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HomeMy WebLinkAbout061484 Min PORT TOWNSENDo WA13HINGTCIN 98988 Port Tovmsenc�. Planning Commission y� c. f CITY CIF PORT irOWNSEND MINU S of JUNE 14, 1984 I. Openiqng Business Chairman Pro-Tem Julie Mc Culloch called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Members present were Julie McCulloch, Jim Campbell, Bob Gramm, Nancy Slater, and Jim Tavernak2*,S, Bob Grimm moved that the minutes of May 31, 1981 be approved as written. Jim Campbell seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. TT. APP1ication No. 2$?�--02 Service Act ivities Corporation C onda.ta.onal Use Permit 938 Water Street Porgy Townsend,, Via, 98368 The Chairman expla3*.ned that the application could not be acted upon until the City Council. gave a final declaration of non-significance. This hearing • would be opened for any public COMmment before continuing it at the July 261, 1984 meeting. Nora Porter told the cu,"muassaon that a development of this size certainly needed an environmental impact statement. The size o� this proposed project would equate to two Porgy Townsend Motels,, The Tides Inn, a.nd Manre sa Inn. In a survey taken last year if there was a need dor another motel, the findixg was that only one with a swimming pool was needed. This one encouraged because it would appeal to f amilies and they would be more willing to stay longer. That this project was a motel-convention center was a yoke. It would be a motel., not a convention center. If'the applicants have the cash flow and the energy they should finish the Lytle building as 3.t was an eye sore. Port Townsend was not a theme town and no need to pmt in fake Victorian buildings as the town already had plenty of the real thing. The chairman read a ].ether from G. Marsh Pr1*mari*1Y concerned with the estheti*cs and whether i*t would benefit town. Jim Tave akis eras concerned with traffic flow on and off of 63*.ms ;jqlay The submitted vacimoty map does not fully address the P-roblEm. Nora Puu--%.or stated ,there----ipmuld be a-11 Minds of local traffic, doing into the focality. Local, servi"ice clubs and other local pe 6ple using the.restaurant as cell as those staying in the motel*wo d make additional traffic cam i*ng onto Sims Way. • dim Tavernakies said that the vast majority of traffic would turn into or off of maims Way at the sane time. Julie McCulloch stated that a lot of the- problems were too big to answer under a Conditional Use and commission needs the City Council to go through the env-ironmental process before it can act upon the request. . jim Campbell move. to continue this Conditional Use Application No. 284-02 on the July 2b, 7.98? meeting in order to receive the fa.nal declaration of non-significance from the City Council. Nancy 5]ater seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. III. Appla.cati.on No. l�8I�-D1 Lillie �Iarie Fourldation Condit i*on Use Permit 8 30 Water St, Port Townsend, 14a. 9 83 6 8 Julie McCulloch told the coramission that this application could not be acted upon because there eras no final declarati"on of non-significance from the City Council. as yet. There was no public coilli ent. Nancy Slater moved to continue this Conditional Use Application No. 484-01 on July 26 ' I98l�'until the commission receives the final declaration of nona" from the city counc3.I. Jim Taver3nakis seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. IV, Application No. 48 4-O 2 John P. Grif f II, D024 Con tional Use Perm It 8Q25 Banner Road Port Orchard, Wa. 9836b Penelope Durado appearing dor the applicant, requested the commission t o ac t • upon the application cont: nent on the rezone being completed. The applicant also needed relief of the setback requirement because of the buffer covenant attached to the rezone. Nancy Slater staffed that the applicant was asking commission to mo fy covenant which the commission ifas not in possession of. Jul ie Me Cullo ch explained that the final declaration of significanco iias not received yet from the city council as well as the rezone had not been completed. She explained there was really no way the commission could pass a recommendation at thims time. Bob Gr* jxm moved t o continue this C ond iti onal Use Application No. 48 4-0 2 an July 26, 1984 until the City Council passes the final declaration of non- signa,ficance and the rezone is completed. Ja�xn Campbell second-ed tile motion and the vote was unanimous. V. AppliioncatNo. 384-42 Vincent A. Guthrie Street Vacation 171 Hilda St. Chagnacum, oda. 98325 airs. Guthrie explained that an addition made years earlier tress built into the Grant Street right-of--tray. She said they owned property on both sides of the street. Jim Campbell said that he found no problem , but was not in favor of vacating 1 section of the street with a lot of other undeveloped land. He said he did not k n ow what the effects would be 20 years down the road. He said that it was a very steep grade and the logical. access could be Hendricks 5t. The zoning in the area was R-1A. He asked applicants 3f they would be agreeable to horse trail easement?0 They i-prere agreeable to this condition. . JuZie McCulloch said that this street vacation was in before the new ordinance was passed by the city council requiring street vacations to be purchased by the applicants. ja.m Campbell moved to recoend-approval to Street Vacation Application No. 384-02 as it was i*n compliancefrith Ordinance 1$02, Secti*on x.20, Review Criteria 2,3lt, &5 and that there be an equestrian easement included 20,n the vacation. Nancy Slater seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. VI. Up Gomang Business Chu1jian Vaxiance to be heard on June 28, 1984 Thompson Variance t o be heard on August 30, IL998t� (Gibson and Tavernak]*Ls the Cmmi tte far this variance}. Juli'e McCulloch gave her formai resignation to the Commission as of the end of July, 19841v VII. Adj*ournment The chairman pro-tem adjourned the meetina a t 8:30 L7040r'000zoo Virginia 14ulkey Secreta ry •