Minutes 1963-01-08 04h"t1
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.4rro~To Grande, California
~anuary 8, 19b3
The ~it~ Council met in regular session with i~iayor ~urt ~'r,~:siding. ~'resent
were Counci3rnen Lee, M~7ood, Jacobs and i~IcNeil.
The minutes of the regular meeting of December 13, 1962 were corrected to
read as follows: Councilman tJJaod made a motion that the City of Arroyo Grande,
for the sum of ~1.~0 deed to the County of ~an Zuis ~bis~o az~ area of land of
approximately 3 acres located on the ~ity1s ~iater 'tiorks farm as the genPral area.
The minutes were approved as prepared and corrected.
The request from Mr. ~1cT~iinn for an extention of time for a City ~usiness
Zicense to conduct business in a previously condemned buildin~ was not acted on
at this time as Mr. ~Ict•~inn was not present.
Un motion of Councilrnan Lee seconded by Councilman McTleil that all bids
submitted for the instal.lation of Fire Hydrants in the Fair Oaks area be rejected
and authorization to a~;vertise for new bids granted. A11 members present voted
rr~ye n ~
On recommendation of Mayor ~3urt the ammendment to the Trailer Ordinance was
referred to the Planning Comr~ission for study.
The hearing was opened for the appeal to the Council filed by F'rank Zandini, I
for propertv lying adjacent to 5t~.nset Drive for a variance to allow a professional
office building in a R-1 Zone. ~ommissioner ~chultz read the report from the
Planning Comtnission for a good renort as far as it went. When he had applied to
tize County to build the do-nut shop and beauty shop and a duplex he voluntarily
withdrew k~is request for the duplex the county did not deny the duplex. He stated
there are professiona.l buildings in residential areas in Santa i°~a.ria and San Luis
Obispo. If the people objc:ct to the driveway on ~unset Drive he would be happy
to eliminate the drive from ~unset making entrance only form Grand Ave. T~Ir. Albert
Peterson, 1025 `'unset 7?r. stated he feels Mr. ~andini should have a rezoning re-
quest not a variance as no like conditions now exist on Sunset Drive. ~ill
Henderson, 1157 ~unset Dr., ~~r, Cooper, 1165 Sunset Dr. Mr. Hanze, 112l~ Sunset
Dr. all requested the variance be denied to protect their street as it is not
wide enough to allow the additional traffic that professional buildings would
create. i~ir. Landini stated if there is no d'rive way on ~u.nset then traffic from
his property would not be on ~unset I3rive. Mr. Landini stated that when the County
granted his request to build a fence from 5 to b feet high, some of the people
on ~unset asked him not to build the fence as they used ha~s property for access
to the stores on Grand .~ve. I~Ir. L hman, 1060 ~unset .Dr, spoke against the variance,
Counci].man Wood stated the ~lanning ~ommission didn't bring out all the things ~hey
had in their report at the Planni_ng Gommission meeting. He feZt the professional
buildings would fit in ricely in a residential neighborhood. Councilman Jacobs
stated we have no other coi:z~se than to support the Planning ~'omrtiission and the
property should be re-zoned rather than a variance. Councilman Wood stated the
Planning Commission seemed favorable to granting the variance but that the four
objectors appeared to sway them to deny the request. Coune;_lman Lee stated the
Planning ~ommission is to aid the Gouncil, tYierefore t~he Council should go along
with them when possible. Mr. Lee wished tor,~.ke a motion to that effect. ~~ir.
Landini st~-!ted th~t only one of the f'our objactors 1iv~~d i.n th~ 300 ft radius of
the proposed variance. Williams nros. was ~ranted. one full block of R-1 zone
for business having eibht objectors but the variance was granted to them.
Councilman McNeil s~ated Williams property is not in between already developed
property. i'IIr, Landini was advised that the 300 ft. radius was the 1~gal clistance
in which the people have tobe ~otified, but that any citizen can protest any
request ~ny place in the Gity. Prir. ~lyde Bruchfielc~ said if he closed up the
c~ri.veway the property would be more valuable to other properties then any residence.
Mr. Albert Feterson, objected to puttzng anything business wise on Sunset ~rive
and that the Couneil consider p~>ople not Y~uildings. T~Zr. Upton, 1019 ~unset said
when he bought his home on Sunset Drive he bought in a resic~enti~.l area and hoped
it would stay that way. ~ommissioner Schultz stated Ed. ~rtiilliams shopping center
w~11 be established in an RA-B3 zone petitiioners a~ainst the request withdrew
protest petition subject to conditions which GTilliams Bros. will meet. The hearing
was declared closed..
On mo~ion of Councilman Lee, seconded by Ccuncilman i~icileil that the recommend-
ation made b~ the Plannin~ Gommi_ssion be accepted, their reasons for the denial
be supported and the ~ouncil deny the request for a variance. Ayes: Gouncilzr.an
Lee, Wood, 1~icideil, Jacobs and i~layor ~urt.
i~r. Bowman, attornev~ for the ~'eeano ja:Li.tation Uistrict introduced T~'ir. narry
Jenks, whose firm is doing the ~oreliminary study of the Overall Sewer Project. 11r.
Harrt~ Jenks and members of his firm, John Jenks, Blain Harrison, presented
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preliminary maps inndicatina service area and major trunk system, and diseussed the
engineer~.tg portions of the program. .Also present were ~Tr. James S. Saffran
representing the firm of Stone and Youngberg, discussed the financing pt~rtions and
T~r. Ray Walsh from the State ~~later ~'ollution ~ontrol ~oard who discussed the State
requiremen~Gs and federal grant monies. ~'he T~Ia.yor appointed a co~nnittee composed of
Lon Shaffer, ~obert Walker and Couneilman L~~J to meet with committees f`rom the other
entities, as requested by ~~s. ~TQhn Jenks, to review the developmen~t of the plans
a$ presented by l~Tr. Jenks' fi:rm and report back to the City Gouncil.
~-~r. F~ichard Croeker spoke for the ~Tikeing Supply Company regarding the ~ities
requi.rements for pipe. He wi.shed to h~ve the C;_ty Ordinance changed to include the
asbestos cement pipe his conpany distributes, After ~iscussion 1~~a.yor ~3urt suggested
the Council will give consideration aYter Mr. Anderson has submitted a report for
their review.
Mr. ~ud Hoffman submitted the outline for recoraz~nded street lighting improvements
for the City~ After discussion the plan as submitted was teken for further study,
When the Council decides which lighting installations they wish the Pacific Gas
and i~Iectric ~'ompany will install same upon reeeipt of request from Mr. Anderson
or the Council.
Rev. Criswell requested ~ermission to znstall marker signs below our present
street signs giving directions to the ~Iethodist Church Iocation, '1'he ~ouncil
advised Rev. Criswell that if ~he signs were satisfactor~ with 1~r. Anderson and
met all Gity requirements they felt there would be no objections.
lhe letter from ~ylvester Alarm System was r ead and after di.scussion Chief
Richardson requested the ~ouncil hold any action on an agreement until he cou7.d
check with the other nolice departments to find how the system has worked in
~heir cities.
~n niotion of ~ouncilman Jacobs, seeonded by Gounc;lma,n ~~ood, Journal Vouchers
Pdo. 38 thru 1~3 were approved and ordered transferr.ed. All members present voted
rt~e u ~
On motion of ~ouncilman Jacobs, seconded by Councilman Lee that ~ills against
the General Fund for 5"20,668.81, Water ~~und for ~°1,629.89, ft~ater Ueposit Fund for
~;~12I~.00~ i~uasna Se~rer Assessment District Fund for ~2,31~0.95 and Rena S'~reet
Assessment ~istrict for ~y~280.65 were approved and ordered paid. A17. members
present voted '~AyeF',
~n motion of Councilman Jacobs, seconded by ~ouncilman McIveil the meetin~
adjourned at 11:35 p.m. to ~:30 p,m. Friday,, ~anuary 11~ I963. All members
present voted '~Aye".
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A1T1~T:
ity Clerk