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~l'O e "A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ApPEAL,S WAS HELD DECEMBER 20,1951 AT THE CITY HALL TO CONSIDER,THE'FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE INTERIOR'PROPERTY LINE SETBACKS -AS APPLY TO CHUfl!CHES. THE FOLLOWING'MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: t-1R. 'LUVAAS,'MR.'VAALER, MR. GILLILAN~ MR. 'WILMSEN'AND REVERENT W~SLEY NICHOLSON REPRESENTING THE CHURCH~ , THE 'REVERENT WESLEY G. NICHOLSON, MINISTER OF THE FI~ST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 13TH AVENUE AND FERRY STREET, EUGtNE; ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS, PRESENTED A REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE FIFTY FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT FROM slbt LINE TO PE~MIT AN EXTENSION OF T8EIR SANCTUARY TO THE WEST. ALSO, THE REAR 'YARD SEtBACk OF THREE FEET ON THE ALLEY ALONG SOUTH, LINE OF THEIR PROPER1Y TO PERMIT MOVING OF A RECRE~TIONAL BUILDING TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION'UPON THE REAR OF THE LOT. FURtHER, REQUE~TING'WAIVER OF COVERAGE, WHICH WILL EXCEED THE 60 PER CENT PERMITTED BY THE ORDINANCt~~ I THIS-PROPERTY IS IN THE R-~ APARTMENT HOUSE ZONE AND BEING RESIDENTIAL REQUIRES THE 50 fOOT SETBACK FROM INTERIOR PROPERTY LINES. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ENSUED, CgNCERNING'THE'NECE~SITY FOR EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH FACILITIES WITHIN THEIR LIMITED -SPACE I~ND 'THE HAftbsH(P IMPOSED BY THE REQUI~ED FIFTt FOOT SETBACK, AND THE:PER CENT OF COVERAGE ALLOWED. THE PROPE~TY:OWNED BY THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IS APPROXIMATELY 200' X 160' I,N DIMENSION AND CONTAINS 32,000 SQUAftE FEET IN AREA. SIXTY PER CENT ALLOWABLE FOR STRUCTURES WOULD PERMIT OF 19,200 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDINGS TO OCCUpy THIS PROPERTY. THE EX I ST I NG BU I LD I NGS COVER A,N ,ES,T.I,MAT.ED 9,,000 SQUARE FEE T OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPOSED ADDITION FOR SANCTUARY:AND"EDUCATIONAL BUILDING WOULD EXCEED THE 60 PER CENT 'COVERAGE PERMITTED BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OR 22,400 SQUARE FEET OF BUILDINGS. ~R. LUVAAS REQUESTED THAT THE REVEREND WESLEY G. NICHOLSON CONTACT ADJOINING OWNERS AND SECURE FROM THEM 'STATEMENTS OF THEIR FEELINGS FOR OR AGAINST THE WAIVER. 'ALSO, THEISEC~ETA~Y WAS lNSTRUCTED TO WRITE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ADVISING THEM OF THE INTENTION OF THE CHURCH AND INVITING THEIR PRESENCE AT A CALLED MEETING OF THE BOARD Of ApPEALS. THEREFORE, THE MATTER WAS TABLED UNTIL THE 'CHURCH SECURED SAID AGREEMENT FROM THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS OR FAILING IN THIS EFFORT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD AT A LATER DATE WITH THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS PRESENT. THERE'~EING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED." "THE BOARD OF,ApPEALS HELD A SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 11,,1952 IN THE CITY HALL TO FURTHER CONSIDER THE REQUEST OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH FOR WAIVERS OF '- SETBACK AND LOT C-9VER~GE. PRESENT WERE MR. GILLILAN; MR. WILMSEN AND MI'!. VAALER. MR. 'LUVAAS WAS ABSENT. REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE CHURCH PROPERTY, MRS. ANNA GASSMAN AND MR. L. GASSMAN. REPRESENTING THE CHURCH, REVEREND WESLEY NICHOLSON AND MR. FRED EDMUNDS. THE MATTER WAS PRESENTEp TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM'AND' ITS BENEFITS TO THE eHU"CH AND THE'POSSIBtE EFFECT THE STRUCTURE MIGHT HAVE ON THE VALUE OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY. MR. GASSMAN FELT TH~T THE:CHURCH STRUCTURE BEING BUILT CLOSE TO HIS PROPERTY LINE MIGHT DEPRECIATE THE VALUE OF 'HIS PROPE~TY. HE WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT ELIMINATING THE NATU~AL LIGHT FOR HIS APART- MENTS AND THE VIEW OF HIS TENANTS. THERE WOULD'BE APP~OXIMATELY 10 FEET BETWEEN THE WEST END OF THE PROPOSED CHURCH STRUCTURE AND THE P~OPERTY OF MRS. GASSMAN. THE ARCHITECT FO~ THE CHURCH IS PLANNING A MASONRY WALL FOR THIS END OF THE BUILDING AND IT WOULD BE EITHER CONCRETE WITH BRICK VENEER OR A SOLID BRICK WALL. AFTE~ FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM, t~R. VAALER MOVED THAT THE REQUEST OF THE CHURCH BE GRANTED TO'WAIVE TRE REQUIRED SETBACKS AND THE PER CENT OF COVERAGE. MR. WILMSEN SECONDED THE MOTION. MR. GILLILAN PUT THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE RIGHT Of THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO APPEAL~ TO THE'COUNCIL'FOR RECONSIDERATION, ANDISECTION 22 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE WAS READ TO MR. GILLILAN WHICH SATISFIED THE QUESTION. VOTE WAS CALLED AND'ALL MEMBERS PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF GRANTING THE WAIVERS AS ~EQUESTED. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINES~, MtETING ADJOURNED." IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC'WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. ~ II I Ii I I I I' II I I I I I I I Ii I I I I I 1 I I II I I I -', 1 e . I 1 . =' 1 e I e