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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08271992 Ag Min - . . .. ~ City of Port Townsend Planning Commission 540 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 206/385-3000 PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Business Meeting August 27, 1992 I. ROLL CALL II. APPROV AL OF MINUTES: August 13, 1992 III. COMMUNICATIONS: Current mail IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Variance Application #9207-05, Fred Kimball 1. 2. 3. 4. Staff report (Bloomfield) Public testimony Committee report (Baird/Erickson) Commission discussion and conclusions B. Variance Application #9207-02, Joyce Larson 1. Staff report (Bloomfield) 2. Public testimony 3. Committee report (Rickard/Thayer) 4. Commission discussion and conclusions V. NEW BUSINESS VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next Scheduled Meetings September 10. 1992 James McCarron, Variance Application (Welch/Erickson) Ordinance amending sub-division ordinance VII. ADJOURN .4 ." ~- . . ~__J.Þ City of Port Townsend Planning Commission 540 Water St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 206/385·3000 Meeting of 27 August 1992 I. ROLL CALL Chair Lois Sherwood called the meeting to order at 7: 02 p.m. Other members present were Mark Welch, Karen Erickson, Cindy Thayer and Bob Rickard. Ernie Baird was excused. Also present were staff members Darlene Bloomfield and Katherine Johnson. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 13, 1992 Rickard moved to approve the minutes with correction of the spelling of Janeen Hayden's name. Thayer seconded; all were in favor. III. COMMUNICATIONS Bloomfield announced the addition of planner Kit Perkins to the Planning and Building Staff. IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Variance Application #9207-05, Fred Kimball 1. Staff Report (Bloomfield) Bloomfield read the staff report and Draft Findings of the Commission, recommending approval of the setback variance. 2. Public Testimony Fred Kimball, applicant, said he had been prepared to build according to the P-1 setbacks until Liz Berman received her setback variance. Berman owns land adjacent to Kimball's. Mr. Kimball said he would like the R-1 setbacks to gain some distance from Ms. Berman's proposed residence. 2. Committee Report Erickson said she had no reason to oppose the application; there was no discussion. 3. Commission Discussion and Conclusions Erickson moved to recommend this application with one grammatical correction (noted by Rickard) for approval to the City Council. Rickard seconded. Roll was called and all were in favor; the motion carried. Copfed to PCOMM '2.e AII,\ C) '2.. r " --' · · · .. Planning Commission Minutes of August 27, 1992 Page 2 B. Variance Application #9207-02, Joyce Larson 1. Staff Report (Bloomfield) Bloomfield Commission, application. read the Staff recommending Draft this Findings of the setback variance Report approval and of 2. Public Testimony Joyce Larson, applicant, said she would like to bring the existing nonconforming structure up to code and the most cost effective way would be to rebuild it where it is now located. 3. Committee Report Rickard asked what the "undefined" term referred to on the assessor's map. Thayer said it is possible the county did not know who owned that piece of land at the time of mapping. Bloomfield said she understood from the assessor that this land may never have been previously platted. Rickard said he was in favor of the application. Thayer said the same. 4. Commission Discussion and Conclusions Thayer moved to recommend this application for approval to City Council. Welch seconded. Roll was called and all were in favor; the motion carried. V. NEW BUSINESS: None. Erickson asked for the letters from Thomas Majhan and Malcolm Harris regarding the Thurston Short Plat application. Erickson also stated that there is not a walkway along the sewage treatment construction site along Kuhn Street. Bloomfield said she would look into it and that she recalled the Public Works Department was going to look into having the school bus travel up Kuhn Street to pick up the children. VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Next Scheduled Meetings -- See agenda VII. ADJOURN Thayer moved to adj ourn the meeting. meeting was adjourned at 7:34 p.m. Erickson seconded. The