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HomeMy WebLinkAbout012788 Min Packet PORT TOWNBEN09 WASHINGTON .98368 PortTow nPlannin�gComildission CITY-OF PORT TOWNSEND. a f 1 MINUTES OF JANUARY ■ 1988 1. Opening Business and Roll- Call + Chairman 'Taver akis called the meeting o order at 7:35 P.M. Members present were Don McLarney, ,I on Losec,' Bob GrHm n, Nancy--Slater, and Acting chairman Jinn Tavernakis. Chairman Tavernakis declared- a quorum. Also present was City Planner. Michael l ildt. Ms. Slater moved the minutes of January 14, 1987.be approved as distributed. - Mr. Losec seconded and the motion passed -o. ll. Communications .f Chairman Tavernakis mentioned, the letter from the Economic Development council which had been mailed to commission merx ber . III. old Business a. Application No. 1287-02 Douglass and {l a Lamy conditional Use R The applicants using the building at 222 Monroe as persnal residence. Burgle familyd yelling are not permitted in a c-Ill zone. The Lamys' will manage the cabin rentals from their residence. They ,have requested that their application be amended to include the existing building at 222. Monroe.,Street as a resident manager's office. y.. On January 19, 1988 the city council amended its prior environmental decl ration to include the building at 222 Monroe. lair. I ildt pro i ed the commission with amended draft findings and draft conclusionss well as an amended condition o approval requiring- one of f-street parking space .f or each of the four units and he resident manager's office. • - Mr. Grimm moved to recommend approval 'of Application No. 1287-02 for a conditional use permit and f r a d it to,the Cit' council along with the draft findings of fact and conclusions, including the proposed- condition of approval. Mr. osec seconded and the- -motion passed 5-0. #} b. Application No. 387-01 Union Wharf Assoc. , Variance The hearing will be postponed to Fel ruar _r,.'1 1, 1988 s Mr. Paul M c x i unable to return from Chicago in a line for this m i g'.. ' ;I c. Application No. 9871. Monte 1 latthei s Short Plat Mr. HildtR has requested a lettef from Tass Survey on;how to proceed. in view -of + the fact that the soil will not perk. He'r c mmend d an indefinite postponement. FChairman Ta rerna is postponed the hearing to February 11, 1988 at which time determination will be made as to its status. If d letter has not been received by then the application will be cancelled. d. Proposed ordinance expanding uses permitted in the -III zone. Mr. I ildt reviewed a memorandum dated 1/22/88 suggesting five amendments to the proposed ordinance in response to the public testimony received at the hearing of January 14, 1988. Copies of the memorandum were sent to all citizens present at that hearing. The following changes were proposed: 1. InCidental. Assgm!?1y i included as an "accessory use", a use which Is "subordinate to and incidental to the permitted uses'. 2. In order to avoid making conditional those uses which are now permitted outright in other zones, the Table of Permitted Uses will be revised t show conditional uses in an Historic District on a separate line. 3. Public or private colleges or universities will be a conditional use in historic buildings in a C-III zone. 4. [ander criteria to be net, 3, "usurp" will be replaced b "occupy". . In view of the overriding goal of preserving and restoring historic buildings in the downtown area, the final amendment outlines three gays buildings may be considered historic. A building may either be individually listed on the National Register, identified as pivotal, primary or secondary when Fort Townsend was certified an Historic District in 1976, or certified by the Secretary of the Interior as a contributing structure. A list of buildings identified as pivotal, primary or secondary was included. Mr. I ildt reminded the commission that the goal of historic preservation is hopefully one that will ,justify the toleration of problems that will arise from the expansion of permitted uses. Mr. Kahle r passed out a memorandum to all commission sion members on "historic property designations". The National Register of Historic Properties evaluates buildings according to uniform standards. Basically it is an identification process, structured to be of use at a local level for planning purposes. There are two classifications: "Individuall listed" and `certified as contributing to the district." Dort Towns nd's system of historic classification which has five catagorles can b interpreted under the two newer classifications recognized by the National Register. Mr. Iahler included a list of buildings individually listed on the rational register as of January 25, 1988. He said he would give the commission a list of uses in downtown ntown buildings when the commission told him homer they wish it to be broken down. Chairman Tavernakis pointed out that there will be a public hearing on the proposed ordinance before the cit} council. Bo Sullivan said that substantial changes had been crude in the document since the previous hearing. Mr. Hildt said the changes were in response to the public testimony received. Mr. Sullivan asked whether the current conditional use process did not already do what the ordinance proposed. Mr. Hildt said that under the current ordinance, manufacturing uses are not allowed in a commercial zone as conditional uses but are simply prohibited. Paula Argyll mentioned an historic building, the "cracker Factory". which was not on the list presented by Mr. Hildt. Mr. I ahle r will check into this and get in touch with Ids. Amell. Patti Sullivan asked about the "]Historic preservation program" mentioned in the . introduction to the draft ordinance. Mr. I Ildt said this program was created in 1986, not by this ordinance) to help owners of historic buildings apply for certain tax benefits. • . * Ids. Sullivan was concerned that all the talk about historic preservation would block the restructuring of the downtown and lead to the establishment of an "historical review board" which would%dictate what property owners could and couldn't do with their property. She was against special.rights being given to special buildings and felt the expanded uses should apply to all buildings in the -III zone. Mr. lildt responded that the ordinance does not reduce anybody's current use or development rights. The proposed inclusion of incidental assembly as an accessory use applies to any building in the -III zone. The ordinance itself establishes no program. The references in the introduction to the historic preservation program refer to an already established program. Cal McCune felt the ordinance was unfair as proposed and should be extended to include all buildings in zones -II and -III. All references to the Historic District should be dropped. He had concerns about historic buildings being earthquake traps. Chairman Tavernakis said that he shared the concern about earthquakes. He thought someday earthquake proofing might be federally mandated. The district will become extinct if not given some latitude to deal with this problem. Ids. Slater asked if there was a definition of "incidental' -in the ordinance. The god is not defined in itself, but is used in the definition of Accessory Use which Mr. Hildt read; "a use incidental and subordinate to the principle use and located...in the same building." Ids. Slater asked homy a building would be determined to have been "significantly altered.il Mr. Hildt said this would be an administrative determination. The conditional use would come before the planning Commission where a concern about its having been significantly altered would be raised. The property owner would have the right of appeal to the City Council and could still apply to the Dept. of Interior for an evaluation. } Ms. Slater said that the amendments as presented by staff had basically responded to the testimony presented at the hearing on January 1 , 1988. She moved to recommend to the city Council adoption of the proposed ordinance a amended by the staff report dated January 22,, 1988. Chairman Tavernakis clarified that the proposed ordinance will be carefully reviewed by the city Council where further public testimony will be taken, Mr. McLa rney seconded the motion which passed 4-1 with Mr. Kosec Opposed- Mr. Losec stated that he disagreed with the emphasis on historic buildings and felt that there were other things that should be looked at instead of focusing on one area of town. Chairman Tavernakis stated that Mr. Losec could add minority comments to Mr. Hildt's report. IV. New Business a. Application No. 8801--0parker Buck Conditional Use Mr. Hildt said that the commission could mare a recommendation on the request prior to the City Council acting on the ordinance) in as much as the commission's actions are advisory. The permit can be crude conditional upon the ordinance .r . * #becoming effective, The hearing was scheduled for February 11, 1988. The committee will be Mr. Tav rnal is and Mr. Grimm. b, An application for a variance is anticipated from Dr. James McCarron. This could not be scheduled as the-application has not yet been received. The committee will be Mr. McLar-ne r and Mr. Kosec. c. Application No. 8801-01 Peter Albrecht, Marr Lynn Anderson Street vacation The hearing was scheduled for February 2 , 1988. The committee will be Mr. Kosec and Mr-. Grimm. V. Announcements a. The next scheduled business meeting will be February 11, 1988. Application leo. 387-01 from Union Wharf Associates for a variance, Application No. 8801-01 from Richard Glaubman for a variance, and Application No. 8801--03 from Parker Buck for a conditional use permit ill be heard at that time. . Mr. Hildt updated the commission on the status of the Union Wharf proposal. The rejection by DoE of the variance for an oerwater- residential facility was appealed to the Shorelines Hearings Board. The Attorney General's office has filed a motion for Summary Judgement, which would mean the case would be decided simply as a matter of law without any arguments about.the facts of the case. I the Summary Judgement is granted, there will be no shoreline permit. Possible rays of proceeding would be either to amend the local master program or seek another development. c. Mr. HIldt said that the planning commission meetings may be moved to the council chambers after the meeting on February 11, 1988. The move is necessary because the elevator project is going forward. d. The Cit} Council has approved a proposed reorganization of the planning and building functions. A full time entry level planner will be hired along with a part time secretary/receptionist. The building permitting functions will be consolidated with the planning function, freeing the Public Works Department gent to work on other projects. V1. Adjournment Mr. McLarney moved to adjourn the meeting, Ms. dater seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 9:06 P.M. OjWe Alice King, Secretary 9' r ,. Planning commission From: Michael. Hildt City Planner r Bate: January 22, 1988 Re: Proposed ordinance `epad'ing uses permitted in the C-III zone. Rescheduled meeting Wednesday, Janua ry 27, 7:30- P Because Union char Associates is unable to attend on January 27, we have postponed the hearing on their variance request until February 11 and scheduled the proposed- commercial uses ordinance for Wednesday, January 27. In response to the hearing held on January 14, below are suggested amendments to the draft ordinance: 11 On page 4b, add the following sentence to the statement o purpose for the Community Commercial - c-I I zone Incidental assembly or modification o R- roducts fQr retail Rale, inalliding- but n limited."tom clhing, flmerr arr 1PJC&ure fyamIne_and iphntn _prgcueing, inal peirm ed ,as accessory use to.a^Re-rmi t nd Rationale: Allow truly incidental uses such as -shirt stamping, -flower arranging, etc. as accessory uses as defined i section 17.08.015_ 2. . - on- pages 4c through 4m UBe­tabies , show on a separate line . , . .. those uses to be added as a conditional use in historic buildings "H" in use tables) , duplicating the use description to avoid making conditional those uses 1.ow permitted outright in other zones. 1 will prepare the table in this format for your review on January 27. . n page 4L, make public or private colleges or universities . ... conditional use in historic- bu ld .rigs-- Ijin the a-II - one_ 3 . On page 6, line 9, amend criteria 1 to read as follows: (1) The proposed use is to be established within building which is Individual 1-v liated on the- National Ilegiett-ar of Zi Fitoric P1 aces„ (b) -identi f i tabd as eitheir a yQtAl Rrimiarx car lary bn on the Man which TOEMBend r -Rtn-rin DiRtrint on May 17.- 1Q7 the naMeg of which hnildinguL am-- I i ated na (c), IajB bppn certified- hm the SecretarX, the.,-IntArior to be a, contributing structume to tbe Port rntniri n- Di Fitri-e-t Rrnv i d ed that ; • r * r f..th n nff hns S r requ►ire that the hnildin be re-certified -by the. ■ nff a Conditional Una permit. an -to this subs ion;- Rationale: This would cut some red tape by indentiing through the earlier nomination of the Historic District most o the buildings that would be separtately certified as contributing to the historic district without the necessity of a separate - application to the Department of Interior. 5. on page 6, Line 15, delete "usurp" and replace with occup �", Please give me a call on 385-3000 if your have questionB. y 4+ t r 2 r T*# r 4 1 ' r 4 TTS' A, -R page I r INI THE MAP WRTCH ACCOMPANIRD THE CERTIFTCAIJOH- OF r r RT #T WNSEHD HTSTORIC DTSTRICI QH MAY, 17m 1976. ..Name CIassification Kuhn Building Primary . Pioneer Building Primary Capt. Tibbals Building Primary Old Lytle Building (western 1 only) Secondary Dight House Cafe Building h H Cafe only Primary ..... _ James and Hastings Building Primary . Water Street Deli Building Secondary Alley Building 922 Mater t_ Secondary Sterming Block/Lido restaurant Primary. Zee Tai Building _ _..4�...: Secondary .. .., .- Nt. Baker Block Primary Admiralty Apartments Building Secondary He urdy Building Primary I The Rational Register of Historic Paces definitions o these. three classes are as follows Pivotal - Buildings which were the Landmarks. of the district, hallmarks of architectural or historical distinction; on their own merits, these buildings are eligible for National Register Listing. Primary - Buildings which have strong architectural or historical. •dualities and which maint-a• n good integrity but which may not be individually eligible for Nation i i Register listing. Secondary - Buildings which have moderate historic or architectural dualities and which have maintained good but not perfect integrity. T, A page 2 ast ngEs Building Pivotal Fisenb is Building Olympic Hardware) Primary Bart lett Bu i ld ing Primary Siedenbaum..Building Primary - Kinney"B Closet Building Secondary First National. Bank Building 810 mater Street Primary C, F, Clapp Building Primary Waterman and Katz Building -story section) Primary Waterman and Katz Building (1-story addition) Secondary Alaska Power and Telephone Building Primary N. D. Bill Building i Primary Fr lin Bose Primary Fred Lewis Building - Primary Elevated Ice Cream Building Secondary Port Townsend Police Station Secondary Port Townsend City Hall Primary Public Defender's Building Secondary Terry Building Primary Washington Street Cafe Building Secondary Washington Street Garage Secondary Bishop Block Primary Eagles Hall Secondary Miller and Burkett Block Els Lodge Primary First National. Banff Building (334 Taylor Street) Secondary Showhoue Building Secondary 227 Taylor Street Building Secondary t EXHIRITA am3 The Duplex Building (632 Water) Secondary Athletic Club Building i Secondary Fowler Building (Leader) Primary Union Wharf Wharf only Primary' Union Wharf (Building) Secondary Marine Park Building Secondary Aldrich's Building Secondary Sunshine Cafe to Co-op Complex Secondary F .bre arts Building Secondary Printery Building Secondary Waxen Windows Building Secondary Jack and Jill Building Secondary Odd Fellows Mall (Theater) Secondary &iY PU 4 0 RAFT • FINDINGS OF EACT, ANM QQHGT,UF;TnN9 OF TRR 1�11A&NNTNG CONNTSSION Date: January 2 , 1388 e: Conditional Use Appl. 1287-02, Douglas' s Nancy Lamy After respectful consideration of the move referenced appli- cation including on-Bite inspection of the property, and after timely notification and hearing, the Port Townsend Planning Commission hereby submits the city Council the following findings and cone lus ions Findings 1. Applicant proposes to renovate four cabins at Water and Monroe Streets and convert each from residential to tourist motel use. A conditional use permit is required to establish a motel.. in the c-III zone. 2. By letter dated January 18, 1988, the applicants asked to emend the application ion t include a small, existing building a 222 Monroe Street as pant of the proposed mote.. The applicants plan to use ;this building, located .immediately north of the cabins' 'a' a resident manager ff s-­ office. _ The cabins are located at 430-444 Water Street and are in need of substantial repairs.. To the east is the Landfall restaurant, to the north -are small-scale-commercial office buildings, to the south across Water Street is the Thomas oil Company, and across Monroe Street to the west is the American Legion Hail. . The cabins each have approximately 280 square feet of floor area. The existing size and building footprints are to remain unchanged. The lot measures 110 X 55 feet. 5. The applicants intend to retain the existing driveways for off-street park ing. _ At its meeting of January 5, 1988, the City Council issued a declaration of nonsignificance after review of the environmental checklist submitted with the application. } _ At its meeting of January 14, 1988, the Planning Commission conducted a hearing on the application and recommended that a conditional use permit be granted_ . SubBequently., on January 19, 1988, the City Council amended la .ng Commission, 1287-02 Page 1 of i40P its prior environmental declaration to include the building at 222 Monroe Street as a -resident motel office. conclusig= 1. Theproposed motel use will continue size and placement of the four cabins, upgrading their condition and appearance. off- street. pari.ng will continue at one off--street space per unit. 2. The proposed motel use of "the subject property will not endanger the public health or safety, nor will a nuisance be created. 3. The proposed use will be required to meet all, of the condi- tions and specifications set forth in the a-III zone in which the property is -located. . The proposed use will not be injurious or detrimental to adjoining or abutting property. . The location and character of the use will be in harmony with the area in which 'it is located and will be in general conformity with the comprehensive Plan. In consideration of the aforementioned findings and conclusions, the Planning Commission recommends that the above referenced application be GRANTED AS CONDITIONED: .- minimum of one off-street parking space shall be retained for each motel unit and for the resident motel office. Respectfully submitted on behalf of the Port Townsend Planning Commission, . * Bob Grimm, chr. , Review committee Planning comm is B ion, 1287-02 Page 2 of 2 44, s t t • NAME [please print) ADD.RESS'.. Do you wish 10 present testimony? 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