|
<br /> -
<br /> 5W~
<br /> e
<br /> - , ~ -.. " -- - -- -- --- -
<br /> ;
<br /> ,I
<br /> I
<br /> I :1 REPORTS or COMMITTEES .
<br /> I A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 28, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - CON-
<br /> I SIDERATION Of BOARD OF' ApPEALS REPORT; DISCUSSION REGARDING OPENING Of 10TH AVENUE WEST Of GAR-
<br /> I F'IELD STREET F'OR ,A DISTANCE OF' 580' ON A 50' 'RIGHT-OF'-WAV; COMMITTEE OF' THE WHOLE - DISCUSSION RE-
<br /> i GARDING PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRING F'ENCING OF' SWIMMING POOLS~ FISH'PONDS, ETC.; DISCUSSION RE-
<br /> GARDING WEED CUTTING ORDINANCE; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
<br /> ..
<br /> .
<br /> 6 "PRESENT: MAVOR MCGINTV; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND BRIGGS;
<br /> C,TV MANAGER; CITV R~CORDER; CITY' ATTORNEV; C1TV ENGINEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIST-
<br /> ANT; MR'. . JOHN fOREMAN; DA,N 'WVANT, EUGENE REGI STER-GUARD; dACK CRAI G, KERG.
<br /> , , '
<br /> PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE .
<br /> I. CONSIDERATION OF' BOARD OF' ApPEALS REPORT
<br /> A. REQUEST fOR SIGN VARIANCE MADE BY WAYNE L. JOHNSON F'ORTHE BIG Top, 1050 WEST' 7TH
<br /> AVENUE, TO ALLOW CONSTRUC~ION OF' A SIGN OF' APPROXIMATELY 47 SQUARE F'EET WHICH HAD
<br /> e j BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF' ApPEALS AND REF'ERRED TO THE COUNCIL WAS BROUGHT BE-
<br /> F'ORE THE COMMI TT.EE.. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 14, 1957 HAD
<br /> GRAN,TED A PERMI T F'OR A SI GN 29 SQUARE F'EET I N AREA, THAT A SI GN I N EXCESS Of THA T
<br /> F'OR WHICH THE PERMIT WAS ISSUED HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND THAT NOW A VARIANCE WAS
<br /> REQUESTED TO ALLOW THE SIGN TO STAND. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AND
<br /> THE RECOMMENDAT.I OfllTHAT tHE' ITEM BE HE.LD IN' COMMI TTEE PENDI NG T.HE PLANNI NG C.OM-
<br /> I MISSION'S REPORT ON THEIR STUDY WAS DEF'EATED. .1 T WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br /> REQUEST F'OR VARIANCE BE DENIED, COUNCILMAN HARTMAN ABSTAINING.
<br /> B. REQUEST MADE BY MR. J. D. STEVENS, DOWNTOWN MOTEL, 371 WEST 7TH AVENUE, F'OR VARI-
<br /> ANCE F'OR APLASTI CSI GN TO BE LOCATED ON WEST 6TH 'AVENUE BETWEEN LI NCOLNAND
<br /> LAWRENCE STREETS ON PROPERTY UNDER THE OWNERSHI P OF' J. D,. STEVENS WAS BROUGHT BE-
<br /> F'ORE THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPRIETY OF' THIS REQUEST IN
<br /> LIGHT OF' THE F'ACT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOW UNDERTAKING A STUDY OF' THE
<br /> SI GN ORDI NANCE AND REGULATIONS DEAL--I NG 'WI TH SI GNS, AND F'OLLOWI NG THE 01 SCUSSI ON
<br /> IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE I~EM BE HELD IN COMMITTEE F'OR F'URTHER STUDY AND UN-
<br /> TIL THE PL'ANNING COMMISSION MAKES ITS REPORT ON ITS SIGN STUDY.
<br /> .
<br /> C. REQUEST BY SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., 183 WEST I OTHAvENUE, TO CONSTRUCT :AN OF'F'I CE
<br /> I F'OR A PARKING LOT WAS PRESENTED. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. HAD
<br /> I CONS'TRU'CTED A' F'RAME OF'F'I CE BUI LDI NG LOCATED F'OUR FEET F'ROM THE SIDEWALK WH'I CH
<br /> WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS fOR fiRE ZONE I AND WAS CONSTRUCTED
<br /> WITHOUT A PERMIT. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. REQUESTED THAT A VARIANCE BE GRANTED TO
<br /> ALLOW THE BUI LDI NG TO STAND I NITS PRESENT LOCATI ON "SINCE I T WAS USED ONLY F'OR
<br /> WEATHER PROTECTION F'OR THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT. THE ITEM WAS RECOMMENDED F'OR
<br /> DENIAL BY'THEBOARDO~ ApPE~LS ~ND'THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT'THE ACTION OF'
<br /> THE BOARD OF' ApPEALS BE UPHELD AND THE REQUEST BE DENIED. .
<br /> D. REQUEST MADE BY MR. ROBERT E. BEl STEL,' 2460 ~I NCAI D STREET, F'OR VARI ANCE fROM
<br /> SIDE LINE SET BACK TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT IN F'RONT Of HIS GARAGE ON PROPERTY
<br /> I LOCATED AT 2460 KINCAID STREET WAS CONSIDERED BV THE COMMITTEE. THE REQUEST
<br /> WAS :TOALLOW THE CARPORT.'TO.BE BUILT WITHIN'6" OF' THE'NORT.H PROPERTY LINE. THE
<br /> BOARD OF' ApPEAL~ RECOMMENDED TH~T HE BE ALLOWED TO BUILD UP TOlI8" F'ROM ~HE
<br /> NORTH PROPERTY LINE WHICH WOULD LINE UP THE CARPORT WITH THE NORTH SIDE OF'THE
<br /> GARAGE. AF'TER THE COMMITTEE HAD OBSERVED THE PLOT PLAN WHICH WAS SUBMITTED, IT
<br /> WAS RECOMMENDED 'THAT THE VARI'ANCE:BE GRANTED,AS SPECIF'IED'IN THE BOARD OF' Ap-
<br /> ~EALS REPORT.
<br /> 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING OPENING OF' 10TH AVENUE WEST OF' GARF'IELD STREET F'OR A DISTANCE OF'
<br /> e 580' ON A 50' RIGHT-OF'-WAY - MR. JOHN fOREMAN MET WITH THE COMMITTEE AND INDICATED
<br /> THAT HE WAS WILLING TO GIVE A RIGHT-OF'-WAY F'OR 10TH AVENUE WEST'OF"GARF'IELD STREET
<br /> F'OR A DISTANCE OF' 580'. HE INDICATED THAT ONE-HALF' OF' THE PROPOSED WIDTH OF' THE
<br /> RIGHT-OF'-W~Y, OR 25', WAS IN HIS OWNERSHIP AND ONE-HALF' WAS IN THE OWNERSHIP OF'
<br /> AMERICAN STEEL & .SUPPLY COMPANY, BUT. THAT BOTH PARTIES WEREW,ILt:IIING 'TO 'GIVE AI RIGHT-
<br /> OF'-WAY TOTALING 50' IN WIDTH AND 580' IN LENGTH AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO IN-
<br /> CREASE THE WIDTH OF' THE RIGHT-OF'-WAY SINCE IT WOULD MAKE IT DIF'F'ICULT TO USE THE
<br /> ADJACENT PROPERTY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ACCEPTANCE OF' A 50' RI,GHT-OF'-WAY
<br /> F'OR A 01 STANCE OF' 580' WEST OF' GARF'IELD STREET F'OR 10TH ',AVENUE WITH THE UNDERSTAND-
<br /> I NG THAT ONE-HALF' WOULD BE DONATED BY MR. 'JOHN fOREMAN AND ONE-HALF' WOULD BE DO-
<br /> NATED BY AMERICAN STEEL & SUPPLY COMPANY. ~ ' . "
<br /> 7 COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE
<br /> I. DISCUSSION REGARDI'NG PROPO$ED,ORDINANCE'REQUI'RING F'ENCI,NG OF",SWIMMI'NGPOOLS, .F'ISH
<br /> PONDS, ETC. - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AN ORDINANCE WHICH THEY HAD ASKtD THE CITY
<br /> I ATTORNEY TO DRAW ,:WHI CHWOULD :REQUI RE ALL SWI MMI NG POOLS,' F'I:SH,'PONDSOR OTHER' AT-
<br /> TRACTIVE NUISANCES TO BE F'ENCED TO ELIMINATE SO F'AR AS POSSIBLE THE POSSIBILITV OF'
<br /> CHILDREN F'ALLING INTO SUCH PLACES. THE Cny ATTORNEY,;EXPI.AINED 'THAT:'THE ORDINANCE
<br /> WHICH WAS BEING PRESENTED WAS A COMPILATION OF' PARTS OF' ORDINANCES F'ROM A GROUP OF'
<br /> OTHER CIT~ES AND "THAT IT COULD BE CHANGED TO SUCH DEGREE AS THE COMMITTEE MIGHT DE-
<br /> SIRE. THEREWAS:;SOME DISCUSSI,ON THAT THE CrTY OF' SEATTlE HAD SUCH AN ORDI NANCE AND
<br /> THATTHE CITY ATTORNEY. MIGHT CORRESPOND WITH :THEC,TY 'OF' SEATTLE TO' SEE 'f THE ORO'-
<br /> NANCE PROPOSED AND THE ORDiNANCE 'N F'ORCE IN,THE C,ty'OF"SEATTLE WERE. COMPARABLE.
<br /> IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE ITEM BE HELD IN COMMITTEE. !
<br /> e . . . .. .
<br /> ~
<br />
|