HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-11-29 MinutesMINUTES OF A MEETING OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
4:00 P. M. , TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 299 1960 CITY COUNCIL ROOM
Present: Mr. John I. Smith, Mr. Tom Schiewetz, Mr, George Bowen, Iver. J. F.
Robinson, Mr, Harold, E. Lieberenz, City Inspector, Mr. Ha1.Douglas,
applicant, Mr. Paul Young, architect, and Mr. A. D. McAllister, Jr.,
Mr. Clifton Wade, attorneys, appeared in behalf of the applicant.
Absent: Mr. James A. Pennington
The meeting was called to order by Mr. John I. Smith, Chairman.
The applicant, Mr. Hal Douglas of Fulbright Investment Company, applied for a variation
to the Zoning Ordinance for the property locaSmd on the southwest corner of the inter-
section of Mountain Street and Block Avenue. This property is located in the C-3 Cent4al
Commercial Zone of the City. Fulbright Investment Company proposes to build a new
Woolworth Building on this (Old Washington Hotel property). The Zoning Ordinance
requires that they have one parking space for each 300 square feet of total floor area
with the exception of storage space. The Building Inspector estimated that they would be
required to have forty (40) spaces. The Zoning Ordinance permits this off-street parking
to be within 400 feet of the mainentrance of the building, if approved by the Board of
Adjustment. The applicant requests that the City Parking Lot on Blockand Mountain
• be considered for their off-street parking requirement.
Mr. Paul Young, appearing in behalf of the applicant, stated that he, as a member_ of the
Planning Commission, believed the Zoning Ordinance to be in error on this point and had
brought it up in a Planning Commission meeting, but asyet the Planning Commission
had made no changes in the ordinance. He stated that, under the new ordinance, no
building around the square or in the uptown business district could be rebuilt if it were
destroyed, because there was not enough parking space available near the square to
fulfill this requirement.
Mr. Robinson stated that he
believed this to be a case of
a definite
hardship on the
property owner, which, if no granted, would prevent his
making use of his property.
Mr. Douglas stated that, for this reason, the merchants had formed a committee to aid
in the upkeep of the public parking lots because it would be too expensive for private
enterprise to provide off-street parking facilities in the downtown business district.
There was no further discussion, and the applicants were dismissed.
After a brief discussion, Mr. Smith called for a motion. Mr. Schiewetz made a motion
that the application be approved. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robinson and
approved unanimously by the Board.
• There being no further business, the Board adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
APPROVED:
SEC ETARY
DATE: Cey
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