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~ 479 - - - - - -- -~ . - - ------~ -----------~------ .1 I the City of Eugene a proposal to change the classification of Lot 2, Block 2, Vlhitney Addition to Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, ffrom a multiple family residence district to a business district, 80 as to enable L. F. Bonson to attach a lean-to to his garage to be used for a tin shop. ~ y ~. I And directing the Planning Commission to adopt a tentative report; and to hold a hearing thereon in the Council Chmnbers in the City Hall of' the City of Eugene, on Tuesday, May 6, 1941, at 7:30 o'clock pm.m, after giving due notice by publication mnce in the EUGene Register Guard, and they shall thereaftEr make a final report and transmit the same to the Council with their recoIDnlendation. Communication was presented from the Board of Appeals stating they had received a request from H. B. Brady to alter his wrecking plant at 947 Franklin Boulevard and to include his service station in the sanIe building. The Board recoIDnlend~hat this request be granted on condition that he build one hour fire separation between the service station part and the plant and between the plant and the apartment; that he provide two exits from the service room and that " the canopy be covered with me tal. Upon mot ion made and seconded the recoIDnlenda- 46 tion was unanimously approved. \ 47 Request was received from C. B. Pennington asking for a permit to construct a balcony in the room at 25 Eighth Avenue West in excess of the amount provided for by the Building Code. The Board recorn..mendqlthat the request be granted on condition that he erect one wide or two narrow stairways from the first floor to the balcony and the recoITtiuendation was unanimously approved. Request was received from Paul W. Campbell on behalf of T. O. ~elson for a permit to erect a duplex residence on the lot at the southeast corner of Sixteenth Avenue and Ferry Street--a lot on which he has made an offer of purchase from the City. The Board recommends that this request be granted and the recommend _ tion was unanimously approved. 48' I Request was received from Katheryn Wilkins asking for a permit to remodel a garage into an apartment, an apartment having been previously erected over the garage. The Board feels that the apartment would be a less hazardous occupancy and therefore reconllnends that the request be granted, and the Council approved the recollIDlendation. 49' 50 Reque st was al.so received from C. A. Coulter on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Central Presbyterian Church asking for a permit to build a new woodshed 'on the Church property at 10th and Pearl Streets waiving the requiremennts for Fire Zone No.2. The Board recommends that this request be denied and the reco~nendation was unanimously approved. 5~ Applications for curb cut permits were presented from the following: No. 854 for Roy Hegberg; No. 856 for B. D. Agert~r; No. 857 for Tidewater Associated Oil CompanT{ and No. 858 for Pierce Auto Freight Co. The City Engineer requested that the applications be referred to the Street COIDnlittee with power to act as he did not get a chance to check against the plans and the request was granted. Mr. Clubb pointed out that the Pierce Auto Freight Company wished to use asphalt in place of concrete in the curb cut but it was tile recoIDnlendation of the council that they be required to comply with the city ordinance regarding the use of the 51 concrete and it was so ordered. I It was pointed out by Mayor Large that payment for the new street sweeper was due on May 1st and that there had been some complaint about the condition of the paint on this job. 1Vlr. Parker who representes the Howard Cooper Corporation said it was true that the paint was pulling off in places and that the company from Portland had already sent down a gallon of paint. Councilman gond stated he did not believe that if a person bought an automobile and the paint job went wrong he would be given a gallon of paint, and asked to put it on himself. Mayor Large asked Mr. Parker if he thought he could fix this paint job satis- factorily and he replied that it could be done but he would have to get authoriza- tion from the Howard Cooper Company. Mr. Parh:er stated tha t vJhetlle r the bill was paid or not he would see. that the paint job on this sweeper was DIade' satisfactory to the city. 5~ I Mayor Large stated that the Civil Service Examinations for Policemen and Firemen were to be held on May 12, and that Dr. Anderson, Health Officer, had been contacted re&arding advance examinations for heart and hiernia and Dr. Anderson had stated he was too busy to hold any of the examinations for the Civil Service \jvork. The Mayor pointed out it seemed to him that this vms a part of the duty of the city health doctor and several of the councilmen expressed the same opinion. After some discussion a motion: was made by Bouncilnlan Bond, seconded by Councilman Pennin{ton, that the council consider this examination a part of the Health Officer's duties and that if he did not care to make the examinations the city would have it done oth erwise and the cIlarges for the work deducted from the health - officer's salary and the motion was carried. The Recorder was instructed to so notify Dr. Anderson. 53 ~