HomeMy WebLinkAbout102777 Min MINUTES of THE PORT TCATTSEND PLANNING COWdSSION of OCTo 27 1977
Chairman Marsh called the meeting to order. Members present: Rice ,
Smith, Campbell Marsh, Wilson, Jonathan Dudley new member as of
thismeeting) and Wightman. Full Board was present. Reading of the
minutes of the September 29, 1977 meeting was dispensed with and the
minutes were approved. Roger French, City engineer, and Glenn
Abraham, City Attorney, were present.
Chairman Tiiarsh announced that the Public Hearing for Application
No. 137-147B was set for 8:00 PM.
Chairman Marsh stated that he would Like to request that he attend
the November 1, 1977 City Council meeting to request that the item
in the budget be approved that concerns the Commissiona $10,000.00
(Ten Thousand Dollars) has been budgeted for a Contract City-Planner.
The Planner would commence work on January 1, 197@ and would be asked
to update the City Comprehensive Plan and Zoning. The Planner~ would
meet with the Commission at their Workshop sessions. A motion was
made and carried that Chairman Marsh attend the City Council meeting
to make the request.
VOTE : unanimous Decision - Yes
APPLICATION Ido. 1 -01 -- Sharon and Dallen Bounds
1008 12th Street
Street vacation between 12th and 13th Street, effecting Blocks 78 and
73 Eisenbeis Addition. Reasons are 1 The unopened street has no fu-
ture usefulness as a right of way, 2 the property owners willingly
grant all future underground easements for utilities to the City, and
3 the service routes currently being used for public service routes
and garbage collection, etc . , are Cleveland street above Block 78)
and Case street ( below Block 3 and the future site of Wilson
Street between 12th and 13th streets is now an elevation of approx.
7 Feet from 12th Street which would be a difficult visual e tr n e
to 12th Street.
During the discussion Mrs. Bounds described the situation as it i
now and will be .in the future , mentioning the elevation , the sur-
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roundin s.
It was moved to table this application until such time as the City
Planner works out a Master Plan. It was agreed that it would be more
Fair to the applicant as the Planner must begin in that area. The
motion was carried.
VOTE: Unanimous Decision - Yes
Afollow-through discussion designated that the it Planner must
begin working in this area and that when a Public Nearing is sche-
duled before the Master Plan is published, Mfrs. Bounds will be n ti-
Pied
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MINUTES TES O OCTOBER 27, 1977
APPLICATION NO* 137/147B - Augusts O o s
P.O. Box 116
PUBLIC HEARING. Rezone request for property located at Tx, 146,
Section 2, Township 30 N, Fare 1W; cross at 'IF" Street. Rezone
from -I to -I , for the purpose of building a 'Four-Flex. The
hearing included a claim that the request had been changed to a
T i e,- 1 , or Tri-Plea building.
There was a discussion on spot Zoning versus Area Zoning. A motion
to recommend a denial to the City Council was made and for three
reasons the motion was carried: 1 Because the area is too small
for adding three-residence traffic , 2 that the building would not
be compatible to the surrounding land and a Tri-Plex there would
not be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
VOTE: Unanimous Decision - Ye s
SHORT PEAT ORDINANCE: It was suggested by Chairman Marsh that
lett r to the Mayor and city Council be written requesting that
moritorium on street vacations be observed until such time that a
Master Plan be completed. A motion was made and carried.
VOTE: Unanimous Decision - Yes
Then followed a discussion of the City Ordinance which was directed
by City Attorney Glenn Abraham. Many standards to be set for this
Ordinance were discussed and it was decided that an amendment to the
Zka:ta 'va*fgftn Ordinan c P�� would
be the best pont commencement,, SIG 7
The review of necessary additions covered minimum size of subdivi-
sions, irregular instances in the city not covered by the county
ordinance, expenses to landowners in the city because of sewer and
water requirements, survey requirements, variety of road widths
and pavings. Suggested additions are a Section defining short and
long plats, history of the Comprehensive Playa, review of cases that
have resulted in other agencies being ,involved; i .e. Shorelines Man-
agement Act, with applicant assuming full responsibility, variances
and eligibility �n
for variances, the roles of the Planning omission
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and city Clerk n the enactment of the Ordinance.
Marsh suggested that the City take up no further Short Plat appli-
cations until the Ordinance is completed. Mr. Abraham agreed to
this and it is doped that a final draft can be prepared for the City
Council and city Planner Office immediately,
The following meetings for November were scheduled. November -
Steering Committee. Full Commission, a Workshop - November 17,
The regular meeting for November-December ova s set for November 28.
Jonathan Dudley was appointed official representative to attend a
State convention in Spare on "Local Planning0
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