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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission Minutes - October 20, 1992 351 CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 20, 1992 - Page One I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 7.05 p.m. II. ROLL CALL: Present were: Garth Ellard, Rick Bettenburg, Candace Fish, Lloyd Governor, Karolyne Johnson and Chuck Piland. Also present were Dave Kucera- City Administrator, George Rubaloff-City Administrative Assistant, Larry R. Lo Blanchard-Public Works Director, and Cecelia Gordon-Planning Commission N Secretary. Commissioner, Randy Graves had phoned in that he would be unable r�_ to attend. U m III. CORRESPONDENCE - George Rubaloff said he had an item, but would present Q it under the Miscellaneous section. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Fish moved to approve the Minutes of the August 4, 1992 Planning Commission Meeting. Commissioner Bettenburg seconded the Motion. Roll Call Vote: Bettenburg, yes; Fish, yes;, Governor, yes; Johnson, pass; Piland, yes; and the Motion passed by a majority vote. V. BUSINESS George Rubaloff requested change in the items listed on the Agenda, moving Jackson Creek Estates Unit #4 to the first order of business. A. Public Meeting - Review and determination for Final Plat for Unit No. 4 of Jackson Creek Estates Subdivision (Applicant: Tom Malot and W.L. Moore). There were no conflicts of interest or ex-parte communication on the part of the Commission, Chairman Ellard opened the Public Meeting. George Rubaloff, Administrative Assistant, referred to his Memorandum of October 15, 1992, and entered the following items into the record by reference: Vicinity Map, Final Plat (reduced copy) and the September 29, 1992 Memorandum from Larry R. Blanchard, Public Works Director. Tom Malot, (representing the applicants) 150 Manzanita, Central Point Oregon came forward in support of the Final Plat Application for Jackson Creek Estates, Unit #4 Subdivision He said that he was present to answer any questions or concerns on the part of the Commission or City Staff. 352 CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Planning Commission Minutes October 20, 1992 - Page Two The Commission inquired if the Subdivision Agreement and the Bond were in place. Mr. Malot and staff assured them this was the case. Mr. Malot asked Larry Blanchard, if the County had approved the bridge over Griffin Creek yet. Blanchard replied that the agreement needed two corrections, and that the bridge would probably be approved sometime this week. Chairman Ellard closed the Public Meeting. B. Resolution No. 241, A Resolution Granting Final Approval for Jackson Creek Estates Subdivision, Unit No. 4 (Applicants: Tom Malot Construction Co., Inc., and Noel Moore, dba W.L. Moore Construction Co.) (372W 10DC TL 300 and 372W 10DB TL 9500). Commissioner Bettenburg moved that the Commission approve Resolution No. 241 as presented.Commissioner Fish seconded the Motion. Roll Call Vote: Bettenburg, yes; Fish, yes; Governor, yes; Johnson, yes, Piland, yes, and the Motion passed unanimously. C. Public Hearing - Review and determination Regarding Subdivision Variance for Griffin Creek Estates (37 2W 10BD TL 2503) ( Applicant Ted Branch) There were no conflicts of interest or ex-parte communication on the part of the Commission, Chairperson Ellard opened the Public Meeting. George Rubaloff outlined his Staff Report of August 25, 1992 and referred to the following items and entered them into the record by reference: Maps, Notice of Public Hearing which was sent to all property owners within 100 feet of subdivision, Application for Subdivision Variance and Illustration of Building area of proposed lot. Rubaloff also referred to and entered into the record the list of criteria for subdivision variances from CPMC 16.40 which are: A. The strict application of the provisions of this title would result in an unnecessary hardship which was not self-imposed or created by action of the property owner; B. That there are special conditions, such as exceptional or extraordinary physical features of the property size, shape, topography or similar features, affecting the property that are not common to all property in ' the area; C. That the variance is not being sought merely to circumvent the intent of a city requirement, and that the variance, if granted, would 353 CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Planning Commission Minutes October 20, 1992 - Page Three be faithful to the spirit and intent of the regulation in question, and would not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare; D. That there would be no adverse impact of any sort upon other properties within the City: and E. That there is no practical alternative to achieve LO the relief sought, and if granted, the variance allows no more than the minimum amount of relief from the regulation in question necessary to (� achieve relief from the unnecessary hardship U CD Ted Branch, 280 Manzanita, Rogue River, Oregon and Herb Farber, 675 Q Glenn Way, Central Point came forward in support of the Variance. Commissioners inquired if this Variance is allowed would it set a precedent. George Rubaloff stated that this is definitely a unique situation and would probably not have an identical situation elsewhere in the City. Rubaloff pointed to the shape of the lot (Overhead Projection) and explained that the "width" of the lot would be where the building starts. Upon reviewing the proposed reduction in lot width and lot-depth-to- width, Staff did not find any significant effects upon the public's health, safety and welfare. Based upon this conclusion, Staff did not review the Applicant's Findings in great detail. In answer to the question about the size of the house and garage, Mr. Branch said that the house would be 1320 square feet and the garage 400 square feet. No one else came forward in support of or in opposition to the proposed Variance. Chairman Ellard closed the Public Meeting. D. Resolution 242, A Resolution Granting a Subdivision Variance for Griffin Creek Estates Subdivision. Commissioner Piland moved that the Commission approve Resolution 242 as presented. Commissioner Johnson seconded the Motion. Roll call Vote: Bettenburg, yes; Fish, yes; Governor, yes; Johnson, yes; and Piland, yes; the vote was unanimous and the Motion carried. 354 CITY OF CENTRAL POINT Planning Commission Minutes October 20, 1992 - Page Four VI. MISCELLANEOUS George Rubaloff requested the Commission to conduct a November 17th Meeting in addition to the November 3rd Meeting. Commissioners stated that they should be able to attend both. The agenda item that has a deadline attached, is the Land Partition for development on Cherry and N. 10th, and therefore the second meeting is needed to finalize the approvals in order to meet the developer's deadlines. VII. Bettenburg moved that the meeting be adjourned. Fish seconded the motion and the motion carried on a voice vote. The Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. PCMTSOCT.192