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Home My WebLink About10/21/1975 520 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF OCTOBER 7, 1975, CONTINUED Seven public hearing dates were set as follows: Caprioti variance, First Baptist church variance, Mahoney variance and Buhler variance were set for October 21, upon motion by Ciprioti/Judy. Three street vacation requests (Alley, Block 27, OC Hastings, Franklin (Monroe to Jackson) and Rose (S to T)) were set for November 4, upon motion by Judy/Ci:prioti. Report of I & I Study and corresponding recommendations: 8 At this point Mr. Richard Li presented and explained the I & I study he has 'recently completed. Said study indicates that the city should remove between 70 - 85% of the inflow to its sewer system in order to reach the most cost-effective level of sewage processing, with respect to the secondary treatment plant which the EPA is mandating be install,~d. It was moved by Councilmen Judy/Ciprioti that said Infiltration-Inflow Study be approved and forwarded to the Environmental Proteètion Agency for their approval, so that the next step :in the Facility Plan might be undertaken. Motion passed. I ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council at this by Councilmen Klenk/Ciprioti that the meeting be adjOurn(J~~~' MAYOR ~ ' .. ¡,..<- ATTEST :1}2 1~~ time, it was moved I MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF OCTOBER 21, 1975 8 The City Council of the City of ' Port Townsend met in regular session this 21st day of October 1975 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the'City Hall, Mayor Joseph B. Steve presiding. ROLL CALL Officers and members present were as follows: Mayor Steve, City Attorney Abraham, City Engineer French, City Clerk-Treasurer McCoy and Councilmen Ciprioti, Camfield, Parker, Wilson and Bla~k. 'Councilman'Klenk was five minutes late and Councilman Judy was absent. MINUTES It was moved by Councilmen Camfield/Ciprioti that the reading of the minutes of the previous session be dispensed with. Motion carried. ' COMMUNICATIONS I A lettér from Cindy Wolpin, co-manager of the'Food Coop claimed that the city owes said co-op for the replacement of a window broken as the result of a fire in an adjacent build- ing. City Attorney Abraham advised that the request was not in proper form and that the applicant should be notified to re-submit the claim. . A request by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster was read to place a 250-gallon propane gas tank on the dead end of Tyler Street which faces Washington Street. It was moved by Councilmen Camfield/Ciprioti that the permit be granted and the necessary portion of unimpDoved Tyler Street be leased to the applicant. A letter from T. F. Elwell of Seattle, who owns property at Ocean Grove, asked is the City plans to provide water' for said development. This was referred to the Water Committee. 8 COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilman Parker reported that the Light Committee had investigated the property involved in the recent request by Myrtle Northup to install a street light at the corner of 16th and Cleveland. He noted ,that a street light is presently located about 150 feet from the requested location and moved to deny the request on grounds that another light could not be justified so close to an existing one. The motion was seconded by Councilman Wilson. Motion passed. PUBLIC HEARINGS I The first public hearing was a variance request from the parking requirement of the zoning ordinance by Mr. George Capriotti, to' enable him to build an addition to his present building on the Hastings 1st Addition, Block 30, Lot 7, less highway right-of-way. Mr. Capriotti was not present to speak for his variance request. Mr. Jeff Pedersen read a letter which he had submitted to the Council just priQr to the public hearing, in which he expressed concern that, should the city allows Mr. Capriotti to complete his addition as a wood fTame structure, it would affect Mr. Pedersen's fire insutance rates and thu~ be unfair. 'There were no further comments from the audience so the hearing then went to the Council. Discussion followed re: fire zoning and whether the parking was on the state highway right-of-way. Engineer French addressed the above questions. Councilmen Camfield/Parker moved that the variance be granted. Councilman Black protested on the grounds that the conditions which need to be examined by the Council and found to be not in order to grant a variance had not been examined or met. Roll call: Councilmen Camfield and Parker, yes; Councilmen Klenk, Ciprioti, Wilson and Black, no. Motion failed. Request for variance denied. The second public hearing was that of the First Baptist Church for a variance from the parking and setback requirements of the zoning ordinance. It was shown that sufficient parking is available by using the bank parking lot, which is otherwise unoccupied on the week- ends and that due to growth in church attendance more building space is needed. Oneresident I 8 , - --,,--- -- -- -- - 52'1, MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF OCTOBER 21, 1975, CONTINUED 8 living close to the property in question spoke against the variance. It was moved by Council- men Klenk/Parker that the request be granted. Roll call: Councilmen Klenk, Ciprioti, Camfield, Parker and Wilson, yes; Councilman Black, no. Councilman Black voted against this for the same reason mentionedninhthe first request. Motion carried. Variance granted. I The third public hearing was for a variance request by Jake Mahoney from the parking and setback requirements of the zoning ordinance. A letter from Mr.' Mahoney was read in which he explained that he wished to add an 8-foot addition to the existing building at Original Townsite, Block 57, LotI, less the north 20 feet and the east half of lot 3, less the north 40 feet, and wishes to construct said addition in the same relation to the property line as is the existing structure. In addition, Mr. Mahoney wishes to refurbish a sunken garden rather than fill in the area, now overgrown, to provide one additional parking space as called for by the ordinance. There was no opposition from the audience. Councilman Ciprioti questæoned the parking situation. It was moved by Councilmen Camfield/Klenk that this total variance be allowed. Roll call: Councilmen Klenk, Camfield,' Parker; Wilson, yes; Councilmen Ciprioti and Black, no. Motion carried. Variance granted. ' The fourth public hearing was to consider a variance request by John Buhler from the setback provisions of the ordinance at his property at 2300 Washington Street (Hastings 2nd Addition, Block 71, Lots 1 and 3). There was no dissension from the audience. After some discussion with respect to present zoning in the area, fire liability and parking, it was moved by Councilmen Klenk/Parker to approve the request. Roll call: 5-1, with Councilman Black opposed. Motion carried. Variance granted. ' I ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, it was moved by Councilmen Klenk/Parker that the meeting do now ad}our. Motion carried. MAYOR q: 62l~ 8 ATTEST: ~ ~ 1 tý Cl ~r -Treasur r MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF NOVEMBER 4, 1975 The City Council of the,City of Port Townsend met in regular session this 4th day of November 1975 at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Mayor Joseph B. Steve presiding. I ROLL CALL Officers and members present were as follows: Mayor Steve, City Attorney Abraham, City Engineer French, City Clerk-Treasurer McCoy and Councilmen Klenk, Ciprioti, Judy, Camfield, Parker, Wilson and Black. MINUTES It was moved by Councilmen Klenk/Judy that the reading of the minutes of the previous session be dispensed with. Motion ,carried. BILLS AND CLAIMS The following bills and claims were presented for payment: 8 Payroll Clearing Current Expense Fund Street Fund Library Fund Park Fund Water-Sewer Fund Equipment Rental Fund Firemen's Pension & Relief Federal Shared Revenue 31,920.80 14,556.49 4,772.59 514.83 207.99 4,943.76 1,673.39 118.00 9,525.14 I It was moved by Councilmen Camfield/Judy that the bills and claims be paid. Motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS I A letter from the Chamber of Commerce related a motion they made which asks the City to study its garbage ordinance with respect to commercial rates and offers to work with the Council on said review. Referred to the Garbage Committee. A letter from the Port of Port Townsend asked the City to consider all of its activities with respect to parking as one unit rather than to consider each one individually. It also asked the Council to approve angle parking along the south side of Washington Street between Ben~dict and the halfway point between Morrison and Thayer (between the port office and Smitty's Burger House). Ref~rred to the Street Department. An invitation to the Mayor, Council and city officials to attend a Bicentennial luncheon at Manresa Castle on November 8, to'be followed by the heritage quilt drawing at 2 p.m. at the Bell Tower. 8 \