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""IIIIl 195 e 3/27/61 I 3. BOARD Or ApPEALS REPORT - MARCH 8, 1961: A. REQUEST BY WEST EUGENE BRANCH, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF'OREGON, FOR VARIANCE TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL BU~LDING WITH WOODEN EX%ERIOR - IT WAS STAT~D THAT IN FIRE ZONE #1 WOODEN EXTERIORS ON BUILDINGS ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE, THAT THE WEST EUGENE BRANCH OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK PROPOSES TO BUILD A DRIVE-UP WINDOW LOCATED EIGHT TO. TEN FEET FROM THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, AND THAT THE BANK REQUEST THEY BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT SUCH A BUILDING BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MOVE IT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE. THE COMMITTEE GAVE CONSIDERATION TO THIS AND RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT ALLOWING THE DRIVE-UP WINDOW BE UPHELD. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- MOUSLY. (7TH AND POLK) II II I' I :1 I' IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3A OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 B. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE IN SIGN REGULATIONS TO ERECT 4X8' PLASTIC'SIGN AT 1735 WEST 18TH AVENUE ENTERED BY WILLIAM B. HILTON, JR. - A REQUEST BY MR. HILTON TO ERECT A 4X8' PLASTIC SIGN IN A C-2 ZONE AT 1735 WEST 18TH AVENUE AND TO ERECT THE SIGN ON STEEL POSTS WITHIN THE 40' REQUIRED SETBACK ON WEST 18TH 31' FROM THE CENTER- LINE OF 18TH WAS CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT INDI- CATED THAT 18TH AVENUE WAS SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE WIDENING, THAT SIGNS IN A C-2 ZONE ARE REQUIRED TO BE ATTACHED FLAT AGAINST A BUILDING AND ARE LIMITED TO 20 SQUARE FEET, AND FOR THIS REASON IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF ApPEALS THAT THE RE- QUEST BE DENIED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS BE UPHELD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. e I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3B OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3 C. REQUEST BY MR. R. R. FENN FOR VARIANCE IN SIGN REGULA~IONS TO CONSTRUCT A SIGN IN AN RA ZONE 36 SQUARE FEET IN AREA AT 1755 WEST 18TH AVENUE - MR. FENN'S REQUEST FOR VARIANCE IN SIGN REGULATIONS' TO ERECT A 36 SQUARE FOOT SIGN AT 1755 WEST 18TH AVENUE AND FOR A VARIANCE TO LOCATE THE SIGN WITHIN THE REQUIRED 40' SETBACK ON 18TH AVENUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS POINTED OUT THE SETBACK ON 18TH AVENUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF ApPEALS AND RECOMMENDED BY THEM THAT IT BE DENIED, THAT SIGNS IN AN RA ZONE ARE LIMIT~D TO 12 SQUARE FEET, AND THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE THE SIGN TO-BE SE~ BACK 40' FROMTHE CENTERLINE OF 18TH AVENUE, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT DENYING THE REQUEST -BE UPHELD. MOTION CAR- RIED UNANIMOUSLY. ~ cr. C\l ~ 0: CO IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3C OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 D. REQUEST BY MR. LEIGH R. IVERSON FOR ~ARIANCE FROM REQUIRED 20' SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT RESIDENCE AND GARAGE AT 2425 CHARNELTON STREET - THIS REQUEST WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS NOTED THE GARAGE WOULD BE LOCATED 12'9" FROM THE FRONT PRO- PERTY LINE. A PLAT OF THIS PROPOSED LOCATION AS WELL AS LOCATION OF HOUSES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE WHICH INDICATED THE HOUSE AT 2405 CHARNEL TON STREET PROJECTS INTO THE SETBACK, WAS CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE ZONING CAME INTO EFFECT, AND THAT THE HOUSE TO THE ~OUTH OF MR. IVERSON'S PROPERTY HAD MET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENT. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RECOMMENDED THAT THE VARIANCE- BE DENIED, AND THE COMMITTEE UPHELD THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RECOMMENDA- TION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I e MR. IVERSON WAS PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND REQUESTED THE VARIANCE FOR 15' SETBACK INSTEAD OF 12'9" AS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED SINCE HE FEELS HE HAS A PARCEL OF PROPERTY WHLCH REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION AN~ CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR, MOYER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THIS ITEM BE REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 5 4. COST ESTIMATES FOR WIDENING OF HILYARD, PATTERSON AND ALDER STREETS BETWEEN 9TH AND 11TH ./XVENUES - A REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING COST OF WIDENING HILYARD, PATTERSON AND ALDER STREETS FROM BROADWAY TO 11TH AVENUE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE-REPORT CONTEMPLATED THAT HILYARD BE WIDENED TO A WIDTH.OF 44 FEET FROM THE EXISTING 24 FEET, THAT PATTERSON BE WIDENED FROM EXISTING WIDTH OF 30 FEET T~ A WIDTH OF 42 FEET, AND THAT ALDER BE WIDENED FROM EXISTING 18 FEET TO A WIDTH OF 42 FEET. THE COST OF WIDENING HILYARD WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $12,138 PLUS THE COST OF A BRIDGE E~TIMATED AT $16,176 FOR A TOTAL OF $28,308. THE COST OF WID6NING PATTERSON FROM BROADWAY TO THE MILLRACE WOULD BE $11,988 PLUS THE COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AT $8,554 AND PLUS THE COST OF A BRIDGE AT.$15,592; FOR WIDENING PATTERSON FROM THE MILLRACE TO '1 ITH ANDADDITIONAL PAVEMENT COST OF $4,640 FOR A TOTAL FOR PATTERSON OF $40,774. THE COST-OF WIDENING ALDER STREET.BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 11TH AVENUE IS $10,980 PLUS THE COST OF A BRIDGE AT $15,400 FOR A TOTAL OF $26,380. THE TOTAL OF THESE THREE PROJECTS AMOUNTS TO $95,462. IN ADDITION TO THIS, CERTAIN STORM SEWER WORK SWOULD BE REQUIRED ON HILYARD AND PATTERSON AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $18,900. I e THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALSO MADE AN ESTIMATE ON THE COST OF WIDENING HILYARD. AND PATTERSON STREETS FROM 11TH TO 13TH AVENUE FROM THE EXISTING 34 FOOT WIDTH TO A PROPOSED WIDTH OF44 FEET. IF THIS WERE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AN ADDITIONAL $9,135 WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR HILYARD STREET AND AN ADDITIONAL $10,550 FOR PATTERSON STREET. ~