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Home My WebLink About1953-03-17n 1 MINUTES HUNTINGTON BEACH PLANNING COMMISSION Council Chamber, City Hall Huntington Beach, California Tuesday, March 17, 1953 Chairman Schryer called the meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:55 o'clock P.M. Commissioners present: Schryer, Tunis, Stang, Davis Commissioners absent: Pyles, Hinshaw, Kettler Others present: Consultant Parks, City Attorney Bauer, City Engineer, Overmyer, City Clerk Henricksen. TAInutes On -:lotion by Davis seconded by Stang the minutes as mailed by the Secretary for the meeting of February 17, 1953, were approved. F.P.Barger- Chairman Schryer informed the commissioners present Petit,Cond. that the discussion on the Petition for Conditional Ex - Exception ception of Frank P. Barger was tabled after the hearing was closed to permit the applicant to,furnish a map show- ing distances from the alley to the buildings. On motion by Davis seconded by Tunis that the Plann- ing Commission recommend to the City Council that a con- ditional exception be granted to permit a machine shop on the rear or easterly 45 feet of Lots 4, 6 and 8, and on the rear or easterly 45 feet of the:nbVtherly 20 feet of Lot 2, all in Block 616 of Huntington Beach 17th Street Tract, subject to the following conditions: 1. That the machine shop and all equipment, supplies and storage in connection therewith shall be confined to the rear or easterly 45 feet of the said lots, but shall not be within five feet of Acacia Street nor vd thin 21 feet of the north line of said Lot 8, 2. That any new building or addition for such use shall be at least ten feet from the west line ,of the alley adjoin- ing said lots. 3. That all tools, equipment, and storage be kept within completely enclosed buildings. 4. That the use of the existing two -car garage on the north- easterly part of said Lot 8 for machine shop purposes or storage in connection therewith shall cease upon the effective date of this variance and said garage shall thereafter be maintained for off-street parking of cars in connection with the duplex located upon said Lots r 6 and 8. 5. That space for one truck shall be provided hnd maintained upon the rear 45 feet of said Lots 2 and 4 to serve the shop without blocking the alley. The ten feet next to the alley may be used for said purposes. -. 6. There shall be not more -than two advertising or identi- fication signs which shall be unlighted and contain an area of not over 12 square feet each, or there may be only one such sign having an area of not over 24 sq. ft., and any sign shall be within the rear 45 feet of said property but not on the southerly five feet of said Lot 2. • Page #2- - Minutes - Tuesday, March 17, 1953 7. That there shall be not more than two employees engaged in connection with such machine shop. 8. If the -machine shop use ceases for a period of six months, this variance shall thereupon automatically become null and -void. 9. That the granting of this conditional exception to- gether with -its terms and conditions is an offer vhich is accepted, and said terms and conditions agreed to, if any of -the -privileges authorized are used. and that it is the opinion of the Commission that the re- quirements of. Article • 924 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to -conditional exceptions are adequately met by the circumstances involved: - - C 10 The property is -claimed to have been purchased for such use whene the area was in the M-1 District. 2. A'building which has been or may be used, exits:: on the rear of said property. 3. The land across the street is to the west in the M-2 • District'. - �. An old pumphouse and well exist across the alley to the - east. 5• Oil production operations are carried on tb the west across Seventeenth Street. 6.- A trucking concern__ operates on property a short distance to the southwest. Motion carried. - ' - Reso.#28- Chairman Schryer informed the Planning Commission mem- re; dry- hers that there were two public hearings held on Resolution cle-aning ''No. 28 of the 'Planning Commission of the City of Huntington plants,etc. Beach relative to amending the-C-3-10 & M-1 District provi- - sions regarding dry cleaning plants and laundries of the self-help automatically operated type, provided they are operated entirely vd thin an enclosed building, was tabled I' for further discussion, -and stated diseussioris were now in order. - City Engr.- 52 Acres After due deliberation the members of the Planning Com- mission determined it was best to leave the dry cleaning plants in the M-1 District as provided for at present, but to clarify the description of enterprises in the C-3 com- mercial -district used for clarification of businesses list- ed in the zoning ordinance, to add for clarification pur- poses automatic laundries of the self-help automatically operated type. • On motion by Stang seconded by Davis that for clarifi- cation purposes of interpreting the' classification enter- prises for zoning purposes that the automatic laundries of the self-help automatically operated type be included on the list, was approved. City Engineer Overmyer presented to the Planning Com- • mission a preliminary sub -division map of the 52 acres owned by the -City_ -adjacent to Highway #39 and Ocean -Avenue and stated -that his plan conforms very closely to the one that 0 1 • Page #3 Minutes - Tuesday, March 17, 1953 Consultant Parks had presented to the Planning Commission and stated that he was leaving it with the Commission for them to -study and make any suggestions before a tentative subdivision plan was drawn up. There being no further business the meeting adjourned* vv — Chairm Sec etary 0