorous
statement is dead.

If Mar- a-Lago is not preserved through club conversion, the missed

opportunity will be remembered as infamy.

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CHAPTER TWO

 

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PRINCIPLES OF PRESERVATION
The following principles of preservation shall be adopted and strictly adhered to

by The Mar-a-Lago Club, Inc.:

PRINCIPLE I

CRITICAL FEATURES OF MAR-A-LAGO SHALL NOT BE ALTERED, MODIFIED OR
CHANGED

IN

ANY

MANNER

WHATSOEVER,

EXCEPT

FOR

COMPELLING

ECONOMIC OR PRACTICAL NECESSITIES. An example of a compelling economic or
practical necessity would be the following: if a hurricane destroyed a significant portion of a

carving, it might be replaced with a close facsimile using the same materials.
PRINCIPLE II

CRITICAL FEATURES MAY BE RESTORED TO AN EARLIER INCARNATION, IF
SUCH INCARNATION CAN BE CONCLUSIVELY AND SPECIFICALLY PROVEN
THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS OR WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.
PRINCIPLE III
HIGHLY-REPUTABLE,

HEALTHY

FINANCIALLY

AND

DULY

LICENSED

RESTORATION EXPERTS, ARCHITECTS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ENGINEERS,
MATERIAL

SUPPLIERS, MASONS, ROOFERS,

PAINTERS,

LANDSCAPE

CARPENTERS,

SCULPTORS,

EXPERTS,

AND

ELECTRICIANS,

OTHER

SKILLED

CRAFTSMEN SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE CLUB ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS SO
THAT ANY AND ALL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT TO CRITICAL
FEATURES CAN BE UNDERTAKEN EXPEDITIOUSLY AND DETERIORATION
MINIMIZED. A compilation of the foregoing shall be approved, catalogued and updated

annually by The Preservation Committee ( as established on a permanent basis in the By-Laws
of The Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc.).

PRINCIPLE IV
A MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SCHEDULE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED,

UPDATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, AND
STRICTLY FOLLOWED. The initial schedule, prepared with the assistance of Jim Griffin and
Howard Wilson, superintendents at Mar-a-Lago, is set forth in Chapter Seven,
Maintenance and Inspection Schedule."

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PRINCIPLE V
INAGE SYSTEMS, SITE
MOISTURE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, BUILDING D
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND FIRE- SAFETY SYSTEMS

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 SHALL BE MAINTAINED AND UPGRADED FROM TIME TO TIME USING THE
MOST EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO PROTECT ALL COMPONENTS OF CRITICAL
FEATURES.

PRINCIPLE VI
CRITICAL FEATURES WHICH REQUIRE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT SHALL BE
REPAIRED OR REPLACED WITH MATERIALS IDENTICAL TO PRE- EXISTING
MATERIALS.

PRINCIPLE VII
CRITICAL FEATURES SHALL BE INSURED FOR THEIR FULL REPLACEMENT

VALUE AGAINST WINDSTORM, FIRE AND ALL OTHER CASUALTIES.

PRINCIPLE VIII
USAGES OF MAR-A-LAGO SHALL BE REGULATED SO THAT ONGOING " WEAR
AND TEAR" IS MINIMIZED.

PRINCIPLE IX
THE

PRESERVATION

COMMITTEE

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RIGOROUSLY

ENFORCE

FOREGOING PRINCIPLES AND ADOPT SUPPLEMENTAL PRINCIPLES

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FROM

TIME TO TIME WHICH FURTHER THE ORIGINAL CONCEPTIONS OF MARJORIE

MERRIWEATHER POST, JOSEPH URBAN AND MARION SIMS WYETH.

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The

Committee shall maintain archives of books, photographs, news and magazine articles, films,
surveys and the like for permanent references as to the original composition of Mar-a-Lago.

PRINCIPLE X

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IN ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING, THE U.S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR' S
STANDARDS FOR REHABILITATION AND GUIDELINES FOR REHABILITATING
HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, SHALL BE CLOSELY
OBSERVED.

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CRITICAL FEATURES OF

The following are Critical Features of Mar-a-Lago which must be totally preserved
in their existing form and condition.

The descriptions below are abridged since details are

described in Chapters Four, Five and Six and visually depicted in the site drawings and floor
plans of Chapter Eleven.
1.

Main Entrance Gate. The Gate is a double wood spindled, two- leaf

gate which opens inward.

The masonry is covered with Spanish tiles and is lighted by two

wrought-iron figures holding torches. Please see photograph 1.
2.

Perimeter Wall. A stucco wall extends on the property line from Lake

Worth to the west and around the Southern Boulevard curve to a terminus at the east center of
the Mansion.

The wall re- continues to the north, passes through the Main Entrance Gate, is

interrupted by the Property Manager' s Complex and runs to the service entrance gate at the north
property line.
3.

Main Entrance Drive. The main drive is perpendicular and west of

South Ocean Boulevard, one hundred feet from the north property line. It is approximately
fourteen feet wide, bordered on both sides with concrete curbs and lined with coconut palms.
Please see photograph 2. The driveway circles around a guest structure through a porte- cochere

to the primary entrance to the Mansion at its north facade.
4.

Property Manager' s Complex.

To the north of the main entrance

drive, the property manager' s grouping consists of a residence, detached garage and ancillary

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 building all of which are one- story, stucco, with clay barrel tile roofs.
The Mansion. The exterior walls, roof, carvings, columns, tiles and

5.

overall envelope of the main house, referred to herein as the Mansion, are the single most
important Critical Features, as is demonstrated in photograph 12.
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Cloisters, Patio and Parrot Pool. The Cloisters, Patio and Parrot Pool

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located adjacent and west of the Mansion are integral accessories to the Mansion. Please see
photographs 5 and 6.
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from the Mansion.

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Open Vistas. An open vista to the east overlooks the Atlantic Ocean
An open vista to the west extends from the main house down and across a

grassed area of approximately 250 feet in width to view Lake Worth.
8.

Topographical Flow of Land. The land flows generally from a high

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point around the main house at an elevation of approximately 15 feet to a low point of 4 feet
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along the bulkhead line at Lake Worth. This flow and shaping is seen in photograph 11.

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Vegetation, Tree Lines and Golf Course. The basic quantity and

quality of vegetation and tree lines are Critical Features as noted in photgraph 11. The nine-hole
golf course west of the Mansion, referred to sometimes as a " Pitch and Putt" or " Par 3" course,

must be regroomed to its previous, playable condition.
10.

Mansion Rooms.

The walls, floors, ceilings and physically- attached

structures of the following rooms in the Mansion are Critical Features: (
Gentleman' s Cloak Room, (

c) Ladies' Cloak Room, (

a) Entrance Hall, ( b)

d) Living Room, ( e) Dining Room, ( f)

Loggia, ( g) Monkey Loggia, (h) Library, ( i) Play Room in " Deenies House", ( j) Child' s Bedroom

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 and Bathroom, ( k) Pine Hall in Master Suite, ( 1) Master Bedroom, ( m) Master Bathroom, (

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Master Dressing Room, ( o) Pavilion, (p) American Room, ( q) Adams Room, ( r) Venetian Sitting
Room, (

s) Spanish Bedroom, ( t) Portuguese Room and( u) Dutch Room. Please note photographs

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Mar-a- Lago is designated as a local and national landmark. The factual description
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of the property is voluminously set forth in the following documents:
1967- 1972 Historic American Building Survey ("
Congressional Act dated October 21,

HABS")

1972 establishing Mar-a- Lago National

Historic Site Advisory Commission to administer the Mar-a- Lago National Historic
Site described in an Order of Designation dated January 16, 1967.

Public Law dated December 23, 1980 repealing the Order of Designation of Mar-aLago National Historic Site and redesignating Mar-a- Lago as a National Historic

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National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form

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The first task is the identification of those characteristics which make the property

a landmark, so that principles may be enumerated and guidelines established to insure the preser-

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The evaluation of the historic value of any building must take into account the life
and times in which it was built, the person or persons who fashioned it and the purpose for which
it was built. This context is the framework and the background against which the tangible and

intangible results can be measured.
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The United States was a young nation in the early part of the twentieth century.
In the historical blink of an eye, it had declared and fought for its independence, established and
proved a very radical form of government, occupied most of a continent, endured a wrenching

A;-civil war and reconstruction period, fought a war

a continent away and emerged a world power.

iT Great fortunes were amassed in this time, and the culture struggled to define an aristocracy absent
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crystalize in Europe.

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hotels of all times", the Royal Poinciana. " It existed at a time when it was

He followed The Royal Poinciana with
mostly rich society people only who came to Florida."

Palm Beach' s white marble palace, Whitehall - built for his new bride and was followed by a
string of" cottages".

Those " cottages" were in fact large estates built by those who had amassed

great
fortunes as a statement of their presence.
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The object was to provide for a grand lifestyle

in a private home in lieu of the grand lifestyle for the thousands in The Royal Poinciana Hotel.

Having no historical precedent in this country, large chunks of European culture were bodily
moved or emulated. The colony of that affluent group of emerging aristocracy pointed the way

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to Palm Beach as the place for a Mar- a-Lago.

Marjorie Merriweather Post was the daughter of the inventor of Post Toasties. She

inherited the cereal business in 1914 and helped build it into the giant General Foods
Corporation.

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Far more than a society matron, Marjorie Merriweather Post was shrewd and

decisive in business matters and one of the founders of great fortunes. She had the ability to
command her wealth rather than to fall hostage to it. Along with the Stotesburys, the Phipps,
the Dodges, the Donahues, the Boltons, the Vanderbilts and others she sought to make a social
statement.

The 122 room statement made by the lady of the group proved to be Palm Beach' s

most impressive home.

Mar-a- Lago is first the statement of Marjorie Merriweather Post.

While the

tangible forms the structure took were expressed through the architects, the sculptors, the

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owner.

When taking into account that Mar-a- Lago was one of several of Mrs. Post' s
properties, the immensity of the program becomes even more apparent.
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Mar- a-Lago was

fashioned to be a setting for this grand lifestyle. It included not only gracious quarters for the

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family as seen in photgraphs 8 and 9, but numerous other suites for the guests who would visit
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when Mrs. Post was in residence as seen in photograph 10. Titled and untitled royalty from all

over the world were expected. The Mansion was sized for entertaining in the most grand fashion
small and large dinners, parties, dances were to be in no less gracious setting anywhere in the
world.

It is perhaps best expressed by Mrs. Post' s statement that nowhere in the United States

did the Government have an appropriate place for visiting heads of state comparable to those
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found in Europe.

She willed the estate to the United States Government for that purpose.

Recognizing that the space requirements would result in an extremely large mass,
Mrs. Post directed that the structure be segmented into intermediate components to reduce the
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bulk of the building. The main living areas are fashioned around a central crescent, with the

master suite, one daughter' s suite and a guest house in inter- connecting structures, anchored by
an 85' high tower.

This complex is surrounded by the property manager' s grouping and service

buildings.

It is noteworthy that the entrance is far from the most imposing architectural
element either in scale or location.

The entrance sequence begins with a two leafed, double

spindled wood gate in a masonry arch decorated with antique Spanish tiles at Ocean Boulevard
as seen in photograph 1.

It flows down a formal, palm lined gravel drive, allowing a full view

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destination in a porte- cochere.

Here, function was preferred over grandeur to allow the

unobstructed sea- to- lake vista inside the structure.

Steps lead through an arched entrance, into a large Reception Hall as seen in
photograph 3.

Ladies' and gentlemen' s cloak rooms open to the Reception Hall to allow guests

to be assembled for entrance into the Living Room. The Hall also serves nicely to greet smaller
groups of arriving and departing guests. The Hall is personalized with antique Spanish tiles as
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found on the entrance gates and family crests.

The entrance into the Living Room through massive carved doors is a spatial
explosion both in the volume of space and the openness to view.

Mar- a- Lago - Sea to Lake -

is the name of the estate and a very vivid expression of its central focus.
nearly thirty feet, seeming higher by the gilded "

The ceiling rises to

Thousand Wing" Ceiling patterned after the

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famous Accademis in Venice noted in photograph 4. A single pane of glass over 12 feet across
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frames the ocean vista to the left in a Roman arch. The Lake vista is seen to the right across the

Crescent, the Patio and down an allee of Royal Palms to the Lake. The room itself is very grand
in its size, proportion and decor. The doors to the west lead to the semi- circular crescent whose

cloisters define the generally round patio some 75 feet across.
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The western center of the patio contains a parrot pool, a low reflection pool with

wrought iron and water plants that is framed with sculptures of groups of parrots as seen in
photograph 6.

While this pool is a delight in itself, it is interesting to note that its placement

obviates the need for a rail, which would diminish the lake view.

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 The Dining Room is entered directly from the northwest corner of the Living
Room, and is equally grand in its size and decor. The integration of architectural elements with
murals, and the general scale of the room make it the setting for the most formal of dinners as
is apparent in photograph 7.

Around the South Crescent, down a half-flight of stairs, Mrs. Post later added a
Dance Pavilion.

It opens to the north and to the south, with a projection room to the east and

a stage to the west.

This Pavilion was used for dances, motion pictures and other types of

entertainment.

This sequence of spaces, the Reception Hall, the Living Room, the Dining Room,
the Cloister, the Patio and the Pavilion are the heart of the mansion. Here hundreds of splendidly

dressed guests were entertained in a style not unlike the courts of Europe, in a setting equally
elegant.

The form and organization of the spaces are functional, fluid, well integrated and

superbly responsive to the site. Many large houses contain comparably sized rooms. Few, if any,
achieve the softness lent by the crescent, the power of the space volumes with the views and the
fluid integration of the spaces.

The family and guest suites, photographs 8, 9 and 10 provide privacy and intimacy
at the opposite end of the scale of grandeur established in the spaces for entertaining.
photographs 3 through 7.

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They are warm, have individual but very strong character and allow

the independence and privacy necessary for house guests staying extended periods of time. There
are generous spaces for the functions required, including sitting rooms, as photograph 8, play
rooms, a nanny' s bedroom where appropriate and, probably most important, they are arranged
in such a way that minimizes hallway encounters. While these issues may appear abstract, they

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 form the essence of a lifestyle structured almost entirely by choice, one of the greatest elements
of luxury.

Staff or servants rooms are plentiful for the core staff that traveled with the family
and the staff who maintained the estate year round.

Service facilities, the kitchen, pantry,

laundry, and other housekeeping facilities are efficiently located and commensurate with the size
of the estate and the functions that were held.

Note should be taken of the sheer volume of

functions that were required to live that lifestyle. The assembly of the materials, the organization
of them into a workable system and the management of staff and services were a formidable
achievement.

Finally there is the setting. Mrs. Post directed that the mass of the house not be
overwhelming.

It is beautifully scaled to itself and set on the high point of the land, gently

flowing from the sea to the lake. The ocean and lake vistas are treated very simply in contoured

lawn, interspersed on the lake side by a variety of generally isolated trees, mostly palms.

The

sculptured land became a pitch and putt golf course on the lake side. The north and south sides

of these vistas are defined by tree lines, the southern one indicated in photograph 11 made up
generally of mixed tropical planting and native species most probably in place when the house
was constructed.

These tree lines function to provide privacy for the mansion, particularly car

lights from the south and to screen the service elements, slat houses, staff quarters, water tanks
and citrus groves from the main house. The total vista is over a quarter of a mile in length from
water to water.

The site is bounded on the east and south by a plain masonry wall, varying in
height from about six feet on the west side to over sixteen feet on the southeast section. Its scale

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is so tall as to require buttressing.

While its surfaces are as undecorated as the mansion is

decorated, it is so softened by tropical planting as to be difficult to identify in most places.

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wall begins the boundary identification at the northeast corner, is intercepted by a service gate,
is integrated into the property manager' s house and leads to the main gate.

The inter- connection

of the site wall, the property manager' s grouping and the main gate gives further scape to the
property as a whole.

How then is the essence to be defined?

The estate was born in a very heady time

in the growth of our country, built by a wealthy and powerful person, to provide a setting for a
very grand and gracious lifestyle.

It is a significant achievement in many ways.

In the most pedestrian aspect it is a logistical masterpiece. The kitchen, pantry and

food service facilities far exceed most present day restaurants.

A notebook was kept for Mrs.

Post depicting photographs of almost thirty place settings of china, crystal and tableware to be
selected for a given event.

Staff quarters were generously provided and strategically located.

The property manager' s complex of buildings is free standing and located between the entrances.
Mrs. Post' s secretary' s quarters were directly under the master suite with private access.

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mechanical services, largely in the lower level, are far more reminiscent of the working spaces
of a ship than a house.
The organization of its functional plan, extended into spatial concepts and intern
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related, is fluid, exciting and appears to have grown together without effort.
should have a space for every mood. Note the contrast in photographs 4 and 8.

A good house
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is unbelievably successful in that context. While the entertainment spaces are a fitting setting for

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 any jewels or gowns or presence, there are equally well executed spaces which are intimate,
warm, whimsical, airy, casual, sheltering and a place to take the sun any time of day.
The decoration and treatment of the surfaces make this enormous structure at once

a huge, interconnected painting.

The antique Spanish tiles, some of which are seen in the

entrance hall, photograph 3, form probably the greatest collection in the world. The plaster relief
crests, the "

Thousand Wing Ceiling," the marble inlaid floors, the wood parquet floors, the

tapestries, paneling and millwork form an endless line of almost endless detail.

Mrs. Post

traveled the world to assemble the furnishings and decorative art that contribute largely to her
statement.

It is noteworthy that the very intricate, sometimes formal, sometimes casual textures

always reflect the volume and shape of the spaces.

The carvings, or more accurately sculptures,

by Franz Barwig and his son are a study all in themselves. Working both in stone and wood,
they created motifs of rams, birds, monkeys, comic people, parrots and an endless variety of

floral patterns. The motifs range from very proud and stern to light and playful, from seriousness
to absolute whimsy.

Finally, the assemblage of all this is executed with the same finesse as the parts.
The sheer size of the mansion is mitigated by its division into separate components and the Ocean
and Lake vistas.

Far from being stoic, these components are integrated skillfully in a very fluid

and romantic fashion. The expansion of the chimneys into major architectural elements --

or the

termination of architectural elements by fanciful chimneys as seen in photograph 11, provide an

especially playful, light and uplifting character to the entire complex. Scale is defined as the way
one mass relates to another --

a mix of masses, not just the size of an element. The scale of Mar-

A-Lago, set in its vistas, assembled with a full range of solid, open, soaring, rambling and playful
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The visual expression is just what it

was meant to be, a setting for a grand and gracious lifestyle. But, as the property says, a happy,
light, and playful grand lifestyle.

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INVENTORY OF MAR-A-LAGO BUILDINGS
The glory of Mar-a-Lago has been described in detail and photographed in several

of the sources listed in the Selected Bibliography and should serve as permanent reference for
its preservation.

The three most authoritative descriptions are excerpted in the following pages.

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PART A

In Heiress; The Rich Life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, William Wright provides
this portrait on pages 93 through 97:

Guests pass through an imposing and fanciful gate on South Ocean Boulevard and
proceed up a drive lined with coconut palms....

Entering the house you come into a spacious hall with centuries- old Spanish tiles
that line the walls to a height of eight feet. ( There are some 36, 000 such tiles embedded into

A hooded fireplace with a bust of Homer on one side, Hadrian on the other,
High on the walls are ten plaques of coats of arms related to the Post and
Merriweather families that Marjorie had unearthed with the help of complaisant genealogists.
those walls).

dominates the room.

Huge cypress doors lead into a monumental drawing room that soars more than

two stories to an overwhelming ceiling of intricately carved gold leaf, a copy of the famous
Thousand- Wing Ceiling" in Venice' s Accademia. The room was proportioned to accommodate
seven tapestries from a Venetian palace, which give a hushed and lugubrious feeling; yet clumps
of heavy padded furniture scattered around make the vast space seem comfortable, almost cozy.

The whole effect is very much like one of the movie palaces of the twenties that Urban and other
romantics designed and that were, in turn, probably trying to resemble a fantastic private palace
like Mar- a- Lago.

The drawing room is the most stupendous feature of a stupendous house and is
surely one of the most remarkable rooms in any American residence.
impact the room made.

Marjorie delighted in the

She would often conceal herself in the second- floor gallery on one of

the small balconies high against the gold ceiling to observe guests' reactions when they first
entered the room.

Marble steps lead up to a wide window alcove where an enormous expanse of plate
When the glass ( which had been specially made in

glass frames the lawn and the ocean.

Pittsburgh and with great difficulty was transported to Florida by a chartered truck) was being
coaxed into position, it shattered.
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The months- long process had to be repeated.

The dining room, a copy of the room in Rome' s Chigi Palace that Mussolini used
as an office, was almost as lavish....

A modest library is lined with antique pine paneling and holds a portrait by Sir
The drawing room opens onto an enclosed space called the Monkey Loggia

Joshua Reynolds.

because of some carved stone monkeys that perch near the ceiling ( one next to the library wears
glasses and is reading a book).

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at Mar-a- Lago fashioning the rich ornamentation.
There were four master- bedroom suites; the one designated for Marjorie was of

On the ground level, it was reached by the covered loggia that circles
Inside, a sitting room was followed by two enormous
bedrooms, side by side, one for Ed and one for Marjorie. Each had its own bath, but Marjorie' s
a Versailles lavishness.

around the mansion' s Lake Worth side.

was more than just that.
One passed from her bedroom through a corridor( from which open various closets
and a commode),

ending up in a large semicircular room with windows overlooking the lawns

and gardens that stretched to the lake. This room was a combination bath and office. It had a

bathtub and dressing table, but it also had a desk and a phone.

Here Marjorie would spend her

morning with her secretary and masseur, exercising, putting together her toilette, writing letters,
composing memos to the staff, making phone calls.
On the second floor of Mar- a- Lago a number of other bedroom suites open off the
partially covered semicircular walk that tops the loggia below. Each of the major bedrooms is

decorated in a completely different style, contributing strongly to the cries of" bastard" that met
Mar-a-Lago' s unveiling. One is in an old Dutch style with much heavy carved oak and Delft
tiles --

Marjorie' s mother had loved Delft -- set into the walls and into the head and footboards

of the twin beds.

Another suite is Spanish; another, perhaps the most incongruous in the

predominantly Spanish-Moorish ambience, is a large room ( in the formal English architectural
style of the brothers Adam) that looks as though it could have graced the Governor' s Mansion

at Williamsburg.
A bedroom suite on the ground floor is perhaps the most fanciful of this free-

wheeling architectural fantasy. It is " Deenie' s House," also known as the Sleeping Beauty Suite,
a series of rooms that open off the loggia next to the entrance to the Hutton' s bedroom complex.

Leading into these rooms is an iron gate. After the Lindbergh kidnapping an armed guard was
stationed here at all times. Inside is a large sitting room and two bedrooms -- one for Nedenia,
one for her nurse.

Dina' s bedroom was an oval- shaped space that focused on a fireplace in the form
of an outsized beehive. Rich ornamentation in plaster relief trailed around the walls:

pink roses

on twisting vines. Two bright yellow plaster canaries peeked out from the green plaster foliage....
Behind Mar-a- Lago is a nine hole golf course ( reusing the same fairway) that
stretched to Lake Worth and a boat dock.
gardens.

To either side, paths wend through lush tropical

The patio has a large fountain and stone steps, with a blue flood- light installed in the

tower to ensure all- phase, all- weather moonlight.

To the front a lawn stretches down to South Ocean Boulevard, a gentle upsweep

in the lawn concealing the road but not high enough to block the view of the Atlantic Ocean.

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 PART B
The Honorable James R. Knott depicts Mar-a- Lago in The Mansion Builders:
Palm Beach Revisited III on pages 56:
Old roof tiles were brought from Cuba.

Italian and Portuguese workmen were

hired to do much of the woodworking, but local labor was used as much as possible, including
college youths.

The ironwork was cast and wrought in West Palm Beach, and Florida cypress

was used in doors, beams and wherever possible.

Marjorie wanted to help the local economy,
which was suffering badly after the collapse of the boom.
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The decorative features of the house include 36, 000 old Spanish tiles, many dating
back to the 15th century. According to a scholar in that field, there are more antique Spanish

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tiles in Mar-a-Lago than in any other building in the world, excepting Spain' s Alhambra. Three
shiploads of Dorian stone, adaptable for carving, were brought from Genoa, Italy, for exterior
walls, arches and other locations.

Tiny sea shells and fossils can be seen in it.

The lofty gold-leaf ceiling of the living room at Mar-a- Lago is a copy of the
famous " Thousand- Wing Ceiling" in the Accademia in Venice. Spanish furnishings and lanterns
and Bristol chandeliers are complemented by rare silk- needlework panels on the walls, from an
old palace in Venice. The dining room is adapted from that of the Chigi Palace in Rome, used
by Mussolini as his office. The library, panelled in old English walnut, contains notable
The guest suites are named for their decor -- Adam, Venetian, Spanish, Portuguese,
Dutch ( delft), American, etc. The wing designed for Dina' s childhood days, " Deenie' s House,"

paintings.

with her oval bedroom guarded by wrought iron bars ( after the Lindbergh kidnapping),

features

fairy- tale motifs.
PART C

The most detailed inventory of Mar-a- Lago was compiled by John C. Poppeliers,
Dr. Samuel Proctor, Nancy K. Beinke and Professor F. Blair Reeves, A.I.A. as HABS No. FLA-

195 for the Historic American Building Survey of The National Park Service' s Office of
Archeology and Historic Preservation:
MAR-A- LAGO

Location:

1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach,

Palm Beach County, Florida
Statement of
Significance:

Mar-a-Lago is one of the most lavish mansions built in Florida in the early 20th
century when the State was a wintering place for the country' s wealthiest and most
prominent families.

Architecturally, it followed the contemporary vogue for the

Spanish Revival, a style particularly suited to the climate and history of the area.
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 PART I.

A.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Physical History:
1.

Legal description of the property: The 16. 98 acres which make up the
estate are described as " being all that part of the North 610. 00 feet of the

South 1170.00 feet of Government Lot 2 of Section 35, Township 43
South, Range 43 East, in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,

Florida, lying West of Ocean Boulevard ( S. R. AIA) Right of Way . . . "
2.

Date of erection:

Construction began in 1923.

The house was officially

opened in January, 1927.
3.

Architect:

Marion Sims Wyeth, FAIA.

Interior designer:
Sculptor:

Joseph Urban.

Franz Barwig.

Landscape Architects:

The firm of Lewis and Valentine was responsible

for the original landscaping.
4.

Original plans and construction:

Mar-a- Lago is one of America' s most

elaborate 20th century mansions. The site, the style, and a large amount of
the decor was personally chosen by Marjorie Merriweather Post ( then Mrs.

Edward F. Hutton), who had the house built. After searching the area south
of Worth Avenue for many months with her agent, Lytle Hull, Mrs. Post
found a property which was suitable for the construction of the kind of
The property, overgrown with lush vegetation,
consisted of approximately seventeen acres on a coral reef located between
residence

she

wanted.

the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Worth. The reef provided a firm base for the
house which was anchored to it with concrete and steel, and has withstood

hurricanes and heavy tropical storms over the years. The name Mar- a- Lago
means between sea and lake.

Construction of Mar-a- Lago began in 1923. At that time Addison Mizner

was the rage in Palm Beach, creating tile-roofed palaces for wealthy patrons
in a style inspired by the architecture of Spain.

Mrs. Post, however,

retained Marion Sims Wyeth, a graduate of Princeton and the Ecole des
Beaux Arts, as her architect. Many of the ideas that went into the house
were Mrs. Post' s.

She had traveled extensively in Europe, visiting the
She had seen many

palaces, estates, and great museums of the continent.

decorative motifs which she wished to adapt for her own residence and had
acquired a collection of architectural remnants and fine furnishings which

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 were incorporated in the house.

It was her idea to bring together the

Spanish, Venetian, and Portuguese styles into one harmonious and striking
effect.

Joseph Urban, noted among his many accomplishments as an interior
designer,

was chosen to oversee the interior decoration and carved

ornamental stone work at Mar- a-Lago. He was responsible for bringing his
fellow Viennese, Franz Barwig and Barwig' s son, Walter, to Palm Beach

to execute the interior and exterior sculpture. Father and son worked nearly
three years developing the various motifs, including the parrot, money,
ram' s head, eagle, and griffin figures which adorn the outside and cloister
walls for which the residence is so famous.

Their modeling shop, where

much of the carving and casting was done, stood near the present entrance
to the beach tunnel.

The original plaster models are still stored on the

premises.

Cooper C. Lightbrown of Washington, D. C., received the construction

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contract. Most of his workmen were recruited from the greater Palm Beach
area where the building boom had caused a cadre of skilled workmen to
assemble. Because of the vogue for the Spanish style in palatial resort

building, firms which manufactured the pottery, tile and ironwork needed
for this style had sprung up in Palm Beach. Consequently, much of the
material for the house was purchased in the area.

Among the imported materials were the three boatloads of Doria stone from

Genoa used for the exterior wall facing, some of the interiors, the arches,
and the Barwig sculptures. This fossil-bearing limestone was chosen for

its quality of rapid aging and its suitability for intricate carving.

The

roofing tiles, approximately 20, 000 of them, and the 2, 200 black and white

marble floor blocks used in the entrance hall, living, and dining rooms came
from a Cuban castle.

Of particular interest is the vast number of antique

Spanish tiles which are used lavishly in the entrance hall, patio, cloisters,
and in some of the rooms. Mrs. Post acquired a collection of nearly 36,000
tiles that had been assembled in the 1880' s by Mrs. Horace Havermeyer.
These tiles date back to the 15th century, and some of the oldest ones show
the influence of the Moors after their invasion of Spain. The collection of

Spanish tiles at Mar- a-Lago is probably one of the largest in the world.
The house is a sprawling Mediterranean- style villa that is an adaptation of
the Hispano- Moresque style which was so popular in Palm Beach at the

time. It has a two- story central block with family quarters and service areas

in lower subsidiary wings and buildings. This arrangement was chosen by
Mrs. Post to keep the main house from appearing too massive and to

separate the family and service areas from those used for entertaining. The
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 ocean facade of the house is rectangular, while on the west side a crescent-

shaped arc lined with double cloisters faces Lake Worth. Sheltered in the

crescent is a round Ppatio Ppaved with surf-polished
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stones discovered byY Mrs.

Post along the beaches of her Long Island hunting preserve at Great South
Bay. Carloads of these black, white, yellow, multicolored stones were
shipped to Mar- a- Lago and laid in the pattern of a courtyard Mrs. Post had

seen at the Alhambra in Spain. The house is topped by a seventy- five foot,
tile-roofed tower containing bedrooms and baths and an observation deck
commanding a view of Palm Beach for miles around.

Stretching from the house down to Lake Worth are the landscaped grounds
including a nine-hole golf course. At one time Mrs. Post brought the
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus to the estate to give a benefit
show, and the tents were pitched on this spacious lawn. The main entrance
to the house is through a large gate and coconut palm- lined drive on the
Atlantic Ocean side.

A stone path and tunnel pass under South Ocean

Boulevard to the ocean beach where a private pool and cabanas serve Mrs.
Post and her guests.

Joseph Urban' s Bath and Tennis Club is also

accessible through this tunnel.

The grounds are beautifully landscaped with tropical vegetation and flowers.
Potted plants and flowers also profusely adorn the patio and loggias. A
citrus grove, greenhouses, a cutting garden, guest houses, and staff quarters
are also on the estate.

Colored lights in the trees and lanterns in the

cloisters accentuate the architecture and foliage at night.
Mar- a- Lago is filled with fine furniture, art objects, and ornaments that

Mrs. Post has collected during her travels or has commissioned especially
for the house. This is illustrated by the central and most important room
in the house, the living room, sometimes called the gold room. The gold
leaf ceiling is a copy of the " Thousand- Wing Ceiling" in the Accademia
at Venice. Mrs. Post substituted a gold sunburst for the angel faces in the
centers of the wing motifs of the original. Seven rare silk needlework

panels from a Venetian palace are on the walls, and suspended from the

seven large archways are old Spanish lanterns. The large hooded fireplace

was designed by Joseph Urban to be a harmonious focal point for the room.
On the ocean side of the room, a small, raised loggia leads to the great

arched window set in a deep border of carved griffins which is the most
prominent architectural feature of the east facade. The glass was so large

that the freight cars transporting it from the factory in Pittsburgh had to be
rerouted to avoid tunnels and low bridges. The whole process had to be

repeated when the first window shattered while being set in place.
The house contains various bedroom suites, each named for its interior
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 design and decor; many of these suites have a panoramic view of the
gardens.

The Dutch Room is a memorial to Mrs. Post' s mother who

particularly liked the Dutch Delft tiles from which the room takes its name.
The suite that was used byY Mrs. Post' s daughter, the actress Dina Merrill,
when she was a child is called the Baby House and is furnished with a
carved, silvered bed and an intricately designed beehive fireplace. The

hinges of the doors are designed as twining roses, and the handles are small

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squirrels with the tails for the levers.

The rug in this room was woven
from a design in a -Fairy tale illustrated by Joseph Urban.
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Alterations and additions:

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since its completion.

Mar-a-Lago has been substantially unaltered

The one major change has been the addition of a

dance pavilion and passage at the southwest end of the cloister in 1961- 62,

to accommodate, among other entertainments, the square dances which Mrs.
Post particularly enjoys.

In 1964, the patio off the Monkey Loggia was enclosed with glass to form
the " Tent Room." It is used for dining.
Fall- out shelters have been added in the basement of the main structure.
PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION
A.

General Statement:

Constructed of reinforced concrete and hollow ceramic tile faced with stucco

and/ or stone veneer, its detailing is excellent, consisting of bas- relief and sculpture

in Doria stone( fossil-bearing limestone from Genoa, Italy), antique Spanish glazed
tile, and carved cypress details. A seventy-five foot tower dominates the structure
and provides a focal point for the Palm Beach area.
B.

Description of Exterior:
1.

Overall dimensions:

2.

Foundations:

Approximately 300' by 600'.

The structure was built on a coral reef, and, as a protection

against high tides, reinforced concrete and/ or sheet steel piling were used
in addition to reinforced concrete slab and foundation walls.
3.

Wall construction:
tile.

Walls are constructed of hollow sixteen inch ceramic

The interior is covered with lath and plaster 1- 1/ 2 to 2 inches thick.

On the exterior is a white- brown cement stucco in a variety of textures.
Carved Doria stone in dressed ashlar and bas- relief patterns is used for most
of the exterior ornament.

Spanish glazed tiles ( in abstractions of the Lion

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of San Marco, three towered castle, floral and geometric patterns) set in

cement serve as wainscots and decorative panels.
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reinforced concrete and cypress.

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across the main drive between the entrance hall and the guest house,

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and provides the principal entrance to the house.

The arched

openings spring from two engaged columns at each corner.

Two

male figures in bas- relief serve as capitals of each column.

The

ceiling of the porte- cochere is plastered in a groined vault.

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antique hand- worked sheet metal and glass lantern hangs from the

intersection of the groins and is secured by chains from the four
corners. At the south side of the porte- cochere is the arched opening
to the entrance hall. The barrel- vaulted stone ceiling is coffered

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with a flora boss in each panel. The surround of the main entrance

door is round- arched with bas- relief in a floriate and human figure
motif.

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The door consists of wrought-iron grille work with glass

backing. Opposite the main door is another similar door to the guest
house.

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house on the west side at the first floor level.

It provides a

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transitional space between the living room and library and the
circular patio and also provides access to the Owner' s Suite, the

Baby House ( Children' s Suite),

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secretaries' offices, second- floor

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stairways, and to the kitchen- service area.

Continuity of the
cloister' s arcade and vaulted ceiling is interrupted by arches and

groined ceiling at the doorway from the living room and at each end

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1.

Flooring:

The floor is paved with Doria stone.

Ceramic

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strip inserts in an interlacing bond motif ( a detail which
occurs in other paving and as a stair- riser decoration) define
the paving pattern. An inlay of black pebbles ( see patio
flooring) occurs at the living room entry and at the ends of

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Ceiling: The cloister has a barrel- vaulted plaster ceiling.
A rope molding marks the intersections of the cloister vault

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with the arches of the arcade. This treatment is repeated on

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the inside wall with corbeled capitals.
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Walls:

Inside walls are Doria stone with large panels of

antique Spanish glazed ceramic tiles reflecting the open
arches opposite.

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Cloister arches: Soffits are decorated in an arabesque lineal
pattern of foliage and grapes.

The arches are framed by

simple ashlar masonry on the patio side. The arches and wall
surrounds opposite the living room entry and at the ends of

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the cloister project outward and are decorated with an

elaborate bas- relief on the patio facade.

This bas- relief is

in a vine and bird motif. Vines grow upward from pendent
bases at the springline of each arch to include grape clusters,
bells, flowers, birds on nests and in flight, with the central

motif of birds feeding their young occurring at the keystone.
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Columns: Exterior columns of the cloister have Doria stone
capitals carved in a motif of entwined birds above acanthus
leaves.

Column shafts are cast concrete replacements

emulating originals of Doria stone.

Carved square bases

include free- standing hovering birds at each corner. Columns
in the recessed entrance to the library and Children' s Suite
are engaged and free- standing.
6.

Lighting: A variety of sheet metal and glass lanterns in a
traditional Spanish style.

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Cloister to the Owner' s Suite: A short cloister at right angels to the
southwest terminal of the first level cloister leads to the Owner' s
Suite. The treatment of the columns and arches of the arcade is the
same as that of the main cloister.

Spanning the cloister is a round
arch of Doria stone voussoirs which springs from two free- standing
columns.
Beyond the arch, tile-decorated steps lead up to the
entrance to the Pine Hall ( anteroom to the Owner' s Suite).

The

double doors are of wrought iron with glass backing and are
contained in an arched opening with tile surround. To the right an
arcade and stairway lead to the modern Dance Pavilion.
d.

Cloister to the Kitchen- Service Wing: A short cloister at right
angles to the northwest terminal of the first level cloister
corresponds to the cloister to the Owner' s Suite. At its northern end

are two arched openings with wrought- iron grilles backed with glass
which lead to the service areas.
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Patio:

The round patio is defined by the cloister, by curving
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 stairways to the west lawn, and by the Parrot Pool.

The patio is

paved in geometric patterns of black, yellow, and white pebbles

from Great South Bay, Long Island. Black pebbles form an
interlocking linear pattern which delineates eight-pointed stars and
irregular five- sided polygons in the light-colored ground. Planting
beds for tropical trees and plants interrupt the paved surface. At the

east and west sides of the patio, curving stone stairways lead down
to the level of the lawn. Between the stairways is the Parrot Pool,
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named for Barwig' s carved parrots which ornament it. At tre center
of the retaining wall that supports the Parrot Pool is a Doria stone
fountain.

It consists of a shallow pool at patio level which is

cantilevered over the basin of a larger pool at lawn level. The upper

pool is fed by parrot spouts situated at the rim. The lower pool is
fed by three Doria stone swans with wings and necks extended. The
retaining wall terminates at the fountain with two carved stone
finials with clusters of parrots at the tops.

the lower ends of the stair rails.

Similar finials occur at

Wrought iron marsh grass and

water birds project above the retaining wall at the west side of the
upper pool.

f.

Upper Cloister and Loggia:

The upper cloister or loggia is

immediately above the first level cloister and provides access to the
guests' quarters and the secretaries' offices.

1.
2.

Floor:

Unglazed ceramic tile, sealed and unsealed.

The parapet wall of the first level cloister extends upwards
to rail height to form a protective guard, perforated in a

guilloche pattern. Wooden benches provide seating adjacent
to the guard.

Cast concrete outlookers in a parrot head and

modified acanthus motif provide front-lighting for the parapet
wall.

3.

Roof:

A mission-tile shed roof covers half of the upper

cloister providing covered access between rooms. Columns
supporting the roof are chamfered and tapered. The capitals
are two- piece bolsters carved in a cyma reversa profile and

fastened with dove- tail wooden keep.

The fascia and soffit

of the cornice are decorative with inlaid ceramic tiles, painted
rope molding and corbeled rafters,

the ends of which are

carved and gilded eagles. Panels of turned wooden balusters

are used as a frieze decoration and in grilles between
columns and interior wall.

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Covered Way between Kitchen Area and Secretary' s Cottage
Circulation element at the north side of the lawn, opposite the
Dance Pavilion and adjacent to the Service Wing): The covered
way has Doria stone pedestals and columns with geometric capitals.
There are wooden balustrades between column pedestals.

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balustrade panel with carved wooden parrot and cockatoo finials
forms a screen at the steps from lawn to the covered way. The wall

of the covered way is of stucco with Spanish tile wainscot and
panels and half-round arched

openings with grilles of wood

balusters. A stairway runs from the covered way up to the kitchenserving wing.
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Veranda and Covered Way above Porte- cochere: Joins the Venetian
Room and the Guest House. The wooden columns are chamfered

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and bolstered like those of the upper cloister. The gable roof is tiled.
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Covered way from southwest terminal of first level cloister to Dance
Pavilion ( c. 1961- 62 construction);

The stairway to the Dance

Pavilion runs down through a multi-level arcade with groined vaults

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in the ceiling stepped to coincide with changes in stair elevation.
Spanish tiles in arched panels define changes in vault levels. There
are wrought- iron grilles between piers and columns.

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Courtyard between the Owner' s Suite and the Children' s Suite: An
arch with bellcote spans from the northwest corner of the Children' s

Suite to the interior stairway connecting the Owner' s Suite with
secretaries' offices above. The stairway is strongly articulated by
projecting patterns suggesting boxed risers and treads. Symbolic
balusters and railing provide reveals for groups of windows and roof
following the incline of the stair.
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The Owner' s Maids' Patio: This patio lies south of the covered way
and stairs to the Dance Pavilion, between the Dance Pavilion, the
Owner' s Suite, and the owner' s maids' quarters. There is a curving

stone exterior stairway to the Owner' s Suite with wrought- iron
balustrade and stair enclosure.

1.

Service Courtyard:

Defined by service kitchen and service wing,

garage, and laundry.
5.

Except for the tower, the chimneys provide the only vertical
emphasis in the design of the house. They are extremely tall with hooded
Chimneys:

caps and contain one or more flues. They are constructed of stucco- covered
brick.

A grouping of single shafts appears in the area of the Owner' s and
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 Children' s suites, often in combination with decorative stucco parapets.
6.

Openings:

a.

Doorways and doors: See detailed descriptions of porte- cochere and
floor plans.

b.

Windows, balconies:
1.

Living Room windows, east ( ocean) elevation:

The huge

round- arched central window is the main feature of the east
facade.

It is made of a single sheet of plate glass, framed

by lacy wrought iron, and set in a deep Doria stone surround
of carved

griffins

with a

border

of acanthus

leaves.

Projecting blocks define the springline and keystone. Three
levels of planters
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semi- circles.

On either side of the central

window, a corbeled arch encloses a recessed panel of glazed

Spanish tile. Within each panel, a round- arched window is

set in a simple masonry surround.
2.

Seven- Window Balcony: Centered above the large window
is an arcade of seven unglazed openings which communicates

with a narrow porch above the living room loggia. The
arches are elaborately ornamented in a Moorish manner.

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Each column and capital is carved in a different motif. The
spandrels are covered with arabesque patterns in bas- relief.
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Above each capital is a projecting lion' s head. Similar, but
less elaborate, arcades are found beneath the eaves on other
elevations.

3.

Dining Room Window: The large rectangular window in
the dining room faces onto the service courtyard beside the
porte- cochere.

It has a Doria stone surround carve with

foliage and human figure motif like that of the main entrance
door.
4.

Totems of carved monkeys flank the window.

Kitchen Windows:

The three round- arch openings on the

east side of the kitchen wing are filled with wrought- iron
grille work. Above them is a corbeled drip detail of mission
tile.
Separating the windows are four carved figures on
pedestals representing vendors of fish, wine, vegetables, and
poultry.

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Window in Ladies' Cloak Room:

In the northern portion

of the east elevation is the large round-arched window to the
ladies' cloak room. It has a wide surround of Doria stone

voussoirs with a fascia of acanthus molding and man and
vine bas- relief similar to that on the dining room window.
The base course of the house is stepped upwards into the sill.

Directly above, a wrought-iron grille covers the window of
the Spanish Room. The pieces of carved- in-place sculpture

on corbels depict a dancing couple and two musicians. A
stepped drip molding pattern encloses the two windows and
the sculpture.

Monkey pendants occur at the terminals of

the drip moldings.
6.

Window in Men' s Cloak Room: This window, just east of

the porte- cochere, is similar to the one described above but
lacks the sculptured figures.

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Balcony off of Spanish Room and Spanish Room Bathroom:
At either corner of the projecting northern portion of the east
facade are small balconies at the second- floor level. They
have circular floors and wrought- iron railings in an ogee

curve. The supporting stone brackets are carved in an eagle
and wing motif.

8.

Windows in Baby House: Rectangular casement windows

have iron grilles with copper inserts illustrating

various

fairy tales. There are wrought-iron cages over the windows

in the apsidal end of the bedroom of the Baby House.

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Windows, South Wall of the Norwegian Room:

Pairs of

round-arched windows are separated by columns supporting
two arches. ( A similar detail is at the doorway between the
owner' s bedroom and terrace.)
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Windows, Apsidal end of the owner' s dressing room:

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round- arched openings have two casement windows per
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Windows, East elevation, GuestHouse: Wrought- iron cages
cover the windows at first floor level.

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Hipped and gable roofs are covered with

 antique Cuban mission tiles and modern " Palm Beach Cuban"

mission tiles over cypress sheathing. The tile is earthen red in color.
During the last ten years, all the roofing tiles were removed and the
felt and asphalt base beneath was replaced.
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rewet in a cement and mortar mixture. All exterior copper flashing

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and pans were also replaced.

b.

The ends of the rafters and corbeled beams are

Cornice and eaves:

cypress carved ine ram' s head, eagle, parrot, and griffin motifs. The
soffits have panel decorations.
c.

Dormers:

There are sheet metal eyebrow- dormers, louvered to

accommodate air conditioning equipment.

d.

Tower: The 75- foot tower rises from the roof of the house. It has

a mission-tile roof with a tall decorative stucco chimney.

In plan

it is a rectangle truncated at each corner to form an irregular
Each of the four large faces have two arched windows
octagon.

with a carved cartouche containing a coat of arms between them.

At the top level are four cantilevered balconies supported on shaped
brackets. The balconies have round wooden columns and guard rails
of turned balusters.

The wall faces between the balconies are set

with ceramic tile.

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Description of Interior:

1.

Entrance Hall: This hall is directly entered by way of the main door
from the porte- cochere. It provides access to the living room, men' s
and women' s cloak rooms, minor entrance to the dining room, and
to telephone and janitor closets.
a.

Floor: Diagonal floor pattern of 9" x 9" clay tile with white
marble tile border.

b.

Walls:

There is a high wainscoting of antique Spanish tiles
in a variety of patterns. The basic colors are blue, yellow,
and white.

In the center of the east wall is a fireplace with

conical hood recessed in a stepped tile opening.

A clock

with a tile face is set into a balustrade which surrounds the

opening of the hood. Flanking the fireplace are corbeled
niches containing early Italian copies of Roman busts.
Corresponding niches and recess on the west wall contain
a table and two Dresden urns.

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Ceiling: The beamed ceiling of traditional Spanish design
is painted black, red, and buff and is hung from steel eye
beams.
The ceiling panels contain figures of lions and
griffins which correspond to the crests of the Merriweather

and Post families which hang high on the walls.
d.

Lighting: The hall contains eight old Spanish lanterns, four
in a star shape and two, in the center, which are rectangular
and gilded.

e.

Opposite the main exterior door, already described, is the
round-arched door to the living room. The two wooden
leaves are each divided into 35 panels which contain a metal

boss on the hall side and a gilded cherub on the living room
side.

The iron door pull is in a mother- and- child motif.

Four quatrefoil- studded doors lead from the hall to the
secondary spaces.
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Men' s Cloak Room:

a.

Floor:

b.

Walls: Three kinds of multicolored blue, yellow, and white

9" by 9" ceramic tile with a black tile border.

Spanish tiles from octagonal patterns.

c.

Ceiling: Sand- finished plaster ceiling of natural color with
a wooden cornice.

d.

Fixtures:

Marble lavatory, with chrome -

finished brass

fixtures. Two toilet rooms each contain a water closet.
3.

Women' s Cloak Room: Similar to room described above. Fixtures
are brass with gold finish.

4.

Living Room: The room is basically rectangular in
plan, approximately 30' by 60' with a 42' ceiling height. A loggia,
approximately 6' deep and 60' long, runs along the east side of the
room and contains the large east facade window. It is approximately

2' above the living room floor level. There are two diagonal corner
walls at the northwest and southwest which contain the openings to
the library and dining room.
a.

Floor:

The wooden parquetry floor has a black and brown

basket- weave pattern with a border of tan travertine and

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 veined dark green marble.

most of the floor.

An antique Spanish rug covers

The floor of the loggia is green marble

with travertine in a geometric pattern.

A tigerskin rug lies

in the entrance to the loggia.

b.

Walls: The walls are plastered, stained, and ornamented with

gold leaf.

Seven tall panels contain old silk needlework

tapestries from a Venetian palace.

The panels are defined

by bas- relief plaster moldings in classical bead and reed,
woven, floral, and arabesque patterns. Marking the corners
of the room are small panels, extending vertically from floor
to cornice and outlined with woven plaster molding. In each
panel are bosses in a bird and floral motif.

Above each

doorway is a bas- relief plaster depiction of armor and
Gold spiral columns run up
the walls to connect with pendent panels from the ceiling.
heraldic devices in gold leaf.

The pendent panels are outlined with an acanthus leaf

molding. Those which are not attached to columns terminate
with a column capital boss. The arches between the panels
are decorated with the coats of arms of the Doges of Venice
on a multifleur ground.

On the walls of the loggia are frescoes copied from those by
Benozzo Gozzoli in the Riccardo- Medici Plazzo in Florence.

They were adapted for the room by Franz Barwig.
c.

Ceiling: The ceiling is a copy of the " Thousand- Wing
Ceiling" in the Accademia in Venice. It consists of panels
created for floriated ribs running diagonally to the main axis
of the room.

The panels are decorated with a bas- relief

sunburst surrounded by radiating pairs of feathered wings in
gold leaf on a green ground. Mrs. Post' s adaptation varies

from the original in the substitution of the sunburst motif for
angels faces in the center of the panels and in the use of the
secular coats of arms rather than those of the monks of the

Accademia.

The ornamental ceiling is hung from steel eye beams leaving
a space for air conditioning equipment above.

The ceiling of the loggia is coffered.

The coffers are

decorated with man- and- hawk bosses.
d.

Lighting: Two Bristol chandeliers hang in the center of the
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room.

Old Spanish metal and glass lanterns hang from the

open archways to adjoining rooms. Additional lighting is

provided by table and floor lamps and directional lightingg
fixtures which focus on the needlework panels.

e.

Fireplace: The tall hooded fireplace was designed by Joseph
Urban to dominate the wall of the living room opposite the
main entrance door.

The hood is semicircular and ribbed,

each rib decorated with rope moldings. Between the ribs and

at the peak of the hood are gold bosses in the shape of

human heads. The hood is supported at each side by a stone
bracket and three stepped spiral columns. The cornice of the

hood is machicolated with a floral molding above and a
sunburst and wing decoration on the soffit. The rectangular
fireplace surround and hearth are of Doria stone and
travertine marble.

The Post coat of arms in bas- relief is

above the fireplace opening.

The curved antique firescreen

is of wrought iron.
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f.

Openings:

1.

A triple- arched opening which separates the living
room and loggia consists of a large central pointed

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arch flanked by two smaller arches. It is approached
by three marble steps. The arches spring from paired
spiral columns with acanthus capitals and bases

composed of carved free- standing lion figures on

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pedestals. The soffits and reveals are decorated with
an arabesque motif.

The panel above the three arches is decorated with
heraldic symbols.

The arches in the cornice are

subdivided into pairs of round- arched openings with

a lantern in each opening. Secondary openings
between the loggia and living room consist of pointed
arches with balustrades in a quatrefoil pattern; panels

above are decorated with floriated heraldic cresting
and coat of arms in gold leaf on plaster.
2.

Doorways into the cloister and anterooms to the

dining room and library are similar to the arched
openings to the loggia. The doorway to the cloister
is

filled

with

an

elaborate

wrought- iron

grille

composed of a surround, overdoor, and two glass-

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 backed rectangular grille doors.
3.

Doorway to the Monkey Loggia is filled with a
paneled

screen

decorated

with

cherub

bosses

corresponding to the door from the entrance hall.
Two rectangular doors are in the screen.
4.

The rectangular windows between the living room
and cloister have molded valances with fleur-de- lis

cresting and wrought- iron screens.

There are two

casement sash per opening. The windows flank the
door to the cloister.
5.

Monkey Loggia: The monkey loggia is a rectangular
room (approximately 12' by 35') immediately to the
south of the living room. It provides a connection
between the living room and the glass- enclosed tea
house called the " Tent Room" which was built in
1964.

The name comes from the carved monkeys

with which Franz Barwig decorated the loggia.
a.

Floor:

b.

Walls:

Ceramic tile.

I.

The walls are plaster with round-

arched panels of Spanish tiles in blue, yellow,
white, and brown. Most of the tiles are 5- 1/ 2"

by 11" and 5- 1/ 2" square. The tiles with the
lettering " Plus Ultra" are some of the oldest
used in the house.

The trim and carved

monkeys are of Doria stone.

Ceiling:

c.

Barrel- vaulted with cement- finish

plaster.

d.

Openings: The three arched openings into the

Tent Room" are filled with glass- backed

wrought- iron grilles. The reverse sides of the

living room doors are finished with flush
boards and strap hinges.
Lighting:

e.

Sheet metal and glass Spanish

lantern.
6.

Dining Room: The dining room is approached through an anteroom with
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frescoed walls, marble tile floor, and beamed ceiling. An open arch in the
northwest corner of the living room leads into the anteroom and a second
arched and draped opening leads to the dining room. The dining room has
nearly rectangular ( approximately 30' by 50') plan with two corner walls
at a diagonal.

Minor doorways lead into the entrance hall and into the

butler' s pantry. The Renaissance decoration of the room is copied from
a room in the Chigi Palace in Rome. The inlaid table has been previously
described.

a.

Floor: Black and white marble tiles are set in a diagonal checkered
The floor is covered with an

pattern with travertine surround.

oriental rug.

b.

Walls:

The plaster walls are covered with canvas painted with

seascapes copied from frescoes in the Chigi Palace. The walls are

divided into large segmental and smaller rectangular panels by
combination pilasters -

3/ 4 engaged columns.

The multicolored

simulated marble columns and travertine pilasters have composite
capitals of gilded acanthus eaves.

This treatment varies from the

room in the Chigi Palace where the columns were trompe l' oeil.

The tops of the panels are heavily molded and ornamented with
gold- leaf swags and bearded faces.

Bulbous extensions of the

column capitals support the ceiling beams.
c.

Ceiling: Ceiling beams span the short dimension of the room. Basrelief floriated and classical egg- and- dart moldings define curvilinear
panels painted in sky patterns on canvas.

d.

Lighting:

There are two chandeliers of gilded carved wood with

flower- shaped fabric light diffusers.
e.

Fireplace:

The travertine surround has a baroque

pediment with egg- and- dart and cavetto moldings.

Scallop shell

and floral decorations fill the pediment.
7.

Library: Approached through an anteroom at the southwest corner of the

living room, the library is basically rectangular in plan( approximately 20'
by 40') with irregular diagonal corners at the fireplace wall. The paneled
decoration is of Georgian inspiration.
Pegged oak boards.

a.

Floor:

b.

Walls: The paneled walnut wainscot is approximately 10' high with
a heavy wooden cornice. Above that, the wall is plaster with a
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 plaster cornice in combinations of dentil, egg- and- dart, and other
classical moldings.

c.

Ceiling: Plaster ceiling in a bas- relief geometric panel pattern.

d.

Fireplace:

The rectangular opening has a green marble facing

surrounded by a wide mitered walnut molding.

The mantle frieze

is carved in a floriate pattern. The cornice has dentils and cavetto

In the panel above the mantel is a fixed painting of a
seascape surrounded by carved wooden swags. The fireplace wall
is set off by fluted Ionic pilasters.

moldings.

e.

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f.

Lighting: Wooden sconces and table lamps.
Openings: Doorways and window trim have the same floral pattern
There are two
as the wainscot cornice and fireplace frieze.
rectangular openings with glass and metal frame doors between the

library and cloister.

French doors open onto the terrace at the

southwest corner at the monkey loggia.
8.

Baby House ( Children' s Suite or Deenie' s House):
Accessible from the first level cloister and by means of a curving stairway
from the upper loggia, from the Dutch Room and assistant secretary' s

office. The suite consists of a vestibule, sitting room, nurse' s bedroom and

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bath, child' s room and bath, and a sleeping porch.
a.

Vestibule: Pegged wooden floor; paneled ceiling; plaster walls with

wooden paneled wainscot and framed tapestry panel; paneled door
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with silver plated hardware.

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b.

Sitting Room ( Baby' s Play Room): Pe gged wooden floor; plaster

ceiling with wooden cornice and cove lighting. Walls are paper on
plaster. Fireplace has a surround of wood, mirror, and marble, and

a wooden veneer and mirror mantle with mirror panel above. There

is a display case of mirror panels; a heating grill has reeded column
and the flush wooden doors have silver- plated and
surround;
transparent plastic hardware. To the west of this room is the maid' s
room and bath.

c.

Child' s Room ( Baby' s Bedroom): This is the main room in the
suite. It has a rectangular sleeping space and an apsidal sitting area

with tall arched windows and a beehive fireplace.

The pegged

wooden floor is partially covered with a rug woven in medieval
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 fairy tale motifs based on Joseph Urban illustrations.
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A pink bas-

relief wild rose pattern covers the fireplace and spreads over the

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plaster walls into the sleeping area. The wild rose motif is repeated
in the fire screen, the door hinges, and the crystal chandeliers. The

sitting area has a half-domed ceiling and is separated from the
sleeping area by a wide arch. The six casement windows have
exterior grilles with copper inserts. The day sleeping porch is west
of the main sleeping area. The silver-plated squirrel door handles

and the squirrel bed have already been described.
d.

Child' s Bathroom:

Two rows of tiles illustrating familiar nursery
rhymes ring the room at a child' s eye level. The rug is woven in
childhood scenes.

9.

Owner' s Suite:

Accessible from the south end of the cloister, and by a
stairway from the maid' s quarters, secretary' s office, and upper loggia. The
Owner' s Suite consists of Pine Hall ( an antechamber), a vestibule ( Louis
XV Hall),

the owner' s bedroom, toilet, bath and dressing room, and the

Norwegian Room and bath;

a.

Pine Hall, antechamber and sitting room:
1.

Floor:

2.

Walls: Walls have wooden panels, cornice, and trim. Large

Pegged wooden floor with oriental rug.

oil paintings above the wainscot are painted

applied to the plaster walls.

on canvas

The fireplace wall is entirely

paneled.

3.

4.

Ceiling: Plaster ceiling with raised geometric moldings.
Lighting: Two skylights, a central crystal chandelier, and
table lamps.

5.

Fireplace: The fireplace opening has a veined black marble
facing and contains pieces of mined resin, backlighted to
simulate glowing coals, in a cast- iron brazier. The wooden
mantel has egg- and- dart molding. The arched overmantel
panel

contains

a

carved

bas- relief

rose

tree

which

incorporates floral pedestals upon which small figurines are

The mantel and overmantel are enclosed by fluted
columns supporting a broken Baroque pediment.
placed.

6.

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Openings:

Double sliding doors and double wrought-iron
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 doors separate the Pine Hall from the cloister. A glazed door

of ten panes leads to the exterior iron stairway to the groundAnother door opens to the stairway to the
maid' s quarters, secretary' s office, and upper loggia.
level terrace.

Vestibule:

b.

It provides access from Pine Hall into the owner' s

bedroom and the Norwegian Room.
1.

2.

Floor:

Black and white marble tile.

Wall treatments include panels painted in floral

Walls:

patterns, a mirror panel, and a false door.

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3.

Ceiling: Flat plaster dome with gilded classical cornice and
painted floral motif.

4.

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Doors:

Two doors in sequence per opening, one hung, one
sliding. Doors are painted with medallions containing dancing
figures.

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The Owner' s Bedroom: Rectangular in plan, approximately 24' by

c.

36'.

Decorated in Louis XVI style.
1.

Floor:

2.

Walls:

Wooden parquetry with marble baseboard.
Above the paneled wainscoting, painted

wooden molding separates the walls into large panels.
These panels are filled with linen inserts painted with

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floral swags. Above each door is a paper insert with
urn and floral decoration.

Ceiling: Plaster with a central bas- relief medallion

3.

and wide coved cornice.

4.

Lighting:

Crystal and gilded brass chandelier and

sconces.

Fireplace:

5.

The rectangular opening has an iron

surround and marble hearth.

The fire dogs and

fenders and tools are of polished brass. The marble

mantel has gold-plated metal inserts and a mirrored
panel above.

6.

Decorative feature: The draped canopy above the bed
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cornice line. Drapery swags fall from the canopy and
are tied back at each side of the headboard.
7,

Openings: Doors are three paneled with tiny rosettes
at the corners of the panels and have bracketed
Hardware

cornices.

between

the

is

owner' s

gold-plated.
bedroom,

Doorways

vestibule

and

Norwegian Room have two doors in sequence per

opening, one sliding and one hinged. Two roundarched openings, each containing two French doors,
open

onto

the

room- level

terrace

at

the

south

elevation.

d.

Clothes closet and trunk room.

e.

Toilet room off corridor between the owner' s bedroom and

bath- dressing room; electrically-operated safe.
f.

Bath and Dressing Room:
1.

2.

Flooring: Tile and marble with rug cover.
Walls:

Walls are multicolored onyx marble and

ceramic tile with marble trim and classical cornice;

tiled tub recess has marble surround; lavatory recess
is similar.
3.

Ceiling: Flat and vaulted plaster ceiling, flat arch
between bathing and dressing areas.

4.

Lighting:
lighting.

5.

Fireplace: Marble fireplace surround, mantel carved

Lamps,

in floral pattern.

sconces,

lanterns,

and

cove

Iron facing in fireplace opening;

brass fireplace hardware.
6.

Openings:

The apsidal end of the dressing room is
perforated with five round- arched openings containing
two casement windows per opening.

An etched

mirror door leads into the closet.
7.

Notable hardware:

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Gilded brass door and plumbing

 hardware, antiqued bronze grilles.
Norwegian Room:

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Wood strips.

1.

Flooring:

2.

Walls:

3.

Ceiling: Beamed ceiling ( painted mahogany) with

Plaster.

acanthus leaves,

brackets supporting the beams;

painted joists.
Openings:

4.

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Casement windows and an extended bay

window at the east elevation.

Bath offNorwegian Room: Extensive use of antique Spanish

h.

tile in wainscot and shower recess.
10,

Vestibule- hall to Adam room, Spanish room, Venetian room, and to

Venetian bedrooms ( Guest House).
a.

Access from upper loggia.

Vestibule- hall:
1.
2.

Floor:

Ceramic tile.

Walls:

Pilaster with applied ceramic tile. A wooden grille

made of spool- turned panels divides the hall into sections.

Ceiling: Barrel- vaulted plaster ceiling with double strips of

3.

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ceramic tile spanning the vault at regular intervals.
Lighting: Spoon wall sconces; skylight baffled to obscure

4.

direct light.
Openings:

5.

Doors decorated with linear molded pattern.

hall overlooks upper part of living room.

b.

Closet off of vestibule -

c.

Vestibule to Adam Room:
1.

Flooring:

2.

Walls:

Wood strips.

Lacquered paper on plaster walls.

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3.

Ceiling:

4.

Lighting: Crystal chandelier.

Plaster with classic cornice.

Adam Room:

This guest bedroom, in a near- octagonal plan, is

Adamesque in style. The fireplace, decorative niches, and entrance
door occur in the four short diagonal faces.

An elliptical plaster

decoration on the ceiling is reflected in the rug design.

Adjacent

bathroom and closets. Unit air conditioners, built- in safe and scales.

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1.

Floor:

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wood with rug
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2.

Walls:

Plaster walls with simple molded panel above the

chair rail, elaborate classical cornice at the ceiling with light
Adamesque plaster details.
3.

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Ceiling: Plaster, with bas- relief elliptical pattern and
center piece.

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4.

Lighting: Crystal chandelier.

5.

Fireplace: Marble mantel and surround in Adamesque detail.

6.

Openings:

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Plasters frame three round- arched openings

containing casement windows.

7.

Decorative features:

Canopy and drapery above two single

beds.

e.

Spanish Room ( guest bedroom), adjacent bath and closets, bath has

small balcony at northeast corner, built- in safe and scales.
1.

Floor:

2.

Walls: Earth- colored plaster walls of rough texture with tile

Black glazed tile with rug cover.

inserts: projecting plaster wainscot.
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3.

Ceiling: The exposed beams of the ceiling are painted with
polychromatic

patterns.

The coffers are decorated with

Spanish crests.
4.

Fireplace:

The round corner fireplace is hooded and has a

stepped- arch opening.

The opening is faced with ceramic

tile and the hood is covered with a mosaic of tile pieces.
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 Above the opening is a miniature arcade cloister containing
ceramic figures.
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5.

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Openings:

Balcony at southeast corner, paneled wooden

doors in square and rectangular patterns;

silver

plated

hardware.
f.

Sleeping Porch: Located south of the Spanish room; plaster walls
and deep coffered wooden ceiling, carved beams in den*il pattern.

g.

Venetian Room: This sitting room opens onto the covered way and
terrace above the porte- cochere which serves as a passage to the

Venetian bedrooms.

These areas once served as a suite for older

children and are now guest rooms.

g,

f

1.

Flooring: Ceramic tile floor with rug covering.

2.

Walls:

3.

Ceiling: Plaster, camp roof shape with no division between

Plaster with no trim.

the walls and ceiling.
4.

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Lighting: Venetian crystal chandelier in colored floral motif
mirror frames match the chandelier).

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5.
6.

Fireplace:

Carved marble mantel and surround.

Windows: Round- arched openings, two casement windows
per opening.

7.

Doorways and doors: Solid wooden doors with patterns of

circles in bas- relief;
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11.

rope molding rim.

Passage for the upper loggia circumvents the upper part of the living room
to the Portuguese room.

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12.

Portuguese Room:

Wooden paneled wall and wainscot, wooden paneled

ceiling in camp roof shape, five arched casement windows; adjacent bath
connects with Dutch room; adjacent is the " Seven Window Balcony," with
seven arched openings into the upper part of the living room and seven
arched openings, expressed on the east elevation. ( This space is partly
filled by air conditioning equipment.)

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13.

Dutch Room: Bathroom adjacent, door to bathroom off Portuguese room,

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 stair to upper loggia.

Wood.

a.

Flooring:

b.

Walls: Plaster with wooden cornice, paneled pilasters, and wainscot.

c.

Ceilings:

Above the cornice is a plaster cove.

The horizontal

portion of the ceiling is composed of wooden panels delineated by
heavy moldings.
d.

Fireplace: The projecting chimney piece has fluted columns at the
corners and three wooden panels beneath the cornice.

The

remainder of the surface is set with Dutch Delft tiles. The fireplace

opening is faced with brass. There is a small bracketed mantel shelf
mounted on the tile facing.
e.

Windows:

Leaded- glass casement

windows

in round- arched

opening.

14.

Vestibule to the American room and stairway to the first level cloister:

Ceramic tile floor in concentric pattern, domed plaster ceiling painted in
a lilies-of-the- valley motif. The door to the stairway has twenty- four
carved wooden panels in animal, floral, and human figure motifs.

The

reverse side of the door has stepped panels. Hardware is silver plated.
15.

American Room: Bedroom with adjacent bathroom and closet.
a.

Floor:

Wood.

b.

Walls: Paper on plaster, paneled wooden wainscot, wooden cornice.

c.

Ceiling:

d.

Fireplace: Marble surround and hearth, mantel shelf, pilasters, and

Plaster.

overmantel panel.

16.

Gothic

Stair:

Spiral

staircase

between

upper loggia

and

cloister.

Construction of Doria stone and stucco in the Gothic style.
a.

Stone treads with carpet runner.

b.

Tile risers.

c.

Ceiling is vaulted with stone ribs which continue down the walls
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I

 Exhibit " A" to Application
for Special Exception No.

by The Mar- a-Lago Club, Inc.

Being all that part of the North 610. 00 feet of the South 1170. 00 feet of Government Lot 2 of

Section 35, Township 43, South, Range _ 3 East, in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Florida, lying West of Ocean Boulevard ( State Road AlA) Right of Way and more
particularly described as follows, to- wit:

Beginning at a point on the We

face of an existing seawall on the East shore of Lake Worth,

which point is 560. 00 feet North of, measured at Right Angles to the South line of Government

Lot 2, of said Section 35; thence North 6° 09' 22" West along the West face of said seawall for
a distance of 77. 32 feet; thence North 10° 23' 23" East along the West face of said seawall for a
distance of 539. 50 feet to a point in the South line of BINGHAM-COPP TRACT, a Subdivision
recorded in Plat book 1_,

Page 6, Palm Beach County Public Records; thence run South
12' 07" East along the South line of said BINGHAM-COPP TRACT for a distance of 1134. 10
feet to a point in the Westerly R/ W line of Ocean Boulevard( State Road AlA); thence run South
0° 09' 07" East for a distance of 82. 59 feet to a Point of curvature; thence run Southerly along the
arc of a curve concaved to the Southwest having a radius of 1412.69 feet and a central angle of

3° 03' 00" for a distance of 75. 20 feet to a point of tangency; thence run South 2° 53" 53" West for
a distance of 176. 28 feet to a point of curvature; thence run Southwesterly along the arc of a
curve concaved to the Northwest having a radius of 2869.03 feet and a central angle of 2° 53' 53"
West for a distance of 127. 27 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence continue

Southwesterly along the arc of a curve, concaved to the Northwest having a radius of 158. 68 feet
and a central angle of 86° 26' 30" for a distance of 239. 38 feet to a point of tangency; thence run

North 88° 12' 07" West along the North line of Southern Boulevard( State Road 80) for a distance
of 1040.43 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 16. 3760 Acres, more or less;
and

The West one- half( W 1/ 2) of Lot 20 and the South 15 feet of the East one- half( E 1/ 2) of Lot
20 and the South 15 feet of the West one- half (W 1/ 2) of Lot 21, all in BINGHAM-COPP

TRACT, a subdivision in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, as recorded in
Plat Book 18, Page 6, Palm Beach County Public Records, containing 0. 1894 Acres, more or less;
Together with an easement for the use of the tunnel under South Ocean Boulevard ( State Road

AlA) as described in that certain Quit Claim Easement Deed recorded in Official Record Book
2327, Page 1970 of the Palm Beach County Public Records and access to the ocean over the

parcel consisting of the South 358 feet of the North 403 feet of the South 1170 feet of
Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 43 South, Range 43 East, Palm Beach County, Florida.

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1.

 Exhibit " B" to

Application for Special Exception No.

by The Mar-a-Lago Club, Inc.
Compliance with Special Exception Requirements

In its conversion from a so- called Large Residential Estate to

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a private social club,

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the actual usage of Mar-a-Lago will not change. No new activity will occur which cannot,

not or has not taken place in the past under the existing zoning
seeks no physical change whatsoever to the property (

does

of this property. The applicant

such as, for instance, the addition or
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demolition of any improvement).

A special exception, not a variance, is
demonstrated.

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sought.

Therefore, no hardship need be

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If the criteria for a special exception are met, the special exception must be

granted and cannot be denied as a discretionary matter.

The conversion of Mar-a-Lago into a club is a special exception which complies
with all requirements of Section 6.4 of Appendix A,

Code of Ordinances of the Town
" Zoning",

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The use is a permitted special exception as set forth in the Schedule of Use
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b)

The use is so designed, located and proposed

to be operated that the public

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will be protected;

The use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in

the neighborhood where it is to be located;
d)

The use will be compatible with adjoining development and the intended

purpose of the district in which it is located;

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e)

The use will comply with yard, other open space, and any special

requirements set out in the Schedule of District Regulations for the particular use involved;
f)

The use will comply with all elements of the Comprehensive Plan;

g)

The use will not result in substantial economic,

noise, glare, or odor impacts on adjoining properties and properties generally in the district;
h)

Adequate ingress and egress to the property and proposed structures thereon

and off-street parking and loading areas will be provided where required, with particular reference

to automotive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, and access in case
of fire or catastrophe;

i)

Signs, if any, and proposed exterior lighting with reference to glare, traffic

safety, and economic impact, will be compatible and in harmony with properties in the district;
j)

The location, availability and compatibility of utility service for the use will

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be satisfactory to insure health and safety;
k)

The refuse and service areas for the use will not adversely affect automotive

and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, or access in case of fire or
catastrophe;

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Adequate landscaping and screening is provided as required; and

r)

The proposed use will not place a greater burden, than would be caused by

a permitted use, on municipal police services due to increased traffic, or on fire protection
services due to the existence of, or increased potential for, fire/safety code violations.

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of Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances and consists of a current survey of Mar-a-Lago and
site drawings.

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This zoning report is presented in accordance with Section 9. 60 of the ordinance

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A Development Impact Report is attached to this chapter in accordance with

change in use.
Section 9. 61.

The following response is made in alphabetical and numerical sequence as

established in the ordinance.
a.

The property is presently in the ownership and control of Donald J. Trump.

The Mar- a- Lago Club, Inc. is a contract vendee.
b.

The detailed use of the facility is outlined in Chapters One and Eight. No

physical changes in the buildings or grounds are to be made so that there will be no change in
the character of the property.
c.

A general location map of the site is indicated on the site plan.

d.

Two copies of a site plan, sheet 12 and a current survey, are provided

iwhich indicate information required by items ( 1)
e.

through ( 8) inclusive.

The tabulation of land area is as follows:
Square Feet

1.

Private Club use ( total site)

713, 341

2.

Ground Cover by structure

48, 648

3.

Impervious surface in addition
69, 765

to structure

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1.

Space has been allocated as shown on the existing plan to provide

valet, non structured parking for 319 spaces.

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The site is a designated national and local

 landmark.

The vegetation on site makes a major contribution to landmark status. The parking

is short time parking. It is intended to be located on existing paved areas, under the landscape
canopy so that the canopy may not be altered and on grassed areas along the entrance drive and
to the west, both of which have been used historically for that purpose. Access to the landscaped

area to the south will be by way of a cart path now crossing the site.
2.

There presently is the mansion and two other staff buildings on the

site yielding a density of .17 units per acre.
All facilities on the site will be maintained by the Club. See the Principles

g.

of Preservation in Chapter Two, Maintenance and Inspection Schedule in Chapter Seven, and the

Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and Rules of the Club in Chapter Eight.
Storm drainage and sanitary sewage connections will be maintained in their

h.

present condition.

No new structures are requested. The Club will function within the present

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buildings on the site.

j.

No new signs are requested.

k.

The site plan attached indicates the location of existing foliage which is

described, by area, in Chapter Six.

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The use of the building and grounds is recreational.

m.

Not applicable.

n.

Not applicable.

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A-LAGO CLUB, INC.

Introduction

This report is pursuant to paragraph "( 9. 61) Application" per Appendix A, The

Zoning Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, particularly as described on
page 2106.

This report will evaluate the below listed specifically requested impacts that the
proposed development may cause in accordance to the above referenced paragraph.

We define

these impacts as Level I impacts:
LEVEL I

INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS

Utility Services
A. Storm Water Sewers
B.

Sanitary sewer

C.

Garbage and trash collection

D.

Traffic

Additionally, this report will evaluate the impacts to other services which are not

necessarily Town provided services but are services deemed necessary for this proposed use. We
refer to these as Level II impacts.
LEVEL II
E.

Potable water

F.

Power

G.

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H.

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Telephone

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Cable television

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Fire Protection

Level I Impacts

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1

 Infrastructure and Operations - Utilities
A.

Storm Water Services

The existing site contributes a very small amount of storm water run-off into the
Town Storm Water System."
Caretaker residence.

This occurs at the service drive entrance onto A- 1- A at the

Less than 1/ 2 acre of contributing area is involved.

IMPACT

The proposed Club will not change this existing drainage pattern. Therefore, there

will not be any development related impact to the storm water system of the Town nor any
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increases in the operations ( maintenance) activities.
NOTE:

Existing outfalls to the intracoastal will be maintained.

There will be no

requirements for dredge and fill activities. The storm water to be discharged will not exceed the

rate of discharge occurring in the present condition.
SUMMARY

This proposed use will not change the Town' s drainage system.
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The existing Mansion and related buildings are presently served by the Town' s

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This station receives sewage from a sewage collection system on the grounds that

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activities at this location.

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IMPACT

The existing pumping station will remain its present location. The existing sewer
connection is adequate to accommodate the change in use, causing no impact on the sanitary
sewer system.

C.

Garbage and Trash Collection

At the present time garbage is picked up daily from the residences at Mar-a- Lago.
Trash is centrally located for pick-up once a week at a central collection area accessed off
Southern Boulevard.

The proposed club will contract for garbage removal through a private service.

Trash consisting of landscape trimmings will be placed in the central location to be picked up
weekly as it now is done.

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SUMMARY

Although the volume of garbage and trash will likely be greater than exists today,

the impact on the town will be less due to contract service. Operations will be equivalent to any
residential house building program in the Town.

Trash removed will not increase since the

amount of landscape space will be unchanged.
D.

Traffic

A separate traffic impact analysis is included in Chapter Nine.
Level II Impacts
E.

Potable Water, F.

Power, G.

Gas,

H. Telephone,

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These services are provided by franchise companies.

availability for the change in use.

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Cable Television

All have the service

 IMPACT

None

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SUMMARY

There is no impact to the Town for these services.
F.

Fire Protection

The existing property is served by 3 fire hydrants located exterior to the property
around the perimeter streets surrounding Mar-a- Lago. The service entrance gate has been sized

to accommodate fire fighting apparatus and remain open by Agreement.
IMPACT

The generic uses within the structure, i.e., dining, sleeping, socializing, etc. are not

to be changed nor will the numbers of people using the building at a given time increase.
SUMMARY

There will be no change on the requirement for fire protection due to proposed
change in use.

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Adley Brisson Engman, Inc. Comprehensive Plan:
Adopted 1989, Amended 1991.

Town of Palm Beach.

Alterations and Additions - Mar-a- Lago, Palm Beach,

dated April 7, 1961 prepared by Wheth, King
and Johnson Architects.
The Last Resorts.

Amory, Cleveland.
New York:
Ash, Jennifer.

Brothers, 1948.

Harper &

Private Palm Beach. New

Abbeville Press, 1992.

York, London, Paris:

Babcock, Richard F.

The Zoning Game; Municipal
Madison, Wisconsin:

Policies and Practices.

The University of Wisconsin Press, 1956.
Bellew, Patricia. " Mar-a- Lago Lookers: No Buyers,"

The Miami Herald, June 29, 1981.

Carter, Randolph and Cole, Robert Reed.

Joseph Urban; Architecture, Theatre
Opera, Film. New York, London, Paris:

Abbeville Press, 1992.
Code of Ordinances:

Town of Palm Beach.

Tallahassee, Florida:

Municipal Code

Corporation, 1991.

Curl, Donald W. Mizner' s Florida; America Resort
Architecture.

New York, Massachusetts

and London, England:

The Architectural

History Foundation and The MIT Press, 1984.
Curl, Donald W. Palm Beach County.
Northridge, California:
Windsor Publications, Inc., 1986.

Dunlap, David W. " Resolving Property ' Takings';
Courts Seem to Tilt in Favor of Owners."
The New York Times, August 23, 1992.
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 Dunstan Recital Given at Home of E.F. Hutton

Very Largely Attended."

West Palm Beach,

Florida Times, March 15, 1928.

E. F. Huttons Give Circus in Florida,"
The New York Times, March 12, 1929.
E. F. Huttons Hosts at Ballet Intime; Entertain

a Large Company in the Patio of their
Palm Beach Villa"

The New York Times,

March 14, 1927.
El Mirasol Lake Frontage Sold:

22- Acre Tract

Will be Subdivided to Form 56 Separate Plots."

Gray, Dorothy. " Animal-Lovers Swarm to Mar- a-Lago."
Palm Beach Daily News, February 15, 1973.
Gray, Dorothy. "

Mar- a- Lago:

the Bills?"

Who' s Going to Pay
Palm Beach Daily News,

November 9, 1973.
Hoffstot, Barbara D.

Palm Beach.

Landmark Architecture of

Pittsburg: Ober Park

Associates, 1980.

Hundreds Attend Benefit Tea for Animal Rescue
League at Mar-a- Lago, E.F. Hutton Home."
Palm Beach Post, March 15, 1928.

Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation,
Fifth Edition, 1991.

Johnson, Shirley and Schezen, Roberto.
Palm Beach Houses. New York:

Rizzoli

International Publications, 1991.
Knott, James R.

Palm Beach Revisited: Historical

Vignettes of Palm Beach County. Privately
printed, 1987.
Knott, James R. Palm Beach Revisited II:

Historical

Vignettes of Palm Beach County. Privately
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Knott, James R.

Revisited III.

Privately printed, 1990.

Yesterday' s Palm Beach.

McIver, Stuart B.

E.A. Seeman Publishing,

Miami, Florida:

Inc., 1976.

Mills, Edwin S.

Urban

Economics.

Glenview, Illinois and London: Scott, Foresman

and Company, 1972.
Miss Eleanor' s Room" - Author and date illegible.

Mrs. E.F. Hutton Plans Large Party at Palm
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N.Y. Evening Sun, March 12, 1927.

Mrs. Hutton Hires Circus for a Little Party"
Illustrated News, March 3, 1929.
Musgrove, Martha. " Does Anyone Want Mar- a- Lago?"

Palm Beach Post-Times, April 29, 1979.
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Storm Brewing Over What To Do

with Post Estate,"

Palm Beach Post- Times,

September 21, 1975.

Palm Beach County, Traffic Performance Standards,
June 16, 1992.

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Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hutton, Palm Beach, Florida"

prepared by Norman E. Bennett and Co.,

undated

sheets 5, 6, 9, 10, 17, 24, 29 and three unnumbered sheets.

Portuguese Room - Furniture Plan - Undated, Un-numbered,
no author.

Pratt, Theodore.

That Was Palm Beach.

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Great Outdoors,

1968.

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 Reilly, William K., ed. The Use of Land: A
Citizen' s Policy Guide to Urban Growth.
New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell Company, 1973.
Sheeran, James Jennings, with Haas,
Pamela J. The Palm Beach
Book of Facts &

First.

Palm

Beach, Florida: The Palm Beach

Social Pictorial, 1989.
Short and Ford Architects. Princeton University
Graduate College: A Plan for Preservation
and Rehabilitation.

Privately printed, 1986.

Short and Ford Architects.

The University Cottage

Club, Princeton, New Jersey: A Preservation
Plan.

Privately printed, 1985.

Sobotka, Jon. " For Preservation Foundation:

Benefit at Mar-a-Lago is a Sellout."

Palm Beach Daily News, March 6, 1982.

Society Attends Play at E.F. Hutton Estate."
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Society Turns Rube, Has Big Time at Hutton Circus."
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The Junior League of the Palm Beaches, Inc.
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Tampa, Florida:

Engraving Co.,

Hillsboro Printing &
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U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park
Service, Preservation Assistance Division.

The Secretary of the Interior' s Standards
for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for

Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing

Office, 1977, 1990.
Wright, William. Heiress; The Rich Life of

Marjorie Merriweather Post. Washington,
D. C.: New Republic Books, 1978.

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d.

Metal handrail.

e.

Spoon- shaped sconces.

Tower: The tower is accessible from the vestibule to the Spanish, Venetian,

and Adam rooms. The tower has three levels: two with sleeping areas and
baths and an observation level.

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a.

A spiral stair with wooden treads and carpet runner approaches the
first level. It has plaster walls and ceiling and an iron handrail.

b.

On the first level are sleeping and sitting rooms and a bath.

c.

An irregular " L" stair continues to the next level.

d.

From the second level, an open iron spiral stair goes to the

observation area. It has a chain link handrail and vertical ties. The

manufacturer was Du Inage Spiral Stair Company of Baltimore,
Maryland.

e.

The observation area is nearly octagonal in plan. Framing is of
wood with carved corbeled brackets in a tusk and tongue motif.
Ceramic tile trims the openings and covers the floor. The balconies
have turned wooden balustrades.

18.

Dance Pavilion: Accessible from the west lawn and by a stairway from the
southwest end of the cloister.

a.

Cloak Room.

b.

Projection Room: There is a filly-equipped projection room at the
east end.
Air conditioning equipment is under the floor. Adjacent
is the serving pantry and bar.

c.

Dance Floor:

The rectangular space is approximately 30' by 50'.
Interior arcades with Moorish horseshoe arches parallel the long
dimension at approximately 2' from the window walls.
1.

2.

Floor:

Walls:

Wooden parquetry.
Paneled wainscot below panels of acoustical tile

behind diamond- shaped wooden grilles.

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3.

Cove ceiling with wooden batten pattern over

Ceiling:

acoustical tile.

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4.

Arcade:

Painted wooden columns and composite capitals,

horseshoe arches, and exaggerated dentil cornice.
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Openings:

Arched openings with casement windows spin-

open a terrace on the north side.

6.

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Lighting: Cornice- cove fluorescent lighting operated by a
A chandelier is in each arch of the arcade with

rheostat.

three rows of stage lights and portable foot lights.
d.

Stage:

Located at west end of pavilion. Proscenium arch with

elevated stage floor, approximately 2' above dance floor level.
Painting of Arabian horseman on fixed backdrop, roll-type projection
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screen in backstage area.

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19.

20.

Doors to toilets flank stage.

Telephone room.

Secretary' s Cottage: Located on the
to servants' quarters and laundry.

north side of the west lawn, attached

a.

Entry hall from covered way.

b.

Living room: Wooden floor, plaster walls and ceiling, fireplace.

c.

Two bedrooms and two baths for secretary and assistant.

d.

Passage to service courtyard, servants' quarters, laundry, and garage.

Kitchen service area:

Located adjacent to the dining room and the north

end of the cloister.

a.

Butler' s pantry ( space between dining room and main kitchen).
1.

Storage for glassware and china, silver safe for flatware.

2.

Refrigerated storage areas for cut flowers and condiments.

3.

Telephone receptionist' s office.

4.

Spiral iron stair to basement area # 3.

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 Main kitchen: Food preparation and storage areas.

b.

1.

Frozen vegetables and fruits.

2.

Utensils.

3.

Sinks, ranges, ovens, hot- plates, and broilers.

4.

Built-in refrigerator, quick- freezer, vegetable sink, anc dry
storage.

Storage for soaps, toilet materials, etc.

c.

Janitor' s closet:

d.

Steward' s office and toilet.

e.

Staff dining room.

f.

Dining room for secretary and small children.

g.

Staff quarters on second floor above main kitchen and staff dining
area.

Basement# 1:

h.

Accessible from service drive adjacent to the garage

and from staff dining room area.
1.

Walk- in cooler.

2.

Electric transformer vault.

3.

Electrical supply room.

4.

Main switchboard and generator.

5.

Tool and hardware storage.

6.

Workshop.

Basement # 2:

i.

1.

Storage for soaps and paper products.

2.

Dry storage and quick- freezer.

Basement # 3:

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Furniture storage.

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Telephone equipment.

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Stairway to butler' s pantry.

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Boiler room.

1.

Paint shop.

m.

Fallout shelters ( three).

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Garage:
capacity.

D.

Two- story separate building in service courtyard with a six-car
Quarters for four chauffeurs are on the second floor.

Site:

1.

General setting and orientation:

The seventeen-acre site is defined by fences and foliage to the north, a low
stuccoed masonry wall to the east paralleling South Ocean Boulevard, a
high masonry wall at the south, and open to the shores of Lake Worth to
the west. Access and egress is by an entrance gate and service gate on
Ocean Boulevard and a service gate at the north end of the property. A
palm- lined drive extends from the entrance gate to the porte- cochere.
2.

Outbuildings:

a.

Superintendent' s cottage:

Stucco over masonry, mission tile roof,

casement windows; two bedrooms and two baths, living room,
Florida" room, and an outbuilding used for laundry.
b.

Two sheltered waiting areas, one enclosed, at courtyard northeast

of the kitchen-service wing used as parking area for visitors' and
guests'

c.

autos.

Surplus two- car garage and adjacent outbuilding for tools and

equipment storage, dressing room and toilet for outside help.
d.

Glass house for indoor plant propagation, attached slat house for
indoor house plants, and slat house for palms.

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 e.

Staff quarters for seasonal help, masonry with tile roof, parking
spaces at ground level, attached " day rooms."

f.

Steward' s cottage, near Lake Worth, northwest corner of site:

one

bedroom, living room, kitchen, and bath.
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Nine-hole " pitch and putt" golf course with rest houses.

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Slat green house, mower shed, water pump, and tank housing:
storage garage for lawn equipment, and holding area for potted
plants at the southwest side of the site.

i.
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Tunnel to beach:

Reinforced concrete tunnel underneath South

Ocean Boulevard runs from the east lawn to the beach.

j.

Cabanas:
1.

Mens' dressing rooms and shower.

2.

Women' s dressing rooms and showers.

3.

Owner' s cabana, kitchen, bar, and sitting room.

4.

Heated saltwater pool, storage for pool equipment.

5.

Staff facilities.

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The landscaping was designed and implemented by the firm of Lewis and

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Valentine Nursery and consisted mostly of large seagrape trees and coconut palms.

The number

of other species was limited due to the nature of the microclimate constraint requiring highly salttolerant materials.

Oceanfront planting was a new specialty during this era and much of the plant

material we now take for granted was not yet being propagated for landscape use.

Lewis and

Valentine were not known for their design abilities but rather as one of a limited number of

nurseries large enough to supply and install plant materials for an estate the size of Mar-a- Lago.
Landscape architecture was not a regulated profession or a title protected by registration in
Florida at that time.

The plantings during the early years were largely damaged or destroyed due to the
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devastating hurricanes of 1926 and 1928.

During the 30' s two more hurricanes added new

damage, with the September 17, 1947 hurricane also taking its toll in plant materials.

During the war years, very little additional planting was installed. The vegetation
then existing was not properly nourished due to shortages and rationing.

The evidence of this

can be seen today in the condition of the royal palms, with the trunks being of varying diameter
along their length, pointing to years of alternately high and low fertility and moisture. A gumbo
limbo, blown over and growing in a horizontal manner, is testament to the storms experienced
over time.

From the late 1940' s until Mrs. Pcst' s death, several companies supplied landscape

materials and performed limited design work. One was Island Landscape Company which ceased

operations in the late 1950' s. Others were Boynton Landscape Company, Kelsey City Landscape

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 and Jim Grant Landscape.

During Mrs. Post' s life, most of the new planting was initiated by her in her desire
to incorporate materials she had seen and enjoyed in other locations and other properties.

She

had the royal palms installed in the somewhat allee configuration between the mansion and the
lake.

At other times, the property manager ordered new trees and plantings as he deemed

necessary for the appearance of the estate' s large garden. One thing is clear from the research
undertaken-- no single master landscape plan was adhered to and it is doubtful that one ever
existed.

The landscape was, nevertheless, altered frequently.

Large quantities of sabal palmettos still exist on site as do strangler fig, mastic and
Australian pine.

It is a certainty that these existed before construction of the mansion and many

were left in place and are found in random outcroppings around the site, particularly on the
property' s south side.

Over time, many mechanical, storage, staff dwelling and horticultural buildings
were erected.

Many of the planting beds in the lawn areas acted to buffer the buildings and

screen them from public view. At one time, all the plant materials for indoor use, cut and potted

flowers and annuals were grown, propagated and attended to by staff of thirty- six gardeners and
laborers.

Since the site consists of 18 acres and a vast amount of open area, a nine hole golf
course was built. The evidence of this is seen in old aerial photographs.

The tees and greens

still exist but have not been maintained as a golf course in many years.

Over 500 Cocos nucifera ( coconut palms) were part of the landscape and very tall
Jamaican coconut palms can be seen accenting the front of the mansion in early photographs.

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 There are less than 200 coconuts still left on the site due to lethal yellowing and, although they
continue to be inoculated, many more are expected to be lost.

Many years after the death of Mrs. Post, Donald Trump began a program of
landscape enrichment which consisted largely of the renourishment of the existing tree and shrub

species in an attempt to return to the verdant vigor of an earlier era. The most interesting and

healthy landscape plant specimens exist in and around the mansion itself. A large African tulip
tree, yellow tabebuia, Everglades palm, pigeon plum and gumbo limbo are among the healthy and

interesting forms which have been protected from off-shore storms by the imposing size of the
residence.

Lists of first, Trees and Palms, and second, Shrubs and Accents, follow the above,

brief history. A comprehensive Horticulture Inventory describe the current vegetation at Mar-aLago by areas shown in the site drawings in Chapter Eleven.

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Chrysalidocarpus lutescens

Areca Palm

Citrus spp.

Lime and Orange varieties

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Seagrape

Cocos nucifera

Coconut Palm

Conocarpus erectus

Green Buttonwood

Dictyospermum album

Princess Palm

Ficus spp.

Ficus Trees varieties

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Mango

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Mastic Tree

Persea americana

Avocado

Phoenix canariensis

Canary Island Date Palm

Phoenix reclinata

Senegal Date

Ptycosperma elegans

Solitaire Palm

Roystonea elata

Florida Royal

Spathodea campanualata

African Tulip Tree

Sabal palmetto

Cabbage Palm

Simaruba glauca

Paradise Tree

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Tropical Almond

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Caryota mitis

Fishtail Palm

Chrysobalanus icaco

Cocoplum

Clerodendrom speciosissimum

Glory Blower

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Seagrape Hedge

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Croton varieties

Crinum asiaticum

Ficus benjamina

Crinum Lily
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Weeping Fig

Ficus retusa nitida

Cuban Laurel

Hibiscus rosa- sinensis

Hibiscus varieties

Jasminum volubile

Wax Jasmine

Cryptostegia spp.
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Ligustrum lucidum

Glossy privet

Malvaviscus pendiflorus

Turk' s Cap

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Chalcas

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Oleander varieties

Pandanus utilis

Screw Pine

Pittosporum tobira

Green Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira variegata

Variegated Pittosporum

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HORTICULTURAL INVENTORY

ENTRY, DRIVEWAY AND AREA 1

The entry off South Ocean Boulevard( currently the service drive) is characterized
by a seagrape ( 6') hedge on either side of a narrow strip of glass. Young coconut palms have

been planted to reforest those lost to lethal yellowing. An Australian pine hedge divides the
motor court from the entry driveway. This entry is dotted with an occasional Australian pine tree
of up to forty feet.

The parking area ( motor court) is separated from residential units to the north by
an Australian pine hedge, a partial chain link fence and a bougainvillea covered wall which
echoes the Spanish- Moorish architecture.

A large lawn area flanks the garage and laundry building with an Australian pine
hedge of two different heights ( 6' and 10'),

a cluster of sabal palmettos and oleander under

planting.
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There is a large pigeon plum ( cocoloba diversifolia) to the south of the wooden

storage building. Beyond the storage building are croton and gumbo limbo.

The hedge to the

north is Ficus nitida.

The open vista to the Atlantic Ocean, Area 1, is across a grassed area with a

limited number of palms and a cluster of sea grapes at the southeastern portion of the vista.

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 AREA 2

Area 2 is occupied by a tennis court and a slat ( green) house.
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covered with allamanda vines divides an asphalt path from a childrens play area with playground
equipment.

Lar e sab,,l palms and a visual screen of mixed tropical planting separate the tennis

court and play area from the open lawn vista to the south.
Plant materials in Area 2:
TREES:

Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)

Spathodea campanulata ( African tulip tree)
Veitchi merrilli ( adonidia palm)

Simaruba gluaca ( gumbo limbo)
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Dictyospermum album ( princess palm)

Brassaia actinophylla ( schefflera)

Ficus altissima ( banyan)

Phoenix roebelleni ( pigmy date palm)

SHRUBS:

Allamanda cathartica ( yellow allamanda)

Acalypha spp. (
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Nerium oleander ( oleander)
Hibiscus ( mixed species)

Jasmine samba (" grand duke")

Codiaeum spp. (

croton)

Galphimia gracilis ( thyrallis)

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 AREA 3

Area 3 is occupied by a single family home, a portion of a slat house, an apartment
building with parking underneath, and a large asphalt drive and parking area.

There is a large ficus tree to the south of the existing single family house, sabal
palmettos, royal palms and a copperleaf hedge which separates the open lawn and vista from the

staff dwelling units.
Plant material separating this area from the open vista include sabal palmetto,
gumbo limbo, ficus hedge, Australian pine, copperleaf and a senegal date palm.
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Plant materials in Area 3:
TREES:

Ficus altissima ( banyan)
Casaurina equisetifolia ( Australian pine)
Roystonea vegia ( Florida royal palm)

Phoenix reclinata ( senegal date palm)
Bursera simaruba ( gumbo limbo)
Cocos nucifera var. malayan ( coconut palm)
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fruit tree)

SHRUBS:

Acalypha spp. ( copperleaf)
Codiaeum spp. ( mixed croton species)
Hibiscus spp. ( mixed hibiscus species)
Sanchesia nobilis

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1

 AREA 4

Area 4 is comprised largely of bermuda lawn with a small stand of reforested

coconut palms, and large Australian pine trees on the northern property line.

There is clear contouring for the golf course in this area. The changes in elevation
are part of the golf course which was previously in service.
Plant material in Area 4:
Casaurina equisetifolia ( Australian pine)
Cocos nucifera " var malayan"

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Area 5 is sited in the southwest corner of the Mar-a- Lago property, This is the
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mostly open area of the sites with an expanse of bermuda lawn, several trees and greens for the
golf course.

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The vegetation is limited to a heavily forested section,, in the southwest corner of
the lot,

A double ficus hedge in a large semi- circular shape conceals an old citrus grove with

a variety of orange and grapefruit trees. Two avocado trees are included in the grove planting.

A large mix of plant material exists west of the citrus and is separated by a ficus

hedge. Prominent among these are African throat trees, seagrape, strangler figs, ficus benjamina,
and green buttonwood.

East of the citrus trees are mixed beds of areca palms, ficus aureus, and green
buttonwood, Underplantings of crotons, aralias and Australian pines exist.

Plant materials in Area 5:
TREES:

Casaurina equisetifolia ( Australian pine)

Ficus decora ( rubber tree)

Ficus aureus ( strangler fig)
Ficus nitida ( Cuban laurel)

Ficus benjamina ( weeping fig)
Conocarpus erectus ( green buttonwood)

Citrus spp.
Persea americana ( avocado)
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ( areca)

Phoenix reclinata ( senegal date palm)
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Coccoloba uvifera ( seagrape)

Spathodea campanulata ( African tulip)
Cocos nucifera " variety malayan" ( less than 8' oa)
Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)

Washingtonia robusta ( Washington palm)

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Cryptogesia grandiflora ( purple allamanda)

Codiaeum spp. (

croton)

Polysicias balfouriana ( rose leaf aralia)

Ficus nitida ( cuban laurel)

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 AREA 6

Area 6 contains a large open area comprised of a bermuda lawn and tees and
greens of the golf course.

The eastern portion of the area contains scattered citrus trees, sabal

palmettos, areca palms, schefflera and chalcas.

The wall separating the property from Southern

Boulevard has plantings against it of Chinese fan palms, acalypha, firebush and Turk' s cap.
Plant materials in Area 6:
TREES AND PALMS:

Coccoloba uvifera ( seagrape)
Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)

Livistonia chinensis ( Chinese fan palm)

Spathodes campanilata ( African tulip tree)
Bukrsera simaruba ( gumbo limbo)

Brassaia actinophylla ( schefflera)
Veitchi merrilli ( adonidia)

SHRUBS:

Acalypha spp. (

copperleaf)

Hamalia patens ( firebush)

Malvaviscus penduliflorus ( Turk' s cap)
Murraya paniculata ( chalcas)

Rhapis excelsa ( lady palm)

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 AREA 7

A large shade structure, a storage building and a slat house are part of Area 7.

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The principal plant material here is a stand of Sabal palmetto. However, another

large semi- circular ficus hedge divided by a walk-way conceals another grove from sight.

Over

the years, areca palms and fishtail palms previously used as interior foliage plants were planted

in various open areas under the sabal palms and some of the coconut palms. There is a
greenhouse formerly used to propagate interior foliage.
Plant materials in Area 7:
TREES:

Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens ( areca palm)

Caryota mitis ( fishtail palm)
Veitchii merrilli ( adonidia palm)

Casaurina equisetifilia ( Australian pine)
Coccoloba diversifolia ( pigeon plum)

Bursera simaruba ( gumbo limbo)

Ficus aureus ( strangler fig)
Cocos nucifera ( coconut palm)
Dictyosperma album ( princess palm)

Phoenix reclinata ( senegal date palm)
Ptycosperma elegans ( solitare palm)

Mangifera indica ( mango)
Cocculus laurifoluis ( snail seed)
Terminala capitata ( tropical almond)

Conocarpus erectus ( buttonwood)

Livistonia chinensis ( Chinese fan palm)
SHRUBS:

Rhapis excelsa ( lady palm)
Codiaeum spp. ( croton)
Clerodendrum speciosissimum ( glory bower)
Carissa grandiflora ( natal plum)

Ficus nitida ( Cuban laurel)

Crinum asiaticum ( spider lily)
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AREA 8

The principal function of the landscape materials in Area 8 is to provide a

substantial screen from the mansion to the extensive physical plant and service buildings to the
rear or south.

There is a storage, parkng and fueling areas of the estate and is located directly
behind the hedge separating the structures from the ocean vista. Casaurina ( Australian pines)

dominate the south side of the property.
Plant materials in Area 8:
TREES:

Arecastrum romanzoffianum ( queen palm)
Acoelorraphe wrightii ( paurotis palm)
Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)
Livistonia chinensis ( Chinese fan palm)
Mastichodendron foetidissimum ( mastic)

Ficus aureus ( strangler fig)
Ptychosperum elegans ( solitare palm)

Thrinal radiata ( key palm)
Pandanus utilis ( screw pine)

Bursera simaruba ( gumbo limbo)
Cycas cirinalis ( sago palm)

Casuarina equisetifolia ( Australian pine)
Cocos nucifera ( coconut palm)

Ardisia spp.
Dictyosperma album ( princess palm)
SHRUBS:
Chrysobalanus icaco ( cocoplum)

Crinum asiaticum ( spider lily)
Carissa grandiflora ( natal palm)

Euphorbia spp. (

crown of thorns)

Coccoloba uvifera ( seagrape)
Nerium oleander ( oleander)

Ligustrum lucidum ( glossy privet)
Hibiscus spp. ( hibiscus)
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 AREA 9

Area 9 is the southeast corner of the property.
The screen planting discussed on Area 8 continues east onto this parcel.

The planting in a continuation of the visual buffer which secretes the heavy
Australian pine growth.

Plant materials in Area 9:
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TREES AND PALMS:
Casaurina equisetifolia ( Australian pine)

Sabal palmetto ( cabbage palm)
Coccoloba uvifera ( seagrape)

Thrinax radiata ( key palm)
Bursera simaruba ( gumbo limbo)
Simaruba gluaca ( paradise tree)

Ardisia spp.
Cycas cirinalis ( sago palm)
Pandnaus veitchii ( veitch screw pine)

SHRUBS:
Pittosporum tobira ( pittosporum)

Carissa grandiflora ( natal palm)

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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and

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all

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13

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3

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Cleani g- Carpet Shrubs/ Drives
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all

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19

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In

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all all

Y

10

Daily Fresh

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ro ms
all

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27

ro ms

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all

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all

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all

g

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18

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all

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Lawns/

31
24/

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and

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all

all

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9

Daily

16

disease Required.

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ro ms
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all

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ro ms

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ro ms Cleani g

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ro ms Lighting

ro ms ro ms

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20

all

11

Cleani g-

Cleani g- Cleani g Refrigaton Shrubs/ Drives

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ro ms

rake
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all

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12

all

g-

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all

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all

as

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all all

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SUN

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all

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and

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all

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all

as

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all

all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

all

all

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all

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all

all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all
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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

all

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all

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all

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ro ms

ro ms

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all

all

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18

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25

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all

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all

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all

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all all

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all

and

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all

Month

SUN

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all

all

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all

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all

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all

all

all

Cleani g- Invetory

Cleani g-

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all

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all

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all as
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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

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all

all

all

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all

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all

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,
BY-LAWS AND RULES
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FLORIDA

INCORPORATION

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CLUB,

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The

undersigned,

acting as incorporator of a corporation
adopts
the
following Articles of

Statutes,

Florida

the

under

Incorporation :

First :

Second:
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the corporation

The

name

THE

MAR- A- LAGO

The

principal

The

Mar- a- Lago

c/ o

Paul

125

Worth

The

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unless

a- Lago

is
to

and

corporations

Florida

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may
a

and

mailing

of

address

Club,

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in any or
incorporated

private

all

social,

the

estate

lawful

for

provisions

limitation,

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which

of

the

the ownership and

tennis

golf,

swimming,

known=-as

activity

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under

without

including,

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operation

INC.

office

Rampell,

organized are

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CLUB,

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sooner dissolved.

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corporation

corporation
cor

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is :

Palm

perpetual

of

and/ or

yacht

club.

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shall
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consist of

annual

or

Board

such number as

special

meeting of

Directors

of

the

of

the shareholders

corporation

may select

at

any

shareholders .

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shares

of

number

aggregate

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office

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the

33480- 4466

and

address

Paul

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street

corporation

the

name

of

is

address

Worth

125

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the

of

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the

Palm

Avenue,
registered

registered

Beach,

agent

at

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such

Rampell .

Eighth:

The name
Paul
125

Palm

and address of the

Rampell ,
Worth

incorporator is :

Esq.

Avenue

Beach,

FL

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Paul

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Rampell,\

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Incorporator

 STATE

OF

FLORIDA
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COUNTY OF

PALM

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A- LAGO

1993 ,

day of February,

5+

CLUB,

No
o

Paul

Registered

for

Esq.

by Paul Rampell,

THE

MAR-

INC.

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act

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THE MAR-A- LAGO CLUB, INC.
ARTICLE I - Directors

1.

The business, property and all activities of the corporation shall be managed by
the Board of Directors who shall be elected by and from the stockholders in the manner
hereinafter set forth.

The Board of Directors shall elect all officers of the corporation.

The

Board of Directors shall also determine and interpret the admission policy, criteria, and process
as derived from the stockholders, and shall issue such Rules governing the use of the facilities
of the corporation, the issuance and transfer of the corporation' s stock and participation in its

social and athletic functions as they may from time to time deem necessary.

The Board of

Directors shall in such Rules provide for such initiation fees, annual dues and such other charges
as it deems advisable.

The Board of Directors may appoint any persons to be agents of the

corporation ( with the power to sub- delegate) upon such terms as determined by the Board of
Directors.

In order to qualify as a Director, a person must own a residence in the town of Palm

Beach.
2.

The directors shall be elected annually by ballot by the stockholders with voting

rights.

3.

Directors shall hold office for the term for which they are elected and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified. Any director may resign by filing with the President,
the Board of Directors or the Secretary a written resignation which shall take effect on being filed
or at any such other time as may be specified therein. Any vacancies in the Board of Directors
Directors shall receive no
may be filled by the Board for the unexpired term thereof
compensation for their services.

4.

Directors shall be indemnified by the Club for any and all liability for their acts

relating to the management of the Club and their assigned duties on the various Club committees.

ARTICLE II - Officers and Their Election.

1.

1

The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice- Presidents,

a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected for one year by the Board of Directors and shall
hold office until their successors are elected and duly qualified. Officers and/ or Directors shall
be stockholders and active members. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the
same

person.

The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents of the

corporation as they may deem necessary, such subordinate officers and agents to hold their
position subject to the pleasure of the Board.

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2.

Any officer of the corporation may resign by filing with the President, the Board
of Directors or the Secretary a written resignation which shall take effect at being so filed or at
such other time as may be specified therein. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective.

ARTICLE III - Powers and Duties of Officers
1.
PRESIDENT. The President, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders dnd of the Board of Directors. It shall be his duty to see that all orders and

resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

The President together with the

Secretary shall sign certificates of stock to be issued by the corporation and shall sign and

countersign all contracts or other instruments of the corporation authorized by the Board of
Directors except as otherwise directed by the Board, shall make such report to the Directors and
stockholders as he may deem necessary or as may be required of him. The President shall be the
chief executive and head of the corporation and in the recesses of the Board of Directors shall

have the general control and management of the business, subject, however, to the votes of the

Board of Directors and to the right of the Board of Directors to subdelegate any specific power
except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred upon the President or any other officer
or officers of the corporation.

2.

VICE-PRESIDENT. In the absence or disability of the President, his duties shall
be performed by one of the Vice Presidents designated for the purpose by the Board of Directors.
3.

TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall have custody of all monies and securities of

the corporation, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books
belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all monies or other valuable effects of the
corporation in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories and/ or with such

custodians as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors of the corporation
taking proper vouchers for such disbursements and shall promptly on request render to the
President and to the Board of Directors an account of all of his transactions as Treasurer and of

the financial condition of the corporation.
4.

SECRETARY.

5.

All of the officers of the corporation, in addition to the specific duties set forth

The Secretary shall issue notice for all meetings of the
stockholders and Directors, shall keep the minutes of all meetings, shall have charge of the
corporate seal and the corporate books unless otherwise ordered by the Board. He shall sign with
the President all certificates of stock to be issued by the corporation and such other instruments
as may require his signature and shall make.such reports and perform such duties as are incident
to his office or required by the Board of Drectors.

above, may act as proxies at the annual meeting of the stockholders and shall have such other
duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The Board of Directors may
in the absence or disability of any officer of the corporation delegate the powers and duties of
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such officer to any other officer of the corporation.
I

ARTICLE IV - Stockholders' Meeting
i

1.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at the Club

in Palm Beach, Florida, on the second Monday in February of each year at 11 o' clock in the
forenoon, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday then on the next business day following.
2.

Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the President or by a
majority of the Directors and shall be called by the Secretary, or, in the case of the death,
absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary by any other officer, upon written application of
one- third or more of the stockholders of the corporation then entitled to vote, stating the time,
place and purpose of the meeting. All special meetings of the stockholders shall be held in Palm
Beach, Florida.
3.

At any meeting of stockholders a quorum for the transaction of business shall

consist of not less than two individuals appearing in person and/ or as proxies and owning and/ or
representing a majority of the shares of the corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote

provided that less than such quorum shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to
time. In order for a stockholder to vote each share of stock registered in the stockholder' s name,
3 •

the stockholder must be an active member in good standing.
4.

At

Notices of all meetings of stockholders shall be given as follows: A written notice

stating the place, day and hour thereof shall be given by the Secretary, not less than ten nor more

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than sixty days before the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat and to each
stockholder who under the Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereof or under any By-

Law, is entitled to such notice, by leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual place
of business, or by mailing it postage prepaid, addressed to such stockholder at his address as it
then appears upon the books of the corporation. Notices of all meetings of the stockholders shall
state the purpose for which the meetings are called. No notice of the time, place or purpose of

any annual or special meetings shall be required if every stockholder entitled to notice thereof,

or his attorney thereunto authorized, by a writing which is filed with the records of the meeting,
waives such notice.

5.

At each

Stockholders at the annual meeting shall elect the Directors by ballot.

election for Directors every stockholder entitled to vote at such election shall have one vote for
each Director to be elected at that time.
6.

The stockholders shall have power by a majority vote at any meeting to remove
any Director or Officer from office.
7.

The order of business, at the annual meeting, and as far as possible of all other

meetings of the stockholders, shall be:

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ARTICLE V - Directors' Meetings
1.

The Directors shall hold an annual meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, immediately

following the annual meeting of the stockholders on the second Monday in February of each year,
if not a legal holiday, but if a legal holiday then on the next business day following.
2.

Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held in Palm Beach, Florida,

or at such other place as a majority of the Board of Directors shall agree upon in writing on call
of the President or any two Directors.
3.

At any meeting of the Board of Directors a majority of the number of Directors

required to constitute the Board as last determined by the stockholders having the right to vote
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, always that any number of
Directors ( whether one or more and whether or not constituting a quorum) present at any meeting

or at any adjourned meeting may make any reasonable adjournment thereof.
4.

Notice of any annual or special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given

by the Secretary to each Director, by mailing to him postage prepaid, addressed to him at his
address as registered in the books of the corporation, or if not so registered at his last known

address, a written notice of such meeting at least two days before the meeting by delivering such

notice to him at least twenty- four hours before the meeting by prepaid telegram addressed to him
at his said registered address if any, or if not so registered at his last known address. Notice of
Directors' meetings need not specify the purposes thereof, except as otherwise hereinafter
not be restricted thereto.
provided, and if any purpose be stated, the business of the meetings
5.

Whenever all of the Directors ( provided they are in number at least equal to the

majority of the number of Directors required to constitute the Board as last determined by the
stockholders having the right to vote) shall hold a meeting, or not less than a majority of the
number of Directors so required to constitute the Board shall hold a meeting and each absent

Director, if any, shall in writing have waived notice of the meeting or after the meeting have
approved in writing the record thereof, the acts of any such meeting, whether or not it was duly
called and whether or not the absent Directors, if any, were given notice thereof, and wherever
it was held, shall be as valid in all respects as if it had been regularly called and held.

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 ARTICLE VI 1.

Provisions Relating to Capital Stock

Certificates of stock shall be issued in numerical order from the stock certificate

books to each stockholder of record whose stock has been paid in full in accordance with the

Rules issued by the Board of Directors, said stock to be signed by the President or a VicePresident and Secretary, and be sealed by the secretary with the corporate seal. A record of each
certificate shall be kept by the corporation.
2.

Transfer of stock shall be made only upon the books of the corporation in
accordance with these By-Laws and the Rules promulgated`by the Board of Directors. The stock
books of the corporation shall be closed for transfer twenty days before each general election.
3.

The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares
of stock as the holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other
claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other persons except as may be
otherwise expressly provided by law.
4.

Stockholders may only transfer their shares in accordance with these By-Laws and
the Rules promulgated by the Board of Directors from time to time. Upon voluntary resignation
by a stockholding member or revocation of membership privileges by the corporation a
stockholder shall not be entitled to a return of the stockholder' s capital contribution. In the event

of dissolution or finial liquidation of the corporation, all of the property and assets of the
corporation, after payment of its debts, shall be distributed among the stockholders in proportion
to the value of their stock as last fixed by the Board of Directors. Stockholders who are active
members in good standing shall be entitled to vote. Should a member, through marriage or any
other reason, hold more than one certificate the member shall be entitled to vote only a certificate
which has been designated as active for which the shareholder is paying dues.

ARTICLE VII - Seal

The corporate seal of the corporation shall consist of two concentric circles between which

is the name of the corporation and such seal as is impressed on the margin hereof shall be the
corporate seal of the corporation.

ARTICLE VIII - Committees
1.

The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Directors,

appoint an Executive Committee composed of not less than three nor more than five directors in
addition to the officers, which committee shall have all the powers of the Board of Directors in
the intervals between meetings of the Board.

Any action taken by the Executive Committee in

any such interval shall be reported at the next succeeding meeting of the board.

108

 2.

The President shall appoint such other committees as the Board may direct or he

may deem necessary or desirable and he may in his discretion at any time add to the membership
thereof anyone, including a Chairman and a Director( to assist and to provide liaison),
from office any committee member there-to- fore appointed.
3.

or remove

Nominating Committee- Each year the President shall appoint, subject to approval

of the Board of Directors, a Nominating Committee consisting of not more than five active
members who shall nominate candidates for the Board of Directors and who may act as proxies
at the Annual Meeting.

Such nominations shall be posted on the Bulletin Board two weeks

before the Annual 'Meeting.
4.

Admissions Committee- Each year the President shall appoint, subject to approval

of the Board of Directors, an Admissions Committee consisting of not less than five ( 5) active
members who shall carry out admissions procedures described in the Rules.
5.

Preservation Committee- Each year the President shall appoint, subject to approval

of the Board of Directors, a Preservation Committee consisting of not less than five ( 5) nor more
than ten ( 10) individuals.

One member shall be an architect with expertise in preservation, one

member shall be nominated by The Landmarks Preservation Committee of the Town of Palm
Beach, and one member shall be nominated by Director of the Division of Historical Resources,
Florida Department of State.

The Preservation Committee shall enforce the Principles of

Preservation set forth in Chapter Eight and incorporated herein by reference.

ARTICLE IX - Dividends and Finances

No dividends shall be declared or paid by the Board of Directors which shall impair the
capital of the corporation.

ARTICLE X - Amendments

These By- Laws may be amended, altered or repealed by the Board of Directors at any
duly called meeting by a vote of two- thirds of the Directors present, provided that said two- thirds
constitute not less than a majority of the entire Board and provided further that written notice of
the proposed amendment, alteration or repeal be mailed to each Director not less than ten days

prior to the date of such meeting, or provided all of the directors present at the meeting
unanimously agree to the waiver of notice.

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 RULES OF THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, INC.

I.

MEMBERSHIP
A.

Active Members shall be such persons who, conditioned

upon paying $

in

capital contribution, within 30 days of notification of election to membership, for the purchase
of one share of stock from The Mar-A-Lago Club, Inc. have been regularly elected to Active

Membership.

ANNUAL DUES

Plus Florida State Tax
1)

26th birthday.
part

of the

Active membership includes husband, wife, and unmarried children to their

Active membership does not include a husband or wife who was not regularly a

election process,

or the children of such husband or wife.

In appropriate

circumstances and with the approval of the Board of Directors, the Admissions Committee may
determine that the active membership shall include only the husband or wife; the spouse not

included may then be considered for privileges of the Club so long as married to the active
member.

2)

Active members may sponsor non-members for seasonal subscription but
may not propose more than two candidates in any one season. Active members may sponsor
weekly card holders and introduce other guests.
3)

A candidate for active membership must have been a seasonal subscriber

for at least one season immediately preceding election. Election shall be by the Board of
Directors.

Two adverse ballots shall exclude a candidate.
4)

Every active member must at all times during his or her membership hold

at least one share of stock which may be transferred only once to a widow, widower, child, stepchild or former spouse as hereinafter provided.
5)

In the event an active member of the Club shall marry or re- marry, the

spouse of such active member shall not become an active member of the Club nor entitled to the

use thereof. Should such spouse desire the privileges of the Club so long as married to the active
member, the candidacy of such spouse must be presented to the Committee on Admissions. An

Information Form shall be submitted, together with four letters of recommendation submitted by
active members directly to the Social Secretary; the active member shall be the proposer, and a
seconder shall not be required. The approval of such spouse is subject to posting and is
otherwise in accordance with the provisions of paragraph ( 6) of Section B. hereof. Should such
candidacy not be so presented and approved the spouse shall be denied the use of the Club.
6)

Spouse of Deceased Active Member:

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 Upon the death of an active member survived by a spouse who was
married to the active member at the time of election, the membership shall devolve upon such
a.

spouse on the transfer to him or her of at least one share of the deceased active member' s stock,

which transfer shall be made without charge only if spouse is approved by the Committee on
admissions and ratified by the Board of Directors.
b.

Upon the death of an active member survived by a spouse who was

married to the active member subsequent to election, his or her share of stock shall be transferred

to the spouse only if the spouse is approved for seasonal subscription by the committee on
Admissions, and elected to active membership by the Board of Directors in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Sections B. and A. hereof.
c.

In the event of the death of an active member after the payment of

annual dues, if the surviving spouse was married to the active member subsequent to election and
received the required approval of the Committee on Admissions for privileges on a spouse' s

membership, such surviving spouse shall have the use of the Club for that season.
7)

Child of Deceased Member:

Upon the death of an active member, a

membership which would otherwise terminate may at any time within two years be transferred
to one child and, for the purposes of this paragraph ( 7), " child" shall include " step- child") of the
original active member, who has bought the share of stock required to qualify, provided such
child is approved for seasonal subscription by the Committee on Admissions, and elected to

active membership by the Board of Directors in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Sections B. and A. hereof. The transfer to such child of the share of decedent' s stock and the
payment to the Club of a transfer fee of one half its current purchase price is required.
8)
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Spouse of Divorced Active Member:

If an active member and his or her

spouse divorce, having been married to each other at the time of election to active membership,
and both wish to remain active members, the former spouse shall be extended the privileges of

the Club until nomination for seasonal subscription receives consideration by the Committee on
Admissions.

In seeking nomination for seasonal subscription, the former spouse need only

complete an Information Form without accompanying letters of proposal or endorsement. If
approval is granted, the fourteen-day posting period is waived. In the event the active member

does not wish to retain membership, the transfer of stock to the former spouse may be made
without charge; and, upon approval of the Committee on Admissions and election by the Board
of Directors, the former spouse will become an active member.

Seasonal Subscribers shall be such persons as have been regularly elected as such
and include husband, wife and unmarried children to their 26th birthday.
B.

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Plus Florida State Tax

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 1)

Seasonal subscribers shall have all the privileges of active members to

introduce day guests, tennis guests, luncheon guests, dinner guests, and house guests.
2)

Subscription and membership in the Mar-A-Lago Club, Inc. is by invitation

No person seeking membership or subscription shall be discriminated against on the basis
of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, handicap, age or marital status. An active
member wishing to propose an individual for seasonal subscription must obtain from the Social
Secretary and complete in every detail a Preliminary Information Form. Responsibility for
completing the form rests with the proposer; incomplete Forms will not be considered by the
Committee on Admissions. After due consideration by the Committee, the proposer will be
only.

advised if it would or would not be appropriate to complete and submit an Information Form.
3)

In appropriate instances, an active member may obtain from the social
Secretary and complete in every detail an Information Form. This Form will assist the
Committee on Admissions in evaluating candidates for seasonal subscription. Responsibility for
completing the Form rests with the proposer; incomplete forms will not be considered by the
Committee. The Information Form must be accompanied by letters from the proposer and a
seconder, both of whom shall be active members.

In addition, four letters of recommendation

from active members to the Committee on Admissions must be submitted by active members
directly to the Social Secretary; such letters will be considered confidential and not available to
anyone other than a member of the Committee. Letters of sponsorship and endorsement may be
from a stockholding active member or the spouse of such active member, if such spouse was part
of the regular election process for active membership. In no case may a husband and wife act
as proposer and seconder for a candidate.

Prior to submission of the completed Information

Form, it is the responsibility of the proposer to see that the candidate and his or her spouse are
known personally to at least three members of the Board of Directors.
4)

The

Committee

on Admissions will

evaluate

a candidate

and

will

thoroughly screen each individual to assure he or she satisfies criteria established from time to
time by the Board of Directors, provided, however, no individual shall be discriminated against
because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or marital status. Active
members may endorse only candidates well known to them and whom they can recommend
enthusiastically.

5)
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The proposer or seconder must present the candidate and the candidate' s

spouse to a committee of three Directors of the Club for an interview before candidacy will be

considered by the Committee on Admissions. However, the Committee, by unanimous vote, may
waive the requirement of an interview.

After a candidate has been approved preliminarily by the Committee on
Admissions ( one negative vote being sufficient to exclude a candidate), but prior to effective
election, the candidate' s name must be posted for
14 days and the membership must be
Subsequent
to said 14 day period, and advice
circularized to afford opportunity for comment.
6)

to the membership, election by ballot of the Committee on Admissions shall become effective.
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In the event a seasonal subscriber shall marry or remarry, the spouse of the

seasonal subscriber may be extended the privileges of the Club as, and be subject to
provisions relating to, a guest; provided, however, there shall be neither guest charges nor

limitation on the frequency of use of the Club by such spouse.

In order for the spouse to be

included in the membership process of the seasonal subscriber, an Information Form shall be
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submitted, together with letters from a proposer and seconder and four letters of recommendation
from active members, in accordance with Paragraph ( 2) through ( 6) hereof.
8)

No member of the Board of directors may propose or second a candidate,

or endorse a candidate With a letter of recommendation.
9)

Files of the Committee on Admissions shall be confidential, and shall not

be available to any person not a member of the committee on Admissions.

C.

Junior

Seasonal Subscribers shall be such persons under the age of 35 as have

been elected as such.

Age as of December 1 shall control. If married, both husband and
wife must be under 35.
ANNUAL DUES
Plus Florida State Tax
1)

The number who can be admitted to junior seasonal subscription is limited,

and shall be established by the Board of Directors from time to time. Preference will be given
to children or grandchildren of active members; if married, one spouse must be a child or
grandchild of an active member in order to obtain such preference. The provision for junior

seasonal subscription shall not prevent a candidate under the age of 35 from being nominated for
regular seasonal subscription, if the candidate so desires.
2)

A candidate for junior seasonal subscription shall be proposed, seconded,

endorsed and elected in the same manner as seasonal subscribers.
3)

Junior

seasonal

subscribers

shall

have

the

same

privileges

and

responsibilities as seasonal subscribers.

4)

In the event any junior seasonal subscriber shall marry or remarry, the

procedure shall be the same as set forth under Rule 1. B.( 7) hereof. If the spouse is not under 35,
the junior seasonal subscription is terminated; provided, however, if the marriage occurs between

January 1 and June 1, the junior seasonal subscription will be valid for that season, and the
spouse may be extended the privileges of the Club as, and be subject to provisions relating to,
a guest though there shall be neither guest charges nor restrictions on the frequency of use of the
Club by such spouse.
5)

Junior seasonal subscribers shall be entitled to a rate of capital contribution

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 applicable to persons becoming active members at the time the junior is elected a seasonal
subscriber.
This capital contribution may be paid in equal installments over the period one

remains a junior seasonal subscriber, as determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.
6)

Prior to becoming eligible for active membership, the Committee on
Admissions may require a junior seasonal subscriber to present himself or herself, and his or her
spouse, to a Committee of three Directors of the Club for an interview.
D.

Perpetual or Sustaining Members:
ANNUAL DUES
Plus Florida State Tax

Perpetual Members shall be such persons, or their widows, as were elected

1)

to said membership by the Board of Directors at the time of reorganization.
2)

Sustaining members shall be such individual active members as have been
so designated by the Board of Directors for such reasons as seniority or service to the Club.
E.

Honorary Members:

The Board of Directors may elect as Honorary Members

persons who have rendered service to the Club or attained such other distinction as shall be

deemed by the Board to merit such recognition. Honorary Members shall pay no dues.
Marriage or Divorce:

F.

An active member, seasonal subscriber or junior seasonal

subscriber shall notify the Club in writing of his or her marriage, remarriage or divorce.
Resignation:

G.

Any member may resign from the Club by written notice to the

Board of Directors, provided all dues and indebtedness to the Club have been paid.
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Expulsion and Suspension:

If any active member, seasonal subscriber or junior
seasonal subscriber be charged in writing, addressed to the Board of Directors by any active
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member, with conduct injurious to the good order, welfare, interest or character of the Club, or

with any infraction of the Rules, the Board shall thereupon notify the active member, seasonal
subscriber or junior seasonal subscriber so charged and the individual so charged will be given

an opportunity to be heard. The Board of Directors, if it shall be satisfied of the truth of the
charge, may either expel or request the resignation of such active member, seasonal subscriber,
or junior seasonal subscriber or order suspension of such individual' s privileges for a period not

exceeding ninety days.

the Board of Directors shall have the prerogative, following such
investigation as it deems appropriate, of expelling or suspending any active member, seasonal
Further,

subscriber or junior seasonal subscriber whose conduct it finds incompatible with that of the then

active membership. In such event, expulsion or suspension shall take place at the end of the Club
season. In the case of expulsion, the capital contribution paid by such member may be refunded
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Reinstatement:

When an active member who has resigned is approved for
reinstatement, such reinstatement is subject to payment of dues for the period elapsed since his

or her resignation. After five years' absence from the Club, the purchase of a new share of stock

is a requirement for reinstatement of membership.

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II.

GUESTS
A.

Weekly Guest Card Holders shall be persons sponsored by an active member,
subject to approval by the Committee on Admissions. Such cards are limited to a 2 week period
per season, and are available neither to persons residing in Florida for all or a substantial part of
the season, nor to any individual whose parents or grandparents reside in Palm Beach County and
are not members of the Club.
CHARGES

Family

Individual

1st Year Weekly
2nd Year Weekly
Plus 15%

Gratuity Charge and Florida State Tax

1)

Weekly guest card holders may not introduce guests.

2)

The sponsor is responsible for all charges incurred by the weekly guest card

holder.

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Issuance of a weekly card to any person is limited to no more than two
consecutive years and not more than three years in any six-year period.
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cards at any time their issuance threatens to overcrowd the facilities of the Club.

fB. Day Guests shall be such persons as are introduced and accompanied by active
members or seasonal subscribers.

Saturdays and Sundays and $

Charges are $

on
during the week, $
during the holiday periods ( specific dates to be posted).

1)

A day guest must be registered and accompanied by a member while in the

2)

A day guest may not introduce guests.

3)

A day guest may not sign charge vouchers.

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4)

Day guests are limited to five visits a season. To avoid
members are requested to use care to keep day guests within the stated limit.

embarrassment,

5)

Children over the age of 10 ( other than the children or grandchildren of

members) shall be considered day guests.

Luncheon Guests shall be such persons as may be introduced and accompanied at
during the
luncheon by active members or seasonal subscribers. Guest fees for dinner are $
week, $
on Saturdays and Sundays and $
during holiday periods ( specific dates to
C.

be posted).

Luncheon guests may remain in the Club ntil the dining room closes, but
if any such guest uses the facilities of the Club for swimming, tennis, sun bathing, etc., he or she
1)

will be subject to the day guest charge.
The restriction of five visits a year, applicable to day guests, does not apply
Anon-member may be introduced as a luncheon guest without limit on
weekdays except during the Christmas and Spring holiday periods ( specific dates to be posted),
2)

to luncheon guests.

but only twice each month in the dining room during weekends and during such Christmas and
Spring holiday periods. Anon-member may be introduced without limit in the dining room. To
avoid embarrassment, members are requested to use care to keep luncheon guests within the limit
stated for dining room usage.
3)

Children over the age of 10 ( other than the children or grandchildren of

members) shall be considered luncheon guests.

Dinner Guests shall be such persons as may be introduced and accompanied at
Dinner guests
dinner by active members and seasonal subscribers. The charge shall be $
D.

are limited to five visits a season. To avoid embarrassment, members are requested to use care

to keep dinner guests within the limit stated.
E.

House Guests shall be such persons as may be guests residing with active members
Such persons may receive house

or seasonal subscribers in residence in their Florida homes.

guest cards with a limit of two weeks per season. The charge is $

per week per person.

House guests are not exempt from dinner guest fees.
1)

Unmarried children of active members and seasonal subscribers shall not

be considered house guests, so long as such unmarried children have not reached the age of 26.
Such children may use the Club without charge.
2)

Members of the immediate family of active members or seasonal

subscribers who are either married or over 25 years old and meet the house guest requirements,

may receive house guest privileges for a limit of four weeks per season at the charge of $
per week per person. Grandchildren of active members or seasonal subscribers are subject to the

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b)

Grandchildren 18 or over will be limited to 4 weeks per season as

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houseguests, and there will be a charge of$
3)

per week per grandchild.

House guests who reach the two week limit may be proposed As weekly

guest card holders.

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4)

Active members and seasonal subscribers are responsible for all charges

incurred by house guests. Charge vouchers may be signed by house guests in the name of the
sponsoring member or seasonal subscriber.

F.

5)

The Club may restrict or suspend entirely the issuance of house guest cards.

6)

A house guest may not introduce guests.

Bona fide residents of Woodbridge Road, Palm Beach, Florida, and members of

The Bath and Tennis Club, Inc. shall have all of the privileges of seasonal subscribers.
G.

Tennis Guests must register and are subject to a $

fee ($

on

weekends).

H.

Revocation of Guest Privileges:

Use of the Club by guests is a privilege, subject

to the control of the Admissions Committee, which may at any time and without the assignment
of any reason therefore, refuse to grant the privilege requested or revoke any privilege theretofore
granted.

III.

DUES AND CHARGES:
A.

Membership dues are payable on or before November 1 of each year.

Any

member not paying his or her dues and the Florida State Tax on said dues on or before said date
may be dropped from the rolls of the Club, unless for reasons submitted to and approved by the
Board of Directors, and the membership may be discontinued. In the event of reinstatement, an
additional 10% will be charged.
B.

Upon election to active membership, stock purchase must be paid in full within

thirty days of notification.
C.

Dues of newly elected seasonal subscribers are payable within thirty days after
Failure to pay within said period will cause the election to be void. A

notification of election.

seasonal subscriber elected after March 31 will be billed one- third of the annual subscription if

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D.

All indebtedness to the Club shall be paid promptly when billed. Any active

member or seasonal subscriber not paying within thirty days after statement therefor has been
given or mailed may be refused further use of the Club and shall be liable to forfeiture of
membership or subscription.
E.

Guest charges:

Active members and seasonal subscribers are responsible for all

charges incurred by guests introduced by them.
IV.

RESTRICTIONS:

Use of the Club and of other Club property is subject at all times to the Rules.
The Club will be open each day during the season from 9: 00 a.m. to 6: 00 p.m. and at such other
A.

times as may from time to time be announced.
B.

Property of the Club shall not be removed from the premises without permission

of the Club.

C.

No political or business solicitation shall be effected on Club property or with the

use of Club stationery or other utilization of the Club name.
D.

No commercial or political advertisement or notice of any kind shall be posted or

circulated in the Club.
E.

No professional photographers shall be allowed to take pictures at the Club except

at a private party given by a member. No reporters, feature writers, or other members of the
media shall be introduced as guests, if while on the Club' s grounds they will be pursuing that
occupation or gathering material for later publication.
F.

No active member, seasonal subscriber, or guest shall individually give a gratuity

or tip to a Club employee. This applies to every staff member of the Club, including parking
attendants and concessionaires. Violations of this rule by active members, seasonal subscribers,

or their guests may result in discharge of the employee and action under Rule 1. H. hereof. The
following charges have been adopted to constitute a gratuity fund to be divided equitably among
all employees:

15%

gratuity charge on restaurant and bar charges

15% gratuity charge on weekly guest cards
15% gratuity charge on concessionaire charges,

other than tennis or bathing.

G.

Cigar or pipe smoking will not be permitted on the Club premises.

H.

With respect to Club events requiring reservations, a charge will be made for
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V.

DISCLAIMER:

The Club will not be responsible for the loss of, or damage to, property

received or held on behalf of active members, seasonal subscribers, junior seasonal subscribers

or guests, or kept by them in the Club or grounds, whether in lockers or elsewhere; nor will it
mistakes,
or dishonesty of messengers or other employees or
concessionaires, nor for the loss of, or damage to, any property entrusted to any employee or

be responsible for errors,

concessionaire.

VI.

RELEASE: No active member, seasonal subscriber, junior seasonal subscriber ( referred

or guest shall have any right of action against the Club or any of its
officers, directors, or members, to recover losses or damages for injuries to the person or property

to herein as "
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of such member or the servant or servants of such member, due to negligence, malfeasance or
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misfeasance of any of its officers, directors, agents, employees, concessionaires or servants.
Acceptance or continuance of membership or subscription by any person shall so far as permitted
by law be a waiver and surrender by such member of any such right or action.
COMPLAINTS OR SUGGESTIONS: Issues concerning the management, service, errors
in charges or general operation of the Club should be in writing, signed by the active member

VII.

or seasonal subscriber and addressed to the President.
VIII.

REGISTRATION: Active members and seasonal subscribers shall register for themselves

and their families on the first visit of each season.

When introducing a house guest the

sponsoring member shall register on the first visit of the house guest to the Club. Weekly guest
card holders, day guests, luncheon guests, dinner guests and tennis guests must be accompanied
by their sponsor, who is responsible for their conduct.
IX.

ATTIRE:

The dining room, living room and bar are reserved for those in full attire.

Bathers, tennis players and golfers shall shower and change into full attire prior to entering these
Attire should meet the standards of good taste expected from active members, seasonal
subscribers and guests of the Club. Tennis attire must be all white. To avoid embarrassment,

areas.

active members and seasonal subscribers should inform their guests of the dress requirements.
The Club or its designated representative shall be the sole judge of the propriety of any costume.

Rest rooms are provided near bathing areas. Bathers with wet or damp
swimming suits should not use any part of the Mansion. Immodest bathing attire should not be
worn at the Club. Children should be instructed in the proper use of the pool, not to use floating

X.

BATHERS:

mattresses or toys in the pool, not to romp or run around the pool, and to assist in keeping the
pool sanitary.
XI.

CHILDREN:

Active members and seasonal subscribers are responsible at all times for

the behavior on Club property of their children and grandchildren ( hereinafter called children),
and for the behavior of any other children who may be their guests. Children under eight years
of age are not permitted unattended on Club property. Children whose parents are playing tennis
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the comfort and enjoyment of others; particular care is appropriate. Parents, grandparents or
sponsors will receive written notice of any abuse. Children over the age of 10 will not be

charged for the use of the Club facilities.
XII.

NURSES, GOVERNESSES AND ATTENDANTS:

Maids, nurses and governesses

accompanying children learning to swim are permitted the use of the pool until noon. Thereafter,
they must be dressed in conformity with their position. Parents are responsible at all times for
the behavior on Club property of their nurses and governesses, with consideration for the comfort
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and enjoyment of the membership.
XIII.

AGREEMENT TO RULES: Payment of dues by an active member or seasonal subscriber

shall be deemed knowledge of, and acquiescence in, these Rules.
XIV.

INTERPRETATION:

The Board of Directors and any officer of the Club shall have the

right to interpret these Rules.
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WAIVER:

At any time and from time to time, the Board of Directors may waive any

Rule ( or any part of any Rule) if such waiver is deemed by the Board to be in the best interests
of the Club or if any Rule ( or any part of any Rule) is judged by the Board to result in individual
hardship or lack of fairness.

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CHAPTER NINE

TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

 

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TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

By:

Joseph B. Pollock, Jr., P. E.

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

The proposed Club at Mar-A-Lago is a planned use of the existing Mar-A-Lago mansion
and grounds in a manner similar to which Ms. Marjorie Merriweather Post originally used the
estate.

Ms. Post used the estate as a place to live for several months of the year and to entertain

guests essentially on a daily basis during the winter months of the year

A private club is

proposed for the property which would have a limited membership. The owner and guest quarters
of the mansion will be used as extended living quarters for members and/ or their guests.

Food

service would be provided for the living quarters on an as needed basis and limited lunch and
dinner service for non-resident members and their guests. The tennis court and the nine- hole golf
course would be available for members and their guests as would use of the pool and a spa.

Access for the development would be onto Ocean Boulevard.

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. was retained to prepare a trip generation traffic impact
analysis for the proposed club. The study was conducted using criteria and techniques consistent

with the 1992 Traffic Performance Code of Palm Beach County.

PLANNING DATA

Proposed Club Use

Data concerning the proposed use of the property as a private club was provided by The
Lawrence Group,

Jim Griffin and Paul Rampell.

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The club will have the following use

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Resident Quarters

10 Units

Dining Room Seating

75 People

Staff

70 Persons

Tennis Court

1 Court

Pool

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Spa

3, 500 Sq.Ft.

Golf Course

9 Holes
Limited Layout)

Use of the club facilities will be limited to club members and their guests.

The resident

quarters are anticipated to function, for purposes of traffic analysis, as exclusive resort hotel units
or private apartments.

None of the resident units will have their own food preparation facilities,

therefore dining will be limited to room service type meals for dining within the resident quarters
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or to seating in the dining room which is a part of the club. The dining room will have regular
seating for approximately 75 people. Special events may be held with dining for more than 75
people through special use of auxiliary rooms and verandas.

The club is planned to operate with a staff of 70 persons including grounds personnel.
Even though there are servant quarters on the property, essentially all staff will reside off the
property.

It is possible that the club may choose to transport the majority of staff to the property

using a shuttle van from a parking facility west of the Intracoastal Waterway.

The use of the dining facilities will be limited to activities planned to meet the needs of

the membership as well as the activity level of the members. Lunch and/ or dinner may not be
provided everyday depending upon the needs and usage of the club membership.

Several other

existing clubs within the Town of Palm Beach do not serve lunch and/ or dinner everyday during
the winter season.

A copy of a schedule for an existing club is attached as Exhibit " A".

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 Ms. Marjorie Merriweather Post' s Use

Ms. Post used Mar-A-Lago as a residence during the winter months of the year and as a

place to entertain her house guests and other guests who were invited on a daily basis. According
to Jim Griffin, Ms. Post typically had numerous house guests residing in the 9 guest quarter units
which exist in the mansion. In addition, she invited other people to the mansion on a daily basis
for lunch, teas, and/ or dinner. It was not uncommon for her to have all 9 guest quarters full and

for her to have 20 to 40 people in for tea or lunch and other 50 to 60 people in for dinner on a

daily basis. In addition, larger events were held on weekends, special occasions or for benefits.

Ms. Post had a full-time staff of 70 people who worked at the estate.

Typically, only 60

or so worked on any given day. Approximately half of the staff lived in staff quarters at the
estate.

Mr. Donald Trump' s Use
7

Mr. Trump uses the estate in much the same manner as Ms. Post but the activity level is
less intensive according to Jim Griffin. During the winter months, the owner' s quarters are used

very extensively but not necessarily everyday. The guest quarters are typically used at the fifty
percent level through the season. A staff of 25 people maintains the grounds the year round and

meets the needs of the owners and guests during the season. In addition, Mr. Trump and/ or his

guests have visitors in for the day or evening on a regular basis.

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Proposed Club Use

The trip generation potential for the proposed club was developed based upon
characteristics and usage of the proposed club.

Trip generation rates of private clubs of the type

proposed for the site are not documented in data published by Palm Beach County or the Institute
of Transportation Engineers.

There is a very limited amount of data published by the Institute of

Transportation Engineers ( ITE) which is for one Elks Club in California. It is not envisioned that

tn

the private club proposed for Mar-A-Lago would be anything like an Elks Club. Consequently,
those data are not valid for use

The number of living quarters, lunch and dinner activity, number

of staff, service and deliveries as well as other member activity on a weekday basis have been
used to determine the trip generation potential of the proposed club.
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The 10 member/ guest living quarters as stated previously are assumed to function much like
a resort hotel for trip generation purposes. The official hotel trip generation rate of Palm Beach

County is 8. 7 daily trips per hotel room or unit.

The ITE documents indicate that a resort hotel

generates approximately 10 trips per day per occupied room or unit. Both the Palm Beach County
f

hotel rate and the ITE resort hotel rate include all trips even those generated by staff, deliveries
and others coming to the hotel for dining or meetings.

Based upon trip purpose data from

Broward County, approximately 50 percent of a hotel' s trips are related to staff, deliveries, and
persons other than registered hotel guests using the facility. Consequently, we have used the resort
hotel rate of 10 trips per hotel room or unit but have reduced it by 50 percent since we are
I

generating trips for staff, service vehicles and others separately.

A staff of 70 persons is proposed to operate the club in much the same manner as Ms. Post
did.

For purposes of this analysis, we have assumed that each staff person will come to the site

to work and then leave at the end of their shift. Thus, each staff person would generate two trips

per day. It may be that some staff members will carpool or otherwise ride to work together and

the club may decide to operate a shuttle bus between Mar-A-Lago and a remote location to
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minimize parking and traffic demands of the estate. These considerations have not been included
in this analysis.

Service and deliveries of goods and materials to the club are estimated to average 10

vehicles per day.

Two trips per vehicle would be assumed.

Dining at the club would consist primarily of club members using the club for lunch in
conjunction with use of the club' s other facilities and/ or attending dinner in the evenings.

The

club will have 75 seats available for dining. The Club is expects to serve lunches for 60 percent
of its total 75 seating capacity on the average. Thus, 45 lunches would be served on a daily basis

with 35 of the lunches being consumed by members driving to the club and 10 lunches being

consumed by persons from the 10 member/guest living quarter units ait the club.

An automobile

occupancy of two persons per car is expected for members and/ or their guests arriving for lunch.
For dinner, the club expects to have all 75 seats filled.

Approximately 20 of the 75 seats are

expected to be filled by persons occupying the living quarters at the club.

As with lunch, an

automobile occupancy of two persons per car is expected for club members and/ or their guests

arriving for dinner.

Since the club will be open before and after lunch for tennis, golf, spa or other use, it is

anticipated that club members and/ or their guests will utilize the club' s facilities. From 20 to 25
members are expected to use the club' s facilities other than for lunch or dinner. For purposes of

this analysis, we have assumed that 25 members would use the club on an average weekday.

For

these trips, an automobile occupancy of one person per car is assumed.

Based upon the assumptions discussed above, the trip generation potential of the proposed
club was determined.

A summary of the determination is presented in Table 1.

in Table 1, the total daily trip generation is 350 daily trips.

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10

Staff

70

2 trips/person

140

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10

2 trips/vehicle

20

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35

2 trips/2 persons

35

Dinner

55

2 trips/2 persons

55

Other Use

25

2 trips/person

50

5 x 10 trips/ unit

Total

50

350

If the proposed club were to be operated with a shuttle bus or van for 40 percent of the

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staff, the vehicular trips made by staff would be reduced. A shuttle, if operated, would transport

staff from a parking facility west of the Intracoastal Waterway to Mar-A-Lago and thereby reduce
parking demands at Mar-A-Lago. Table 2 presents a summary of the daily trip generation of the

proposed club with a staff shuttle. As can be seen in Table 2, the total trip generation is 302 daily
trips.

Alternatively, the club may not contain but 50 seats in the dining area. A reduced dining

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area would reduce staff demands slightly and also reduce total daily traffic.

summary of the daily trip generation of the proposed club with reduced dining. The total daily

trip generation is 300 trips as can be seen in Table 3.

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The trip generation potential of the estate' s use by Ms. Post was estimated in the same
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as that used for the proposed club. The differences are very small with the exception of

staff as can be seen in Table 4.

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DAILY TRIP GENERATION

MS. POST USE OF MAR-A-LAGO

Activity Ail- Use,.

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity

Owners Quarters

1

10 trips/ unit

10

Guest Quarters

9

5 x 10 trips/ unit

45

Staff

30

2 trips/ person

60

Service Vehicles

10

2 trips/vehicle

20

Day Visitors

20

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20

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55

2 trips/ 2 person

55

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Since Ms. Post lived at Mar-A-Lago, the trip generation rate for her living quarters was
assumed to be similar to a single- family residence. The guest living quarters were assumed to be

similar to a resort hotel. As stated in the planning data, approximately one-half of the staff resided

on the estate in servant quarters provided by Ms. Post. Ms. Post typically entertained other invited
guests during the day in addition to her house guests.

We have estimated that level of average

daily activity to be 20 persons in addition to house guests. Evening dinners typically included 75
persons with 55 of those persons being persons other than house guests. Service and delivery

vehicles were assumed to be approximately 10 per day. As can be seen in the summary presented

in Table 4, the total trip generation potential of the previous use of the estate is 210 daily trips.

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 117Mr. Donald Trump' s Use

Donald Trump uses Mar-A-Lago much the same as Ms. Post but the activity is slightly less
intensive.

The estate does not presently experience the same level of guest activity or have as

many staff as Ms. Post did when she used Mar-A-Lago.

The trip generation potential of Mr.

Trump' s use of the property is summarized in Table 5, the daily trips associated with the existing

use by Mr. Trump and his guests totals 103.

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EXISTING TRUMP USE OF MAR-A-LAGO

Activity or Use

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Daily 'Tip Rate

Quantity

Daily Trips•

Owners Quarters

1

10 trips/ unit

10

Guest Quarters

5

5 x 10 trips/unit

25

Staff

25

2 trips/person

50

Service Vehicles

6

2 trips/ vehicle

12

Day/Evening Visitors

6

2 trips/ 2 persons

Total

6

103

Trip Generation Difference

As can be seen in Tables 1, 2, and 3, the proposed club will generate between 300 and 350

1

daily trips. The trips associated with Ms. Post' s use totalled 210 daily trips while Mr. Trump' s

1

Palm Beach staff as well as the staff of Palm Beach County, Mr. Trump' s existing use should be

current use generates approximately 103 daily trips.

Based upon discussions with the Town of

the benchmark against which the proposed club should be measured for concurrency purposes.
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 Thus, the proposed club will generate 197 to 247 more daily trips than Mr. Trump' s existing use.

The increase in trips ( from 197 to 247) is subject to concurrency.

To meet the requirements of

the Palm Beach County Traffic Performance Standards, the traffic increase should be limited to
200 daily trips. To accomplish this, the club would need to utilize a shuttle van for some of its

staff, reduce seating in the dining area, limit club membership or utilize some other technique to
limit traffic.

Based upon observed traffic characteristics of the Bath and Tennis Club, a total of 302 daily
trips for the proposed Mar-A-Lago Club translates to a potential club membership of 1, 007.

TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT

The assignment of traffic from the proposed club at Mar-A-Lago as well as traffic from the

existing use would be essentially the same. Approximately, 45 percent of the trips would load to

the north on Ocean Boulevard with the remaining 55 percent loading to the south on Ocean
Boulevard. Of the 55 percent loading south on Ocean Boulevard, 25 percent would continue south
on Ocean Boulevard south of Southern Boulevard while the other 30 percent would travel west

on Southern Boulevard across the Intracoastal Waterway.

The Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County require that only the increase in
trips are subject to the performance standards. Of the 200 additional trips, 90 trips would impact

Ocean Boulevard north of Mar-A®Lago and 110 daily trips would impact Ocean Boulevard south
of Mar-A-Lago to Southern Boulevard crossing the Intracoastal Waterway. The additional traffic

impact on Southern Boulevard would be 60 daily trips while the remaining 50 daily trips would
travel south on Ocean Boulevard south of Southern Boulevard.

Since many of the staff for the proposed club are expected to live west of the Intracoastal

Waterway and travel to the Mar-A-Lago Club via Southern Boulevard, the majority of staff should

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 utilize the Southern Boulevard service entrance for access to the property. This will reduce traffic
impacts on Ocean Boulevard north of Southern Boulevard.

i,

COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTYWIDE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Since the increase in trips is 200 daily trips or less, the radius of influence is only the
directly accessed link.

Thus, only Ocean Boulevard north and south of the site needs to be

evaluated relative to the Traffic Performance Standards.

That roadway section is presently over

capacity but was also over capacity when the comprehensive plan of Palm Beach County was
adopted.

Since the roadway was over capacity when the County adopted its comprehensive plan,

the traffic performance standards allow a minimal additional impact ( 1 percent of 13, 700) by a
project such as the proposed club.

The 110 trips per day impact is less than the allowable 1

percent impact volume of 137 trips.

Thus, the proposed club complies with the traffic

performance standards ordinance.

COMPLIANCE WITH TOWN OF PALM BEACH CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS

A review of historical traffic count data was undertaken to estimate 1993 peak season traffic

volumes for use in determining compliance with the Town' s concurrency requirements.

Based

upon Table 6, the proposed club complies with the concurrency requirements of the Town.

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TABLE 6

OCEAN BOULEVA

/ AlA PEAK SEASON, PEAK HOUR
CONCURRENCY EVALUATION

MAID-A-LAGO CLUB

r

North of

South of

South of

counity Road

County Il;oad

Southern Boule**ard

. Average

Capacity

t,2901

1, 570'

1, 570'

1, 477'

1990

1, 2472

1, 6981' 2

1, 1442

1, 363

1992

1, 2174

1, 6573

1, 0895

1, 321

1993

1, 2786

1, 7406

1, 1436

1, 387

Reserved Capacity

23'

Total ( 1993 + Reserved)

1, 410

Available Capacity

67

Mar-A-Lago Club Additional Traffic'

14

Sources
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"

Methodology for Traffic Concurrency Assessment", Adley, Brisson Engman, Inc.,

June 24,

1991.

2 Pages 12, 13, and 14, " Traffic Engineering Study", Frederic R. Harris, December, 1990.

3 Palm Beach County Traffic Count, February 13, 1992

4

Estimated by Kimley-Horn based upon change in traffic on Ocean Boulevard between County
Road and Southern Boulevard.

5

6

Estimated by Kimley-Horn based upon change in peak season daily traffic between 1990 and
1992 using Palm Beach County data.
Estimated by Kimley-Horn based upon an assumed 5 percent growth rate between 1992 and
1993.

Five percent growth rate based on 1991 to 1992 average daily volume growth for the
Ocean Boulevard count station between County Road and Southern Boulevard and the Ocean
Boulevard count station south of Southern Boulevard.

Peak season daily volume actually

decreased between 1991 and 1992 for the two count stations.

Estimated by Kimley-Horn to be 7 percent of 200 additional daily traffic generated by proposed
t

Mar-A-Lago Club.

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 CONCLUSION

As demonstrated by this report, the proposed club at Mar-A-Lago complies with the

Countywide Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County.

Further, the proposed

complies with the Town of Palm Beach concurrency requirements based upon projected 1993 peak
season volumes.

SITE ACCESS AND ON- SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION

An evaluation of site access and on- site traffic circulation was undertaken to minimize

any congestion which the proposed club might cause on Ocean Boulevard, During special events
at Mar-A-Lago recently, there has been some congestion caused on Ocean Boulevard which can
be avoided with proper operation and management. To address the situation conceptual plans were

developed depicting the existing use, typical daily club use, and

special events at the club.

Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 depict the concepts.

Figure 1 depicts the existing circulation plan. The existing main entrance on Ocean
Boulevard is used by the owner and the owner' s guests for entry and exit. The primary service

access is at the northern driveway on Ocean Boulevard and is used for both entry and exit for staff
and service vehicles.

A secondary service entry and exit also exists on Southern Boulevard.

Figure 2 depicts the circulation plan for the proposed club use on a typical day.

The

existing main entrance would be utilized for two lanes of inbound traffic for members and their
guests.

The two lanes would be served by separate valet drop points. One drop would be under

the porte cochere while the second drop would be on the traffic circle. The existing northern
service entrance and exit would be converted to two lanes for exit only for members and guests.
Valet pick-up would be accomplished in the parking area north of the traffic circle.

and staff would enter and exit via the Southern Boulevard service entry and exit.

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Figure 3 depicts the entry circulation plan for a special event

at the club.

The main

entrance would operate with two lanes inbound traffic for members and their guests. The northern

jaccess to Ocean Boulevard would operate with one lane as an entry for members and guests while
the second lane would be available for any vehicles which need to exit the property after dropping
off members or guests attending the special event at the club. Three valet drop locations would

be provided for the three inbound lanes. All service vehicles and staff would utilize the Southern
Boulevard service entry and exit.
Boulevard.

With this plan, there should be no congestion on Ocean

The club should engage policemen to maintain smooth traffic flow on Ocean

Boulevard associated with vehicles entering the club' s driveways.
Figure 4 depicts the exit circulation plan for a special event at the club.

The main

entrance would be used for two-way traffic. One lane would be used for members and guests

exiting after the event is over. The inbound lane would be available for vehicles returning to pickup members or guests.

The northern access to Ocean Boulevard would be used as two lanes for

members and guests exiting the property. The Southern Boulevard access would be used as a

supplemental exit for members and guests exiting the property as well as entry and exit for service
and staff.

With this plan, there should be minimal congestion caused on Ocean Boulevard and

special event attendees will be able to exit the property rather quickly.

The club should engage

policemen to allow special event attendees to enter Ocean Boulevard and Southern Boulevard
safely.

Parking for the proposed club will be provided on site through a combination of paved
and unpaved parking spaces.

Unpaved spaces will be provided in grass areas which have a

stabilized subbase or through the use of wood chip or some similar materials. These techniques
Ihave

been used effectively in areas which are not constantly used for parking.

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1: 1:::CHAPTER TEN

APPLICATIN FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTIN,

SITE PLAN REVIEW AND
DEVELOPMENT I

PACT REPORT

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 APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION NO.

TO THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PALM BEACH:

The undersigned requests that a Special Exception to the Zoning Ordinance be granted with
respect to the following property, described as:
See Exhibit "A" attached and incorporated herein by
reference.

The Special Exception requested is as follows:
Special

Exception

Use No

swimming,

golf, tennis

Article

Section

4,

Regulations"

for

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and yacht

4. 10,

District

Private

social,

clubs")

B, " Schedule

R-AA, " Large

under

of Use
Estate

Residential."

The following are the reasons why such Special Exception should be granted:
See Exhibit "B" attached and incorporated herein by
reference.

Respectfully submitted,
The Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc.

Donald J. Trump
Fee Simple Property Owner
or his duly authorized
Attorney, if not applicant)

By IS/ Paul Rampell
Applicant

Paul Rampell, as Attorney

Provide herein name of person who can receive service of process for purposes of litigation in
Paul Rampell, Esq., 125 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Palm Beach County

Copies mailed to adjacent and nearby property owners on, or before,
1992 as certified by

Building Official,
Town of Palm Beach

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1)

This Special Exception will be heard before the Town Council on
199

2)

Maps,

at 9: 30 a. m.

plats or other exhibits are attached to the original on file in the Town Building

Department.

3)

Please be advised that Applicant' s request for deferral of a Zoning Application may be

denied by Town Council per Section 10.41( e) of the Town Zoning Ordinance. Further, any

request by the Applicant for deferral or withdrawal must be received in writing seven ( 7) days
prior to the subject Town Council meeting.
Warning ** A nonconforming use may not be intensified per Section 8. 10 of the Town
Zoning Ordinance 2- 74 As Amended.
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 ADDENDUM
TO

THE MAR-A- LAGO CLUB:

A SPECIAL

EXCEPTION USE AND PRESERVATION PLAN
AND

APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION NO. 11- 93
BY THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, INC.

DATED:

APRIL 29, 1993

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 NOTE

The

Addendum

contains

information

supplementary to certain chapters in The Mar- aLago

A

Club:

Special

Exception

Use

and

Preservation Plan filed with the Town of Palm
Beach on March 12, 1993.
constructive

comments

Changes are based upon
made

by Mar-a- Lago' s

neighbors, Town of Palm Beach Councilmembers
and staff, experts, preservation authorities, residents

and

interested

parties.

All

modifications

are

restrictive of the Application for Special Exception
No.

11- 93.

inconsistent

If anything in the Addendum is
with

other

submitted

Addendum provisions shall control.

materials,

 CHAPTER ONE

THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB
INTRODUCTION

1.

Donald J. Trump shall continue to pay any and all real property taxes, maintenance

costs, insurance premiums and similar expenses to the extent The Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc. is unable
to meet such obligations.

The Applicant and Mr. Trump shall enter into a binding, recordable agreement
with the Town of Palm Beach to insure compliance by the Club with representations herein
2.

regarding preservation, parking, traffic, unity of title, compliance with various governmental
requirements and related matters.

3.

Mr.

Trump and/ or the Applicant within a reasonable period of time shall

voluntarily make an income tax deductible donation of preservation easements covering the
Critical Features identified in Chapter Three to a government unit or a charitable organization as
defined in Sections 501( c)( 3), 509( a)( 2) or 509( a)( 3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Membership in the Club shall be limited to that number necessary to meet traffic
limitations imposed by Palm Beach County and the Town of Palm Beach.
4.

5.

Landscaping along the northern boundary of the Mar-a- Lago estate will be

cultivated and enhanced to serve as a barrier for the benefit of Woodbridge residents. If after a
reasonable period of time ( not to exceed two years) this vegetational buffer proves to be

inadequate, the boundary wall will be extended( westward to Lake Worth) and increased in height
to the maximum possible) with appropriate governmental approval.

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 CHAPTER TWO
PRINCIPLES OF PRESERVATION

The following is added to Principle II:
No selective restriction shall be permitted which would create an architectural

form which never existed in the past."
In Principle IX, the phrase " further the original conceptions of' shall be replaced

with the phrase " maintain the integrity of creations by."
Principle X is deleted and the following inserted in lieu thereof:
In addition to the foregoing, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior' s Standards for
Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, as amended from time to
time, shall be strictly adhered to subject to applicable governmental regulations."

2

 CHAPTER THREE
CRITICAL FEATURES

The following shall be added to Item 10, "

Mansion Rooms":

v) upper and lower cloisters, ( w) north and south second floor corridors and
overlooks," and ( x) all stairways."

3

 CHAPTER EIGHT

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,
BY-LAWS AND RULES
OF
THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, INC.

In Article VIII, Section 5, " Eight" is corrected to " Two."

4

 CHAPTER NINE
T

FFIC ANALYSIS

Because modifications to various parts of this Chapter were made, the Traffic
Analysis is set forth in its entirety.

5

 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS

By: Joseph-& Pollock, Jr., P.E.

Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

The proposed Club at Mar-A-Lago is a planned use of the existing Mar-A-Lago mansion

and grounds in a manner similar to which Ms. Marjorie Merriweather Post originally used the
estate.

A private club is proposed for the property which would have a limited membership. The

owner and guest rooms of the mansion will be used for members and/ or their guests. Food service

would be provided for the guest rooms on an as needed basis and limited lunch and dinner service
for non-resident members and their guests. The tennis court and the nine- hole golf course would

be available for members and their guests as would use of the pool and a spa. Access for the
development would be onto Ocean Boulevard.

Kimley-Hom and Associates, Inc. was retained to prepare a trip generation traffic impact
analysis for the proposed club.

The study was conducted using criteria and techniques consistent

with the 1992 Traffic Performance Code of Palm Beach County.

PLANNING DATA

Proposed Club Use

Data concerning the proposed use of the property as a private club was provided by the
Lawrence Group,

Jim Griffin, and Paul Rampell.

characteristics:

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The club will have the following use

 Guest Rooms

10 Units

Dining Room Seating

75 People

Staff

70 Persons

Tennis Court

1 Court

Pool

1

Spa

3, 500 Sq.Ft.

Golf Course

9 Holes

Limited Layout)

Use of the club facilities will be limited to club members and their guests.

The guest

rooms are anticipated to function, for purposes of traffic analysis, as exclusive resort hotel rooms.

None of the guest rooms will have their own food preparation facilities, therefore dining will be
limited to room service type meals for dining within the them or to seating in the dining room
which is a part of the club.

The dining room will have regular seating for approximately 75

Special events may be held with dining for more than 75 people through special use of

people.

auxiliary rooms and verandas.

The club is planned to operate with a staff of 70 persons including grounds personnel.
Even though there are servant quarters on the property, essentially all staff will reside off the
property.

It is possible that the club may choose to transport the majority of staff to the property

using a shuttle van from a parking facility west of the Intracoastal Waterway.

The use of the dining facilities will be limited to activities planned to meet the needs of

the membership as well as the activity level of the members. Lunch and/ or dinner may not be
provided everyday depending upon the needs and usage of the club membership.

Several other

existing clubs within the Town of Palm Beach do not serve lunch and/ or dinner everyday during
the winter season.

A copy of a schedule for an existing club is attached as Exhibit " A".

7

 Ms. Marjorie Merriweather Post' s Use

Ms.- Post-us ed- Mar-A=L-a go as- a residence-during the wintermonths ofthe yearand as-a

place to entertain her house guests and other guests who were invited on a daily basis. According
to Jim Griffin, Ms. Post typically had numerous house guests residing in the 9 guest quarter units

which exist in the mansion. In addition, she invited other people to the mansion on a daily basis
for lunch, teas, and/ or dinner. It was not uncommon for her to have all 9 guest quarters full and

for her to have 20 to 40 people in for tea or lunch and other 50 to 60 people in for dinner on a

daily basis. In addition, larger events were held on weekends, special occasions or for benefits.

Ms. Post had a full-time staff of 70 people who worked at the estate.

Typically, only 60

or so worked on any given day. Approximately half of the staff lived in staff quarters at the
estate.

Mr. Donald Trump' s Use

Mr. Trump uses the estate in much the same manner as Ms. Post but the activity level is
less intensive according to Jim Griffin. During the winter months, the owner' s quarters are used

very extensively but not necessarily everyday. The guest quarters are typically used at the fifty
percent level through the season. A staff of 25 people maintains the grounds the year round and

meets the needs of the owners and guests during the season. In addition, Mr. Trump and/ or his
guests have visitors in for the day or evening on a regular basis. If he so desired, Mr. Trump

could increase the intensity of his usage to Ms. Post' s level easily and without any zoning change.

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 TRIP GENERATION

Proposed Club Use

The trip generation potential for the proposed club was developed based upon
characteristics and usage of the proposed club.

Trip generation rates of private clubs of the type

proposed for the site are not documented in data published by Palm Beach County or the Institute
of Transportation Engineers.

There is a very limited amount of data published by the Institute of

Transportation Engineers ( ITE) which is for one Elks Club in California. It is not envisioned that
the private club proposed for Mar-A-Lago would be anything like an Elks Club. Consequently,
those data are not valid for use. The number of guest rooms, lunch and dinner activity, number

of staff, service and deliveries as well as other member activity on a weekday basis have been
used to determine the trip generation potential of the proposed club.

The 10 member/guest rooms as stated previously are assumed to function much like a resort
hotel for trip generation purposes. The official hotel trip generation rate of Palm Beach County

is 8. 7 daily trips per hotel room. The ITE documents indicate that a resort hotel generates

approximately 10 trips per day per occupied room. Both the Palm Beach County hotel rate and

the ITE resort hotel rate include all trips even those generated by staff, deliveries and others
coming to the hotel for dining or meetings. Based upon trip purpose data from Broward County,

approximately 50 percent of a hotel' s trips are related to staff, deliveries, and persons other than
registered hotel guests using the facility. Consequently, we have used the resort hotel rate of 10

trips per hotel room but have reduced it by 50 percent since we are generating trips for staff,
service vehicles and others separately.

Exhibit "B" is a copy of the Broward County trip rates by

trip purpose.

A staff of 70 persons is proposed to operate the club in much the same manner as Ms. Post
did.

For purposes of this analysis, we have assumed that each staff person will come to the site

to work and then leave at the end of his or her shift. Thus, each staff person would generate two
trips per day.

It may be that some staff members will carpool or otherwise ride to work together
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 and the club may decide to operate a shuttle bus between Mar-A-Lago and a remote location to
minimize parking and traffic demands of the estate. These considerations have not been included
in this analysis.

Service and deliveries of goods and materials to the club are estimated to average 10
vehicles per day. Two trips per vehicle would be assumed.

Dining at the club would consist primarily of club members using the club for lunch in
conjunction with use of the club' s other facilities and/ or attending dinner in the evenings.

The

club will have 75 seats available for dining. The Club is expects to serve lunches for 60 percent

of its total 75 seating capacity on the average. Thus, 45 lunches would be served on a daily basis
with 35 of the lunches being consumed by members driving to the club and 10 lunches being
consumed by persons from the 10 member/guest rooms at the club. An automobile occupancy of
two persons per car is expected for members and/ or their guests arriving for lunch.
the club expects to have all 75 seats filled.

For dinner,

Approximately 20 of the 75 seats are expected to be

filled by persons occupying the guest rooms at the club. As with lunch, an automobile occupancy
of two persons per car is expected for club members and/ or their guests arriving for dinner.
Since the club will be open before and after lunch for tennis, golf, spa or other use, it is
anticipated that club members and/ or their guests will utilize the club' s facilities.

Another 20 to

25 members are expected to use the club' s facilities without having lunch or dinner. For purposes

of this analysis, we have assumed that 25 members other than those having lunch or dinner would
use the club on an average weekday.

For these trips, an automobile occupancy of one person per

car is assumed.

Although the Club extends privileges to residents of Woodbrige Road, 1125 South Ocean
Boulevard and the Bath and Tennis Club, these individuals will not park at Mar- A-Lago since they

easily can walk and should not impact either traffic or parking.

10

 Based upon the assumptions discussed above, the trip generation potential of the proposed
club was determined.

A summary of the determination is presented in Table 1.

As can be seen

in Table 1, the total daily trip generation is 350 daily trips.
TABLE 1

DAILY TRIP GENERATIOI`t
PROPOSED CLUB

Activity or Use

Daily Trips

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity

50

5 x 10 trips/ unit

Guest Rooms

10

Staff

70

2 trips/person

140

Service Vehicles

10

2 trips/vehicle

20

Lunch

35

2 trips/ 2 persons

35

Dinner

55

2 trips/ 2 persons

55

Other Use

25

2 trips/ person

50
350

Total

If the proposed club were to be operated with a shuttle bus or van for 40 percent of the
staff, the vehicular trips made by staff would be reduced.

A shuttle, if operated, would transport

staff from a parking facility west of the Intracoastal Waterway to Mar-A-Lago and thereby reduce

parking demands at Mar-A-Lago. Table 2 presents a summary of the daily trip generation of the
proposed club with a staff shuttle. As can be seen in Table 2, the total trip generation is 302 daily
trips.

Alternatively, the club may limit seating in the dining area to

50.

A reduced dining area

would reduce staff demands lightly and also reduce total daily traffic. Table 2 presents a summary
of the daily trip generation of the proposed club with reduced dining.
generation is 300 trips as can be seen in Table 3.

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The total daily trip

 TABLE 2

DAILY TRIP GENERATION

PROPOSED CLUB WITH STAFF SHUTTLE

Activity or Use

.

10

Guest Rooms

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity

5 x 10 trips/ unit

Daily Trips
50

70 - 30 = 40

2 trips/ person

80

Service Vehicles

10

2 trips/ vehicle

20

Lunch

35

2 trips/ 2 persons

35

Dinner

55

2 trips/ 2 persons

55

Other Use

25

2 trips/ person

50

2 trips/ run

12

Staff

6

Shuttle Runs

302

Total

TABLE 3

DAILY TRIP GENERATION

PROPOSED CLUB WITH REDUCED DINING
50 Seats)

Activity or Use

•

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity

5 x 10 trips/ unit

Daily Trips
50

Guest Rooms

10

Staff

60

2 trips/ person

120

Service Vehicles

10

2 trips/ vehicle

20

Lunch

20

2 trips/ 2 persons

20

Dinner

40

2 trips/ 2 persons

40

Other Use

25

2 trips/ person

50

300

Total

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 Ms. Marjorie Merriweather Post' s Use

The trip generation potential of the estate' s use by Ms. Post was estimated in the same
manner as that used for the proposed club. The differences are very small with the exception of

staff as can be seen in Table 4.

TABLE 4

DAILY TRIP GENERATION

MS. POST USE OF MAR-A-LAGO

Activity or Use

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity:

Daily Trips

Owners Suite

1

10 trips/ unit

10

Guest Rooms

9

5 x 10 trips/ unit

45

Staff

30

2 trips/ person

60

Service Vehicles

10

2 trips/vehicle

20

Day Visitors

20

2 trips/2 persons

20

Evening Visitors

55

2 trips/ 2 person

55
210

Total

Since Ms. Post lived at Mar-A-Lago, the trip generation rate for her suite was assumed to
be similar to a single- family residence. The guest rooms were assumed to be similar to a resort
hotel.

As stated in the planning data, approximately one- half of the staff resided on the estate in

servant quarters provided by Ms. Post. Ms. Post typically entertained other invited guests during

the day in addition to her house guests. We have estimated that level of average daily activity to

be 20 persons in addition to house guests. Evening dinners typically included 75 persons with 55
of those persons being persons other than house guests. Service and delivery vehicles were
assumed to be approximately 10 per day. As can be seen in the summary presented in Table 4,

the total trip generation potential of the previous use of the estate is 210 daily trips.
13

 Mr. Donald Trump' s Use

Donald Trump uses Mar-A-Lago much the same as Ms. Post but the activity is slightly less
intensive.

The estate does not presently experience the same level of guest activity or have as

many staff as Ms. Post did when she used Mar-A- Lago. The trip generation potential of Mr.

Trump' s use of the property is summarized in Table 5, the daily trips associated with the existing
Exhibit " C" contains a list of employees or persons

use by Mr. Trump and his guests totals 103.
who are at Mar-A-Lago on a daily basis.

TABLE 5

DAILY TRIP GENERATION

EXISTING TRUMP USE OF MAR-A-LAGO

s. .

Activity or Use

Daily Trip Rate

Quantity

Daily;Trips

Owners Suite

1

10 trips/ unit

10

Guest Rooms

5

5 x 10 trips/ unit

25

25

2 trips/ person

50

Service Vehicles

6

2 trips/ vehicle

12

Day/ Evening Visitors

6

2 trips/ 2 persons

Staff

6
103

Total

Trip Generation Difference

As can be seen in Tables 1, 2, and 3, the proposed club will generate between 300 and 350
daily trips. The trips associated with Ms. Post' s use totalled 210 daily trips while Mr. Trump' s

current use generates approximately 103 daily trips. Based upon discussions with the Town of

Palm Beach staff as well as the staff of Palm Beach County, Mr. Trump' s existing use should be
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 the benchmark against which the proposed club should be measured for concurrency purposes.

Thus, the proposed club will generate 197 to 247 more daily trips than Mr. Trump' s existing use.
The increase in trips ( from 197 to 247) is subject to concurrency. To meet the requirements of

the Palm Beach County Traffic Performance Standards, the traffic increase should be limited to
200 daily trips. To accomplish this, the club shall at all times either ( a) utilize a shuttle van to

transport some of its staff to Mar- A-Lago from a remote site, or ( b) reduce seating in the dining
area.

Based upon observed traffic characteristics of the Bath and Tennis Club, a total of 302 daily
trips for the proposed Mar-A-Lago Club translates to a potential club membership of 1, 007.
membership shall not exceed this number.

Club

Exhibit " D" contains a computation of the potential

club membership calculation.

TRAFFIC ASSIGNMENT

The assignment of traffic from the proposed club at Mar-A-Lago as well as traffic from the

existing use would be essentially the same. Approximately, 45 percent of the trips would load to
the north on Ocean Boulevard with the remaining 55 percent loading to the south on Ocean

Boulevard. Of the 55 percent loading south on Ocean Boulevard, 25 percent would continue south
on Ocean Boulevard south of Southern Boulevard while the other 30 percent would travel west

on Southern Boulevard across the Intracoastal Waterway.

The Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County require that only the increase in
trips are subject to the performance standards.

Of the 200 additional trips, 90 trips would impact

Ocean Boulevard north of Mar-A-Lago and 110 daily trips would impact Ocean Boulevard south
of Mar-A-Lago to Southern Boulevard crossing the Intracoastal Waterway. The additional traffic

impact on Southern Boulevard would be 60 daily trips while the remaining 50 daily trips would
travel south on Ocean Boulevard south of Southern Boulevard.

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 Since many of the staff for the proposed club are expected to live west of the Intracoastal
Waterway and travel to the Mar-A-Lago Club via Southern Boulevard, the majority of staff should
utilize the Southern Boulevard service entrance for access to the property. This will reduce traffic
impacts on Ocean Boulevard north of Southern Boulevard.

COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTYWIDE TRAFFIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Since the increase in trips is 200 daily trips or less, the radius of influence is only the
directly accessed link. Thus, only Ocean Boulevard north and south of the site needs to be
evaluated relative to the Traffic Performance Standards. That roadway section is presently over

capacity but was also over capacity when the comprehensive plan of Palm Beach County was
adopted.

Since the roadway was over capacity when the County adopted its comprehensive plan,

the traffic performance standards allow a minimal additional impact ( 1 percent of 13, 700) by a
project such as the proposed club.

The 110 trips per day impact is less than the allowable 1

percent impact volume of 137 trips.

Thus, the proposed club complies with the traffic

performance standards ordinance.

COMPLIANCE WITH TOWN OF PALM BEACH CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS

A review of 1993 peak season traffic count data was undertaken to determine compliance

with the Town' s concurrency requirements. Based upon Table 6, the proposed club complies with
the concurrency requirements of the Town.

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 TABLE 6

OCEAN BOULEVARD/ AlA PEAK SEASON, PEAK HOUR
CONCURRENCY EVALUATION

MAR-A-LAGO CLUB

North of

South of

South of

County Road

County Road

Southe n Boulevard

Capacity

1, 290'

1, 570'

1, 570'

1, 477'

19932

1, 125

1, 478

1, 146

1, 250
23'

Reserved Capacity
Total ( 1993 +

Average

1, 273

Reserved)

Available Capacity

204

Mar- A-Lago Club Additional Traffic'

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Sources

Methodology for Traffic Concurrency Assessment", Adley, Brisson Engman, Inc.,

June 24,

1991.
2

Table C from March 25, 1993 letter to Mr. James Bowser regarding Updated Town of Palm
Beach Traffic Counts for 1993.

Estimated by Kimley-Horn to be 9 percent of 200 additional daily traffic generated by proposed
Mar-A-Lago Club.

CONCLUSION

As demonstrated by this report, the proposed club at Mar- A-Lago complies with the
Countywide Traffic Performance Standards of Palm Beach County. Further, the proposed Club

complies with the Town of Palm Beach concurrency requirements based upon 1993 peak season
volumes.

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 SITE ACCESS AND ON-SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION

An evaluation of site access and on- site traffic circulation was undertaken to minimize

any congestion which the proposed club might cause on Ocean Boulevard. During special events
at Mar-A-Lago recently, there has been some congestion caused on Ocean Boulevard which can
be avoided with proper operation and management. To address the situation conceptual plans were

developed depicting the existing use, typical daily club use, and special events at the club.

Figure 1 depicts the existing circulation plan. The existing main entrance on Ocean

Boulevard is used by the owner and the owner' s guests for entry and exit. The primary service

access is at the northern driveway on Ocean Boulevard and is used for both entry and exit for staff
and service vehicles.

A secondary service entry and exit also exists on Southern Boulevard.

If

the Palm Beach Town Council deems it appropriate, an exit-only gate can be created west of the
present Southern Boulevard service accessway. This gate, which would be aesthetically identical

to the existing gate, will make it easier for service vehicles to exit the property and involves
minimal change.

Figure 2 depicts the circulation plan for the proposed club use on a typical day.

The

existing main entrance would be utilized for two lanes of inbound traffic for members and their
guests.

The two lanes would be served by separate valet drop points. One drop would be under

the porte cochere while the second drop would be on the traffic circle. The existing northern

service entrance and exit would be converted to two lanes for exit only by members and guests.

Valet pick-up would be accomplished in the parking area north of the traffic circle.
and staff would enter and exit via the Southern Boulevard service entry and exit.

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Two conditions are depicted on Figure 3 which represent the peak traffic hour on

Ocean Boulevard ( between 3: 00 pm and 4: 00 pm) and the peak hour for the Club in evening
generally between 6: 30 pm and 7: 30 pm). The Club traffic is estimated to be approximately 9
percent of the total daily between 3: 00 and 4: 00 pm.

The Club traffic is estimated to be

approximately 10 percent of the total daily between 6: 30 and 7: 30 pm.

Figure 4 depicts the entry circulation plan for a special event at the club.

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entrance would operate with two lanes inbound traffic for members and their guests. The northern

access to Ocean Boulevard would operate with two lanes for any vehicles which need to exit the
property after dropping off members or guests attending the special event at the club.

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drop locations would be provided for the two inbound lanes. All service vehicles and staff would
utilize the Southern Boulevard service entry and exit.
congestion on Ocean Boulevard.

With this plan, there should be no

The club will engage off-duty policemen to maintain smooth

traffic flow on Ocean Boulevard associated with vehicles entering the club' s driveways. The two-

lane entry has the capacity to stack approximately 20 cars between the drop points and the entry
gate so that any waiting cars can queue on site instead of on South Ocean Boulevard. With a total

valet crew of 15 to 25 people, the vehicles waiting for the valet drop should not exceed the 20- car
capacity.

Also depicted on Figure 4 is the on-site circulation and operation of the valet parking
operation.

The valet drop points will be manned by 4 to 8 people who drive the cars from the

drop point to the staging area. The valet attendants then return to the valet drop points to drive
more cars to the staging area.

Parking attendants will drive the cars from the staging area to a

specific parking location. This strategy keeps the valet drop area operating smoothly without
requiring the valet and parking attendants to make a long run between the valet drop points and
a specific parking location.

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vehicles returning to pick-up members or guests. The northern access to Ocean Boulevard would

be used as two lanes for members and guests exiting the property. The Southern Boulevard access
would only be used as entry and exit for service and staff. With this plan, there should be
minimal congestion caused on Ocean Boulevard since any congestion associated with vehicles
exiting would be on site. The club will engage an off-duty policeman to allow special event

attendees to exit onto Ocean Boulevard safely.

Also depicted on Figure 5 is the on-site circulation and operation of the valet parking
operation. The valet pick-up points will be manned by a doorman with a radio who communicates
to the parking attendant coordinator located in the parking area that a particular car is needed at

the pick-up point. The coordinator then directs a parking attendant to bring the automobile to the
pick-up point.

Essentially, the on- site circulation process is reversed for the exit maneuver.

Special events at the club would be attended by 400 people or less since special event
seating is defined to be 390. Four hundred people translates to 200 automobiles with a typical
automobile occupancy of 2. 0 per car. Special events typically begin with a cocktail time period
preceding a dinner. It is anticipated that approximately 70 percent of the attendees will arrive in

an hour which begins generally around the time specified for the special event to begin.

The

remaining 30 percent will split between arriving before the event begins or arrive over one hour
after the event begins.

Consequently, approximately 140 automobiles would arrive in an hour to

be parked by the valet operation. With two lanes operating, each lane would handle approximately
70 autos in 60 minutes or one car every 50 seconds. The valet operation proposed for the Mar-ALago Club can accommodate that type of demand based upon past Mar-A-Lago events.

The exit

demand at the end of a special event should be very similar to the entry demand with some
attendees leaving early and others leaving late.

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hour flows for a special event which had a beginning time of 7:00 pm as well as an exit time
beginning at 11: 00 pm. The traffic flows on Ocean Boulevard during these hours should not

present a congestion problem associated with either the beginning or ending of a special event.

With off-duty police control of vehicles entering and exiting the Mar-A-Lago club, delays to

through traffic on Ocean Boulevard can be minimized and safe conditions can be reasonably
maintained.

The Mar-A-Lago Club will coordinate its special events with the Bath and Tennis Club
such that special events will not be scheduled at both clubs at the same time.

Parking for the proposed club will be provided on site. Spaces will be provided in grass
block pavers will be installed.

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 EXHIBIT " B"

TRIP

RATES

EFFECTIVE

BY PURPOSE

AUGUST

Hcmebased
land Use Type (

units)

,

Residential ( dwelling

Work

,

6,

1991

Hanebased
Shopper!

Hamebased
Other

Non Home
Total

Based

units)

Single Family

2. 70

1. 80

4. 80

70

10. 00 .

Townhouse:•

1. 30

1. 65

3. 53

72

7. 20

Garden Apartment

1. 22

1. 50

3. 47

61

6. 80

91

1. 05

2. 40

44

4. 80

High Rise

71

92

1. 97

40

4. 00

Retirement Carmanity

78

86

1. 83

43

3. 90

Hotel/ Motel

32

1. 47

3. 67

5. 04

10. 50

2. 08

5. 6

4. 0

16. 00

25. 0%

Mobile Hctne

Office and Financial
Office

( 1,

000 sq. ft.)
ft.

Less than 50, 000 sq.
ft.

50, 000 sq.
Ln( T)
Bank (

4. 32*

&
over

x. 0. 756 1n( FA)+ 3. 765

27. 0%

1, 000 sq. ft.)

Office

( acre)

Office

( acre)

( 1(

story)

multi- story)

•

13. 0%

35. 0%

51. 84

24. 96

67. 20

48. 00

77. 74

37. 46

100. 68

72. 12

288. 00

110. 60

56. 20

151. 02

108. 18

432. 0C

'

192. 00

Industrial

General' Industrial

(1,

2. 61

87

1. 14

81

503

General Industrial

(acre)

56. 09

18. 70

24. 50

17. 41

116. 76

( station)

14. 96

351. 56

29. 92

351. 56

748. 00

27. 95

70. 69

37. 81

27. 95

164. 40

20. 04

50. 70

27. 12

20. 04 •

117. 90

17. 0%

43. 0%

23. 0%

17. 0%

17. 0%

43. 0%

23. 0%

17. 0%

Retail

000 sq, ft.)

;

Service Station
Oarmercial (

1, 000 sq. ft.)

Less than 20, 000 sq. ft.
IPS¢

unrestricted)
(

than 20, 000 sq. ft. (no

20, 000 -

restaurants)

199, 999 sq. ft. :

Ln( T)= 0. 65

Ln( FA)+ 5. 92

200, 000 sq. ft.

and Over:

27. 07( FA)+ 6371

Commercial ( acre) :

Over 27. 7. acres (
5. 5 -

27. 7

1- story)

acres ( 1-

5. 5 acres (

154. 01

113. 83

669. 60

story) :

432( AC) +
1. 1 -

287. 93

113. 83

6703

43. 0%

17. 0%

23. 0%

17. 0%

1- story) :
23. 0%

17. 0%

17. 0%

43. 0%

Less than 1. 1 acres ( 1- story)

503. 06

1272. 46

680. 62

503. 06

Over 22. 2 acres ( multi- story)
22. 2 acres ( multi- story) :
4. 5 •-,
540( AC) + 6703

142. 30

359. 90

192. 50

142. 30

43. 0%

23. 0%

17. 0%

17. 0%

43. 0%

23. 0%

17. 0%

2. 96

0

4. 90

3. 54

1. 62

0

2. 76

1. 62

6. 6

39

0

4. 62

2. 69

7.

1. 54

0

18. 54

10. 82

30.

81

0

1. 38

81

3. 00

67

0

1. 12

81

2. 40

1854( AC) +

140

LPca than 4. 5 acres ( multi- story) !
140
2317. 5( AC) +

17. 0%

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837. 00

Other

Hospital

Park (
church

( bed)

acre)

( weekday)

( 1, 000 sq. ft.)

Church ( weekday) ( acre)

Marina ( boat berth)

Nursing Nome (

bed)

11. 4-o

 EXHIBIT " C"

Shirley Cassidy
8140- A Bridgewater court
Lake Clarke Shores,

FL

33406

William Conover

711 Palladega Street,
West Palm Beach,
Allan

FL

Cornell Racz
Front

33405

5600 North Dixie Highway,
1'' L 33407

1001 Henrietta Avenue 42
Palm Beach,

FL

FL

FL

FL

Foy Hardrick,
1338
West

Vaclav

FL

1100

South Ocean Bloulevard

Palm

Beach,

4567 Holly Lake Drive
Lake Worth,

F.

Worth,

1302 Larch Way
FL 33414

Worth,

Michael

L.

b' L

Richard St .

Worth,

Pierre

1698 South East Monroe Street
Stuart,

FL 34997

Michael

F,

Suski

3844 Victoria Drive
West Palm Beach,
F,

Fl

33406

Tuggle

11479 Sunset Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33411
A.

White

1217 Whitney Street
West

Palm Beach,

33460

FL 33409

Howard Willson
Mason

321 South D Street
Lake

33463

500 North Congress Avenue # 202
West Palm Beach, Fl 33401

Vernal

George A. King
1418- B Lake Avenue
Lake

FL.

33480

Kablitz

Wellington,

FL 33463

4560 Jamie Place
Lake

Herman
David

33404

33460

Juza
FL

FL

Robert Simpson
Jr.

Debra Johnson
807 North M Street
Worth,

14th Street

33480

11th Street
Palm Beach, FL 33402

Lake

FL

A- 3

FL 33409

Ramond Scully

South Ocean Boulevard

Palm Beach,

301 West

Riviera Beach,

33480

Timothy Griffin
1100

West Palm Beach,

Stuart Saine

Griffin

Beach,

Rogers

1106 Greenpine Boulevard,

33480

1100 South Ocean Boulevard
Palm

33407

James Rollins

1100 South Ocean Boulevard

Robelle

FL

33401

Griffin

Palm Beach,

FL 33413

400 47th Street
West Palm Beach,
Richard D.

Bobby Foster

James

Palm Beach,

Walter Roberts
Apt ,

1503

West

5984 Kumquate Road
West

Cook

West Palm teach,

Ivan Pettifor
3844 Victoria Drive
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

1202
West

Essex Drive
Palm Beach,

33460

FL 33414

Henry Woodson
713

Sapodilla Avenue

West Palm Beach,

FL

33401

 EXHIBIT " D"

MAR-A-LAGO CLUB MEMBERSHIP COMPUTATION

Trip Generation Observation of Bath and Tennis Club on 12/ 8/ 92 resulted in 632 total daily trips.
Bath and Tennis Club Membership is 1, 150 according to the membership book.

Daily trip rate for Bath and Tennis Club is 632 divided by 1, 150 or . 55 daily trips per member.

Mar-A-Lago Club will have less facilities for dining and tennis and is approximately one- half the
size of Bath and Tennis Club.

Consequently, the Mar-A-Lago Club trip rate is assumed to be . 30
daily trips per member or approximately 55 percent of the Bath and Tennis Club rate.

Mar- A-Lago Club membership is 302 daily trips divided by . 30 daily trips per member or 1, 007
members.

31

 CHAPTER TEN

APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION,
SITE PLAN REVIEW AND
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT

The Applicant shall agree to the inclusion of, and unity of title to, those parcels of
real property described in Exhibit " A".

A slightly revised legal description in Exhibit " A" is

attached.

Exhibit " B" to Application for Special Exception No. 11- 93 by The Mar-a- Lago
Club, Inc. and the Site Plan Review are attached and contain supplementary information.

All improvements at Mar-a- Lago shall comply with applicable building, fire, safety
and sanitation regulations in the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach and similar state
and federal regulations.

32

 Exhibit " A" to Application

for Special Exception No. 11- 93 by The Mar-a-Lago Club, Inc.

Being all that part of the North 610. 00 feet of the South 1170.00 feet of Government Lot 2 of

Section 35, Township 43, South, Range_ 3 East, in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,
Florida,
lying West of Ocean Boulevard ( State Road AlA) Right of Way and more particularly
described as follows, to- wit:
Beginning at a point on the West face of an existing seawall on the East shore of Lake Worth,
which point is 560.00 feet North of, measured at Right Angles to the South line of Government
Lot 2, of said Section 35; thence North 609' 22" West along the West face of said seawall for a
distance of 77. 32 feet; thence North 10° 23' 23" East along the West face of said seawall for a

distance of 539. 50 feet to a point in the South line of BINGHAM-COPP TRACT, a Subdivision
recorded in Plat book 1_,

Page 6, Palm Beach County Public Records; thence run South .

12' 07"

East along the South line of said BINGHAM-COPP TRACT for a distance of 1134. 10 feet to a
point in the Westerly R/ W line of Ocean Boulevard ( State Road AlA); thence

run South 0° 09' 07"

East for a distance of 82. 59 feet to a Point of curvature; thence run Southerly along the arc of a
curve concaved to the Southwest having a radius of 1412. 69 feet and a central angle of 303' 00"

for a distance of 75. 20 feet to a point of tangency; thence run South 2° 53" 53" West for a distance

of 176. 28 feet to a point of curvature; thence run Southwesterly along the arc of a curve concaved
to the Northwest having a radius of 2869. 03 feet and a central angle of 253' 53"

West for a

distance of 127. 27 feet to a point of compound curvature; thence continue Southwesterly along
the arc of a curve, concaved to the Northwest having a radius of 158. 68 feet and a central angle

of 8626' 30" for a distance of 239. 38 feet to a point of tangency; thence run North 88° 12' 07"
West along the North line of Southern Boulevard ( State Road 80) for a distance of 1040.43 feet
to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 16. 3760 Acres, more or less;
and

The West one- half( W 1/ 2) of Lot 20 and the South 15 feet of the East one- half( E 1/ 2) of Lot
20 and the South 15 feet of the West one- half ( W 1/ 2) of Lot 21, all in BINGHAM- COPP

TRACT, a subdivision in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, as recorded in
Plat Book 18, Page 6, Palm Beach County Public Records, containing 0. 1894 Acres, more or less;
Together with an easement for the use of the tunnel under South Ocean Boulevard ( State Road
Al A) as described in that certain Quit Claim Easement Deed recorded in Official Record Book
2327, Page 1970 of the Palm Beach County Public Records;
and

The ocean parcel consisting of the South 358 feet of the North 403 feet of the South 1170 feet

of Government Lot 2, Section 35, Township 43 South, Range 43 East, Palm Beach County,

Florida.

33

 Exhibit " B" to

Application for Special Exception No. 11- 93

by The Mar-a-Lago Club, Inc.
Compliance with Special Exception Requirements

In its conversion from a so- called Large Residential Estate to a private social club,

the actual usage of Mar-a- Lago will not change. No new activity will occur which cannot, does

not or has not taken place in the past under the existing zoning of this property.

The applicant

seeks no physical change whatsoever to the property ( such as, for instance, the addition or

demolition of any improvement).
A special exception, not a variance, is sought.
demonstrated.

Therefore, no hardship need be

If the criteria for a special exception are met, the special exception must be

granted and cannot be denied as a discretionary matter.

The conversion of Mar-a-Lago into a club is a special exception which complies
with all requirements of Section 6. 4 of Appendix A, " Zoning", Code of Ordinances of the Town
of Palm Beach:

a)

The use is a permitted special exception as set forth in the Schedule of Use

Regulations in Article 4.
b)

The use is so designed, located and proposed to be operated that the public

health, safety, welfare and morals will be protected.

The eastern border of Mar-a-Lago is contiguous to South Ocean Boulevard.
The western border faces Lake Worth.
Boulevard.

The southern side of the property runs along Southern

Thus, three of Mar- a- Lago' s four boundaries have roadways and/ or water to protect

the public' s health, safety, welfare and morals.

34

 The northern border of Mar-a- Lago abuts the rear yards of a few residences
on Woodbridge Road but contains a perimeter wall and vegetation. This landscaping will be

cultivated and enhanced to serve as a barrier for the benefit of Woodbridge residents.

If after a

reasonable period of time ( not to exceed two years) this vegetational buffer proves inadequate,

the boundary wall will be extended ( westward to Lake Worth) and increased in height ( to the
maximum possible) with appropriate governmental approval.

The Club, as a proposed use, is designed and will be operated in a manner

similar to other clubs in Palm Beach as demonstrated by the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws
and Rules of The Mar-a- Lago Club, Inc. set forth in Chapter Ten of The Mar- a- Lago

Club:

A

Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan. Therefore, the effect of this usage will be no
different then other existing clubs, including The Bath & Tennis Club directly across the street.
c)

The use will not cause substantial injury to the value of other property in the

neighborhood where it is to be located.

Residents of Woodbridge Road, 1125 South Ocean Boulevard and members
of The Bath &

Tennis Club, Inc. will have club privileges without paying membership fees.

These privileges should increase the value of neighboring properties.
d)

The use will be compatible with adjoining development and the intended

purpose of the district in which it is located.

The use of Mar- a-Lago is complimentary and consistent with The Bath &
Tennis Club, Inc. located in this identical district across the street. Clubs are intended uses of
District R- AA, " Large Estate Residential,"
Use No. 5, "

since they are explicitly named as Special Exception

Private social, swimming, golf, tennis and yacht clubs."

35

 e)

The use will comply with yard, other open space, and any special requirements

set out in the Schedule of District Regulations for the particular use involved.

The use of a club at Mar-a- Lago meets the lot minimums by area, width and
depth; maximum and minimum density; yard minimums; and bulk criteria for the R-AA District
or is otherwise grandfathered since improvements were constructed in 1927.
f)

The use will comply with all elements of the Comprehensive Plan.
The adaptive reusage of the Mar-a-Lago Club conversion is an innovative

approach to preservation endorsed in the Comprehensive Plan:
Brisson Engman, Inc.

Town of Palm Beach by Adley

The private group use is expressly permissible.

Club usages are

recognized as important for recreation, open space and conservation. The special exception use

of clubs in the R-AA, Large Estate Residential, zoning district is incorporated by reference into
the Comprehensive Plan.
g)

The use will not result in substantial economic, noise, glare, or odor impacts

on adjoining properties and properties generally in the district.
The eastern border of Mar-a- Lago is contiguous to South Ocean Boulevard.
The western border faces Lake Worth.
Boulevard.

The southern side of the property runs along Southern

Thus, three of Mar- a- Lago' s four boundaries have roadways and/ or water to protect

the public' s health, safety, welfare and morals.
The northern border of Mar-a- Lago abuts the rear yards of a few residences
on Woodbridge Road but contains a perimeter wall and vegetation.

This landscaping will be

cultivated and enhanced to serve as a barrier for the benefit of Woodbridge residents. If after a
reasonable period of time ( not to exceed two years) this vegetational buffer proves inadequate,

36

 the boundary wall will be extended ( westward to Lake Worth) and increased in height ( to the
maximum possible) with appropriate governmental approval.

The Club, as a proposed use, is designed and will be operated in a manner

similar to other clubs in Palm Beach as demonstrated by the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws
and Rules of The Mar-a-Lago Club, Inc. set forth in Chapter Ten of The Mar- a- Lago

Club: A

Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan. Therefore, the effect of this usage will be no
different then other existing clubs, including The Bath & Tennis Club directly across the street.
Residents of Woodbridge Road, 1125 South Ocean Boulevard and members
of The Bath &

Tennis Club, Inc. will have club privileges without PY
a in g membership
p fees.

These privileges should increase the value of neighboring properties.
The use of Mar- a-Lago is complimentary and consistent with The Bath &
Tennis Club, Inc. located in this identical district across the street. Clubs are intended uses of
District R-AA, " Large Estate Residential," since they are explicitly named as Special Exception
Use No. 5, "

Private social, swimming, golf, tennis and yacht clubs."
h)

Adequate ingress and egress to the property and proposed structures thereon

and off-street parking and loading areas will be provided where required, with particular reference
to automotive and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, and access in case
of fire or catastrophe.

Adequate ingress and egress as well as the mechanics of valet service are

diagrammatically demonstrated in Chapter Nine, " Traffic

Analysis," of The Mar- a- Lago Club:

A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan. By changing traffic through the main entrance

to two ( 2) lanes of inflow, changing traffic on the north road ( formerly service) to two ( 2) lanes

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 of outflow and activating the Southern Boulevard accessway, ingress and egress, traffic flow and

control and emergency access will be superior to historically- accepted arrangements. Parking and
loading areas are shown in Drawing No. 4, " Parking Plan& Landscape Element" within Chapter
Eleven of The Mar-a-Lago Club: A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan.

Automobiles shall be parked in the area identified as Phase A of the Parking
Plan until such area is full, then Phase B until such area is full, and then Phase C if the need
arises.

Grass paver blocks and/ or soil stabilization shall be installed in Phases B (

and C, if

necessary) and along both sides of the cart path.

The 112 paved parking spaces in Phases A and B will be sufficient for the

routine, day-to- day use of the Club by members and guests. The 140 spaces in Phase C will be
needed for overflow parking at special events. Membership shall be limited so that at least one
1) parking space per four ( 4) members is available.
i)

Signs, if any, and proposed exterior lighting with reference to glare, traffic

safety, and economic impact, will be compatible and in harmony with properties in the district.

No new signs and/ or exterior lighting are proposed. Existing signs and lighting
have been long-established as exemplary in this neighborhood. The vegetation and wall barrier

on the northern border of Mar- a-Lago will protect Woodbridge residents from glare, traffic safety
and economic impact. Guest privileges for residents of Woodbridge Road and 1125 South Ocean
Boulevard confer a positive economic benefit upon these neighbors.

j)

The location, availability and compatibility of utility service for the use will

be satisfactory to insure health and safety.
k)

The refuse and service areas for the use will not adversely affect automotive

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 and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control, or access in case of fire or
catastrophe.

Since refuse and service areas for the Club will be located on Southern

Boulevard, these activities will be far-removed from automobile and pedestrian movement
involving members and guests and will facilitate internal and external traffic flow as well as

emergency access. The relocation of the service drive to Southern Boulevard will improve safety,
convenience and emergency access over prior, long- accepted conditions.
1)

The proposed use will not attract the principal portion of its customers/ clients

from off-island locations.

At least fifty percent ( 50%) of the members of the Club will consist of

individuals who maintain residences in the Town of Palm Beach or have places of employment
located in the Town.

m) Adequate landscaping and screening is provided as required.
See Chapter Six of The Mar-a- Lago Club:

A Special Exception Use and

Preservation Plan.

The eastern border of Mar-a- Lago is contiguous to South Ocean Boulevard.
The western border faces Lake Worth.
Boulevard.

The southern side of the property runs along Southern

Thus, three of Mar-a- Lago' s four boundaries have roadways and/ or water to protect

the public' s health, safety, welfare and morals.
The northern border of Mar-a- Lago abuts the rear yards of a few residences
on Woodbridge Road but contains a perimeter wall and vegetation.

This landscaping will be

cultivated and enhanced to serve as a barrier for the benefit of Woodbridge residents.

If after a

reasonable period of time ( not to exceed two years) this vegetational buffer proves inadequate,

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 the boundary wall will be extended ( westward to Lake Worth) and increased in height ( to the
maximum possible) with appropriate governmental approval.

r)

The proposed use will not place a greater burden, than would be caused by a

permitted use, on municipal police services due to increased traffic, or on fire protection services

due to the existence of, or increased potential for, fire/ safety code violations.
All activities in the club use( e. g., dinners, parties, etc.)

are presently permitted

under the present zoning classification of Mar-a- Lago and therefore the burden on police and fire
protection services will not change.

Nevertheless, the Mar-a- Lago Club will employ off-duty

traffic police to supervise traffic for dining and special events. The fire protection systems at the

Club will be significantly upgraded by, among other things, the installation of a state- of-the- art
interior sprinkler system.

A site plan is submitted simultaneously herewith in accordance with Section

9. 60 of Appendix A of the Code of Ordinances and consists of a current survey of Mar-a- Lago
and site drawings.
The Mar- a- Lago Club:

A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan by

Eugene Lawrence, Architect, Joseph B. Pollock, Jr., P. E. and Paul Rampell, Esq. has been filed

with the Town of Palm Beach simultaneously herewith and is incorporated in its entirety into this
Application by reference.

40

 SITE PLAN REVIEW

This zoning report is presented in accordance with Section 9. 60 of the ordinance

of the Town of Palm Beach to allow examination of potential offsite impacts of the proposed
change in use.
Section 9. 61.

A Development Impact Report is attached to this chapter in accordance with
The following response is made in alphabetical and numerical sequence as

established in the ordinance.
a.

The property is presently in the ownership and control of Donald J. Trump.

The Mar- a- Lago Club, Inc. is a contract vendee.
b.
Mar- a- Lago Club:

The detailed use of the facility is outlined in Chapters One and Eight of The
A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan. No physical changes in the

buildings or grounds are to be made so that there will be no change in the character of the
property.
c.

A general location map of the site is indicated on the aerial surveys and the

d.

Two copies of a site plan, sheet 12 of The Mar-a- Lago Club:

site plan.

Exception Use and Preservation Plan and a current survey,

A Special

are provided which indicate

information required by items ( 1) through ( 8) inclusive. The grass surface on both sides of the

cart path will be stabilized with sub- surface shellrock to enable the tertiary use of Phase C
parking after Phases A and B are both full.

The use of Phase C should be infrequent and

essentially for special event overflow only.
No pedestrian traffic will occur in Phases A, B, or C. All phases are removed

from the mansion, beach, and swimming pools. Individuals can walk to the tennis court and golf

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 course from the mansion.

A short path across the golf cart will be identified for pedestrian

crossing with a small, discreet sign.
Off-street parking is depicted in the " Parking Plan& Landscape Enhancement"
identified as Drawing No. 4 of Chapter Eleven of The Mar- a- Lago Club: A Special Exception
Use and Preservation Plan. Drop- off points for valet service are shown in Chapter Nine, " Traffic
Analysis."
e.

The tabulation of land area is as follows:
Square Feet
1.

Private Club use ( total site)

713, 341

2.

Ground Cover by structure

48, 648

3.

Impervious surface in addition
to structure

f.

1.

69, 765

Space has been allocated as shown on the existing plan to provide valet,

non- structured parking for 252 spaces ( although space for 321 spaces exists).

The site is a

designated national and local landmark. The vegetation on site makes a major contribution to
landmark status.

The parking is short time parking. It is intended to be located on existing

paved areas, under the landscape canopy so that the canopy may not be altered and on grassed

areas along the entrance drive and to the west, both of which have been used historically for that
purpose.

Access to the landscaped area to the south will be by way of a cart path now crossing

the site.

Approximately 252 parking spaces are delineated in the " Parking Plan &

Landscape

Enhancement" identified as Drawing No. 4 of Chapter Eleven of The Mar- a- Lago Club:

A

Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan. The requirement that off-street parking be surfaced

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 with suitable paving is satisfied by the installation of grass block pavers in Phase B ( and C, if
needed).

2.

There presently is the mansion and two other staff buildings on the site

yielding a density of. 17 units per acre. The ten guest rooms have no kitchens and therefore are

not dwelling units under the interpretation by which the three dwelling units were established.
The use of the suites does not change nor does the density, in that no additional facilities are
added.

g.

All facilities on the site will be maintained by the Club. See the Principles

of Preservation in Chapter Two, Maintenance and Inspection Schedule in Chapter Seven, and the

Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and Rules of the Club in Chapter Eight of The Mar-a- Lago
Club:

A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan.
h.

present condition.

Storm drainage and sanitary sewage connections will be maintained in their

Exfiltration trenches shall be constructed along a portion of the perimeter of

the Phase B parking area and intermittently along the soil- stabilized cart path to dispose of the
very nominally increased storm run- off from these improvements. Otherwise, existing on- site
storm drainage will not be effected and is adequate for the club conversion. Although the present
sanitary sewage plant is adequate for Club usage since it has accommodated large groups of

people at Mar-a- Lago for approximately 30 years, the Club will contribute to the improvement
of sanitation sewage systems so that they are in full compliance with all applicable government
regulations.

i.

No new structures are requested.

buildings on the site.

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The Club will function within the present

 j.

No new signs are requested.

k.

The site plan attached indicates the location of existing foliage which is

described, by area, in Chapter Six of The Mar-a- Lago Club:
Preservation Plan.

A Special Exception Use and

All of such foliage shall be maintained to the maximum extent possible and,

if necessary over time, replaced with harmonious new landscaping. Landscaping along the
northern boundary of the Mar-a-Lago estate will be cultivated and enhanced to serve as a barrier
for the benefit of Woodbridge residents. If after a reasonable period of time (not to exceed two
years)

this vegetational buffer proves to be inadequate, the boundary wall will be extended

westward to Lake Worth) and increased in height ( to the maximum possible) with appropriate
governmental approval.

1.

The use of the building and grounds is recreational.

m.

Not applicable.

n.

Not applicable.

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 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORT
for

THE MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, INC.
Introduction

This report is pursuant to paragraph "( 9. 61) Application" per Appendix A, The

Zoning Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, particularly as described on
page 2106.

This report will evaluate the below listed specifically requested impacts that the
proposed development may cause in accordance to the above referenced

paragraph.

We define

these impacts as Level I impacts:
LEVEL I

INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
Utility Services
A. Storm Water Sewers
B.

Sanitary sewer

C.

Garbage and trash collection

D.

Traffic

Additionally, this report will evaluate the impacts to other services which are not

necessarily Town provided services but are services deemed necessary for this proposed use. We
refer to these as Level II impacts.
LEVEL II
E.

Potable water

F.

Power

G.

Gas

H.

Telephone

I.

Cable television

J.

Fire Protection

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 Level I Impacts

Infrastructure and Operations - Utilities
Storm Water Services

A.

The existing site contributes a very small amount of storm water run- off into the
Town Storm Water System."
Caretaker residence.

This occurs at the service drive entrance onto A- 1- A at the

Less than 1/ 2 acre of contributing area is involved.

Exfiltration trenches

shall be constructed along a portion of the perimeter of the Phase B parking area and the soilstabilized cart path to dispose of the very nominally increased storm water run-off from these
improvements.

Otherwise, existing on-site storm drainage will not be affected and is adequate

for the club conversion.
IMPACT

The proposed Club will not change this existing drainage pattern. Therefore, there

will not be any development related impact to the storm water system of the Town nor any
increases in the operations ( maintenance) activities.
NOTE:

Existing outfalls to the intracoastal will be maintained.

There will be no

requirements for dredge and fill activities. The storm water to be discharged will not exceed the
rate of discharge occurring in the present condition.
SUMMARY

This proposed use will not change the Town' s drainage system.
B.

Sanitary Sewers

The existing Mansion and related buildings are presently served by the Town' s

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 Sanitary Sewer System. In fact, an existing Town-owned pumping station is located on the
property.

This station receives sewage from a sewage collection system on the grounds that

services all buildings.

The Town performs operations and maintenance activities at this location

through the permission and consent of the property owner or, alternatively a prescriptive or
implied easement which can be memorialized in

writing.

Although the present sanitary sewage

plant is adequate for Club usage since it has accommodated large groups of people at Mar-a- Lago
for approximately 30 years, the Club will contribute to the improvement of sanitation sewage
systems so that they are in full compliance with all applicable government regulations.
IMPACT

The existing pumping station will remain its present location. The existing sewer

connection is adequate to accommodate the change in use, causing no impact on the sanitary
sewer system.

Nevertheless, the Club shall contribute to the improvement of pumping facilities

as necessary over time.
C.

Garbage and Trash Collection

At the present time garbage is picked up daily from the residences at Mar-a- Lago.

Trash is centrally located for pick- up once a week at a central collection area accessed off
Southern Boulevard.

The proposed club will contract for garbage removal on a daily basis through a
private service.

Trash consisting of landscape trimmings will be placed in the central location

to be picked up weekly as it now is done.
SUMMARY

Although the volume of garbage and trash will likely be greater than exists today,
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 the impact on the town will be less due to contract service. Operations will be equivalent to any

residential- house building program in the Town. Trash removed will not increase since the
amount of landscape space will be unchanged.
D.

Traffic

A separate traffic impact analysis is included in Chapter Nine of The Mar- a- Lago
Club:

A Special Exception Use and Preservation Plan.

Level II Impacts
E.

Potable Water, F. Power, G.

Gas,

H.

Telephone,

I.

These services are provided by franchise companies.

Cable Television

All have the service

availability for the change in use.
IMPACT
None

SUMMARY

There is no impact to the Town for these services.
F.

Fire Protection

The existing property is served by 3 fire hydrants located exterior to the property
around the perimeter streets surrounding Mar-a- Lago. The service entrance gate has been sized

to accommodate fire fighting apparatus and remains open by Agreement.

The installation of an

interior sprinkler system will significantly increase fire protection.
IMPACT

The generic uses within the structure, i. e., dining, sleeping, socializing, etc. are not
to be changed nor will the numbers of people using the building at a given time increase.

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 SUMMARY

There will be no change on the requirement for fire protection due to proposed
change in use.

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 CHAPTER ELEVEN

SITE DRAWINGS AND FLOOR PLANS

Automobiles shall be parked in the area identified as Phase A until such area is full,

then Phase B until such area is full, and then Phase C if the need arises. Grass paver blocks shall

be installed in Phase B ( and C, if necessary) and soil stabilization shall be installed along both
sides of the cart path.

The Parking Plan & Landscape Enhancement ( Site Drawing No. 4) has been
revised to reduce parking spaces from 319 to 252. The Critical Room Plan, Main Floor( No. 10)
and the Critical Room Plan, Second Floor ( No. 11)
preserved.

have been revised to add areas to be

The Site Plan ( No. 12) has been revised to show individual parking spaces and the

installation of grass block pavers. All of the foregoing are included herein.

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