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Variance Appl.No .1240 Orange County Law Bldg. Communication Planning Commission Vacate portion Riverine Street ~he Appelant, Mrs. Ruth B. Harmer, 412 Vance Street, stated court proceedings were court started in April to get/approval to encumber her husband's interest in the property~ which has been owned by them for 33 years, and permission was Just received from the courts to proceed on the basis of the six-unit apartment house only. Chris Marsh, 412 Vance Street, stated he had checked with the Planning Department prior to the adoption of the Land Use Ordinance and was advised the setback and side yard requirements were acceptable, and consequently the property went into escrow in April, 1960. He presented pictures of a SOO-foot area depicting the established setbacks on Vance and Lacy Streets; also an alternate plan of the proposed property~ which has 9,600 square feet, and Exhibit "A" indicating the 80-feet rights-of-way on Vance and Lacy Streets, stating most of the streets are sixty feet in width, including any new subdivisions. Further, if the court decision had been received prior to the ch~uge in the Land Use Ordinance, an appeal would not have been ne- cessary for the constraction of this six-unit apartment house. The Council having unanimously waived the reading of the Resolution, on motion of Councilman Gould, seconded by Hubbard and carried, the following Resolution entitled: "Resolution No. 60-189 granting Variance Application No. on Appeal Application No. was considered and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Royal E. Hubbard, Stanley C. Gould, Jr., A. A. Hall Noes, Councilmen Bob Brewer Absent, Councilmen Dale H. Heinly Attorney Milford W. Dahl, representing the Orange County Law Building property, aga$ orally requested Council consideration of Variance Application No. 12~O, insofar as it pertains to the extension of an existing law and accounting office building at 812 No. Birch Street, which matter was continued from the previous meeting. Attorne~ Dahl reiterated his client's objection to the further dedication of five feet for setback purposes, inasmuch as eight fee~ had already been dedicated, but stated that on conferring with his clients they have agreed to the further dedication of five fe~t which would be in sidewalk area. It was moved by Councilman Gould, seconded by Hubbard and carried, that Variance Application No. 1240 be granted, insofar as it pertains to the extension of an existing law and accounting office building at 812 No. Birch Street, subject to all conditions as imposed by the Planning Department a~ the Department of Public Works, and the further condition of the dedication of 30 feet from the center line of Eighth Street Comm~uication was presented from the Planning C~mmfssion recommending approval of proposed vacation and abandonment of all that portion of Riverine Street lying be- tween Tenth Street and 150 feet north of Eighth Street, except at the southerly end of the portion to be abandoned, the County construct a cul-de-sac to City standards, so as to provide adequate turn-around maneuvering space for vehicles used in conjunc- tion with business on the parcels fronting on the remaining portions of Riverine Street, immediately south of the proposed abandonment · Further, it is noted that there is apprcximately 150 feet of frontage under private ownership on both sides Riverine Street, Immediately north of Eighth Street. These privately owned parcels would be on a stubbed street with inadequate turn-around space for emergency fire- fighting equipment, etc., if the cul-de-sac were not constructed. On motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Gould and carried, the communication was received and filed.