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Home My WebLink AboutPC_Minutes_1955_03_14of the City of Hermosa Beach March 14$ 1955 Minut.eb of the regular meeting of the Plannj_n6 Commi8s.:i.on of the C:i.t,y of Hermosa Beach held ::i.n t.h1;J Go~ncil Chambers of the Cit;y HalJ., Monday, March 14th, 1955 at 7:30 o'clock PoMe PRESENT: Comm. Black, Haneman~ Hixson, Miller and Chairman Dennie ABSENT: Comm& Fisher REQUEST OF MARK WOOD FOR ABAt~DONMENT OF A P.QET IQi.'i..QLMQ.N:rERl~X.J3..kV D ..s. Chairman Dennie called the meeting to order and the first item of business was the conslderation of a communicat:i.on from the City Coimu cil referring the request of Mark Wood for the abandonment of a por tion of the Monterey Blvd., right··ofr•way to the Planning Comm:L!:➔sion for. their further study and recommendationn The Chairman read a J.etter .from Gordon Whitnall and Co .. statir1g .Mr~ Ka:licka' s opinion that. a 66 9 right ·of=way would be sufficient to carry the flow of traff:i.c on this streeto At present 40' o:f the dedl-cated 809 street is pr:ivedo He went on to say that i.f a portion of tho Blvd, is abandoned; it would be necessary to abandon the same amount for the entire kmgth of the Blvdo and not just on the corner The Chairman then read a letter from K.R~Anderson, explaining the mat,ter from its inception last S.eptembero IJir,, Anderson was present ancl explained further that most of the property owners felt i;he aban= dor.unent of a 10' strip would not benefit anyone except the o~n1ers of the cornerso The rest of the properties ar·e zoned f'or R use and could not be built closer to the street than the existing set~backs He also brought up the fa.ct that several other streets in th~ City ha1,e large right.szof' ways,d0dicat.ed and only a portion pavedo He fe~.t-that if a precedent were established in this request, it might pa,e 'che way for $imilar requests from other parts of the Gityo Comm0 Miller asked Mro Anderson whether or not. most of the pi''Opert.ieP are built on the property lines at presento Mlo Anders-:on said mo8t of the west side of Monterey is built in t.hh.{ manner.e Dr .. Lo Lo Lindsay~ 1026=2let Street s:aid he owns a eorner on Prospect, Av€-nue and would love to have the City give him a portion of the :."1 paved r~.ght·-of way, but he felt t.his would be to favor only one pr J-~ pei"ty O\"ner and not to the benef:-.t of the most. people n He wiHhed to on recot·d a::, opposing the gr.anting of this request e (' WP.for.·d Bar.low, '.>.?OJ 2fonterey ~Jaid he had written the C:1.ty Counci:l 1ast year r-equesting a widen:l.ng of i,his particular :i.ntersection beGause of 'the diffj.cuJ.ty and danger invoJ1;-ecl in tu.rning f'rom Pier .Avenue onto Monterey Blvd" He said th0 Cc1:ncil had agreed that. thiH would be a. wise move to make .. John Wagstaff, 1728 Mo,1terey h·lt t~hat since the pr•es:ent property owne:r·s of t.he corner in que-;cion k.."J.ew ,Jhen they purchased the property ;chat i't was onJ.y a. certa:i..n s:i.ze:, they 3hou:~d not, be given special comdderat:i.on just to allo1,,1 the construction of a larger building the.n would be possib:tG otherwise. Danie] Ern~1;, 531 P5.er Avenue asked about a rumc:>red request for a 61 abandonmer..G on t,he rear of t,h .. a ip:coperty on Loma Drive., Chatrman Dennie infonnr:~ him that there was nu mention of this matter in r.lrc Wood ~El request and 8:7. far as he knew:, it was '.lot included in this request"' Ch.airman Dennie informed the audience that the Commission would make a deoision on this request at tra close of the meeting, after the petitions f-:;r variances had been considt"red .. f'ETITION OF kl.alI,OLD RAIKLEN. Petition 0£ Harold Raitlen fot a variance covering Lot 5, Block 103, Shakes· peare Tract, J20fr~3212 HermoN. Avenue, Zone R=3 to permit the modification of existing 12' setback from ~he stree~ line to l' to permit the constructio:o of a third unit in accordanr(J with the a-~.3 zoning .of said propertyo The , petition was signed by 15 p}operty own~rs; however there was a.request for withdrawtll of the signaturr of Joseph:i.ne Farnum.. A written protest was received from Mr~ and MrJ~ John .MacFauen, 3301 Hermosa Avenueo Mr~ Raiklen was present in support of this petit!.on .. Mrs .. Etti1 Smith, owner of :~ot 4, Block 10.3, Shakespeare, protested the granting of this vari:1.1ce • because she felt it would be unfair to other property owners in th blocko Mro Farnum, 3311 PaJi1 Drive felt the ~ranting of this variance would be unfair to most of the other property ,:wnersjt because the street is entirely built up,, confot'ming co the existing 12' setback.. They would be unable to erect more 1mits on their propertie3, and this requested construction would block a.Jot of rieWSo Mrs .. Fa.rm•· .. ., 3311 Pa.1.m Drive also pro~ested the granting of this variance o Comm" •~il~er moved the variance be m:NIED on the graounds that a 19 setback is n t1er 1.n the dinterests of good planning and should not be allowedo Comma Hix:!i0n. seconded th;J motion, and Re so tut ion No o PC 17 was adopted by the f',Llowing vote: G YES: Commo Black, Haneman, Hix3on, Miller and Chairman Dennie NO: None ABSENT: CommQ Fisher . . ... ?r lTION OF B[~ TJL?x err ,\.,· .... : ... ,i f: c:":lf~<l •I'hi:'Gf.; PetitJ.on of Edwin H .. Pyatt, fat· ,) var:i..ance coverlng 1oti_ lj Tr,H!t l\Jo<. 5209t 601~ Prosp9ct Ave o 1 Zone R'0-2 to pe:r.·mit the construction of 8. l:, ·car gar.,age on the rear of the lot fac:i.ng 6th Street~ Mr .. Py.ett't wae p:re::Jent at ·iJ!1e :i:aeet:l.ng a_Yld. ment:i.oned. tha.t the incltne 0£ h~ '? driveway at, present is st c·h 1;hat· no car of modern v:i.ntag,e would ever be able to u~e it. for a garar;e ~ After further o:i . .::ccuss:i.on I Comrc1 il:J.:,cson mmred the gran\jing of thi~ peti'i:;i r, on t.he basis that a.ny a·i; I 0mp-t; l;o iilcrease the number of gar~.ges { within reason) should be recogni.zed ae good for the City as a whole,.., Th:i.s. mot:t.rm wa~ :-:.econded by Com1u., BJ..nck ~ and Res Wo .. PC 18 was adopt.ed by t.he follo· ing vote: YES: NO~ ABSENT: PETITION OF r ARL...MJ.EE_ Comm o BJ:.ck i Hixson r. Miller and Chair.man Dennie Comm. H,neman Comm .. :n.she:r Pet:i.tion af /arl i:laf.fc p for a va;::i_.::mce covering Lots 25 and 26:, Block li,:i.s Firat Add.j_1·,.;m to Hermoea Bcwch, ll:.J. Lyndon Street., Zone R~,2J to permit tib.f. constructj:.1 of a i:d1~glc rami·.y ..:·eeic~ence containing ll96 square f'eet ove;;" f'our. .,.are/JS.. The nm·.r res.:i.dcnce is "i.~o be J.ocated on the rear of Lot.s 25 ant-1. 26 r;.1:i.nd the pJ.•eaen'l. cemcmt double at l~.l A and B Lynd.on St~eet ~ fac in~~ west, _.,i:;back ·109 fr·om. 1st Conit and 1.,~ from the east p:r-operty line~ ;(1x·,, .1., EQ Veinei,, 16$,~lst, Strec-rt; was in fav~or-of the granting o:f thj_:,;· r,eti ... tio'.1 and aeked if he would be abJ e to e1,ect a third urt:I. t on his J oc ., -He \·;a~ informed thc1.t each case mu~:t be co11;;.dde:red individually and ·that, 1rh~n an.1 i:f he presents a var:i.ance at some ti.me in t.he future, his prope1.•t:y ;;-.m1d be acted upon at that time.., • • Gommo Black moved tha't thie pet,ition be grant,ed bece!use the large ·wacaut. area would be much improved wit~h the const;ruction of this structure, making it much more desirable fo:t the entire area .. Also, becauae there are 2 lotr involved, this cons{:.ruction should be allowed., The motion wag seconded by Commo Miller, and Res... ifo., PC 19 was adopted by t,he following vote ~ YES~ NO: ABSENT: Comm ... BL:;.ck6 Haneman" HiJrnon, Miller and Chairme.n Denn5.e Comm., none Comm., Fisher . " . .. t" 1-ir·., Redeker was present i:n beha \ f of 'the petiGioner. Mrs" Bat.tershall., .A~ter e. short c1.iscussion, Corumo Haneman moved. the g{•an-c··.ng of thif: pet:i.~ ti.on for •i.ihe reason that the:r'e :i.s no ot,her place a garEwe can be Ei:i.tuated. o!!-. this pro:perty av.d '~he a?-di•tim:i of another garage is beneficial to the c, . .-cy~s parlung problemo Tne motion 1,as seconded by Com.ma Hixson and Reso No,,PC 20 was adopted by -~he fol1otr1ing vote: " ( YES: NO: ABSENT: Commo Black, Haneman. Hixson., Miller and Chairman Denni.e None Comm., Fisher The request of Mark wood was again ccmsidered at -'Ghi~ tirne"' It was the consensus of the Commission t,hat such a move might, not. be beneficial t:o the Cit.y as a wholel> and that to give special. consideration to one par ticular property Ol-'mer would be unfair to other property owners in ·t;he areao It was brought out, by Mro Ander::;on tha·i; when t.h5 5 request was comddc;."ed before the City Council last September, it had produced. petitions both for e.nd against the request9 with the petition fo·c t.ha :request bec~r:i.ng about 16 signatures and the peti'cj.on against the reques·c havtng 35 signa·· tureso ~iro Barlow .felt that if the Council were to grant this request, they '!.:;ould be doing so in opposition ti:> their inten·tione regarding hj_p x-equer.t for ·the widening of this inter-:.:iect:lon instead of the abandomne1rl~ of e. po:-'."tim, .. Chairman Denn.ie stated the recommendation of the Planning Commission ae .follows: ntt is the recommendation of the Planning Commission that.there be no abandonment of any portien of Monterey Blvd~ prior to the making o:r a professione.l survey 0£ st;<"eets and highways in con~-junction with a master plan of Hermosa Beach and until subst~n= tial benefit to the Ctt,y can be shown to resuit !l'om aa:i,d abe.n= donmento" This was the unanimous recommendation or the Planning Commissiono APPROVAL OF MINUTES :0-WL.!illJQll!WU,..,.,.,,NT..__ The minutes of the regular meeting of' the Planning Commiss:ton of Febr.uax'f 14., 1955 were approved as received.. The meeting adjourned una.nimous1y e.t. 9:15 otclock PoMo