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447~ e ji r , I , REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I I I 6 A COMBINATION MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: ZONING CHANGES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: , I "A COMBINATION MEETI NG OF THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION WAS HELD ON :' AUGUST 3, COUNC~L~EN CR0MBAKER, 'I 1953 WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; ~ 'I BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON, CONE AND OWEN; . PLANNING COM~ISSION - tQ ;1 (tJ I ELDON JOHNSON, PRESI DENT; AND MEMBERS UREY, BURRIS, FOSTER AND MACKINNON; AND <( Ii PLANNING CONSULTANT; CITY MANAGER; CI TV ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER AND NEWLY APPOINTED ~ :1 CITY MANAGER ROBERT A. FINLAYSON; TOM JAQUES, REGI STER-GUARD. I ~ " II I THIS MEETING WAS HELD FOR THE, PUR POSE OF STUDYING THE ADOPTION OF TWO NEW [' ,\ SECTIONS IN THE ZON1,NG ORDI NANCE AND A MEANS OF CLARIFYING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIANCES II AND CONDITIONAL USES. THIS ENTIRE STUDY IS SEGREGATED AS FOLLOWS: II I It I . COUNCIL BILL No. 1583, GIVEN FIRST READING ON JULY 13, 1953 -- ADDING SECTION ,! XII-I,,;C-3P TO ZONING ORDINANCE. I TWAS NOTED THAT, THI S CATEGORY WOULD I NCLUDE, ALL e Ii OF THE PROVISIONS IN C-3 AND THE ONLY CHANGE WOULD BE A RAT! 0 OF PARKING FOR EACH SQUARE FOOT OF FLOOR SPACE. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSS ION, IT SEEMED TO BE THE II i: CONSENSUS OF OPINION BY THE MAJORITY THAT ONE-FOURTH SQUARE FOOT PARK liNG FOR EACH II FOOT OF FLOOR SPACE WOULD BE THE MOST EQUITABLE RATIO TO SET UP. I TWAS BROUGHT " OUT THAT A HIGHER RATIO OF PARKING MIGHT TEND TO DISCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS AREA IN QUESTlON. IT WAS AGREED HOWEVER; THAT SOME RATIO FO~ PARKING I SHOULD BE SET UP AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARKING IN NEWLY DEVELOPED BUSINESS AREA. No DEFI NI TE RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE PENDING FURTHER I STUDY. I 2. COUNCIL BILL No. 1584, GIVEN FIRST READING ON JULY 13, 1953 - ADDING SECTION I X-I CR-COMMERCIAL.TO ZONING ORDINANCE. IN SETTING UP THIS ZONING CLASSIFICATION, THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE A COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL AREA WHEREIN CERTAIN USES SUCH AS BANKS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, MEDICAL OR DENTAL OFFICES, CLUBS, LODGES! ETC. MAY BE PERMITTED IN WHAT IS COMMONLY CAllED THE "TWILIGHT ZONE" AREA 'MMEDI ATELY ADJACENT TO THE BUSINESS SECTION. THESE SO-CALLED "TWI L1 GHT ZONES" ARE AREAS WHICH ARE POTENTIAL BUSINESS SECTIONS AND DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD THE ABOVE CLASSIFI- CATIONS WOULD BE PERMI TTED I N AN ENDEAVOR TO EFFECT A BETTER AND MORE COMPLETE USE OF THE PROPERTY DURING THE TIME OF THE CHANGE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS. IT WA,S GENERALLY AGREED THAT THIS CLASSIFICATION WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN COPING WITH THE '.. PRESENT REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH USES. No RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE PENDING FURTHER STUDY., 3. COUNCIL BilL No. 1585 -'GIvEN FIRST READING ON JULY I 3, 1953 -- REZONING LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE FROM THE ALLEY BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH TO 13TH' TO C-R,,- IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT THIS ZONING WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THIS AREA TO PERMIT THESE ADDITIONAL USES FOR A HIGHER AND BETTER USE OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY. No SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE PENDING FURTHER STUDY. " " II 4. COUNCIL BILL No. 1586 - GIVEN ~IRST READING ON JULY 13, 1953 -- REZONING OAK - ,I 'I PEARL HIGH 13TH TO C-3P COMMERCIAL. THE COMMITTEE I (I - BETWEEN I I TH AND CONSIDERED THE REZONING OF THE REMAINING A~EA NOT NOW IN C-3 BETWEEN OAK AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN HIGH " ,I AND MILL TO C3-P. THIS WOULD HAVE ITS NORTH BOUNDARY ON THE ALLEY BETWEEN I I TH AND I' 12TH AVENUE SOUTH BOUNDARY ON THE 13TH AND 14TH AVENUE. IT WAS Ii AND ALLEY BETWEEN 'I BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS AREA WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING BUSINESS AND THAT THIS ZONING WOULD II SQUARE UP T~IS SECTION FOR THE BEST AND HIGHEST USES POSSIBLE. No RECOMMENDATIONS ':1 WERE MADE PENDING FURTHER STUDY. I, 'I 5. THE AREA BETWEEN 13TH AND 19TH FROM WILLAMETTE TO HIGH STREET WAS THOROUGHLY e I STUDIED WITH THE THOUGHT OF REZONING THIS TO EITHER C-3P OR CR, COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL. I I! ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS TO WHETHER THIS AREA WAS READY FOR A HIGHER TYPE ZONING AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMED TO BE GENERALLY AGREED THAT IT MIGHT BE :1 BENEFICIAL TO ZONE THE AREA' BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE ALLEY BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH, I, ON THE SOUTH BY 18TH AVENUF; AND ON THE EAST BY THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH :1 STREE T TO C-3PAND PROVIDING A BU~FER ZONE AROUND THIS AREA BY ZONING THE HALF BLOCK " ADJACENT AND WEST OF HIGH STREET AND BETWEEN 18TH ,AVENUE AND THE HALF BLOCK BETWEEN il 18TH AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN 16TH AND 19TH TO CR, COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL. I TWAS FEL T THAT THE HANDLING OF THIS AREA IN THIS MANNER WOULD PROVIDE MORE AREA FOR BUSINESS I, 'i DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORD BETTER USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT THE BUFFER ZONE WOULD I; SCHOOL DISTRI,CT I ,I ELIMINATE THE OBJECTIONS PREVIOUSLY .SUBMITTED BY THE IN CONNEC T LON " " WITH BUSINESS ZONING IN THI S AREA,. No RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE PENDING FURTHER STUDY. il I \'1 1588 - GIVEN FIRST READING ON JULY ! 6. COUNCIL BilL No. 27, 1953 - VARIANCES AND " I; CONDITIONAL USES. CONSIDERABLE TIME WAS SPENT I N THE STUDY OF THE PRESENT MEANS OF I :1 GRANTING VARIANCES IN CONNECTIO~ WITH ffiHE LEGALITY OF SUCH PROCEDURES AND THE STUDY OF Ii IT I' GENERAL ~EQUIREMENTS FOR VARIANCES FROM RESTRICTIONS COVERING THE USE OF .PROPER TY. ,I 0 WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THIS NEW ORDINANCE WOULD PERMIT THE CITY COUNCIL TO GRANT SUCH II VARIANCES IF, THE PART! CUlAR VARIANCE WOULD MEET ANY ONE OF THE' FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS I) AND IF IT WOULD NOT BE CONTRARY TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN. )1 e 11 :1 II i! II !' ....1 -