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<br />4. DISCUSSI?~ REGARDING REZONING, Of THE ,SOUTHWE,STCORNE, R Of 15TH, AVENUE ~ND WALNUT STREET 1
<br />fROM R-I TO C-I, RECOMMENDED fOR APPROVAL BY THE PLA~NING COMMISSION,- THE COMMITTEE __
<br />DISCUSSED 'THE PROPRiiETy'OfREZONING nit SOUTHWEST' CORNER Of WALNUT StREET AND 15TH 'AVENUE
<br />AS RECOMMENDED BY T~E PLAN~ING COM~ISS~ON~ ANDAfTE~ DIS~USSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br />ZONING CHANGE BE NOT ALLOWED AND THAT THE EXISTING VARIANCE BE CONTINUED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE ABOVE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />5. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW WHOLESALE STORAGE
<br />AND DISTRIBUTJONOf fUEL OjL'AND,GAS jN UNDERGROUND~TOkAGE IN ANM-2 DISTRiCT ~ THE
<br />COMMITTEE INril~ATEDT~EYWE~EfA~I(JAR WITH THE ACTIO~TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT'tHE ORDINA~tE ~E t~AN~ED TO ALL6w U~DERGROUN6'STO~AGt Of,GASOLINE
<br />AND fUEL OIL IN AN M'-2 ZONE AND RECOMMENDED THAT T~E AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE
<br />BE PASSED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. 'SHEARER THAT THE:'A~OVE REPORT BE APPROVED. A
<br />MOTION CARRIED. ' ..,
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<br />6. DISCUSSION Of PLANNING COMMIS$ION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING REQ~ST fOR REZONING OF'
<br />PROPERTY OWNED BY WILBUR B. MIKESELL WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE CARRIED TO JULY 1,1958 -
<br />THE COMMITTEE GAVE NO DISCUSSION TO THE PLANNING COMMiSSION'S RECOMMENDATioN AND RE-
<br />COMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED REZONING BE CARRIED OVER TO THE fIRST MEETING IN JULY
<br />OF THE PLANN I NG COMM I SS I ON. I'
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<br />IT WAS'MOalED,BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE ABOVE REPORT BE APPROVED. .
<br />MOTION CARRiED.
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<br />7. D,SCUSS,ON REGARDING ITEMS'RECOMMENDED FOR DISAPPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS
<br />fOLLOWS: (A) REQUEST~Y MACK J~ THOMPSON FOR VARIANCE ~OR DUPLEX IN AN RA tO~E,2915
<br />PEARL STREET; (B) REQUEST BYN~RMAN SCHNEIDER FOR REZbNING FROM R-3 AND R-4TO C~2"
<br />BEING THE FOUR, CORNERS AT THE, INTERSECTION OF 18TH AVErWE ANDHIL.vARD STREET; (C) RE-
<br />QUEST BY GORDON W. ELLIOTT FOR'REZONI~G,fROM RA TO CR, THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST
<br />CORNER~Of' 14tH A~ENUEANti TAYLOR STREET -THE CO~MITtEECONSID~REp ALL THREE OfCtHE
<br />ABOVE ,ITEM~ JOINTLY AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION OF' THE PLANNING COMMISSION' D)S'"
<br />APPROVING THE REQUESTS BE UPHELD. ..
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<br />IT WAS"MOVED 'BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY' MR. BRIGGS rHAr ITEM (A) Of THE.ABbVE REPORT BE
<br />HELD OVER PENDING A,REPORT fROM THE, PLANN.lNG COMMr'SSION'. MotiON CARRIED.
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<br />h WAS MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEM fB) Of tHE ABOVE' REPORT
<br />BE APPROVED, SUSTAINING THE ACTION Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION DENYING THE: REZONING.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS.' LAURIS SEc6NDED BY MR. LINDEEN WITH REtER~NCE TO ItEM (C) OF THE
<br />ABOVE REPORT THAT THE HEARING BE' CONTH-WED TO THE DECEMBER 9, '1957 COUNCIL MEETING.
<br />MOTION DEfEATED. MR. ELLIOTT THEN WITHDREW HIS REQUEST. __
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<br />8. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST TO PURCHASE CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON THE'WEST SIDE Of' I
<br />FERRY STREET BETWEEN 32ND' AND 33ffD' AVENUES ~ A REPORT Of TtiE APPRA I'SED VALUE 'A,S MADE
<br />BY ,THE PLA~NING CONSULTANT' INDicATED,HIS BEST' APPRA'ISAL WO'ULD PLACE: THE VALUE 'Of THE
<br />PRO'PERTY AT $546. 'THE COMM i TTEE 0 j'scussE'D, THE ~ROPOSED VALUE' AND ALSO b I SCUSSED THE
<br />M~T,HODS ,WH I CH- SHOULD B~ ,~SED fOR, SELL! NG THE' PROPER~Y ~ND RE<:OMMENDED THAT ~RS. MABLE
<br />MOYER., WH? HAD E,XPRESSED AN I N-TE,RE~T:,.'N THE PROPERTy,~E, CONTACTED A'~D THE APP~A I SED
<br />VALUE Of THE ,PROPERT.Y INDICATED TO HER, ,AND If SHE IS 'INTE,RESTED IN THE PROPERT,Y AT
<br />TH I S PR I CE TO ENTER 'A 61 D fOR THE PROPERTY AfT.ER' I T HAS BEEN ADVERT I SED fOR SALE. _
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN TH'AT THE' ABOVE REPORT BE APP.ROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />9. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST TO WIDEN HIGH STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES - THE,
<br />TRAffIC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT TRAffiC WAS BACKING UP INTO HIGH STREET AND ACROSS
<br />6TH AVENUE DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF TRAffiC WHICH COMES fROM THE FER~Y STREET OV~R-
<br />I PASS AND MAKES A LEfT TURN ONTO HIGH STREET TO PROCEED IN A SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION.
<br />ONE SOL'UTION TO THE PR'OBLEM 'WOULD BE, TO 'WIDEN THE :S~REET 'WHICH WOULD ALL'OW 'fOR GREA'TER
<br />DISTANCE PER DRIVING LANE AND FOR THREE LANES, Of TRAffiC If PARKING WERE RESTRfCTED
<br />TO ONE SIDE. THE COMMITTEE D.lSCUSSED THE POSSIB[LITIES bf WIDENfNG THIS STREET AT
<br />THIS TIME BUT INDICATED THEY DID NOT ~A~T TO TAKE ACTION AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEM
<br />BE HELD IN COMMITTEE.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR; 'SHE'ARER THAT THE ABOVE' REPORT 'BE APPROVED AND .-=
<br />THE ITEM BE HELD IN COMMITTEE. MOTION, CARRIED. 'I
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<br />I. DISCUSSION REGARDING TURN LANES ON HIGH STREET AT 7TH AVENUE - 'THE T~AffIC ENGINEER
<br />EXPLAINED THAT THE TRAffiC COUNTS ON HIGH 'STREET WERE VERY HIGH SINCE TRAf~IC COMES
<br />Off THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS, TURNS LEfT ONTO HIGH STREET AND EITHER PROCEEDS SOUTH-
<br />BOUND ACROSS 7TH AVENUE OR TURNS LEfT ONTO 7TH AVENUE TO PROCEED EASTBOUND~ THESE
<br />TWO TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS TEND TO BLOCK THE INTERSECTION AT TIMES WHEN DRIVERS ARE AT-
<br />I TEMPTING TO MAKE LEfT TURNS AGAINST OPPOSING TRAfFIC. 'To ALLEVIATE THIS SITUATION e
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