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Home My WebLink About1956-12-20; Planning Commission; Minutes' ketlng aalled to order at 1:40 P,M, by Jhalrmn Swfrsky. Present besid'es the Chalrmaa were Cornmissloners Jarvie, Enrelmnnn, bumgartner, Stringer, l'enael sad Yourell, and representatlves of the Buy 2nd Save Corporation and Albert E. Stein, builder end applicant, Chairman Swlraby aanounoed that thls rneetlng Is 8 oontlnuatlon of the ixearigg on the applioation for rezoning submitted by Albert E. Stein on the proposea site of the Buy nnd %ve Market. The Chairman requested thRt the oppllaont clrrlfy the omership of tLa property under consideration in order to oomplete the file on the appliaRtian. My, Stein informed the Commission that he Is not the present owner of the entire parael but retpins in his possession a sales option vhiah will be aote4.upon at the time the z?ppllcx?tion Is approvead, end such oopy will be presented to oomplete the file. Commissioner. Stringer, serving a8 4hRIrman of the Committee Investl~RtiPg the application, r .porte8 the members klEPA met with representative of the . Bug and S~ve Corporgtlan and, after a complete survey of the ?roperty, hnd drawn up a list of recommendntlons for the CommlsrPones oonsiderPtlon, Copies of the repo*.t were distributed to representatives of the firm present, and wa8 read in full by Cornmiasloner Stringer, It was pointed out tbt item 10, imposing a se1;beok from the nppLloant*s property line on the northerly portion, has been Inoluded after examlnptlon of the plot plm ha4 shown only eight feet would be left between the building pnd the property line, which would be lnadequate If this area 18 to be the mln loading zone. Chairman Swimkg requer;ted that the recommendations as presented by the Commlttee, be disoussed point by point in order to eetermlne vahloh point8 were in ooafllct, Item 1, requiring the submission of a precise plan for the development of the property, was Blsoussed at length nnd the apnliaant indlmted this this mouirement uauld be aornplled with. Mr. Stein asked that the Chairman clarify the preolse plan required,, It was explained thpt such plan sets down fhe locetion of the buildlng and type of struotulres to be ereoted on the property and that any other buildings not $ncluded In the plan as submitted, would have to come .under aoneiderstiona " n 2') The requlremnt that ti-& applloant dedicate as rig.," of Way for ~lley purposeealong the most northerly ten feet sf Lot 35, ~ras disaussed wfth Plr. Stein expresslng opposition to the dedicat%on of this right of way, pointing out thstt he had talked with the adgoinlng property owners in the area &ad they are not In agreement as they do not went to dediwte ten feet of their property for nlley purposes as it would not work In with the Buy and Save plma, He asked If some way could be provlaed for al[l aaaernent for alley purp08e8~ The question arose as to whether the deaioation of the alley would estnblish a preoedent whfch would require oontlnuiag the nlley through to State Street. It was emphaslzed thnt it is not the Intention to czontinue the nlleg as going east and west to State Street would ~erve purpose: bu4 due to the peauliar development of the property in the area, it 9.8 merely bo clroulate tmfflo cnd allow properties to the north to develop, .After oonsiderable Aisousslon, it wasqresd by the appliwot thnt thio requirement wou1.A be complied with and it w8.s nlso disoussed that a possible reloaatfon of the building etruotllre on the site might be neoessmy. w Disoussion VJ~S heLd on the proposed wldths of I.lndison Street and Roosevelt Street, with members of the Gomission InAict~ting tkelr prefereaoe, (%alp- -13 Swirsky stressed the fmt that a nreoedent would be established if a street dedlon.tlon is required for this appliaatlorl, which would require that any future appliontions provide the same amdunt of property for dedlaatlon. Attention was mlled to the faot that Roosevelt Street, a8 It e~iat8, Is a f lfty foot e$reet through to Laguaa Drive but some yems b~.ck flfteen feet of the right of w~.y were dosed off, Mr, %e4n offered the suggestion thFtt bosevelt Street be est~tbllshed as B fifty foot street with no pnrklng fnoflities, which would provide the same traffio 8s State Street wNoh now has vertioze pRrklnga Chairman Swfrsky pointed out thpt if the Commission plaoes a restriation on pmking on Roosevelt Street, it wau&d la effeot say tbt It is not wide enough for e. commercial street, Hr. Stein inquired whet the installation and construotion of lmprovmente on the, el.,leys would involve, It was explained that the dediwted alley to the north would require paving only of the ten feet, with the rtlley looated between OTRnd Avenue md the epplicantf;'s property to be paved for use as ingress and egresso In regard to the street surfaoing on Hoosevelt Screet and Madison Street, City tIRna.;;er Nelson stated the 'Jity would extend the.present street surfaofng to meet the ourb, but if first class paving PS reoutred, the property ovlners would have to f inanoe the pro3eot. Conrm; ,Stringer stated .tMt the requirement for street tree planting ha8 been. Pnoluded as the Park nad RecreFtioa Commission has started 8. progr8.n of tree plentlng and the Committee lmd felt as though trees should be planted ID the areae Mr, Stein stated he hs not in favor of the planting of Palm Trees but he has intended to provide 8ome type of soreen for the ' propqsaii- storage are8 of the bulldltng from the etmet ., The me~~$Ing was reoesse4 at 3 :10 PA md was reoonvensd at 3:35 PoMe .. ft was mutually agreed thzt the tree con6 shrubbery p'lmtlng and ale0 the setbeak requirements will be oovered in the precise pW to be subhaittd, City Hanpeer welson informed the group that he had placed a m11 snd hati talked with the Plannbng Consultant, Mr. Kay Kalloka, durPng !-he reoess period and asked what the Master Street Plan on118 for in the downtown area.. He hRd 'beenEdvised by Nr. klloka that ,the street wldths would fd.10~ a8 outlined in the aubdivislon ordfnanoe, which %S 84 feet -:.?% for, rna,jor streets and 66 feet for seaonaary .street& In the street plamlng, .. . .I I-. -2 - - Madison nnd Roosevelt Streets wou%d-fall into the oatsgory of secondary streeta, thereby requiring a 66 foot right of my. Mr. Stein protested the proposed wldening of Rooaevelt Street at this t;Prne as he Informed the Coamlsslon that at the time of puscshase of the byle propertg,whiuh is looated at the owner of Grand Avenue ond Roosevelt Street, he had agreed not to disturb the prevlous omere beoause of their ill henltht and that this agreement would make It Impossible to dedicate the reauired portion of thnt property for the widening of Boosevelt Street. It was explained thnt the requested zone chmge for the easterly hrlf of Lot 32, Seaside Landa, had been recommended to be denled at this time as the present H-IT zoning on -the property would r1l.0~1 ftS development as off-street parking. It was agreed thpt the requested zone chmge for thls pxroal would be held in abeymoe, without ?r&Ju8fce, for n nerioa of approximately 60 days, with e hearing date to be Februnry 26, 19S7* Mr. Stein indfcrated Prre would favor oontlnu$ag * .the paving of Hooscvelt Street to the curb 19ae and dfd not feel hb should be reauired to lastall sldewalks. Mr. Mpgoner and Mr. &rrett, representatives of the Buy md hve Corpora tion, lndioeted the firm will meet this requirement. It was mutually agree4 thet the :.Tidth of bdison Street should be established at 60 feet with the appllcmt to dedbte to the 3lfy of CfTlsbnd as right of way for publio street, the most easterly tventy feet of' the property that la not now reserved for public street purposes, end thnt the wldth of Roosevelt Street be established at 66 feet, with the applloant to dediopte .as ri&t of my for street purposes, the mast westerly eiRht (8) feet of the lots along Boasevelt Street. Chairman Swfrsky reviewed the reoommendntion8 as submitted by the Committee, and out lined the changes as agreed upon by the Commfsslon and the applimnt. Corn.. Fennel moved thpt the recornmendctions, RS outlined in the last rending by the Chairman, be submilttea to the City Counoil for their Ppppoval, based upon .the study mil fSnAings on the grouad and the requirements 8s set up by Gity ordimnceo as regnnls sfdev&lke and ourbingo Seconded by Comrdlssloner YoureUo BoI.2. Call Vote: Fennel, aye; Jarvie, aye; SngeIrnan , aye; Swlrsky, aye;. Yourell, aye; Baumgartner, aye; Strincer, aye; Seven ayes; no nays. Besoaution No. 6 adopted, Upon proper motion for.adJourarnent, the meeting was deolared adjourned at 4~13 P.M. Respectfully aubmittdi, 11'LZs S