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/494 Variance Appl. ~o. 1642 Oran~me County Heart Association Reso. No. 62-113 Establish Council Policy on uses in area surrounding Civic Center Appeal Appl. No. 63 Conditional Use Permit No. 107 Edward B. Whitaker as shown on Exhibit A.A. ~81A. On motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Schlueter and carried, the c~lcation was received and filed. Variance Application No. 16~2, fi~ed by Orange County Heart Association, to con- struct a professional office building in the R-2 District, at 104B West Eighth Street, was presented frcm the Planning C0~mmission for a Council policy relative to office development on Eighth Street, west of the presently zoned Civic Center area. Howard G. Buswell, Executive Director, Orange County Heart Association, stated the plot plan meets all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance for "P" Dis- trict, it will be a one-story building for use by the Heart Association, all con- ditions imposed will be cc~plied with, and this would be a logical location as Immediately south of the property in question similar non-profit organizations are located in the Ctl~H~.mity Center buildings. On motion of Councilman Brewer, sec- onded by Hubbard and carried, Variance Application No. 1642, filed by Orange Count Heart Association, was approved subject to the conditions as imposed by the Depart ment of Public Works and the requirements for the "P" District, with the further condition that a six-foot solid block wall be constructed along the north boundary of the parking lot, except 20 feet to be four-foot high for vision purposes. The Council having unanimously waived the reading of the Resolution, on motion of Councilman Heinly, seconded by Hubbard and carried, the following Resolution en- titled: "Resolution No. 62-113 establishing policy of the City Council on uses in the area surrounding the Civic Center" whereby the COUncil believes the integrity of the Civic Center area should be main tained; that all requests for variances or changes of zone should be examined to first determine that the proposed new use will be cc~patible with the development of the entire area; that said area surrourzling the Civic Center has as its highest and best use the location of office buildings and similar uses; that the ccmmercia trade uses of wholesale and retai~or mechanical services are not generally compatible and generally would not be the highest type use facing or adjacent to the Civic Center area as now established, was considered and passed by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen Royal E. Hubbard, Henry H. Schlueter, Dale H. Heinly, Bob Brewer, A. A. Hall Noes, Councilm~en None Absent, Councilmen None Appeal Application No. 63 was presented on Conditional Use Permit No. 107, filed by Edward B. Whitaker, 1026 South Driftwood Drive, to establish a six-guest infir- mary for physically and/or mentally handicapped children in the R-1 District at 1026 South DriftwoodDrive, whereas the applicant appeals the denial of the Plan- ning C ......fsslon. Dorothy Whitaker, 1026 South Driftwood Drive, stated these chil- dren are physically and mentally handicapped and, as they .are crib patients, would never leave their beds. There has been an increase of mentally retarded children in the State, and as there is still a 600 bed waiting list at Fairview State Hospital it will be two or threeyears before these children can be admitted Mrs. Whitaker presented a Statement frc~ the State Department of Mental Hygiene and quoted frc~the Statement: "The broad range of services needed bymentally ill and mentally retarded person~ requires not only hospital and institutional service but the type of care that can only be given in a licensed residential home. It is the responsibility of the zoning authorities of the cities and counties to provide the areas in which all these community-based programs can function." On motion of