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r ~)4 c:. k.1-O e ~__ ~ _______~ ______m____ - --- .~- -- - - --- ---- -- -.....- - - ---- .. - .. . .. I . REQUEST Of AMAZON WATER CONTROL DISTRICT - RE: REIMBURSEMENT fOR COST Of BURNING I BRUSH ALO~G THE AMAZON CREEK PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT Of $315.00. I THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE REQUEST AND MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION THAT MR. TODD, II PRESIDENT Of THE AMAZON WATER CONTROL DISTRICT BE REQ~ESTED TO fURNISH THE COUNCIL WITH i A DETAILED, ITEMIZED STATEMENT Of SUC~ COSTS, AND A STATEMENT SUBSTANTIATING THE REQUEST, II SHOWING THE DATES THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED; WHERE IT WASAC~OMPLISHED; BY WHOM ACCOM- PLISHED AND SETTING fORTH THE NUMBER Of BIDS RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNT Of EACH SUCH BID." IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. SIEGENTHALER, THAT THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC ,I WORKS AND FINANCE COMMITTEES BE ADOPTED. 'I MOTION CARRIED. II .. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS II . I 6 A REPORT Of THE BOARD Of ApPEALS - RE: REQUESTS of'MR. FRED PETERS, .MR. QUACKENBUSH AND MR. BALZHISER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: " I "A ~E~TING Of THE BOARD Of ~PP~ALS WAS HELD OCTOBER 22, 1954 AT THE CITY HALL TO il e :1 I CONSIDER THE fOLLOWING REQUESTS fOR WAIVER Of THE SETBACK AND AREA PROVISIONS Of THE I I ZONING ORDINANCE. MEMBERS PRESENT WERE MR. LUVAA~, MR. GILLILAN AND MR. MORRIS. Ii I .1 I . Ii I I . MR. THOMAS BALZHISER, ARCHI TECT, ON BEHALF Of THEIR CLIENT, THE EBELLA CORPORATION REQUESTS A WAIVER Of THE THREE fOOT SETBACK FROM THE ALLEY TO THE REA~ Of THE LOT AT i 180 WEST 8TH AVENUE. II II I SINCE BUILDINGS AT EACH END Of THE ALLEY DO NOT MAINTAIN THE SETBAC~, ,I AND THE PRO- II POSED BUILDING IS MIDWAY t'N THE BI,.OCK, THE OWNE~S f,E.EL .IT ~O~LD BE A DEPRECIATION Of THEIR ~~VESTMENT TO BE REQU~RED_TO,GIVE UP THE THREE fEET. I, ~ Ii THE BOARD GRANTED THIS REQUEST ON THE BASIS THAT IT WOULD BE THE ONE BUILDING IN Ii THE BLOCK ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of THE ALLEY BETWEEN O~IVE AND ~HARNELTON SO SET BACK AND I' 'I ALSO THE REAR 27 fEET Of THE fiRST fLOOR WIL~ BE OPEN FOR LOADING AREA. II 2. REQUEST OF:MR~ PETERS Of 2292 JEfFERSON STREET fOR PERMIT TO USE THE REAR 50 FEET I I Of HIS LOT FOR BUILDING PURPOSES.' THIS WOULD CREATE A LOT 50 fEET BY 90 fEET WH~CH IS :1 LESS THAN ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. I, THE IN QUESTION WOULD rACE 23RD AVENUE - . \1 .. . LOT AND WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR-FEET BELOW THE GRAD~ Of THE EXISTING RESIDENCE. A fiELD INSPECTION Of THIS PROPERTY WAS MADE BY BOARD ,I MEMBERS~ S!NCE THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF SMALL COTTAGES SOME Of WHICH WERE- " ., :1 ESTABLISHED ON SIMILAR SMALL LOTS THE BOARD DID NOT FEEL THE PROJECT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL Ii TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GRANTED MR. PETERS REQUEST PROVIDING HE INCREASED THE LOT TO 55 II :1 .FEET ON 23RD AVENUE. I 'I 'I REQUEST OF MR. J. W. QUACKENBUSH TO DISPOSE OF A LOT TO THE REAR OF HIS PROPERTY ON 11 3. I' I THE NORTHEAST CORNER Of POTTER STREET AND 20TH AVENUE. ORIGINALLY THIS LOT WAS 60 fEET 'I WIDE AND 110 FEET DEEP FACING ON 20TH AVENUE AND PARALLELING A PAVED ALLEY. I! ~ I MR. QUACKENBUSH PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT 1935 50 GIVE HIM MORE ROOM fOR BUILD- I, I I' ING AND CONSEQUENTLY USED 20 FEET BY ~5 fEET OF THE LOT IN QUESTION FOR HIS GARAGE. " I, THIS LEfT A 40 FOOT WIDTH fOR ONE HALf OF THE .LOT DEPTH. 11 A fl EL D INSPECTION WAS MADE Of THIS PROPERTY BY MEMBERS Of THE BOARD AND THEY WERE I' I OF UNANIMOUS OPINION THAT THE SITE WAS NOT SUITED FOR A RESIDENCE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE II , '- il NARROWNESS Of THE fRONT 55 fEET Of THE LOT DEPTH AND THE FACT Of ITS BEING AT THE CREST Of A Hill... FURTHER, IT WOULD ESTABLISH THREE SUBSTANDARD LOTS. :' il REQUEST WAS DENIED. II e WITH REfERENCE TO S~TBACKS fROM ALLEYS IN THE C-3 CENTR~L BUSINESS ZONE, THE II -- LINE Of AN ALLEY TO THE REAR Of ORDINANCE REQUIRES A TEN fOOT SETBACK fROM THE CENTER Ii THERE. ARE . . IN THE C-3 ZONE HAVE SiDE YARDS PARALLEL THE' LOT. INSTANCES WHERE PROPERTIES THIS CONDITION PERMITS A STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT I' TO AN ALLEY WITHOUT A REQUIRED SETBACK. I ADOACENT TO THE SIDE LINE AND WOULD BE A HINDRANCE TO FUTURE WIDENING. I NTER lOR LOTS IN il I, THE BLOCK HAVING REAR YARD ABUTTING THE ALLEY ARE REQUIRED TO SET IN THREE fEET WHICH i: THE OWNER GENERALLY fEELS IS A PENALTY AGAINST H1M. 'I I. : THEREFORE THE BOARD RECOMMENDS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THAT SECTIONXI I, D, 2 Of Ii I THE C-3 CATEGORY BE AMENDED TO READ: II I, SIDE YARD: SIDE YARD WILL NOT BE REQUIRED EXCEPT THAT NO STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT Ii EXCEPT ROAD SURfACING WILL BE ALLOWED ~ITHIN TEN (10) rEET OF THE CENTtR LINE Of AN !I ALLEY. If SIDE YARDS ARE CREATED, THEY SHALL BE A MINIMUM Of THREE (3-) FEET WIDE.AND il I THREE (3) fEiT DEEP. II " THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING WAS ADJOURNED." i ~ II I, II II I e ~