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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1957MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS August 19, 1957 Mr Wright, Acting Chairman of the newly formed Planning Com- mission, announced that the first business would be the hearing of Use Variance t'pplication No 101, a request for a use variance permit from Hobert L Tidwell, 8932 Katella Avenue, Garden Grove, requesting permission to locate a realty office 180 feet east of Miller Road in the City of Cypress. Upon motion by Mr Wicker, seconded by Mr Beekman, and unanimously carried, Use Variance No 101, as requested by Hobert L Tidwell for a real estate office to be located approximately 180 feet east of Miller Hoad on the south side of Lincoln Avenue, was approved, subject to the following conditions 1 Curbs and gutter to be installed on Lincoln Avenue, 2 Off street parking for 10 cars to be provided, and surfaced with approved asphalt pavement, 3 Office to be set back 110 feet south of the center line of Lincoln Avenue, 4 A sign, 8 feet by 10 feet, to be set back 20 feet south of the property line Upon motion by Mr. Beekman, seconded by Mr Wicker, and unani- mously carried, Use Variances UV -3803, UV -3721, and UV -102 were ordered posted. There being no further business, the meeting was duly adjourned until September 5, 1957 August 19, 1957 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS September 5, 1957 The meeting was called to order at 7.30 P. M. in the City Hall, City of Cypress Commission members present Jones, Wicker, Ferreira, McCarney, and Beekman Commission members absent Wright and Van Klaveren City Manager WesenberF acted as temporary chairman until an acting chairman could be elected Nominations for an acting chairman wer- opened Upon motion of Commissioner Wicker, duly seconded and carried, Mr McCarney was elected acting chairman for the evening. USE VARIANCE APPLICATION NO UV -102 Mr Neff, Planning Director for the City of Cypress, read the first application for a use variance permit which was for a retail sales building at the Lincoln Nursery, Use Variance 102, applicant, Masaro 6uruki, location, 6302 Lincoln Avenue, City of CypreRs; request for the construction of a retail nursery sales building in an R--4 zone After discussion, the Planning Commission agreed upon the following conditions for the allowing of said permit 1 That the building in question be 75 feet back from the front property line on Lincoln Avenue and side yards be a minimum of 20 feet, 2 That there be provisions for off-street parking for a minimum of 10 cars in front of said building with the area 75 by 90 feet in front of said building to be blacktopped, 3 That there be 2 driveways, each a maximum of 32 feet in width in the front of said property, the balance of frontage to have concrete curb and gutter and concrete gutter along the entire frontage of applicant's property, -1- September 5, 1957 4 That toilet facilities be available on the premises, 5. That the building be constructed accordinE to plan submitted Upon motion of Commissioner Wicker, seconded by Commissioner Jones, and unanimously carried, the Use Variance Permit 102 is hereby approved by the Planning Commission and sent to the City Council for final approval. E W FELLOWS USE VARIANCE APPLICATION NO UV -3721 FOR ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING AUTO WRECKING YARD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RETAIL USED CAR AND AUTO PARTS BUSINESS AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET NORTH OF BALL ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOMFIELD STREET IN A-2 HEAVY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT Due to a recent fire at said applicant's establishment, it was decided by the Commission that no action would be taken at this time, pending further investigation of the situation and applicant's desires after said fire. The City Manager and City Engineer were requested to ascertain the present situation, and the hearing on this application would be continued until the next regular Com- mission meeting Upon motion of Commissioner Wicker, seconded by Commissioner &erreira, and unanimously carried, the hearing on Application UV -3721 was continued until the next regular Commission meeting and the applicant will be allowed to amend his application as necessary due to the fire USE VARIANCE APPLICATION NO UV -3803, REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A DWELLING TRAILER Mr Neff read application UV -3803, requestin& permission for a dwelling trailer to be located on Orange Avenue 400 feet east of Juanita z)treet and in the rear of existing dwellings Applicant F G Kumberlin, location of trailer is in the A-1 general agri- cultural and M-1 light industrial districts Upon motion of Com- missioner wicker, seconded by Commissioner Ferreira, and unani- mously carried, application UV -3803 is approved according to the stipulations and conditions of the application with the additional -2- aeptember 5, 1957 condition that the variance be given for a one-year period only, with provision for renewing said variance at the end of that time, and providing that the property owner submits a letter of consent to the City Application for Use Variance Permit No UV -3803 is hereby approved and forwarded to the City Council for final action In the instance of each preceding use variance public hearing, there were no objections presented, either in writing or in person, at the time of said hearings conducted during this present Com- mission meeting ORGANIZATION The Acting Chairman opened nominations for permanent Chairman of the Commission Upon motion of Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Ferreira, Commissioner NcCarney was nominated for permanent Chairman Upon motion of Commissioner Wicker, seconded by Commissioner McCarney, Commissioner Beekman was nominated for permanent Chairman Upon motion of Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Ferreira, nominations were closed A secret ballot was then taken, and City Clerk Martin Olsthoorn publicly counted the ballots and announced that there were four votes for Commissioner Beekman and one for Commissioner NcCarney, whereby Commissioner Beekman was officially elected as Chairman of the Planning Commission Upon motion of Commissioner Beekman, seconded by Commissioner Ferreira, and unanimously carried, Commissioner McCarney was elected as permanent Vice Chairman by unanimous consent of the Commission Upon motion of Commissioner Beekman, seconded by Commissioner Wicker, and unanimously carried, City Engineer and Planning Direc- tor Nat Neff was unanimously elected as Secretary to the Planning Commission MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Secretary to the Commission read the minutes of the previous -3- September 5 1957 Commission meeting of August 19, and upon motion of Commissioner Beekman, duly seconded and unanimously carried, said minutes were approved as read ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, upon motion of Commissioner Wicker, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned until the next regular meeting of the Planning Commission -4- September 5, 1957 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMi.,ISSION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS November 7, 1957 The regular meeting of the Cypress Planning Commission was called to order by Chairman Beekman at 7.30 P. M. in the Cypress City Hall Commission members present Beekman, McCarney, Wright, l' erreira, Wicker, and Jones Commission officers present Secretary to the Planning Commis- sion, Assistant Secretary to the Planning Commission The City Council of the City of Cypress was also present at this meeting It was unanimously agreed to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting TRAUTMAN VARIANCE The Secretary read the application for Use Variance Permit, No 104 of Carl F Trautman, 9761 South Walker Street, Cypress, for the construction in the A-2 agricultural zone of two commercial buildings One building is to be used as a light ■achine shop and the other as a display room for custom-built automobiles and poultry feeding machines This property was posted and a property owners within/300-foot radius were duly notified ac- cording to State law Upon motion of Commissioner Wright, duly seconded and carried by a vote of 5 to 1 (Commissioner McCarney dissenting), it was recommended by the Planning Commission to the City Council that Use Variance Permit No. 105 be granted, according to the application and accompanying plot plan and with the following additional conditions 1 That there be no storage of any type of material outside of buildings, 2. That there be a 75 -foot building setback from the centerline of Walker Street, 3 That there be provided off-street parking for six cars, -1- November 7, 1957 4 That any sign upon the face of either of the two buildings in question, advertising the businesses conducted within, shall be no more than 25 square feet in area DISCUSSION OF AUTHORITY There followed a lengthy discussion between the Planning Com- mission and those members of the City Council which were present, regarding the powers and procedures of the Planning Commission Commissioner Wright stated that he thought the Council should tell the Planning Commission what they want them to do. Mr Van Dyke suggested that the Commission was established to have more "brains" to do the job He further stated that the Council doesn't care whether or not they have all the power or any par- ticular power The idea, according to Mayor Van Dyke, was that the Council felt that two legislative bodies working on the planning problems and applications in the City would be much better than just one, but that they should at all times mutually cooperate Attorney Howell stated that the authority could either be in the commission or in the Council as far as final say on the conditional and use variance permits It was finally agreed between the two present bodies that all procedures re- garding planning gust be according to the County procedures and that, from this time on, all procedures regarding planning would be the same as in the County. The City Manager indicated that such prodecures had already been put into effect City Attorney Howell explained about the zoning ordinance situation and the maps adoption procedure. PROCEDURES ADOPTION Upon motion of Commissioner McCarney, duly seconded and unani- mously carried, the Planning Commission approved the procedures, Items 1, 2, 3, of the printed County Planning Commission procedures -2- November 7, 1957 list An additional Item 4 was also adopted in this motion, said Item 4 to state. "That all individuals applying for a use variance must submit to the Planning Commission two (2) copies of a plot plan, showing the uses of the property within a 300 -foot radius of the applicant's property " Upon motion of Commissioner McCarney, duly seconded and unani- mously carried, the Commission adopted Resolution No 1, which resolution set the hearing date for land use plans covering Sections 20, 21, 22, 27, and 28 of the City of Cypress Said public hearing for previously listed zoning plans is to be held at 7.00 P. M., Thursday, December 5, in the Cypress School Auditorium This resolution is to be posted and published ac- cording to California law. STREET NAMING Upon motion of Commissioner Wright, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the Commission authorized the Secretary to send a letter of endorsement to the Orange County Street Naming Committee, en- dorsing their project of uniform street names throughout the County, and to further request that the Street Naming Committee look into the matter of uniform street numbering as well ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting of the Planning Commission was duly adjourned until the next regular meeting Nat H. Plannin -3- November 7, 1957 to ry to `�l& C ROT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS October 3, 1957 The meeting was called to order at 7.30 P. M. in the Cypress City Hall, City of Cypress, by Chairman Beekman Commission members present Commission members absent. Ferreira, McCarney, Beekman, Wright, and Van Klaveren Jones and Wicker The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Assistant Secre- tary Wesenberg The minutes were approved as read by unanimous vote TIDWELL VARIANCE, UV -101 Mr Robert Tidwell appeared before the Commission, stating that due to a technical error, the number of feet set -back for his building on Lincoln Avenue was incorrect as stated by the City Council and Planning Commission He requested that this set- back footage be changed in order to comply with the actual in- tentions of the Commission and Council The Planning Commission upon motion of Wright, seconded by Ferreira and unanimously carried, recommended to the City Council that UV -101 be amended. regarding the set -back of indicated real estate office to the corrected figure of ninety-seven (97) feet from the centerline of Lincoln Avenue. CORDEIRO VARIANCE, UV -104 It was stated by the Secretary of the Planning Commission that this was the stated time for the public hearing on Mr. Tony Cordeiro's use variance request for a comTercial dairy in an R-4 District on Orange Avenue east of Moody, in the City of Cypress, all necessary notifications to property owners in the area having been sent, and the necessary posting having been done regarding this October 3rd hearing. After due discussion with Mr. Cordeiro, the Planning Com mission made the following recommendations to the City Council and, upon motion of ComAssioner Wright, seconded by -1- October 3, 1957 Commissioner Ferreira and unanimously carried, approved Use Variance 104, and submitted it to the City Council. The added conditions are as follows• 1 That a ten -foot wide drainage ditch be excavated on the far eastern boundary of said property, said ditch to be eighteen (18) inches to twenty-four (24) inches deep, 2. That all buildings be set back a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet from the centerline of Orange Avenue, 3 That there be a dedication for street purposes in case of street widening to a point thirty (30) feet from the centerline of Orange Avenue, 4. That there be appropriate asphalt dips in the place of culverts at all driveways indicated to be improved on the accompanying plot plan along the drainage ditch presently existing along the northerly side of Orange Avenue E W FELLOWS USE VARIANCE, 3721 The Secretary stated that this was the time for hearing of use var- iance request No 3721 by E W Fellows, 9800 South Bloomfield, Cypress, requesting the enlargement of an existing automobile wrecking yard and the establishment of a used car and automobile parts business in the A-2, Heavy Agricultural District The exist- ing automobile wrecking yard on the premises was conditionally approved for one (1) year by the City of Cypress on November 13, 1956 The Secretary stated that this was a continuation of the public hearing advertised and published for September 5, 1957, at which time the Fellows request was tabled until the next meet- ing Upon motion of Commissioner Wright, seconded by Commissioner Ferreira and unanimously carried, Use Variance 3721 was recommended approved and sent to the City Council for further action The following conditions were recommended to be attached to this use variance• -2- October 3 1957 1. That an eight -foot (8') sheet metal fence be erected according to the Orange County Building Code and at all times properly maintained, said fence to completely encompass the proposed yard; 2 That said variance be given for a period of one year from the date of approval; 3 That the area outside of the fenced yard portion on ap- plicant's property be kept completely clear and clean of all junk, foreign matter, debris, etc., 4 That there be a dedication of road easement in case of street widening and improvement, according to the County master plan of highways. FRANK VESSELS VARIANCE AMENDMENT Commissioner Beekman gave to the Commission for their consideration the proposal to amend previously given Use Variance 3759 in order to make it read as follows. "That there be a forty -foot (40') paved asphalt driveway, conforming to County standards, from the property line to the existing pavement, the applicant agreeing to furnish to the Cypress City an agreement to the effect that the applicant will install a closed culvert and curved concrete curbs ten feet (10') east and west of the entrance to the Vessels Golf Course at such time as Katella Avenue is widened by the City The previously mentioned asphalt driveway to have the proper curve in order to handle any flow of runoff water flowing along the northerly side of Katella " The following recommendation was approved unanimously by the Commission and sent to the Council for further action. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the Planning 0ommission meeting was adjourned until the next regular meeting next month -3- October 3, 1957 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS December 5, 1957 The meeting was called to order at 7'00 P M in the Cypress School Auditorium by Chairman Beekman This was a public hearing on the proposed changes in zoning in that area of the City of Cypress south of Ball Road. Commission members present* Commissioners McCarney, Wright, Beekman, Wheelock, and Ferreira Commission members absent. Commissioners Van Klaveren and Wicker The notices for this public hearing on zoning were duly published and posted according to California State law, November 25, 1957 ihe City Planning Director, Mr Neff, explained the proposed changes in zoning in the area in question The City Attorney read a list of the various business, agricultural projects, etc , which are al- lowed in the various zones up for discussion this evening Chairman Leekman asked the audience if there were any comments or objections upon the proposed new zoning in this aforementioned area of the City as shown on the maps before the audience by the City Planning Direc- tor A Mr. Kuppens, owner of a dairy on Cerritos Avenue, asked if it would be necessary for him to apply for a variance for a cash and carry dairy on his property He was informed that he would have to apply for such a variance for a cash and carry There being no other objections or comments from the audience and none having been received in writing by the Planning ',omrnission, Commissioner Wright moved, duly seconded by Commissioner McCarney, and unanimously carried, that the public hearing be closed Upon motion of Commissioner Wright, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 2, setting the hearing date for public hearing on proposed zoning for Sections 15, 16, 17, and a portion of 9, within the City of Cypress for the second day of January, 1958, at 7 00 P M in the Cypress School Auditorium The Assistant Secretary read the minutes of the L%om- mission meeting of November 7, 1957. Upon motion of Commissioner Wright, duly seconded and unanimously carried, said minutes were approved as read. PARKS LETTER Commissioner Beekman read a letter from a Mr. John McInnis, Chairman of a special parks committee for Orange County, requesting that the Commission appoint one of its members to serve on said County Parks Committee for the over-all planning of parks in Orange county Whereupon, Chairman Beekman appointed Commissioner McCarney to serve on said Parks Committee. -1- December 5, 1957 There being no further business, the Planning Commission was adjourned to the next regular meeting. -2- December 5, 1957 Nat H Neff Plann 0