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Minute. of the regular meeting of the Port Angelel Planning
Com.la.ion September ~th, 1966.
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Me.b.r. present were And.rlon, Dilling, Driscoll, Hankin.,
Hunt, Treat and Strange, a180 present were Director of Public
Works John B. Warder and Building Inspector Robert Wil180n.
Minutes of the previous .eeting were read and approved.
Mr. A1 Eacrett was present in regards to hi. application
tor an extension of time tor the occupancy of his Hou.e Trailero
Mr. Eacrett was informed the Planning Ca.-i.sion, on advic.ot
the City Attorn.y, decided to drop the question and he could
consider the case di..i..ed. Mr. Eacr.tt thanked the Com.i..ion
and retir.d.
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There were three hearin~. for varianc.. from the Zoning
regulations .cheduled for this .eeting. The first to be heard
was that of Mr. Peter Sedier and faaily asking for pe~is.ion
to occupy a hou.e trailer in a First R.sidenc. Zone located
at 2223 Fairmont Street, an area r@cently annexed to the City.
The Sedler fa.ily wish; to continue the practice they have
followed for more than two year., that 11 to occupy the trailer
on their property in the winter months and move it to com.ercta!
fishing grounds during the au.mer. In ~8 much as this practic.
was in force prior to annexation to the City and to refuse
premi.sion would cau., a hardship, a motion wa. passed recomaend-
ing to the Council the granting of a non-transferable permit.
The next hearing was on the application of Ir.. Ai Goerg
of 3009 Laurel Street, a First Residential Area. Mr.. Goerq
ask. per.is.ion to close in two lide. of a presently located
carport and conduct a "Hobby Cera.ic Work Shop". Mrs. Goerg
was present and explained .he conduts clasles in ceraaie. and
has been doin~ so for 80ae time, the work being done in her
kitchen. The idea of the carport enclosure i. for convenience,
other than that nothing would be changed from past practic..
After discussion a aotion was pas.ed recomaendinl to the City
Council the application bl approved.
The next hearing was on the application of the Priest
Equ1p.ent Coapany asking far a change 1n the Zoning regulation.
in a First nesldential area that would per.it the construction
of a Convaiescence Center of approximate!y 100 bed capacity on
Block. 2 and 3 Campbeil Addition located approxiaately at 9th
Street and Lauridsen Boulevard. Chairman read a letter fro.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Jacobs withdrawing their proposal to proceed
with construction of a nur.ing hoae at Lopez and Vine Streets
and endorsing the application of the Priest Equipment Coapany.
Cha1rman announced t~e property had been properly and legally
posted. There were four written protests against the applica-
tion all within the Ten Hundred Block on the north side of
Lauridsen Boulevard. The protests were froe Errol B. Myren,
Albert L. Tackett, Lester S. Perry and Leonard C. and Yolanda
B. Hanley. All were present and spoke on the subject. Th, .ain
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Minutes - Port Angeles Planning Commission
September 6, 1966
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objection seemed to be fear of commercialization of the area,
vis it this were allowed what would be next etc. Mr. Priest
was present ~nd spoke assuring those present that the buildings
planned would be a decided asset and improvement of the area.
Mrs Henry Myren the only adiacent property owner present spoke
in favor of the proposal. After lengthy discussion a motion
was unanimously passnd recommending to the City Council the
applicatIon be approved.
NrD Al Hendricks was present and again brought up his
proposal to establish a Trailer Park on his propertr. acr~ss
the Bouleva~d from the County Garage at 18th and "0' Streets.
Mr. Hendricks will work out a detailed plan to be submitted
at the next meetingo
No further business appearing, meeting adjourned at g P.M.
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Respectfully submitted,
Fred C. Strange, Chairman
Hugh Hankins, Secretary
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August 31, 1966
Mr. Fred C. Strange, Chairman
City, P~~nln9 Commi..ion
140-"W..t Front, Street -
Port Angeles, Walhington
In re+v.rlance for trailers
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I am writing you this letter at the reque.t
of Bob Willson, the bul1dlnq inspector, with reference
to a variance qranted 'to Douq1ae Eaorett on August 20,
1964, and trailer variances qenerally.
Mr. !acrett haa taken the position that
there are no ordinance. prohibit.ing the occupancy ot his
trailer at 1115 West 17th Street in the City. Aa you
are aware, there 1s no record indicating a public h.ar-
ing' to adopt. a comprehensive ache. for .oning of the
City prior ~ the adoption of Ordinance No. 1167 in May
of 1947. It i. also true that no such scheme or ordi-
nance was filed with the County Auditor as is required
by R.C.W. 35.63.090. In May ot 1965 the City adopted
Ordinance No. 1560 which vas the comprehensive plan and
Ordinance No. 1561 which readop-ted the t.erm. of OrdInance
No. 1161, ~e original "zoninq . ordinance. 1!'hes.. two ordi-
nanc.. were file4 with the County Auditor a. required by
law and from and after that date became the loning Code
ot the city of Port An~le.. In veiw ot the fact that
our Supreme Court ha. held that a zoning ordinance is
lnvaliO unl... and until the comprehenaive scheme and
soninq ordinance are filed with the Auditor, ve are
forced to the conclusion ~at Port Angele. had no valid
soninq ordinance until May ot 1965.
The attempt to regulate the us. of trailers
.. re.idence., except in certain locations, was baaed
on the validity of Ordinance 1167 and the adoption of
the Building Cod.. The ordinance providing that prop-
erty in first cla.. re.identlal area. could be used only
for single family residence. and the Building Code
setting out the requirements for conatructlon. Since
trailers did not m.et~e Buildinq Code'. requirements,
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Mr. Fred C. Stranq., Chairman
City Planninq Commission
August 31, 1966
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it was felt that they ~id not constitute valid sinqle
family re.idence. and thetr u.e was therefor illeqal in
first class residential areas. This approach fall.
apart when we are forced to the conclusion that in 1964,
when the trailer variances were qranted, there was no
valid zoning ordinance.
. In conclusion, it is my opinion that a pre-
exiatinq nonconforminq use, such a. we have here, 1.
allowable under Ordinance No. 15'1 and therefore we have
no authority to 1nsiat upon the removal of a trailer,
which wa. located prior to the adoption and filing of
,the lonlnq ordinance in May of 1965.
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If'you have any que.tions about thie, pleas.
f.el free to contact me.
Very truly yours,
TCM:hr
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R. P. Willson /
John "arder
Don Herrman