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RECESS At 3:44 P.M. Mayor EXECUTIVE SESSION Evans recessed the meeting to hold an Executive Session to consider legal and personnel matters; the meeting was recon- vened at 4:45 P.M. and immediately recessed~for dinner. The meeting recQnvened at 7:32 P.M. with all Council members present except Councilman Brandt, who arrived at 8:25 P.M. INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Following the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, the Invocation was given by Councilman Garthe. OATH OF OFFICE Mayor Evans announced that HRC/HAC COMMISSION MEMBER the newly-appointed member ERNEST NORTON to the Human Relations Commission/Housing Advisory Commission, was present at the meeting to take the oath of office; Clerk of the Council Florence Malone administered the oath after which Councilmen individually welcomed Mr. Norton to City service. CA 80.9 PUBLIC HEARING - APPEAL #393 The Mayor announced that VA 78-30 - 1225 W. 17TH STREET this was the time and REFERRED TO PLANNING COMMISSION place for the public hearing of Negative Declaration and Appeal #393 of the approval of Variance 78-30 to allow a retail/wholesale motor parts store (Santa Ana Motor Parts) in a C 1 zone and allow a business building to extend thirty feet into a Ri District with the remaining portion of the RI property used for parking and ingress/egress, at 1225 West Seventeenth Street. The Mayor turned the public hearing, over to Vice Mayor Ward and left the Council Chambers after declaring the existence of a potential conflict of interest in that the title company for which he is employed is providing services to the applicant for the Variance. Robert Sundstrom, Associate Planner, taking excerpts from the Planning Commission Finding of Fact, stated that there are two zoning classifications applied to the parcel, C1 and Ri; that the size of the parcel (80' x 243') provides minimal street frontage for access and egress and parking; therefore, the building area must be made up with the depth of the lot; that a 20-foot non- exclusive easement for vehicular access is presently in existence along the rear portion of the building to the north property line which provides an adequate separation for the single-family residences to the north. He added that the Planning Commission had unanimously approved the Variance on July 24, 1978 because the proposed use is consistent with surrounding uses and will not be detrimental or injurious to surrounding properties and it is consistent with the General Plan. Vice Mayor Ward recognized Mr. LeRoy Stoltz, 1226 West 18th Street, who had filed the Appeal of the Planning Commission's action to grant the Variance because it allows a wholesale business in a C-1 zone and a business building to extend 30 feet into an Ri zone that has a Variance for parking. Mr. Stoltz stated that he had filed the Appeal on behalf of homeowners in the area to preserve the integrity of the residen- tial neighborhood. He reviewed a history of the development of the area, illustrating cooperation between business and CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 353 AUGUST 21, 1978