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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z MINUTES AUGUST 31, 1988'-"~ Planning & Zoning Minutes August 31, 1988 Those present were: Chairman: John Millar Members: Jim Long Chuck Frost Chuck Porter Barry Genta Councilman: Glen. Pond City Clerk: Rose Bagley Building Inspector: Glen Bean Nile Brown: John Millar reviewed the minutes of June 29, 1988. A motion was made by Chuck Porter and seconded by Jim Long to approve the minutes. All Aye After reviewing the minutes the committee discussed the Ricks Apartments. John Millar said they had not been. built with commercial code. Chuck Frost said according to Tom Matthews they have checked with the Staf_e Electrical Board and they have allowed those units to be considered as a group of triplexes joined together vertically with fire walls in between so they could be built according to the easier code. The last two or three there was a ruling they had obtained from Boise that would allow that. So if a fire starts in any of those student housing. complex, the fire walls are vertical through all three floors, and would only burn out three units and would allow them to build them according to the other code. you would never be able to build a motel that way. Jim Long ask where that would put the city as far far as liability is concerned. Chuck Frost said he did not know if it was a written ruling. or how they gat it. According to the information that Tom had it does meet the Electrical Code for Triplexes. The Planning Board said they would Like to have that is writing to protect the city. Glen Bean presented a set of Plot Plans for the. Steve Clark Apartments. The committee discussed them. Chuck Porter said it still goes back to his original question, it is not right for the zoning, it might be right for the code. The zoning is R2 and it won't allow anymore than a triplex, it won't allow these multiple units. The zoning works that you have to have so much room between the buildings. It might be alright for the code but it is not right for the zoning. It would be nice to have the ruling that Tom Matthews has in writing so we could refer to it. Chuck Frost said we still do not have the sight plan or the grading plan. John Millar said we might have to get an opinion from the city attorney because it isn't clear enough on the R2 Zoning. Chuck Porter made a motion that we table this until we have the documents that we ask for the sight plan and the grading plan. Chuck Frost said if he desires to build this type of construction he needs to come back with a zone change. John Millar said when he went out of here after the last meeting thinking that he did not have to build 4 /be plexes. Chuck Porter said we pointed that out to him last time. John Millar said we really need clarification from the city attorney on multi-family dwellings. J D Hancock was at the meeting was ask if he could clarify it for the group. J D Hancock said as he understood ~i you could not build more than a 4 plex in a RZ Zone. Chuck Frost told them that on page 3 it defines Apartment Units "Apartment units are dwelling units when more than four f4) are combined under one (1} roof, and apartment units are not allowed in R2. The interpretation over the years has been any more than four are not allowed in R2. Chuck Frost said he thought he just needed to go back and submit a plan that meets the requirements of the R2 zone. The committee suggested that the city attorney write him a Letter. He needs to have a plot plan anyway showing the parking and circulation. Chuck Porter said he would enter his original motion to table it because of lack of documents. Seconded by Chuck Frost. All Aye The city clerk was ask to have the city attorney to send him a letter. Linda Eames and Tom Price were at the meeting to request a variance for a beauty shop and a craft shop at 150 North 5th West. Jeanine Johnson, who is a 58 year old widow wants to buy the house from Prices and put a beauty shop and a craft shop in it. It would be a one station shop. Chuck Porter said the concern about a craft shop would be if she would want to put signs up. They had circulated a petition to everyone within 300 feet. The city clerk told them it would have to be done again by city employees. John Millar told him a variance cannot transferred. Linda Eames said she would get something in writing so the variance could be given. in her name. She would have to state what she would use the variance for, so it could not be changed. The city clerk told them there would be charges to get a variance for the publishing and time spent by the office employees, and ask who would that amount. John Millar said one thing we need to keep in mind is the precedence we might be setting to establish a business for the convenience of a sale. Glen Pond said a variance should only be granted because of a hardship. Mr Price said the home has been on the market four years. Because of the apartments on one side and across the street it has made it hard to sell. Chuck Porter said he did not see any harm in giving a variance far that type of a business in that area, hardship would be the tradability of that property. Chuck Porter made a motion that a variance be granted provided state licensing laws be met, and there be no lighted signs and a sign 4 foot square be allowed to be put on the building., and it be a one station beauty shop, and the craft shop not exceed 10' x 10', with sole proprietor and this be granted to Jeanie Johnson. Seconded by Jim Long, All Aye Wes Lawrence was at the meeting to request a zone change to Commercial from R3 at the old Kingdom Hall. He had sold the property thinking it was commercial. In viewing the area, it is hard to see why it has not been zoned commercial. It is surrounded by businesses. Since selling the property to some people to operate a business, I find it is residential. The overall master plan calls far that to be changed commercial.. Glen Pond told the members that last week when we tried • make the change for the Gneitings all the the neighbors from across the street were opposed. Wes Lawrence told them that this is 300 down the street away from them. Mr Lawrence said he was proposing to re-zone /~1 the triangle piece of property with the street on the west and the railroad tracks on the east. He said if you trace the highway through town that is the only piece of property within 1/2 block of the highway that isn't zoned commercial. Jim Long said he thought we needed to look at what is the common good of the community and this would be for the common good of the community. A motion was made by Chuck Porter and seconded by Chuck Frost to recommend to the city council that the zoning. be changed to commercial for the property that is a triangle where Kingdom Hall is from the canal, to the tracks and to 5th West. All Aye J D Hancock and Gaylen Gneiting was at the meeting to propose putting in a trailer court on the property at 359 South 5th West. They presented a plot plan (on file). Mr Hancock had reviewed the trailer ordinance and the plan met the 17 requirements. However there is a Z acre requirement and it is 18/100 of an acre short of the required ground. They would put in a new bridge to support a fire truck. Mr Hancock said they would like to request a variance for the 18/100 of an acre. There is a sliver of ground between between them and the railroad track that they don't own. The committee suggested that they purchase that ground, which would give them enough property for the trailer court. They meet all the other requirements. Glen Bean presented the plans for the Subway Sandwich Shop which will built where the old V 1 Station was. It meets all the parking requirements and there would be no problem. The committee discussed the parking on the city right-a-way at the new Ricks Apartments and also at the new Westmark Credit Union. Glen Bean would check it out. Meeting adjourned. •