HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Resolution 154-600Name:
Location:
Edwar d Ehin ger a nd Rober t Dunlap
121 8th Stree t
To Pe rmi t : Conve rsi on two apt s . into one, el i minate one gar age
January 9, 1967 Date:
RESOLUTION NO. P.C. 154-600
A RE SOL UTION OF THE PLANNING COM MI SS ION OF THE CITY OF HE RMOSA
BEACH DE NYING A ZONE VARIANCE UPON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED ON
EIGHTH STREET IN THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF ORN I A
THE PLANN ING COMMISSION of the Ci ty of Hermosa Beac h doe s resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, t here was filed with thi s Co mmission, und e r the pr ovisi ons of
Ordinance N.S. 154, ap plicat ion for zone vari ance by Edward Eh inger and
Rober t Dunlap upo n p r operty ow ned by the appl ica nts and located a t 121 8th St; and
WH EREAS, the Planning Commissio n of the City of Hermosa Beach did, on Janu ary
9, 1967, ·c onduc t a duly ad ver t ised publ ic hea ring to con s ider this ap plica t ion
to permit t wo a partments to be converted intp o ne apart ment, and eliminati on
of o ne gar age which wi 11 be conv e rted to a be droom for said apartme nt, on that
p roperty de sc ribed as follows:
Lot 15 and 16, Tract 1564
NOW , THE RE FOR E, BE IT RESO LVED that, i n view of th e findings at sa id hearing,
th e Planning Commissi on does hereby deny this zo ne varianc e f or th e fo ll ow ing
reasons :
1. I t is in vi ol at ion now, and we wo uld be setting a precedent by l e galizing
an ex isti ng v iola t i on .
2. The heavi ly trafficke d are a is in need of a dditional parki ng , rath ef t han
less parking, whic h this would tend to create .
3 . Th e or igin a l mo tion fail e d to car ry by a majori ty a f fir ma tive vote .
4. It woul d reduce th e ratio of apar tmen ts to gar ages,
5, The initia l application ca me be for e the Plan ning Commission more than te n
years ago and was deni e d by the Pla nning Commission and de nied on app ea l
by the City Council a nd de spi te th i s ac tion was conve rted anyway .
6 . It s eems to be contrary to t he entire spi rit of corranun i ty plannin g t hat we
a re tr ying to generat e with our new General Pl an.
The fo rego in g resolution was adop te d by the Plan ning Commissio n at a re gul a r
meetin g held on Ja nuary 9 , 1967 , by t he fo l lowing vote:
AYES : Comm. Ar mer , Reeves, Boice, Viaul t (Chairman)
Comm . Noble, Hales (Comm. Hal es gav e the following re ason f or voting
yes on denial: Becau se by gran tin g the application we wou ld be en
dorsing the use o f a garage which has been co nve rted in to a bedroo m
ill eg ally, a nd i t wo u ld se t a poor example for ot he r proper ties
havi ng garages used for simila r reasons,
Planning Commission Page 2 January 9, 1967
NOES:
ABSENT:
Comm . Hamil t on, who sta ted his reason for voting no as follows:
The apartmen t house ts now under good management and ' apparently
cr eating no civic probl e m and to reconvert the building as it
formerly ex isted with six apart ments to five garages would po ssibly
create problems for t he Ci ty with regard to parking.
None
CERTIFICATION
I he re by certify tha t the for egoing re so luti on P.C. 154-600, was adop ted by the
Plan ni ng Commission of the City of Hermosa Beach at a regular mee~ing he]d on
the 9th day of January, 1967.
Robert Viault, Chairilffur