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~24 ~ -...."..:; (:..." ....... ~,\ Request was received from W. H. Nichols adking for permission to use the roo at 61 Tenth Avenue West as an office in connection with his laundry at 55 Tenth Aven e West. The Board of Appeals recommends that the request be granted for office pprposes only. Motion was made and seconded approving the recommendation of the Board. 1 Request has been received from Truman E. Phillips, an architect of Portland who is drawing plans for a six story reinforced concrete, fire proof hospital' building for the Sacred Heart Hospital, to be located on Twelfth Avenue just east of the present building, asking for a waiver of the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Section 904 of the Building Code which requires ramps. As the plans provide for an elevator and a stairway in a "smoke proof" tower and an additional stairway enclosed with fire proof walls and fire doors at the rear of the building, the Board recommends that the request be granted on condition that all corridors above the ~ second floor be divided by fire walls and doors as at the-first and second floors. 27 Motion was made and seconded unanimously approving the recommendation of the Board. Communication was presented from the Planning Commission recolr~ending the denial of the proposal to change the classification of a tract of land lying on each side of Seventh Avenue from the clty limits on the West to a point 66 feet East of t e East line of Taylor Street, in Eugene from a single family residence district to a business district. After a short discussion the matter was held for further cons ide a- 28' tion. I An ordinance providing for a means of entrance and exit from residential properties in the City of Eugene which had its first reading at the council meeting of December 9', was presented for its second reading and passed to its third reading by title under suspension of the rules by unanimous consent of the council and placed for final passage. The ayes and nays were called, councilman voting aye: \ Reid, Bond, Farrington, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, and Brownson; nay: none; absent: 29 Carlson. The ordinance was declared passed and numbered 8670. Applications for dance hall licenses were presented from the following: J. F. Olson for Townsend Club #l~Silver Spray Hall at 24 west 7th Street; Pearl Forncrook for Winter Garden Hall at 8th and Charnel ton Streets; O. H. Jones for Townsend Assn. of Lane County at W.O.W. Hall, 291 West 8th S . An application for a skating rink license was presented from D. O. Soasey for the Paramount Skating Rink at 25 West 7th Street. Second-Hand Dealers applications were presented from the following: Eugene Exchange, 695 Willamette Blatt's Tailoring and Clothing Store Mothers' Boys Home Rummage Store, 608 Willamette Service Cleaners, 875 Olive Street ~& iXEEEEX*S HIx Brenner's Hardware & Plumbing Shop, 155 West 8th Street As all applications were approveddby the Chief of Police, motion was made and second d 30~ to grant licenses to all applicants and it was so ordered. Curb cut applications were presented from Merle Short~W824), 760 West 8th Street; C. C. Mongold'No. 822, 1708 Columbia Street; and Gordon Ramstead;-No. 823, 158 West 21st Street. As the City Engineer recommended that all cuts be granted, motion was made and seconded approving the recommendation of the City Engineer. 1 31' 32" The City Recorder reported to the Common Council that Mrs. Eva Foster had received an injury when she fell on the sidewalk on the East side of Willamette Street between the Vogue Shop and Block's Shoe Store. She had re~uested the ' City to pay her doctor bill covering the treatment, an amount of $2.00, whereupon the Recorder's Office had issued a revolving fund chedk to Mrs. Foster and secured her signature on a statement releasing the city from any further claims as a result of the injury. The statement was ordered placed on file. Resolution was presented authorizing ahd directing the Mayor and City Recorder to enter into an agreement with Duane Crabtree regarding the set-back on Fifth Avenue at the corner of Oak Street. Motion was made and duly seconded, approving the passage of the resolution. - 1 33- RESOLUTION The Mayor and City Recorder of the City of Eugene be and they are hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with Duane Crabtree respecting the North 72 feet of Lot 1, Block 2, Skinner's Donation to Lane County, Oregon, permi tting the said Duane Crabtree to erect a building up to the property line of Fith Avenue, with a provision that at any time the City of Eugene shall widen Fifth Avenue that the building shall be dismanteled back for seven feet, and that no damages shall be claimed by said Duane Crabtree or his successors in interest, except for the land taken. I ~