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~276 Communication from the Board of Appeals revealed the request of Tom Shumway asking for a s~ecial permit to enlarge a small building on a fractional lot which L) he owns at 5412' Lawrence Street for 'his own private use as a residence, said build in ~;.J to exceed the zoning limitation as to area but to comply with the Building code. ~' The Board would recommend that this request be granted, and upon motion made and 15liSeconded the recommendation was unanimousfY approved. The communication" from the' Board of Appeals also presented the request +ro~ C. A. Carlson for a permit to erect an apartment house on his lot at 1458 Pearl Street. This lot is just across the alley from, the R-2 zone but the building would otherwise conform to the zoning ordinance and the Building Code. The Board recommends that this permit be granted and upon motion made and seconded the recomme da- 16~tion was unanimously approved. The communication from the Boar~' of Appeals also revealed the r~quest of Julio W. Silva to erect a twenty foot can9PY on the east side of. the oi~ Knights of Pythias property at the southeast corner of the intersection of Olive Street and Eleventh Avenue. The Board recommends that this request be denied and upon motion 17~made and seconded the recommendation of the Boardowas unanimously approved. The Board of Appeals presented the request of L. L. Dunham asking for a.perm't to erect a duplex residence on the west 50 feet of Lots 7 and 8, Block 11, Hendrick' Amended Addition. This lot, is across the street north of the High School and is one block west of the R-2 zone. Mr. Dunham bought the property with the understanding that it was in the Apartment Zone, had plans drawn and obtainedoapproval for a loan, but was refused a permit by the Building Department. A majority of the members of t Board recornnended that the request be denied. A brief discussion was had on the matter after which Mr. Dunham addressed the council in person'asking f9r a special permit to proceed with the building of the duplex. Motion was then made and seconde 1 and approved that a special permit be granted and it was so ordered. o 0 I I Communication was presented from the Eugene Hardware Company protesting against traffic violation tickets being placed on their delivery trucks behind their store. It was pointed out that some few months ago, permission had been granted to allow tnem to park their delivery, truck at this spot and they requested so~e stateme t that would assure them that there is no musunderstanding. Expression from members of the council was. fairly well divided on the request.and the matter was ordered 19--tteferred to the Police Committee for report at the next council meeting., Communication was presented from J. D. Barnett thanking the Council for his reappointment. to the City Civil Service Commission, which he very gladly accepted. 20~IThe communication was ordered placed on file. I The annual report of the City Engine~rts ~ffice for ~939 was presented:and 2~ ordered placed on file. I An application for a Second-Hand Dealers lice~se was presented on be~alf L. C. Hollaway at the'Tire Mart, 966 Oak Street. As the app+ication had been approved. by the Chief of Police, motion was made and seconded that the license be 22~granted and it was so ordered. The following curb cut applications were presented and the recommendations of the City Engineer unanimouslyaapproved: N9. 713, Thelma Peckham,v980 Charnelton Street for a parking lot at Stanleys Store, (approved) ; No. 714, W. B. Frink~65 West Sixth Avenue, the Engineer recommends that this cut be granted with two provisions, that the cut east of this one be closed four feet, that provision be made so that the backing of ~ars onto Sixth Avenue be prohibited, recommendatio~ 23 approved; and No. 715, J. _0. Eane~, 1253 West 12th Avenue, (approved). The City Recorder reported that through an error in the listing of the 1940 license plates on traffic tickets, Mr. N. H. Comish had paid for a traffic violation which in reality was the violatiqn of another person. It was discQve~ed that the license number in question was a 1939 license and not a 1940 license. The Recorder requested that the $1.00 be refunded to Mr. Comi~h and "upon motion made and seconded the refund was unanimously approved and the Recorder instructed 24~to include the bill with the January bills. I . - . A resolution was presented stating that the City of Eugene does not wis4 to continue the present haphazard method of guaranty and will, after.January 1, 1941 and shall discontinue the present policy of rural fire protection; it shall recogniz only contracts with regularly organized fire districts for outside fire protection 25~and upon motion made and seconded the resolution was unanimously approved. I RES 0 L UTI 0 N VrnEREAS, the City of Eugene as a temporary expedient has been accepting bonds and insurance policies as a ~eans of guaranty for the costs incurred by the city in going to fires outside of the city limits with the city's fire equip- ment, and WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Oregon has made ( ~