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~346 e 3/'4/60 I ) ! 21 , 1 I ! I I I j , I I ) I I I I! I , I 41 I I 51 I ! ,j ~\I I, i STANDPIPES IN THE A'DDITION TO THE CHURCH NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS FUR- THER INDfcATEDTHAT IT WAS' PROPOSED"THAT THE BASEMENT'-HAVE SPR/NK'LERS INSTALLED, AND THAT UPON INQUIRY THE FIRE MARSHAL 'HAD APPROVED THE' REQUEST THAT WET STANDPIPES BE'ELIMINATED. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT fNDICATED THESE MATTERS HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AND IT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO ELIMI- NATE WET STAND~IPES BUT STILL REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLERS IN THE BASE- MENT, SUBJECT TO WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL TO THE BUILDING DEPART- MENT. ' THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL or THE BOARD Of ApPEALS REPORT ALLOW- ING THE ELIMINATION Of WET STANDPIPES SUBJECT TO THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE fiRE MARSHAL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I \ :\ 11 I: II II I' tl 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAF'FEY THAT ITEMS f2A AND 12B OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ;, Ii i: I; Ii II L !1 i' Ii ,\ \1 II I II II I' II " ii I, il II Ii II II I I. i ~ II jl il 'I II !i Ii il I, " " d [I Ii !1 [ ,I II r I C. REQUEST BY PASTOR M. W. McLEES, 'FIRST'ASSEMBLY or GOD; FOR VARIANCE IN SET- BACK TO ALLOW 'ERECT I ON OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTER AND S",GN AT 1330 MADI SON STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE ABOVE REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND THAT THE BoARD OF ApPEA'LSHAD RE'COMMENDED APPRO'VAL WITH THEUNDER'STAND I NC THE PLANTER AND SIGN WOULD BE REMOVED AT NO EXPENSE.TO THE CITY IN THE EVENT 13TH AVENUE IS WIDENED. COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE SITE BUT WERE GENERALLY AGREED THAT FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED AND SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED REGARDING PRIOR REQUESTS O'F 'A COMPARABLE NATURE' WH I CH HAD 'NOT BEEN APPROVED. . FOLLOW I NG SOME DISCUSSION IT ~A~ RECOMMENDED THAT THI~ MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE COUNCIL WITHOUT "RECO'MMENDAT'ON. MOnON CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. . e I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON THAT ITEM 12C OF THE COMMrTTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND THE REQUESTED VARIANCE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED. D. REQUEST BY EDWARD WELLNITZ FOR VARIANCE IN LOT WIDTH TO ALLOW DIVISION OF PROPERTY AT VANBUREN AND LEWIS STREETS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. WELLNITZ HAD REQUESTED A VARIANCE FROM THE 6000 SQ.FT. MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH lA LOT CONTAINING 5775 SQ.FT. A MAP 'WAS SHOWN WHICH INDICATED THE PROPERTY WOULD BE 5S'XI05' IF SUCH VARIANCE WERE APPROVED, AND THAT THE EXISTING HOME OF , MR. WELLNITZ WOULD BE LOCATED ON A PARCEL OF PROPERTY 105' SQUARE. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT INDICATED IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A LOT WITH A 60' WIDTH.AND STilL MAINTAIN A 10' SIDE YARD. DUE TO THIS FACT THE REQUEST HAD BEEN DENIED BY THE BOARD OF ApPEALS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT, AND IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE REQUEST ENTERED BY MR. WELLNITZ BE APPROVED, WHICH MOTION WAS DEFEATED, MESSRS. McGAFFEY, CHATT AND WILSON VOTING AYE; SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM AND SWANSON VOTING NAY. IT WAS THEN'RECOMMENDEDTHAT THE BoARD OF ApPEALS REPORT BE UPHELD AND THE VARI'ANCE DENIED, WHICH MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. MCGAFFEY, CHATT AND WILSON VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER'SECONDED BY'MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 12D OF" THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED~ MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. MCGAfFEY, CHATT AND WILSON VOTING NAY. 13. ,CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDING2-HOUR PARKING ON 13TH AVENUE FROM PEARL ~o HIGH STREET - A REPORT F"ROM THE TRAF"FIC ENGINEER INDICATED A REQUEST FOR SHORT TIME. PARKING HAD BEEN MADE BY MR. HAL BANGS THE OWNER OF AN ESTABLISHMENT AT 13TH . AVENUE AND HIGH STREET, AND THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WAS RECOMMENDING A 2-HOUR PARKING LIMIT ON BOTH SIDES OF 13TH AVENUE F"ROMPEARL TO HIGH STREET. SOME DIS- CUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS ITEM, ON'T~E POSSIBILITY OF WIDENING 13TH AVENUE, AND ON THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOVING PARKING F"ROM ONE SIDE or 13TH AVENUE. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION THE 'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE 2-HOURPARKrNG BE EXTENDED ON BOTH SIDES OF 13TH AVENUE FROM PEARL.TO HIGH STREET. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MCGAFFEY ABSTAINING. ;i il " , Ii Ii II I II !; e q i IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAFfEY SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEM 13 OF THE ,COMMITTEE REPORT BE HELD OVER F"OR FURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. II " " " I il !I 11 i1 ,: I' !I 'I , :, ,I " I: :! " :I " I 14. DISCUSSION REGARDING VARIOUS TRAFFIC PROBLEMS - MAYOR CONE INDICATED.HE HAD HAD SOME REQUESTS THAT THE FORMER TURN LANES AND OTHER NO PARKING AREAS IN EXISTENCE WHEN 11TH ~NDI3TH AVENUES WERE 2-WAY STREETS BE REDESIGNATED FOR PARKING, AND, THAT METERS BE I NSTALLED WHERE APPlI CABLE. I T WAS REPORTED THAT A STUDY OF" THESE AREAS IS BEING MADE AND A REPORT WOULD BE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS THEN GIVEN TO THE WESTERN TERMINUS Of' THE 11TH-13TH ONE-WAY COUPLET AND AFTER SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ENDING THE 11TH-13TH ONE-WAY COUPLET AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN GARFIELD STREET. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 15. REQUEST BY TOWN HOUSE MOTEL, 6TH AVENUE AND LAWRENCE STREET, FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE TOWN HOUSE MOTEL HAD REQUESTED THEY BE ALLOWEO TO ENLARGE A 31' CURB CUT TO A TOTAL OF 41' AND ABANDON AND CURB AN 8' EXISTING DRIVE- WAY LOCATED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MOTEL 'OFFlCE ON 6TH AVENUE NEAR LAWRENCE STREET.. THE REQUEST WAS MADE BECAUSE AT THE PRESENT TIME A SHARP AND HAZARDOUS TURN IS NECESSARY TO GET TO THE MOTEL FROM HIGHWAY 99. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. :i " ;1 'I if II " fl II d ,;/ e