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A short recess was taken. 1I-A-2 G. Minor Partition Appeal of Denial: Located southeast of Horizon Road (Endicott) (M 76-123) Manager noted the Planning Commission had denied this request for minor partition at its meeting of March 7, 1977. Gary Chenkin said the property in question was a one acre parcel which was to be divided into two lots. The portion of land is presently vacant and the only access would be on Horizon Road. The Planning Staff denied the request for a minor partition because there was not adequate public access to the property at the present time. Parts of Horizon Road were in private ownership and it was only a nine-foot wide lane. The City Code required adequate provision be made in a partition for the safe access by fire and other emergency vehicles; the Staff felt that the present access to the property was not sufficient for partition. e Public hearing was opened. ,A letter from Stan Long, owner of property at 708 Horizon Road, was entered into the record opposing the minor partition. Charles Endicott identified himself as the applicant. He referred Council to a statement on record in the Planning Department. He said the proposed partition would preserve the character of the neighborhood and in his opinion the narrow road was a small price to pay for the amenities of the area and its widening would tend to destroy the conditions that make the neighborhood desirable. He said approval of the partition would be orderly development of the land for its optimum use as intended by the City Code. He was planning to have only two single-family dwellings on the one acre which would preclude any future requests for subdivisions to smaller lots and would therefore retain the unique characteristics of the residential area. e Those speaking in opposition to the minor partition included the following: Gerald E. Olson, 488 Full Vue; Fred and Patti Bennion, 600 Horizon Road; Jim Johnston, 179 West 37th Avenue; Ralph Cutler, 480 Horizon; Derrick McGavic, 620 West 35th Place; and Ernest Carbajal, 626 Horizon. Some of their concerns expressed were the desire of keeping the area safe for children, not increasing traffic on Horizon Road, preventing future growth in the area, retaining the unique quality of the neighborhood, the narrowness of the road and the concern for traffic and safety, and the consideration of increased use of the road for emergency vehicles if two more houses were added. Public hearing was closed, there being no further testimony presented. . Mr. Bradley questioned whether staff was in any position to con- sider improvement of Horizon Road. Don Gilman, Public Works Depa rtment sai d there was a very na rrow ri ght-of-way and it woul d be physically impossible to widen the road. - 4/25/77 --12 .3;(, 'l