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~ 19, IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT IN THE EVENT THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD DOES NOT ADOPT THE PLAN AND ALLOCATE THE FUNDS THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE PROCEED WITH A FEASIBILITY STUDY INVOLVING THE EUGENE AREA AND THE DISTRICTS IN THE IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY, THE COST OF WHICH IS NOT TO EXCEED THE $4,000.00 AUTHORIZATION. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 6 A REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS - RE: VARIOUS APPEALS FOR VARIANCE TO ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: -A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS WAS HELD AT THE CITY HALL, OCTOBER 21, 1949. THE MEMBERS PRESENT BEING JOHN lUVAAS, ROBERT iILMSEN, AND ADRIAN VAALER. THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS WERE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE: I. REQUEST OF THE LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY TO USE A RESIDENCE AT THE SOUTHEAST , CORNER OF TWENTIETH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET FOR A FRATERNITY HOUSE WAS RECEIVED BY THE BOARD FOR REVIEW AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL. INTERESTED PARTIES APPEARED I BEFORE THE BOARD TO STATE THEIR CASE; LIKEWISE, PROTESTS FROM THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE I CONSIDERED: I I . MR. CHARLES W. INGHAM 2065 UNIVERSITY AVENUE I I 1,'[ MR. SEYMOUR 1136 EAST 20TH AVENUE I~ i MR. SPRINGER 2015 UNIVERSITY :i MR. W. F. G. THATCHER 1992 UNIVERSITY I ! , ! THESE FOUR PERSONS LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENCE PROPOSED TO BE USED AS A I , FRATERNITY HOUSE. i t I II THE FOLLOWING ARE AT LEAST A BLOCK REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY UNDER DISCUSSION. I :'1 I I MR. MCKINLEY 2114 UNIVERSITY I' \ MR. JOHNSON 1165 EAST 216T AVENUE ,I 2. ',,'I MR. J. t. WOODWORTH 1145 EAST 1ST AVENUE I I , I 'I FURTHER A LETTER WAS PRESENTED BY MR. & MRS. BUTLER AND ~UPERT KURZRIETER, 1179-1139 I ! PEARL STREET, WHO ARE NEIGHBORS OF THE TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OF SAID FRATERNITY. THIS i , LETTER COMMENDS THE DEPORTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITY AND STATES THAT THE ! WRITERS HAVE NOT BEEN CAUSED ANY MAJOR DISTURBANCE OR INCONVENIENCE BY THE FRATERNITY. I t I ~ MR. WILMSEN VOTED IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE REQUEST; MR. lUVAAS AND MR. VAALER VOTED NO. i II THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE BE ADHERED TO AND RELIEF BE GRANTED THE I i PETITIONERS BY REZONING THE PROPERTY TO R-4, MULTIPLE fAMILY, FROM R-I, SINGLE-FAMILY. I' i THE FILE IS ATTACHED HEREWITH. , ' I I 2. MR. HOLLISTER OF 1464 JEFFERSON STREET ASKED FOR A REVIEW OF HIS PREVIOUS REQUEST I TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL LIVING QUARTERS IN A SEPARATE BUILDING FOR THE USE OF HIS MOTHER. i 'I HE ASKS THAT HE BE PERMITTED TO CONVERT THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOBBY SHOP UNDER CONSTRUCTION. " TO LIVING QUARTERS FOR HIS MOTHER, THUS ELIMINATING THE SECOND STORY AS PREVIOUSLY RE- I I ! QUESTED. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE S,NGLE-FA.,LY ZONE. I II THE BOARD AGAIN DENIED THE REQUEST. I il I ~ 3. MR. f. W. BRUNNER, WHO OWNS PROPERTY AT 1407 RAILROAD BOULEVARD, ASKS FOR A WAIVER i I I " OF SETBACK REQUIREMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED ADDITION TO HIS FOOD-PROCESSING PLANT. I ! THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONE. THE SETBACK ~EQUIRED IS 27 FEET FROM THE 1 CURB LINE. A SURVEY OF EXISTING BUILDINGS SHOWS AN AVERAGE SETBACK OF 22 FEET; THE SET- I ;i BACK REQUESTED WAS 21 FEET. I II ! I J ! THE BOARD, CONSIDERING THE AVERAGE SETBACK OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE BLOCK, VOTED i j TO GRANT MR. BRUNNER'S REQUEST FOR A 21-FOOT SETBACK. I I 4. PETITION FRO. THE BUILDING CO..'TTEE OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST LOCATED AT 494 WEST 10TH I II AVENUE, BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND 10TH A.VENUE. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE I I R-3 ZONE. THIS ORGANIZATION DESIRES TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHICH I IS 66 FEET X 160 FEET. THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF 50 FEET FROM THE INTERIOR LOT LINES I ; MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT THE BUILDING THEY REQUIRE FOR THEIR NEEDS. THE REAR AND ~ FRONT SETBACKS AS PROPOSED ARE SATISFACTORY, THE WEST LINE BEING AN INTERIOR LINE REQUIRES ~ A 50 FOOT SETBACK WHICH ELIMINATES ANY POSSIBILITY OF A BUILDING. THE STRUCTURE PROPOSED ~I' WOULD BE 52 FEET X 90 FEET IN SIZE, WHICH IS WELL WITHIN THE PERCENT OF LOT COVERAGE PER- i MITTED. THE SETBACK REQUIRED ON WASHINGTON STREET IS 12 FEET; THEREFORE THE SETBACK I j REQUIREMENTS WOULD TAKE OUT 62 FEET OF THE LOT WIDTH LEAVING A 4 FOOT STRIP FOR BUILDING. I ~ A LETTER WAS PRESENTED FROM MRS. R. E. GRISWOLD, 468 WEST 10TH AVENUE, AN ADJOINING " PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST, WHEREIN SHE OFFERED NO OBJECTIONS TO THE CHURCH BUILDING ~ BEING WITHIN THREE FEET OF HER PROPERTY LINE. It III ! THE SOARD DENIED THE REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE 50 FOOT SETGACK. II ! I I ~. "=""'~'-"""..'--, ," '~"" ., 'o.' .=., ._....~. - .~.. P'_,. "~,..".~~...,',. ... .........