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LECAI:. NOTICE
NOTICE'-:OF,. PUBLW: ,HEARING
r - UV No.'802
IjOTiCE tfE.IS REBYGiVEN .lhat.a pub-
lic-, hearing ;will : be held by, the City :- (Published Huntington' Beach News Mar.
P:ar:nln� Commission of�_ the City: -of � 4, 1965)
'z Hunungtcn.'Beach-'In the Council:;Cham- '• NOTICE OF PUBLIC;HEARING
ber. of thee::,
-Civic. Centar,�_ Huntington UV NQ. 8Q2' -
9eaoh �-California-- at the hour of 7:30 NOTICE iS HEREBY :GIVEN`-:than a
: P.M.— on-- Tuesday,:. February - 16, 1965,
puoric hearing_Y:ill be held.:by_ the City
for the purpose.'of-consider ing. e:petition j Counci[ of e`Cityof+Muntingbin'`Beach
for a_ Use Varl$nce to regulations of the In the Council Chamber of iii8 Civic
Districting=�Ordinance
• , C�snter, Huntington Beach;' CaI:,ornia; at
. To allow the construction of an the hour of 7:30 o'clock`. P.M., or. as
office:and assembily building An_ the soon thereatter:,as possible,' on Monday,'.
•� R-A-O . Residential- Agricultural• Dis- the 15th _day of March,'-', 1965, for- the
t-#cL Located on` the south;side. of.--- purpose of considering an appeal `to'the
Atlanta -Avenue`.and-, 1500 =feet east•' denial -by the` Plann#ng t-Comm;ssion of
of Beach Blvd.; and`legally described Use Variance': - UV No. $02, .tj reguia
as:Lot
-3, Tract= No. 211' tons of the Districting : Ordinance, #o
All . Interested- persons are invited to allow the construction ,of: an office - and
said hearing- and:::express their:
attend g-
_ assembly.: building �. In.—J;the;: R-A O ` Resi-
f for.. r against---.,.the ,o osed - J
.opinions o . _oP p -_ •, dential ngricuituralS.District,- on":_ property.
Use_-wa la;�ce requested by said petltlQ0:, located_.on the south;'side of Atlanta
irforaion ;may be baitedFurther Avenue and:1600`feet-eastrof Beach Blvd.,
- #►orrt the:`office_, of. the Secretary to" the and legally, described r as follows: :
l'Ianning Ca itrnissiun: ; Lot- 3, Tract' Na. 8119
DATED :this-:4th day.of February,; 1965. �,
All interested persons are invited; to
-CiTY .PLANNING COMMISSiON�=' � attend said hearing':-an d�`ft..,..�ss-:'heir;
K. A. REYI�IOi.DSFT opinions for..or.against said Use Variance:
Deputy Secretary Furth er`.`information 'niay'; bE. obta;ned`
' from the Office of` he" Ci#y;=Clerk
CITY OF''HUNTINGTON15BEACH
By PAUL' C:. JONES
- City Clerk
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Law Offices
METCALFE AND SILVER j
C_ P.O. Box 745
CHARLEB H. METCALFE 1525 North Moan Strcr_t
EDWIN SILVER .. 1
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JOHN R. BANKS ` '� 547.001 1
BENTON WHITENEAD ,
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JAMES M. NICOSON U: j i K ' February 24, 1965
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City Council of Huntington Beach �✓'t` fJ G1�'
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Attention : I-Ir. Paul C. Jones , City Clerk
Gentlemen: �' �•••' '
We are attorneys for the United Brotherhood of Carpe S d
Joiners of America, Carpenters ' Local Number 1453, pr ntly
located at 2626 Newport Boulevard, Post Office Box 97, Costa
.14esa , California .
On 'arch 27, 1962 Carpenters Local No . 1453 purchased a 1 86
acre parcel of land described as : Lot Number Three (3) of
Tract No. Eight hundred and Eleven (811 ) for• the expi,ess purpose
of erecting a Union Hall . Miiu parcel was zoned M-1--A-0 at the
time of plulchase . The parcel was subsequently re--zoned, on an
Interim basis , as R--A-0.
Carpenters I Local Number 1453 rt-cently made application for a
Use Variance in connection with said parcel (also Variance Number
802) to allow the construction of an office and assembly building
in the I-A-O district located on the South side of Atlanta Avenue
and 1600 feet East of Beach Boulevard and legally described as.
Lot 3, Tract 811 .
A departmental staff report was prepared on February 16, 1965,
recommending denial of the requested use variance on the grounds
that the proposed use dial not conform to the 14aster PlaD of Land
Use and it does not fall within the permitted use of an R-2 or
R--3 Zona . The Staff Report stated, ho-rrever, that if the 'PlanniM
ComfiLission determined that the use was acceptable, that certain
conditionB be met .
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To : City Council. of Huntington Beach February 24, 1965
The above legal reasons have been set forth as the primary
basis for ap
peal ., ha addition thereto the appli.cant: .sets ,
forth the follo+-ling reasons for affirmation of the requested
use variance:
(1 ) Local No . 1453 has a membership of ,in excess 'of
two, thousand men, the majority of whcm reside in
the territorial confines of Huntington Beach, '
California . The Local takes -within its ' scope
the beach area from Seal Beach on the North to
Corona Del filar on the South . Lot 3. Tract 811
is centrally located.
(2) There is 11ttle, if any, doubt that had permit:
been file and construction begun a year or tyro
ago prior to re-zoning, there would. have been little
opposition. Within the last year, hoy.tever, various
parcels contiguous to Lot 3, Tract 811' have been
re--zoned (althoughtthe land has never been improved),
possibly for speculation purposes . It has, however,
always been the intent of" applicant to uct
upon the property that for which it was expressly
purchased.
(3) Applicant 's architects , Reagan and Shoemaker, 542
,Nest 19th Street, Costa Mesa, California, have
prepared and submitted to the Planning Commission
t: the proposed design. It io to be Spanish type by
design with a paved parking lot for 120 cars sand
a six--foot concrete block wall . This Edifice should
fit in with ev'"M the most luxurious contiguous develop-
ment
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(l�) The building shall be, as always, available for
community social and fraternal group meetings as
well as for the boy or girl scouts .
Therefor, the applicant r,espectfully requests 'that ' its '. ;appeal
be , summarily granters, subject: to the conditions set forth in the
above7mentioned departmental ataff report, ors that this matter be _ .
sct for* Public Hearing as early :as is convenient to, the" Council.'s
calendar ror oral ,-argument and presentation of executed.; petitidhs
b3� the Citizens off' Hunt ington ,3each in support: of applicant 's "re�-
q rested uoe %varlence.
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To : City Council, of Huntington Beach February 24, 1965
Use Variance No . 802 come on eor hearing before the Huntington
Beach Planning Commission on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at
{ 7:30 F.M. Oral arguments were presented on behalf of and in
opposition to sad Use Variance . Applicants ' request was denied
by a vote of rive to one .
Comes now the applicant for Use Variance No . 802 and files this,
its ' appeal, with the Mayor and City Council of Huntington Beach ,.
and petitions the City Council give reconsideration to the requested
use varivnce for the following reasons : ,3
(1 ) ' ng Commission.'hat if the majority of the Planni
of Huntington Beech relied upon the staff ,.report
in support of its ' denial, then this was error
inaemuch as the intent of the R•-A--0 zone does not
contemplate the exclusive use of R-2 and R-3 Zone
use.
(2) Chapter 96 (miscellaneous 1)istricto ) of the
Huntington Beach Zoning ordinances : S. 2600 reflects
the intent of the R-A Zone to . . . 'provide a
transition between the present agricultural activl ties
and possible development of the faze land to residential
and other uses , It (emphasis added) .
(3) Article 968 of Chapter 96 (Miscellaneous Districts)
S . 9080 states an follows:
"Z t is the .Entent of this article to establish a
category of combining oil. districts . in. which . present
I : and future oil development and operations will. be
perrrltted under some limitations for the purpose of
making possil-le compatible recreational, 'recreational--
residential, vesidential, institutional and commercial
developments . "
(4 ) The proposed use is not commercial in nature. It:
has been labeled ccmmerrcial, erroneously. CarpentUra '
i,ocal ;to . 1453 is .a non--profit frstt:ernal organization.
It is a central. 'and dispatching of lee for brotherhood.
The organization employs one male and three female:
employees on a full.-time ba sl,s plus a caretaker for
he premises .
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Attached hereto please Find our client Is checic in the sum .Of
Seventy-fire Dollars '�(�75.00) covering the coat of this appeal. ,
Yours very truly,
rIETCALFE AND SILVER
Ton ToTnO. Banics
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Costa Mesa, California
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Raagm & Shoemaker 1902 17th St
542 West Nineteenth St City
Costa Mesa , Calif ornia
Huntington Beach Elementary School
Carpenters Local Union No 1453 1502 Palm Avenue
Costa Mesa Califor ; City
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12721 Bubbling Wp11 Road
Santa Ana California 92700
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425 19tti' St
Santa Monica Calif
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MArgar�t E Shupe
501 Walnut Avenue
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3700: Park Lane
Nexpart Beach Calif
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607 lath St
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March 23, 1965
City Co:�cil
City of Huxtington leach
clo Paul Joxes, City Cle"rlc
Huitixgtox Beach.' Calif ors ia
Dear Siras
We were rear pleased with the action of the Huntingtox Beach
planning Commissiox dexyixg a Use Variance for the Carpenters
Ugiox to construct a hirixg ball on Atlanta 1►reaue.
Their rsasose for dexial, is our opinion, were uouad and
dust. The reversal,_ however, of -their decision by your body` (ix
spite of legitimate objectioxe) was e, shuck to ut` as parents' and
bomeowners in the Pacific ' Saxde area.
A great many residents of our tract share with us the .t
feeling that your deaisioa vas sot in the beet interests of the
co►'lunity at large.
We therefore r6quest that the City Couxci.l ,�oaox►sider, It'
actloxt on this Use Vari&ncx, and that further public hsarixge t
be held to determine whither this uas of the property in is the
best intereate of the City of Huntington Beach.
Yours, truly,
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Robert A. Burke
Claim .Burke ' ' ,
830 14th Street
Huntington Beacb, Cal.
4 March 81, 1965
City Counci?
Kuntinzton Beach, Cal.
D04= .r ? ayor Shipley and Councilmen:
It is d.ifftcult to understand vo= recent
dcisi'_on reg :rdinp the locating of the Carpenters '
Headquarters Building, which incidentally will
serve a large portion of Orange County, in 'a resi—
dential area as shown on the "aster Zoning Plan of
the Planning Commission: ;
The Planni.np Commissi6n, composed of. knower
:'ledgable and enl�prhtened men turned down the variance
f our"' to one . The appeal mach to you, our elected
officials is passed f-our to one , 'thereby denying
It-he verdict of" the Plannini Cann, issioii..
Hcmeonners, nor and in the y^ars to code; will
wonder hat motive the City Council had, if tiny,
other ''than succirnbing to pressure from a known
pressure p:roup.
I ask that the Oity Council reconsider this
decision end add my pretest to ot'hsrs.
incerely, ;
liar aret I.C. Shope
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