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<br /> I I. BOARD OF ApPEALS - JULY 18, 1963
<br /> A. SETBACK VARIANCE 720 EAST 13TH, MERRILL - MR. O. J. MERRILL HAD RE-
<br /> QUESTED A VARIANCE FROM THE REQUIRED 5-FOOT SETBACK TO A 3-FOOT SETBACK
<br /> 00 AT 720 EAST 13TH IN CONNECTION WITH MOVING A HOUSE ONTO THE LOT. THE
<br /> ~ CITY MANAGER REVIEWED THE CASE WHICH HAD BEEN DENIED BY THE BOARD OF
<br /> ~ ApPEALS. MR. AND MRS. MERRILL HAVE SIGNED AN AqREEMENT STIPULATING
<br /> IT ,~HEY WILL COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND POSTED
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<br /> :c A $3000 BOND. MR. RALPH COBB, ATTORNEY FOR THE MERRILLS, OUTLINED
<br /> CO THEIR PLANS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND SHOWED A LAYOUT OF THE AREA ON WHICH
<br /> WAS INDICATED OWNERS OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES, LOCATIONS OF BUIODINGS,
<br /> AND PARKING PROPOSED FOR THE BUILDING AT 720 EAST 13TH. MR. KEITH
<br /> SKELTON, REPRESENTING DAIRY QUEEN AND OWNERS OF OTHER ABUTTING PROPER-
<br /> e TIES, OBJECTED TO THE SETBACK VARIANCE AND THE PROPOSED PARKING, STATING
<br /> THAT IN HIS OPINION IT WAS INADEQUATE. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY
<br /> MR. CRAKES TO DENY THE VARIANCE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MR.SWANS'ONMOVED SECONDED BY MR,.€HRISTENSEN TO APPROVE ITEM IA OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
<br /> MR. CLIFF OUELETTE, REPRESENTING THE MERRILLS, STATED HE HAD REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE
<br /> I TO AUGUST 26, 1963 WHICH WOULD ALLOW HIM TIME TO PREPARE MATERIALS FOR SUPPORTING THE
<br /> REQUESTED VARIANCE. 'THE CITY MANAGER HAD NOT GRANTED THE REQUEST FOR THE CONTINUANCE
<br /> STATING THAT HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS HIS AUTHORITY. MR. OUELETTE STATED HE HAD PRE-
<br /> PARED HIS MATERIAL IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE. BY TABULATING IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
<br /> THE SERIES OF EVENTS FROM THE EARLY PART OF MAY AND WITH A SKETCH OF A LAYOUT OF THE
<br /> LOCATION OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING,
<br /> IT WAS THE REQUEST OF MR. OUELETTE THAT THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER AND GRANT THE REQUEST
<br /> FOR THE VARIANCE APPLIED FOR BY MR. AND MRS. MERRILL. MR. GORDON Wn IE, SPEAKING
<br /> FOR THE OWNERS OF DAIRY QUEEN, RESTATED THE MATTER OF THE PARKING SPACE AROUND THE
<br /> BUILDING WAS OF CONCERN TO THE OWNERS OF THE DAIRY QUEEN.
<br /> A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT DENYING THE VARIANCE.
<br /> MOTION DEFEATED, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, AND CRAKES VOTING YES; MESSRS. DEVERELL,
<br /> ~AWK, AND CHATT, AND MAYOR CONE VOTING NO.
<br /> MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. HAWK TO GRANT THE VARIANCE FOR A 3-FOOT SETBACK.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. CHATT, HAWK, AND CRAKES, AND MAYOR CONE VOTING YES; MESSRS.
<br /> SWANSON, DEVERELL, AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO.
<br /> 2 B. SETBACK VARIANCE 1944 Moss, DEn I NG - MR. LERoy E. DETLING HAD REQUESTED
<br /> A VARIANCE TO CONVERT A GARAGE INTO A FAMILY ROOM WITHIN LESS THAN THE
<br /> REQUIRED 5-FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK AT 1944 Moss STREET WHICH WAS DENIED
<br /> BY THE BOARD OF ApPEALS. THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER FROM MAX G.BOLES,
<br /> BOLES BUILDERS, OUTLINING THE PROCEDURES AND WORK HE HAD DONE ON THE BUILD-
<br /> I ING AND FOUNDATION SO FAR. THE WORK IS STOPPED AT THE PRESENT TIME,
<br /> AWAITING A DECISION OF THE COUNCIL. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR.DEVERELL
<br /> TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO.
<br /> MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL TO APPROVE ITEM IB OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO.
<br /> 3 2. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPACE IN NEW CITY HALL - MR. BOB CROSS, IN BEHALF OF THE
<br /> CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, STATED THAT SINCE THE LAST MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER
<br /> e AND THE ARCHITECTS WITH REGARD TO AVAILABLE SPACE IN THE NEW CITY HALL~ MORE
<br /> SPACE WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE EUGENE HOTEL, AND THE CHAMBER DOES NOT FEEL
<br /> THEY COULD COMMIT THEMSELVES TO THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE AS PROPOSED IN A
<br /> LETTER TO MR. FRED BRENNE DATED MAY 20, 1963. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED
<br /> BY DR. PURDY TO TABLE THE ITEM PENDING FURTHER STUDY BY THE STAFF AND THE
<br /> CHAMBER BOARD. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL TO APPROVE ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
<br /> MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 4 3. WOOD SCREEN, NEW CITY HALL - IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, THE PACIFIC COAST
<br /> BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IN Los ANGELES STATED THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CODE CON-
<br /> CERNING THE WOOD SCREEN TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE OUTSIDE OF ANY BUILDINGS,
<br /> AND SINCE THERE WAS NO PROVISION IN THE CODE IT WAS THEIR OPINION NO REGULA-
<br /> TIONS WOULD BE VIOLATED BY USE OF THE CEDAR TIMBERS AS A WOOD SCREEN. No
<br /> I UNUSUAL FIRE HAZARD WILL EXIST WITH THE USE OF THE WOOD SCREEN BECAUSE: THERE
<br /> IS A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 66 FEET FROM ANY OTHER STRUCTURE; THE TIMBERS ARE
<br /> 4X10-16 AND HAVE A FLAME SPREADOF 75; THE TIMBERS ARE 4'2" FROM THE FACE OF
<br /> THE BUILDING; THE WALL BEHIND THE SCREEN IS Of 2-HOUR CONSTRUCTION; LESS
<br /> THAN 50% OF THE WALL IS WINDOWS; THERE IS I I" BETWEEN TIMBERS. THE CITY
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