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Home My WebLink About042684 Min PORT TOWNSEND, WAGHINOTON 983619 Port Townsend Planning Commission IN 'ts �e E ' WE WE. CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND MINUTES OF APRIL 26,, 1984 I. Opening Business Chairman Zeppa called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M. Members present were Julie McCulloch, J19M Campbell, Nancy Zeppa, Jay Gibson, and Jim Tavernakis. Also present were Mayor Brent Shirley, City Attorney Keith Harper and Planning Consultant John Floyd. The minutes of March 29, 39$1 were approved as wmttene The 14inutes of the April 12, 19$x. Workshop's official busi*Lness i,pere corrected on page ip Annlication 1841"03, third paragraph. The suggestion that the building be brought back 12 feet was not in Mr. Floydis memo. The April 12., 198? minutes were approved as corrected. ii*'-' Application No. 184-02 David Worley Rezone request from R-1A to C-2 P.O. Box 117 . Auburn, lia. 98002 Ch a�.rman Zeppa stated that besides appcant there was one other proponent for this application, Tom Beavers. No one was present in apposition. Chairman Zeppa stated that the co issaon had received a Declaration of Non-Significance for this proposal. Mr. Worley stated that the surroundi-noopert.Y was zoned commercial. During the meeting he told the CU ssion he owned the property for Vwe2 years and hashad itfor sa].e forh years, but due to �lA zoning anthe mill smoked no ane was interested in buying it. He had bought the property for resale.. hopefully with a commercial zoning. The property was not suitable for residential property as the smoke and traffic ruined "it dor that purpose. He pointed out there were no homes in that area now. On being asked, Mr. Floyd stated that the property on the north side of the Olympic poiNTerl:*Lnes toward the city was rezoned from Rpo to C-2 in 1975. 0 The business property at the city limits was grandfathered when zoning was first done, but a'.n the recent past rezoned co ercial property. Mr. Floyd estimated that there was approximatelLy 9 acres of unused commercial property. Chairman Zeppa stated to Mr.Floyd that it would be very helpful to have a 1st of all the unused comercial properly in the city. • I&Jhen asked whether property was priced as commercial or residentil property, Mr. Morley stated residenti and the price would stay the same after rezone. Ch an Zeppa asked if property were located on the main entrance into town. Mr. Worley said yes. -1- • FIr 1%lorley said that he had received permission from the state to remove the guardrail if he brought the ravine up to road level. This would make a good access to property. The commission discussed the possibility of a green belt along the haghiva y. Commissioner Tave alcaos suggested a green belt that would include the ravine %on the east si*de. The cOMM3.SSion also discussed the problem of entering and exiting onto 5"=s ;Fay. The like the suggestion of accessing oper ty from a side street then onto Sams qday, thus 11*miting access onto the highway. Jim Campbell stated that the Commission eras not against development, hotzever,, eras against strip development. The 1968 Comprehensive Paan has several sections against strip zoning and the Update also states oppogition to it. A blanket rezone would have a negative impact. Under C-2 i*t could be used far a number of undesireable uses. i�Ir. Campbell read both the good and bad uses lowed under C--2 zoning. Julie 14cC loch stated that RoPlA has many quazi commercial use::;. She read a number of them from the ordinance. the stated that the 196$ Comprehensive Plan suggested 5 unused culfullercial properly available and Mr. Floyd stated there was approximately 9 acres now available. The Commission liked the idea of a Planned Unit Development., but 1,1r, Floyd stated that there was no provision in the zoning ordinance for commercial Planned Unit Development. Chairman Zeppa said the city needed one. ifir. F 1ayd said the Commission might consider attaching., covenants to establish a green belt along Sims '.•day and a proposal to limit potential access onto the highway with access off of cliff or Howard Streets. The City Attorney said the city can attach reasonable conditions trying to protect uniform use of district. The Commission should be concerned about changed ciremst ces and how change will fit into the exhale neighborhood. Say Gibson asked what change of conditions? Except for the Honda Shop, all things were there when Mr. :Iorley purchased the property 1j2 years ago. Tom Beavers said his property was adjacent to 14r. I-Rlorleyls and he was interested in hoar i*t was developed. His realty has had Mr. Worley's property listed for 21z pears lfl*th a price change almost ever Y 3 months. some of his lots Frere priced as low as $12d0, but people are not interested because of the m�.11 smoke. I�Ir. Beavers said he could not see 3.t sold as R-1A property. He said that even Mr. DeWolf e had suggested the property be used far manufacturirig. A co erCaLa.l zoning is c orapat i*ab le t o the area. A green belt could be added as we as accessing from a side street. The Commission eras interested in a generous green belt along Sim flay and j'Ln- cluding the ravine on the east side with limited access from a side street. They asked fir. :Jorley if he would like to work out a plan and Dome back,, 1-mir, Worley agreed to a 30 day extention to amend his proposal. Julie McCulloch suggested to fir. Morley that he appear 1-ba"th a topographi'cal map trhen he . presents his proposal. Jim Campbell. moved to continue Application No. l8hwo02 at the May 31,, 1984 regular meeting. aim Tavernaki*s seconded the motion and the vote eras unanimous. _2_ • IIS. Application No. 2$4-01 Elizabeth Buhler Varl'pance 1535 Garfield St. Port Townsend,, 1.&Ia, 983b8 Chairman Zeppa said that there was two responses to this request. Ken Broim emote that he agreed with the request and Dorothy No hrup inrote that she agreed with the request also. There eras no one present to speak for or against the application, I-pir,, Ajax, representir� the applicant, sa:i.d that the house was 800 square feed and the applicant wished to expand it to make 1"t more liveable. The house was bui*lt with a ten foot setback and this was the only way to enlarge the 13.va.ng room. This i,,rou:Ld make it even i4ath the esting house. Ji m Campbell said the committee found no problems and that it conframs to a reasonable variance. JJtn Campbell moved to recommend approval to Variance Application No. 284�01 as I*t meets criteria for a Variance i*n Section 17.64,o6o, A 112o3,4,536,73 and b and c of 8. Julie McCulloch seconded the moti'on and the vote eras unanimous. TV. Appli*catioon No. 284-42 Service Activities Corp. Con tional Use 938 ;later Street port Toiinsend, Wa. 9836$ • Chairman Zeppa stated that this application has to be continued to flay 31 because the commission has not received a envi*Lro ental non--significance statement f rom -the City C ouncil.. This a.s now necessary under neer rules. The Mayor had informed Mr. Needham that he need not appear. Q. Commumeations Chairman Zeppa inf o ed the commission that there would be an annual s PrMW meeting April 27 & 28 all about estuaries at Sand Point ;day 2'.n Seattle., Washington. The c orranission was inv3.ted if anyone wanted to go. Chairman Zeppa said that she eras goa ng t4 put a f older in the file cabinet that W1*11 have all the culmicati*ons in I*t for the commissioners to check ib7henever they granted to. VI. Adjenda for that' WorleYl Appliaatian No. 1$4-02 continued Service Act. Corp. Na. 281 -02 continued , Zaccardo Application No. 384-Q1 VII. Applicati6on No. 1$4-05 Atim71 Con t3.onal Use • lir Gibson moved that this withdrawal be accepted. Jim Campbell seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. • VIII. Assignment of Cuiru ttees and Projected Dearing dates Application Committee Date of Hearing No. 3$L.-O 1 Z ac c ardo Var 1"=ce mwGri*mmA4c Culloch - ldoLsY 31 No. 384-0 2 Guthrie street Vacation - Gamnb ell/Tavernak iOs -- June 2 8 4 No. 484-Ol Lillie Mariee Fa. Cone. Use-Campbell/Tave akIsew June 28 No. 484-02 Griffa.n Conditional Use plater/Gibson - June 28 N00 1�8lt-0� Chi3gian Variance 1ca11och/CruTlaynn - 26 TX. Adjournment Chairman Z eppa adj ourne d the meeting at 9:30 P.M. OL Virginia rIulkey,, Secretary Note: This meeting was tape recorded i 1=4m* z � 46 ropPP7 do F jr -low )Oln 110'" Joe JAIL I 4P 1