City of West Palm Beach Collection

City of West Palm Beach

The City of West Palm Beach was founded in 1894, and since its creation, many changes have occurred. Today, we maintain a collection of documents for public use, including zoning and building codes from various years, area-specific environmental documents, annual budgets dating back to 1990, and more.

Scope and Content

The City of West Palm Beach Collection includes several series. The finding aid is organized in alphabetical order, followed by chronological order by date.  

Finding Aid

General Information

Title

City of West Palm Beach Collection

Dates

1950 – 2020

Language(s)

English

Restrictions on Access

Mayor's Office items are subject to restrictions as determined by the library reference manager.

Copyright

All materials are protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code).

Preferred Citations

Creator. Title. Date. Type (e.g., Blueprint). Accessed from Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach, Archive, City of West Palm Beach Collection, date accessed.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically, followed by chronological order.

Subjects

Genre/Form:
  • Architecture
  • Building Codes
  • Budgets
  • Downtown
  • Environment
  • Management
  • Plans
  • Programs
  • Public Services
  • Reports
  • Zoning Codes

Geographic:

  • West Palm Beach, Florida

  

Repository Details

Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach

Archive Room, 4th Floor

411 Clematis Street

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Contact

Katrina Zarelli

Email: kzarelli@wpbcitylibrary.org

Phone: (561) 868-7765 

 

Series: Annual Budget

Box 1: 1984 – 1989  

F 1: Annual Budget 1984 – 1985 

F 2: Annual Budget 1985 – 1986  

F 3: Annual Budget 1986 – 1987 [1 of 2] 

F 4: Annual Budget 1986 – 1987 [2 of 2] 

F 5: Annual Budget 1988 – 1989 [1 of 2] 

F 6: Annual Budget 1988 – 1989 [2 of 2] 

Box 2: 1989 – 1992  

F 1: Annual Budget 1989 – 1990 [1 of 2] 

F 2: Annual Budget 1989 – 1990 [2 of 2] 

F 3: Annual Budget 1990 – 1991 [1 of 2] 

F 4: Annual Budget 1990 – 1991 [2 of 2] 

F 5: Annual Budget 1991 – 1992 Recommended [1 of 2] 

Box 3: 1991 – 1993  

F 1: Annual Budget 1991 – 1992 Recommended [2 of 2] 

F 2: Annual Budget 1991 – 1992 Adopted [1 of 2] 

F 3: Annual Budget 1991 – 1992 Adopted [2 of 2] 

F 4: Annual Budget 1992 – 1993 Recommended [1 of 2] 

F 5: Annual Budget 1992 – 1993 Recommended [2 of 2] 

Box 4: 1992 – 1994  

F 1: Annual Budget 1992 – 1993 Adopted [1 of 3] 

F 2: Annual Budget 1992 – 1993 Adopted [2 of 3] 

F 3: Annual Budget 1992 – 1993 Adopted [3 of 3] 

F 4: Annual Budget 1993 – 1994 [1 of 4] 

F 5: Annual Budget 1993 – 1994 [2 of 4] 

F 6: Annual Budget 1993 – 1994 [3 of 4] 

F 7: Annual Budget 1993 – 1994 [4 of 4] 

Box 5: 1994 – 1997  

F 1: Annual Budget 1994 – 1995 [1 of 3] 

F 2: Annual Budget 1994 – 1995 [2 of 3] 

F 3: Annual Budget 1994 – 1995 [3 of 3] 

F 4: Annual Budget 1995 – 1996 [1 of 2] 

F 5: Annual Budget 1995 – 1996 [2 of 2] 

F 6: Annual Budget 1996 – 1997 Adopted [1 of 2] 

F 7: Annual Budget 1996 – 1997 Adopted [2 of 2] 

Box 6: 1997 – 2001

F 1: Annual Budget 1997 – 1998 Adopted [1 of 2] 

F 2: Annual Budget 1997 – 1998 Adopted [2 of 2] 

F 3: Annual Operating Budget 1999 – 2000 Adopted [1 of 2] 

F 4: Annual Operating Budget 1999 – 2000 Adopted [2 of 2] 

F 5: Budget Summary 2000 – 2001 [Volume 1] 

F 6: Annual Operating Budget 2000 – 2001 [Volume 2], [1 of 2] 

Box 7: 2000 – 2003

F 1: Annual Operating Budget 2000 – 2001 [Volume 2], [1 of 2] 

F 2: Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures 2001 – 2002 

F 3: Annual Operating Budget 2001 – 2002 [1 of 3] 

F 4: Annual Operating Budget 2001 – 2002 [2 of 3] 

F 5: Annual Operating Budget 2001 – 2002 [3 of 3] 

F 6: Annual Operating Budget 2002 – 2003 [1 of 3] 

F 7: Annual Operating Budget 2002 – 2003 [2 of 3] 

F 8: Annual Operating Budget 2002 – 2003 [3 of 3] 

Box 8: 2004 – 2010  

F 1: Annual Operating Budget 2004 – 2005 [1 of 3] 

F 2: Annual Operating Budget 2004 – 2005 [2 of 3] 

F 3: Annual Operating Budget 2004 – 2005 [3 of 3] 

F 4: Annual Operating Budget 2004 – 2005 

F 5: Budget Narrative 2006 – 2007 

F 6: Community Redevelopment Agency Annual budget 2007 – 2008 

F 7: Annual budget 2009 – 2010 [1 of 3] 

Box 9: 2009 – 2017  

F 1: Annual budget 2009 – 2010 [2 of 3] 

F 2: Annual budget 2009 – 2010 [3 of 3] 

F 3: Annual budget 2014 [1 of 2] 

F 4: Annual budget 2014 [2 of 2] 

F 5: Annual budget 2016 [1 of 2] 

F 6: Annual budget 2016 [2 of 2] 

F 7: Annual budget 2017 [1 of 2] 

F 8: Annual budget 2017 [2 of 2] 

 

Series: City Codes

Box 1: November 1999 & November 2000 

F 1: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 1 [1 of 3] 

F 2: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 1 [2 of 3] 

F 3: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 1 [3 of 3] 

F 4: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 2 [1 of 3] 

F 5: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 2 [2 of 3] 

F 6: The code of the city of West Palm Beach, Florida, Archive 2 [3 of 3] 

 

Series: Downtown Information

Box 1: 1985 – 2016  

F 1: City Center Plan – An Element of the City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, January 1981 

F 2: City Center Plan, June 1985 

F 3: Proposal for Services, Flagler Place – Zuchelli, Hunter, and Associates, August 1985 

F 4: City Center Plan, September 1985 

F 5: City Center of the City of West Palm Beach, FL – Comprehensive Plan, November 1989 

F 6: Downtown Master Plan for the City of West Palm Beach, December 1995 

F 7: Audited Financial Statements - West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority, September 2013 

F 8: Community Redevelopment Agency Downtown Information 2016 – 2018 [1 of 2] 

F 9: Community Redevelopment Agency Downtown Information 2016 – 2018 [2 of 2] 

 

 

 

Series: Emergency Management

Box 1: 1979 – 1997 

F 1: 1973 Civil Defense Plan, Revised 1979 

F 2: Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) for City of West Palm Beach, 1997 [1 of 2] 

F 3: Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) for City of West Palm Beach, 1997 [2 of 2] 

 

Series: Environment

Box 1: 1980 – 2010  

F 1: Downtown Wastewater Interceptor Analysis – Addendum No.2, 1980 

F 2: East Central Subregion Sludge Disposal Analysis – Addendum No. 3, 1980 

F 3: Analysis of the 1989-1990 Drought 

F 4: FPL Substation Expansion Project, 1993 [1 of 2] 

F 5: FPL Substation Expansion Project, 1993 [2 of 2] 

F 6: City of West Palm Beach Water and Wastewater Rate Study [1 of 2] 

F 7: City of West Palm Beach Water and Wastewater Rate Study [2 of 2] 

F 8: Management Plan for Pond Cypress Natural Area, 2010 

 

Series: Financial Report

Box 1: 1988 – 2011  

F 1: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 1988  

F 2: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 1989  

F 3: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 1990 

F 4: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 1991 

F 5: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 1992  

F 6: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2011 [1 of 2] 

Box 2: 2011 – 2015  

F 1: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2011 [2 of 2] 

F 2: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2013 [1 of 2] 

F 3: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2013 [2 of 2] 

F 4: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2014 [1 of 2] 

F 5: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2014 [2 of 2] 

F 6: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2015 [1 of 2] 

F 7: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year End 2015 [2 of 2] 

 

 

Series: Major's Office

Box 1: 2017 – 2019  

F 1: Major's Office - Succession Planning 2017 

F 2: Major's Office - Succession Planning 2018 

F 3: Mayor Transition Report, 2019 

 

Series: Miscellaneous

Box 1: 1956 – 1984  

F 1: West Palm Beach: "Tropical Florida's First Resort," 1956 

F 2: Atlas, 1973 

F 3: Low-Power Television Application of Suncoast, Ltd., 1984 

 

Series: Planning Department

Box 1: 1985 – 2003  

F 1: City of West Palm Beach Informational Package, 1985 

F 2: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 1999 [1 of 2] 

F 3: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 1999 [2 of 2] 

F 4: Tour Booklet Master Real Estate Developer: Pre-Proposal Conference. May 15, 1996 

F 5: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 2003 [1 of 3] 

F 6: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 2003 [2 of 3] 

Box 2: 2003 – 2006  

F 1: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 2003 [3 of 3] 

F 2: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan Adopted November 1989, 2006 [1 of 3] 

F 3: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan Adopted November 1989, 2006 [2 of 3] 

F 4: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan Adopted November 1989, 2006 [3 of 3] 

 

Series: Plans and Programs

Box 1: 1983 – 2014  

F 1: Final Statement of Proposed Activities and Projected Use of Funds for the Community Development Block Grant Emergency Jobs Bill – Entitlement Appropriation Objectives and Project, 1983 

F 2: Proposed Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds, 1983 – 1984  

F 3: Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds, 1983 – 1984 

F 4: Present Issues, Future Vision, 1988 

F 5: Capital Improvement Program, 1987 – 1988  

F 6: Capital Improvement Program, 1988 – 1989  

F 7: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 1989 [1 of 2]  

F 8: City of West Palm Beach Comprehensive Plan, 1989 [2 of 2] 

F 9: Capital Improvement Program, 1989 – 1990  

Box 2: 1995 - 2018

F 1: Consolidated Plan, October 1, 1995-September 30, 2000 

F 2: Rethink Paradise: West Palm Beach Sustainability Action Plan, 2012 

F 3: Capital Improvement Plan FY 2013 - FY 2017 

F 4: 5YR Capital Improvement Plan FY 2014-2018 

 

Series: Police and Fire Departments

Box 1: 1990 – 2014  

F 1: West Palm Beach Police Department Annual Report, 1990 

F 2: West Palm Beach Police Department Annual Report, 1991 

F 3: West Palm Beach Police Department: Standard Operating Procedure: West Palm Beach, 2002 

F 4: West Palm Beach Police Department: Ten Year Experience Study Covering the Period October 1, 2000 – September 30, 2010 

F 5: West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund: Actuarial Valuation Report - September 30, 2010 

F 6: West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund: Actuarial Valuation Report – September 30, 2014 

F 7: West Palm Beach Fire Department Annual Report, 1994 

 

Series: Reports

Box 1: 1971 – 2015  

F 1: Continuing Planning Process - Management Report 1971-72 

F 2: Statistical Report, 1977 

F 3: Statistical Report, 1978 

F 4: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1995 

F 5: Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1996 

F 6: Citizen Satisfaction Survey for the City of West Palm Beach, 1996 

F 7: City of West Palm Beach Recreation Strategic Plan, 1997 

F 8: Citizen Satisfaction Survey for the City of West Palm Beach, 2000 

F 9: Annual Report, 2005 

F 10: Tax Increment Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015 Closing Report  

 

Series: Zoning and Building Codes

Box 1: 1952 - 1999 

F 1: A Report Upon Land Uses and the Revised Zoning Ordinance, 1952 

F 2: Zoning Code Adopted June 15, 1964 

F 3: Zoning Code, 1987 

F 4: Zoning Code Adopted January 26, 1987 

F 5: Zoning Code Adopted November 1, 1993 

F 6: Zoning Code Adopted January 11, 1999 [1 of 2] 

Box 2: 1978 – 2001  

F 1: Zoning Code Adopted January 11, 1999 [2 of 2] 

F 2: 1975 Edition Electric Code – Chapter 19, City Code 

F 3: 1976 Edition Building Code – Chapter 10, City Code 

F 4: 1976 Edition Mechanical Code – Chapter 10A, City Code 

F 5: 1976 Revisions Plumbing Code – Chapter 36, City Code 

F 6: 1979 Edition Building Code – Chapter 7, Articles I and II 

F 7: Code Amendments: Administrative, Building, Electric, Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Roofing, 1990   

F 8: Amendments to the Florida Building Code, Chapter 1, 2001 

F 9: West Palm Beach Development Code Adopted March 27, 1978 – Volume 1 

 

 

 

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