HomeMy WebLinkAbout10.16.58ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
October 16, 1958
7:30 P.M.
Members present were Messers. MaXibbin, Karns, Johnson, Talley,
Harris, and Morgan. Also present were City Manager Knowles and
Building Inspector Yelvington.
Chairman MaKibbin called the meeting to order.
Minutes of the September 18, 1958, meeting were read and
approved. .
Minutes of October 2, 1958, were read and approved.
Rezoning request of Mr. Oscar M. Harrison was next submitted
to the board for consideration. This request involved rezoning
from an R -1 zone to that of an R -2, Lots 7, 8 9 and 10, Block
15, Tier 1. Mr. Harrison's home is situated on Lot 8 (1311
Palmetto Avenue) and his other above mentioned lots are vacant
both to the north and south and adjacent to his existing residence.
The request for multiple family zoning was due to the fact
that the proposed buyer wished to make an efficiency apartment
out of the portion that was formerly used as an office by Mr.
Harrison, with the thought that it would be a very convenient
location for a teacher assigned to the South Side Primary School.
Mr. Harrison had based his request on the fact that adjacent
to his vacant lot to the north was a residence containing a beauty
shop and to the rear and across the alley were separate apartments.
The board members reviewed the property in the immediate area
of the request and the surrounding area from Park Avenue over to
Sanford Avenue, between 132 Street to possibly 9m Street, keang
in mind the school area itself. Some members felt that a school
was not always deleterious to the sale of the surrounding property.
Also in viewing the zoning map and the area in question, it was
quite apparent that this was not a matter where the zoning could
just be extended, but would involve rezoning a so- called "island"
out by itself.
Even though it was a consensus of opinion by the board that
in time the whole area would warrant reviewing and possibly re-
zoning, due to the older type, 2 -story homes becoming apartment
houses, at the present time it involved "spot zoning ". Therefore,
Mr. Johnson moved that the rezoning request be denied. Motion
seconded by Mr. Karns and carried.
Z & P "minutes"
October lb, 1958
Page 2
Mr. Harris then requested the board and the building inspector
to give some serious thought regarding the need for a definition,
or possibly an inclusion in the Zoning Ordinance, concerning the
angle of construction, or placing, of hones on corner lots, whereby
they may be built either way; this pertaining to the turning of a
house to a certain degree on an angle, and thereby placing the
front of the house to an extreme angle on the lot other than as
platted for the frontage, but still maintaining the required set
backs. In most cases, the above plan requires a variance through
the Board of Adjustment.
Mr..Harris said that he thought that the house could then
determine the yardage and not the lot, and could be determined
by a factor of 25% of the width of the lot. He also stated that
this could only be done on lots approximately 110' x 120 and that
in the areas proposed for annexation, there were many such lots of
this size, plus the fact that turning the house on a corner lot of
this size would not, or should not, present too much of a problem
due to the fact that you could still maintain the same required
set backs. Mr. Mcgibbin mentioned the fact that his thought on
this would be the possible confusion in regards to the existing
plats. Also the question arose as to whether this proposed ordinance
should be "permissive" or "mandatory ". Some members felt that after
seeing some of the new, modern architectural design's, it has become
rather confusing to actually tell which is considered the front
or the rear door of a home.
After quite a lengthy discussion as to the interference or
if it would be abnoxious for such an angle in relation to the
adjacent neighbor's side yard or their bedroom windows facing onto
another's rear yard, Mr. Harris was requested to meet with the
City Attorney and they in turn draw up a proper form to be sub-
mitted to the Zoning and Planning members for further study.
Mr. Yelvington asked the board members what their thought
might be in regards to section 13, of the Zoning Ordinance, C -2
district, which states "there shall be no minimum area front,
side and rear yard requirement ". Also under this same section
it states that "ample and adequate space shall be left around
and about each industrial plant or other development to permit
ready and easy access of fire- fighting apparatus in case of fire ".
It was the opinion of the majority of the members that there
should be consideration given for a stipulation for at least a rear
yard requirement, due to getting the fire trucks, plus the fire-
fighting apparatus to a line of clearance. Mr. Mcgibbin said that
it might be well to consider, subject to the Building Inspector's
forthcoming report, a possible 10' on each side of a commercial
building, as this would give some access rather than the buildings
being constructed wall -to -wall as they are in the older business
districts. However, no action was taken on this matter, other than
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• recommendation by the board that the Building Inspector make
• further study on the problem and bring in a recommendation
for consideration. Mr. Knowles suggested to Cdr. Yelvington
that the National Fire volumes in his office might enlighten
his thoughts on the problem.
Building Inspector Yelvington requested that the board members
give consideration to Section 11, of the Zoning Ordinance, with
relation to the inclusion of "white occupancy only" in the
R -lAB, R -1B and R -1% zones.
Mr. Harris moved that Section 11, of the Zoning Ordinance
be amended to include the zones of R -lAB, R -1B, and R -1X.
Motion seconded by Mr. Karns and carried.
There being no further business to come before the board,
the meeting adjourned.
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