HomeMy WebLinkAbout053179 Min MINUTES FROM PORT TOWNSEND PLANNING COMMISSIQN MEETING OF
MAY 311p 1979
CHAIRMAN SMITH CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
MEMBERS PRESENT : KI LHAM,SMITH, HENDERSON,MARSM, DUpLEY &
CAMPBELL. ALSO PRESENT WAS ROGER FRENCH CITY ENGINEER.
MINUTES FROM THS APRIL 26, 1979 MEETING WERE READ AND APPROVED.
CORRESPONDENCE : KAY WOJT WILSON SENT SOME INFORMA7IQN TO THE
COMMISSION FROM THE BREMERTON PLANNING SEPT .
OLD BUSINESS :
APPLICATION N0: 7903-43 SAM TAYLOR
STREET VACATION
AT THE APPLICANTS REQUEST THIS APPLICATION WAS NOT TAKEN FROM
THE TABLE .
NSW BUSINESS :
APPLICATION NO. 7904-03 HOMER MOSS
STREET VACATION 12 3 2 19TH ST .
PORT TOWNSEND
STREET REQUESTED FOR VACATION, GRANT STREET BETWEEN 19TH AND
20TH STREETS.
• MOTION Bir MARSH/DUDLEY
MOVE 1'0 RECOMMEND TO THS CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THI5 REQUEST
AS IT COMPLIES 4JITH ITEMS 2 THRU 6 OF SECTION 5. 20 OF ORDINANCE
N0. 1802 .
VOTE 5/YES 0/NO
APPLICATION N0. 7905-01 LYNARD ROBINSON
VARAINCE 616 MOLALLA AVE,
OREGON CITY
APPLICATION IS FOR A VARIANCE OF 3 FEET FROM THS SIDE OF THE
HOUSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE .
MOTIOiV BY MARSH/HENDERSON AMMENDED BY DUDLEY .
THE COMMISSION FENDS THAT 4.
THE PROPOSED VARIANCE WILL NOT AMOUNT TO A REZONE AND CONSTITUTE
AIRY CHANGE ON ANY BO JJJNDAI Y SHOWN IDN THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP;
THAT SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST WHICH ARS
PECULIAR 70 THE LAND;
THAT THE SPECIAL CQiVQITIONS AICD CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT A RESULT
FROM THE ACTIONS OF THE APPLICANT;
THAT GRANTING THE VARIANCE REQUEST WILL NOT CONFER A SPECIAL
PRIVLEGE TO CHIS PROPERTY THAT IS DENIED OTHER LANDS,*@
THAT THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL NOT BE DETERIMENTAI.
T0 THE PUBLIC WELFARE;
PLANNING COMMISSION
MAY 311p 1979
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AND THAT THESE FINDiNG IN REGARD TO THE MINIMl1M SETBACKS ARE
REASONABLE AS FAR A5 THE USE OF THIS LAND;
AND THAT THE FIiVDING5 ARE IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE
AND INTENT OF THIS ORDINAtVCE N0. 162510
AS A FINDING OF FACT THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS VARIANCE
REQUEST IS THE MINIMUM VARIANCE THAT WILL MAKE POSSIBLE THE
REASONABLE USE OF THIS LAND.
WITH THESE FINDING$ THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVAL OF APPLICATION N0. 7905-01, A VARIANCE FROM SECTION
3 . 04 OF THE CITY ORDINANCE N0. 1625 .
VOTE 4/YES 1/NO
A MINORITY OPINION :
THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT AND BY THE APPLICANT' S REPRE-
ENTATIVE
AT THE COMMI55ION MEETING OF MAY 311p 1979 FAIL TO
SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPORT THE FINDINGS OF FACT INDICATED IN THE
WORDING UNDER SECTION 6 . 111A 2, � � 8 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1625 .
AppITIONALLY THE GRANTING OF A VARIANCE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS
MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY NOT GRANTING VARIANCES UNDER
SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THIS TENDS 70 UNDERMINE THS AUTHORITY
OF THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AS SETFORTH IN ORDINANCE N0. 1b25 .
APPL,ICATIQN N0. 7905-02 JEFFERSON COUNTY HOUSING
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT CORP.
A PUBLIC HARING WAS SET FOR JUNE 28, 1979 .
THS MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
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KATHLEEN M. MACDONALD
PLANNING COMMISSIQN SECRETARY
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