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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman Patterson stated that each S.B. 325 Councilman had received a copy of Supervisor Clark's letter dated April 4, regarding joint use of Senate Bill 325 funds by Orange County cities in conjunction with the Greenbelt Program. He stated that all cities will be requested to vote on the matter at the next Orange County League of Cities meeting and requested that the letter be carried on the next agenda in order to instruct the League delegate how to vote° RECESS At 5:10 P.M., the meeting was recesse~t to 7:30 P.M., at which time it was reconvened with all Councilmen present. Following the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, the Invocation was given by the Reverend Glenn McFarland, Reformed Presbyterian Church° APPEAL #295 The Mayor opened the public hearing VA 72-15 on Appeal #Z95 filed by Charles B. CHARLES B. LINGER Linger appealing the Planning Commission's denial of Variance Application 72-15 to allow expansion of a non-conforming commerical use with less than required parking in the C 1 FID II District at 326, 328, 330 Wo 17th Street. At its regular meeting of April 3, 1972, Council voted to reconsider this matter and to set it for a new public hearing. The Planning Director reviewed the variance application, stating that the variance was requested by the applicant in an attempt to recover most of the area he will lose by condemnation; that there is no way, with the dimensions of this lot, to have a parking facility which would meet the standards of the zoning code; that the applicant has filed a new plot plan proposing to extend the existing south wall of his building to the west wall of the adjacent cleaning establishment; that this would add approximately 252 square feet of space on the ground floor only; that the six parking spaces indicated on the plot plan would not be feasible, since the Code does not allow tandem parking, and will not allow vehicles from a commercial lot to back onto a public street, and this is the only way in which this lot could operate; that any parking that could be provided would be a continuation of the legal, non-conforming parking and would be achieved by Council waiving the parking requirements and standards as part of the variance. The Clerk reported no written communications had been received. Mrs. Arthur Wade, 925 River Lane, stated that they own the lots adjoining this property to the east and the south; that after buying the lot at 322 W. 17th Street to provide additional parking for their office, they read of the City's plan to widen 17th Street; that they contacted the Planning Department and learned of the parking ordinance; that on the basis of this information they purchased the adjoining property on Durant Street; that there was no opposition to the purchase from Mr. _~Linger; that after they had gone to the expense to keep their property within the limits of the zoning ordinance, both as to square footage and to parking, allowing an adjacent property owner to avoid providing parking and to expand a non-conforming use amounts to rewarding the person who economized by not buying additional land. CITY COUNCIL -164- April 17, 1972