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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-05-27; Planning Commission; Minutes-7- 1- The meeting (nab called to order at 7r30 Pa. by Chainnan Bauagartner. PreQent besides the Chaizman were Conmtssioners Fennel Jarvie, Swiroky, Strin er and Ebright also present ware Secrebry &ice and Planning ansu B tant &don dtnall. minuter of Uay 13, 1958 be a wed as suhitted. Six ayes, Comap. fhgehann ibsent, motion tarr PP ed. 2- 1% wab moved by Coma. Stringer and seconded by Coarn. Jarvie that the 3- -Qrreabondencer a. Letter dated May 19, 1958 fsom E. C. Pedley was read wherein. Mr. Pedley protested Mortuaries or lbabulance Stations in an R-1 Zone. The letter was ordered filed. b. Letter dated Ma 15, 1958 from the Carlobed Union School District acknowledgi y he receipt of the Conmis.ion% letter dated May E! 1958, request ng the Commission% recommendation concerning acquisition of the proposed school site. It ma moved by Comap. Ebright end seconded by Conan. Fennel that thio Commission endmae this approval be incorporated fn e pxwiour letter sent to the and recommend the approval of the roposed school site, and that school district. Six ayes, Coma. elmann absent motion carried. to Mortuaries and Ambu awe S ations in residential zones. The letter was ordered filed. tR E"B C. Letter dated il 12 1958~ rom Frank B. kth, objecting $"4 4- . Notice of hearing assif ication f out there are 20 in Block ttPct of Mfi. CROM, one of the applicants stated all of the lots in this area were deep lots; he felt it woula be beneficial to all property owners in this area if this rezoning were approved in order for some construction to be t placed upon these lots instead of just weds; he had contacted al E" of the owners in the area except one, and they were all agqeable ta this change of zone. Discussion was given to whether Lincoln Street mld ever be opened to see if they could purchase pro rty in ozdex to have an access to Garfield. I&, Cm stated they had contacted the property owners road but were unable to do 80. Eo the matter of whether these parcels if mlti Le units were built upon them could be divided and sol4 separate E y was dircussed. Mr. Whitnalf informed the Commis- sion that in eccozdance with the Lot Spl5t section of the ordinance, which requires pmperty to front on a dedicated street, they would be unable to do 60~ Coam. 'Ebright moved that Resolution No. 67 be a tad reCanaanding to the Cfty Council that Lots 16, 17 18. 19 and "rsr 0, in Block 'P" of Palisades, Mep no. 1747 be rezomd from R-2 to Zone R-3 for the following reasons: '0 2aZLure. 2, There have been no protests registered. ars to be the best use of the property in the Resolution No. 67 adopted. Seconded by Corn. Jamie. Six ayes, Comm. Engelmann absent, 5- c Center. Several of Mx. Hatch wae present Woman's Club were pres- bility to receive the recommendations from the various c&tees ent. h. Whitnall informed-the Camnetsoion it was their res nii- end commissions and submit them together with their -reconmendation, to the Council. Subsequent to &is the Commission. .,should proceed witill the following t definftion into a precise the ' street project at the Avenue and Elnwood Avenue, Mr. Whitnall nformed the Ccwaiosion he would pse are a set of proper fonns t Questionaires) for the various c OlllDPE ssion and corn- mittees to complete as to their requirements in the various buildings. The Chairman declared a short recess. The meeting reconvened at 9:25 P.M. 6- -v lhis matter procedure due to an illegal lot split. The Cit Attorney's opinion was read &.erein he recornmended the fol 1 owing courses of action that could be takenr 5. Take no effective action and rely u on the building inspector to refuse to issue a pe rm! t fos future construction on said lot. 2. Record with the County Recoxder a notice that said lot has been illegally created and is not a buildable 3. For the City to initiate Quit to set asfde the unlawful lot. transfer ai land. or?~~L&%&%df#%orney as to the No. 68 be adopted denying the a 13ccent's request for variance to After considerable discussion Comm. Ebright moved that Resolution allow a lot split, because the €3 tle to the ro rt was acquired in vioPa%ion of Ordinance No. 9050; Article 6; Gcdon 900, and -2- ?- recoamended that the city Council take the following action in accordance with the reconmendation of the City At-rney: . a. Record with the Caunty Recoder a notice that said lot has been illegally created end is not a buildable lot. transfer of land. b. For the City to initiate suit to set aside the unlawful Resolution No. 68 adopted. Seconded by Corn. Jamie Six ayes, Conan. Engelmann absent. MRS. KEENAN# informad the COmBLission that the had contacted the other property owem and that they *re in a tsou t the same posltion as before. At the revious meeting one of the property mer6 had re ested that a gu ffer stri be created between commercial and the 3 -P Zone on Rooaevelt. Letter from Mr. Stein was read wherein he requested that his application for reclassification, wktich is in the sane area as he. Keenan% property, be changed to exclude the northerly 40 8 of his lot. MRS. DETWILLER, Informed the. 'Camnission Mr. Stein had called and had stated he was willing to'ihake a buffer s ip on the north ortion of his propert . If this property, Mr Keenan's and Mr. .hein*s) was reclassif ed St would de reciate the value of their property as 8 residence, and they wou E d have to sit and wait until the commercfa3 business expanded before the could get anything out of their property. She further stated yh at what they objected to waa the use of the land as a used car lot. MR. KEENAN, infomed the Commission he had not been in touch with Mr. Stein, but felt that if this buffer strip was created it would be discriminating against him. The Ghahnan declared the public hearing closed at 9:45 P.M. Cornl, Bright moved that Resolution No, 69 be adopted denyin thie reclassification due to the reason that the entire area shou 9 d be rezoned commercial, and that physical improvements should be,Frked out. The motion was. withdrawno After further consideration Corn. Ebright moved that Resolution No. 69 be adopted denying the John R, benen application for mc1as;r;ification for the following reason: Justify deviation horn the Corn f: scion% eslalbished x F 1. Insufficient reasons advanced b the applicant to 2. c e to lack of, physical conditions. licy against spot zoning. -3- e- HEARING - Continued - Albert E. Stein - Reclassificatioq. This hearina had been continued in conjunction with the Keenan reclaaai- ficati6n request in order that the surrounding property owners could meet and try and work out some agreement in regards to re- one of the roperty owners requesting that a buffer strip be classification of these properties. Because of a request made by considered B etween the commercial zoning and the R-P Zone, Mr. Stein, by letter dated Ma 26, 1958 requested that his application be changed to read all bu r the norderly 40 feet of his lot thereby creating a 40 foot buffer stri between Commercial and R-P %ne. Mr. Whitnall Mod the dssion that if the application were changed a new hearing would have to be advertised and held. Corn. Mr. 8tein wMts a written statement of offer and clarifies his Ebri ht moved that the hearing be continued until such time as requeste Seconded by Corn. Swireky. Six ayes, Corn. Engelmann absent, motion carried. portion of Shore Diive be held in abityance for until further notice, in order that between the pro rty owners and the Swirsky moved x at the Councif be notified that in view of Mr. Allen wanting his ap lication to be held in abeyance, that the Planning Conmission P s taking no action in the mattero Seconded carried . by Comm. Ebright. Six ayes, Corm. Engelmann absent, motion Commission reconsider their recomnendatioris and state their objec; proposed R-3 2one, tions, if any as to mortuaries being placed in an R-3 Zone or MR. GINN informed the Commission he had appeared before the Council and requested the Council to include mortuaries in an R-3 Zone with a conditional uoe pennit. Mr, Frank Smith yws present and stated he objected to Mortuaries or Ambulances being placed on Pi0 pic0 Drive. Mr. Mr. Smith that the Codssion was not considering for mortuaries or ambulances at this time, the onl Codssion was considering is where ambulance should be placed in the ordinance. colrol, Ebright moved that the original recommendation be sent back to the Council for the following reasons. 1. In the ezistlng ordinence it only allows mortuarie. 2. That it is net compatible with an R-3 uqe. in one zone, ,$Za&..-. ~econded by c~man, Swnger. Three ayes, and tomr noes. me kaon was lost for lack of a majority. Coma. Swirsky stated that it had 'been discussed as to whether it by exercising the restrictions of the conditional uae pemit that should be excluded from R-1, R-2 and R-3. Peroonally he felt that he saw no reason vhy they 8hould be excluded from any zone. Corn. Ebright stated that he felt it should be defined. Coam. Strlnger moved that the matter be referred to a conmittee with the thought in m~ that -lances and mortuaries be put h for lack of a ma,jority. sepamte categories. Seconded by Coma. Ebright. The motion failed cappm. Swirxmved that the Plannin Commission at the the of the adoption of e resolution reconmend k\e this change to the 0rd;tnance was of the opinion that a mortuary is a use Fhich ahould not be allowed in an R-lo R-2 and R-3 zone, and that the Planning coamisciion in all other zones on the baa8 of a conditional use permit to ex- recornended the change to the present ordinance to allow mortuaries pand the possible zones within which a mortuary might be established since at the present time mortuaries are limited to an R-P Zone. The manning cOimnt8SiOn has reconsidered the matter as to whether mortuaries ahould be allowed in an R-3 zone upon the issuance of a due to a tie vole. The effect of this amendment roposes no change conditional use permit and are unable to make any recomendation in the present ordinance which excludes conmercia E enterprises in R zones, Seconded by Corn, Ebzlght. Four ayes, two noes, motion carried. 11- . Mr. Whitnall with eiaht property owners along Pia ico c drive Gat aftexnoon in regards to the redevelopment plan of F io Pic0 Drive; the propert owners had 6 ke with exceeding frankness. The next step would to take ,t e rough plan and make a tracing showing the property lines as data to be obtained. they would eventually be.. He would prepare a apecific outline of R" rJe 12- The and that copies of the drawings be sent to the various commfssioners. 13- The ChaFrmen informed the members of the Conmission that #%&et Committee consistin of Corn. Swirskyp Baumgartner and Secretary Price, had met wifh &h e City Manager and were submitting the following proposed budget for the Commission's approval: eting -. outlay - Mr.. swicsky e lained that it had been the feeling of the Camnis- sion for some ?he that a full tlaae lanner was needed, rho had for Gordon PIlhitnall and Associates: and that a half time secretary been trained in the planning field, hereby eliminating the need be employed for thfe department, The Chairraan pointed out thio recanaendation was not Cuocrlminating against the present Assistant Planner, but felt that If this were an extra duty of an elective official that it might work a hardship on the Commission. It whs the eneral feellng of the Cadsslon that the assistance of Gordon WB. tnall would still be needed in an adviwlFy capmi and funds should be included in the bud et for this pu was also pointed out that sf the Counci would not go a ong'with '. Gordon Whitnall and Associates, After conslder&le discussion it a full time planner that additional funds should be allocated for was agreed that a full the planner be loyed as of A3y 1, 1958 at a salary of $6 000.00 r year art t e secretary at 81,667.00 per year, and that Whitna 1 be re&!ned on a part time basis at the rate of $1,800.00 r ear, In the event a part tfme planner $2,508.08 per year and a part time secretary at $1,667.00 per year. sdrsR was lnatmcted to prepare the recommendation accompanying the bu 8 get for the Council. By proper motion the meeting was adjourned at 12:20 P.M. B 'E"" emEm 3 p. - 8" is gm lo ed Gordon Whi rx nal and Associates should be retained at Respectfully submitted, -6-