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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/16/1968 Minutes of Port Angeles Planning Commission meeting of April 16 , 1968 . e Present: Anderson (acting chairman), McHone, Treat, Dilling, Hankins, Director of Public Works Warder, Building Inspector Willson. Absent: Hunt, Driscoll Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as published. Old Business Clallam County Library Board had inquired about the acceptability of enlarging their bookmobile stalls to 3 feet 6 inches from their west property line if the construction had no openinas on the west wall and were entirely of brick. The variance lranted July 20th, 1967 had been for a five foot sideyard instead of the seven foot required. The letter dated June 2, 1967 requesting the variance originally, had been for the same 3 foot 6 inch sideyard. It was recommended by the Planning Commission that the conditions of the variance as originally granted be the minimum that should be accepted, namely. that a sideyard clearance of 5 feet be maintained. e _ Anderson Ford had not supplied the additional information r~quested by the Planning Commission concerning their request for an alley vacation, presented at the April 2nd meeting. The City Light Department had submitted a memo stating the reasons why they were apposed to vacating this alley. Lacking any further information from Anderson Ford supporting their request, the matter was tabled until such time as additional infromation is provided. It was noted that Mr. Ed Ranta had brought in no additional information in regard to his project on Tumwater Access Road since the March 5, 1968 meeting. New Business - Five variance requests had been received and properly postpd for hearing at this time. e Robp.rt J. Lieby of 224 West 9th Street had requested a variance which would permit him to enlarge an existinq single family residence at thf> above arlrlrp!'i.s... The property is a normal 7000 square foot fot and contains a main single family residence, used as thp parsonage, an additional single family residence on the alley, used by the church secretary for living quarters and an office, one 121 x 24' garBle and one 17' x 20' carport. The present lot coverage is approximately 2683 sq.ft. and the proposed addition would raisp it to about 2800 sq.ft. The maximum 30 per cent allowable lot coverage in an RS-7 zone would be 2100 sq.ft. After considerable discussion it was voted to recommend that the request be denied because of the overcrowding which alread~exists on this property. A request was received from Madge Olson of 906 West 14th Street for a variance which would permit enlargement of an existing non-conforming single family residence. The Minutes-Planning Commission April 16, 1968 page 2. . request was for a side yard clearance of five feet. After considerable discussion, a motion was made to allow construction to a ten foot setback. Before a vote was taken, further discussion arose concerning possible alternatives. The matter was finally tabled and Mrs Olson was goinq to investigate other possible solutions. On the morning of April 17th Mrs. Olson telephoned the Building Inspector and informed him that the ten foot setback would be acceptable and wondered if it would be possible to process the request on through the City Council without waiting for another Planning Commission meeting. The Building Inspector then contacted those members, who had been prp.sent at the Planning Commission meeting, individually, and explained the situation. All five members contacted indicated that their vote on this motion would have bep.n for approval and felt that it would be proper to include such a recommendation in the minutes of the me~ting. Thpreforp., it was recommended that a v~riance be granted Mrs Olson to enlarge her existing single family residence by extending the dininJ area to a point ten feet from the west margin of "B" Street. e Mr. Ted Cooper, 1111 South nB" Strp.et hi'ld requested a variance which would allow him to enlarge an existing non- conforming sinqle family residence by extending it into his front yard. The front setback would still be about 76 feet 50 this presented no problem. It was voted to recommend that the request he approved. e Vern Grall & Harold Green hod requested a condi ti onal use permit and variance to allow them to construct an automobile car was~at 921 Ea~t Front Street, in an RB zone. One property owner was present and spoke in opposition. The objection of he and his neighbors was not to the proposed business, but to the traffic which it would ~enerate in the alley abutting their residential zone. The neighbors felt that if the property were fenced si~ilar to the n~w service station on the north- east corner of Front and Race Streets, and all vehicular ingress and egress through to the alley be denied, this would solve the problAm and they would have no obiections. The Planning Commission questioned Mr. 3rall and Mr. Green, who were in the audience, about fencing th~ property to eliminate this through traffic. Mr. Grall stated that they would prefer to retain the accessibility to the alley but he could sympathize with the neighbors and the operation of the proposed car wash could be modifip.d to meet th,sr requireMent if necessary. It was then proposed th'1t approval be recommended with the stipulation that a 5 - 6 foot high, site-obsurinq fence be erected on the pro- perty line abutting the residential properties and alley; also that no vp.hicular ingress or egress be nrovided to the alley from the lot under consideration. Before a vote was taken, a legal technicality was brought up as to whether this land use could even be granted a condition- al use ~ermit on this lot and in this particular zone. The problem centered around the manner of interpretinq two different paragraphs in the zoning ordinance. The secretary was advised to contact the City Attorney for an opinion, and if the permit could legally be lranted, apprnval recommendation was to be Minutes-Planning Com~ission A P r i 1 16, 196 8 page 3. e written in thp. minutes, subject to the restrictions contained in the proposal by the Planning Commission (site-obscuring fence 5 - 6 feet high shielding the operation from the neigh- boring residential properties and no vehicular in]ress or egress between the lot and the alley). The City Attorney was contacted and was of the opinion that the request could be granted, and the restrictions, as stated, be made a condition of the condition- al use permit subiect to the above restrictions. The Port Angeles Evening News had requested a variance from the allAY set-back requirements of the CBD to allow them to construct a building 45 feet by 140 feet on the northwest corner of First and Cherry streets. The north wall, along the all~y, would havP. no openings and parking and loading area is to he provided on thA west side of th~ building. After a brief discDssion it was voted to rp.commend approv~l of the request since there will be no access to the alley from the building and parking and loadinl facilities, in compliance with the off- street parking ordinance, are to be provided 0n the applicants property on the west side of the proposed structure. e A proposed subdivision plat, from E. L. McWilliams, in Suburban Lot 48 ( at 10th and IlNlI Streets) was received. A letter from the abutting property owner on the east was also acknowledged. Both letters were tabled for further study. The secretary was directed to obtain memos from all city departments, which would have any cohcern in providing utilities or service to this area, with com~ents as to the workability of the proposed property layout. No further business was received and the meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.M. ~;,~ ~~~Acting Chairman Secretary e - New Business A preliminary plot for a subdivision of pnrt of Suburban Lot 48 has been rereived from E. L. McWilliams. This is on west 10th Street iust east of "NIl Stn~et. Council .l\ction action on items The City Council -on April 4th took the following covered at the April 2nd meeting: E. A. Jensen - sign - approved as recommended Richard Sharnbroich - 12th 8. !lGII - approved as recommended, and expressed the thought the the 25 foot set back requirement on a corner lot in an RS-7 zone might bear further consideration, possible revision. R~chard L~ Miller - Park Knoll - approved as recommended. This is all the business presented as of this date. Two other variance requests which were anticipated for this meeting failed to materialize. R. P. Wi 11 son Recording~Secretary e - Apri 1 11, 1968 TO: Members of Port A~eles Planning Commission . RE: Meeting scheduled for April 16, 1968 I have received five variance requests which have been properly posted for hearing at this meeting. Port Angeles Evening News has requested a variance from the setback requi reme nts f rom the a lley in the cao zone which wo uld permi t them to construct a building to the south margin of the alley between Front and First Streets, on the northwest corner of First and Cherry Streets. Ted Cooper of 1111 South IIB'I Street has requested a variance to enlarge his existing single family residence by extending it north. The present building was legal under the old ordinance but is not set back far enough from IISIl Street to meet the requirements of the new ordinance. Madge 01son,906 West 14th, has requested a variance to allow her to enlarge her house but extending it to the east. The present build- ing sets back twelve feet from the west margin of l1afT Street and was legal under the old ordinance. The addition would extend the building to five feet from be west margin of IIBn Street. Robert J. Lieby has requested a variance f or the property at 224 e West 9th Street. He wishes to enlarge a small house, on the alley. Under the old ordinance there was noi setback r~quired for this part of the lot. The new ordinance specifies 25 feet from the alley for a residence in an RS-7 zone. This will also increase the pell"cent of lot cove rage to 40%. Vern Grall and Harold Green have requested a variance (or conditional use permit) to permit them to install and operate an automatic car was at 921 East Front street. This is in an RB zone. Under old business, I neglected to ~ing up an inquiry at the April 2nd meeting. The Clallam County Library is still in hopes of obtain- ing some additional property on 'the west side of their building at Boulevard and Peabody. However, they have inquired as to the accepta- bility of building to 3 teet 6 inches from the west property line, with their book mobile storage, instead of the five foot granted in their variance, if the west wall of the addition has no openings and is entirely brick. Also, Anderson Ford was notified on April 4. 1968 by telephone that additional information was necessary pertinent to their request for the vacation of the alley Detween Front and Gerogiana on the east side of White's Creek. As of this date, no further information has been received. The City LiJht Department has presented a memo~ stating their reasons for objecting to this vacation. .. Nothing further has been received from Mr. Ed Ranta pertinent to his truck garage project, proposed on Tumwater Access Road.