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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 004-1952RESOLUTION NO. 4-52 GRANTING A VARIANCE IN THL USE OF LOT 5, BLOCK P, EASTON ADDITION NO. ONE RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame, and it is hereby ordered that Lot 5, Block 5, Easton Addition No. 1 in the City of Burlingame, may be used for the construc- tion of a building to be occupied by the Government of the United States as a Postoffice, upon the condition that the said building shall conform to the set back requirements of the City and upon the further condition that whenever the building on the said premises shall not be used as a Postoffice building, the permit herein granted shall cease and the premises shall them revert to the original zone, to -wit "apartment." H. Kent Atwa to Mayor I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk, do hereby certify that the foregoing rdsolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 23rd of January, 1952, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Atwater -Byrd -Hunt -Love NOES: COUNCILIo7EN: None ABSENT COUNCILMEN: Simonds Herbert K. White City Clerk F I N D I N G S Of the City Council upon the application of Joyce Vv. Farr and Esther Lynden Farr, for a variance in use of Lot 5, Block 5, Easton Addition 1.1To. 1. WHEREAS, Joyce Farr and hsther Lynden Farr, on December 15, 1951, filed a petition with the City Council of the City of Burlingame, requesting the City Council to grant a variance in the use of Lot 5, Block 5, Easton Addition No. 1, so that the said lot may be used for commercial purposes. It appearing that the City Clerk, as required by law., referred the said petition to the Planning Commission of the City and gave the notice required by the Ordinance Code. And it appearing that the planning Commission of the City held a hearing on this petition. on December 27, 1951, and con- tinued said hearing until January 8, 1952. That after the hearing the Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that a variance in the use of said property be granted to the petitioners upon the condition that the said property be used as a branch for the United States Postoffice in the Broadway area; that the building to be constructed for such branch postoffide-should comply with the set back requirements of the City, and that the variance in use of said property should be discontinued whenever the property was used for purposes other than postoffice purposes; And it further appearing that the findings of the Planning Commission were filed with the City Council within the time and manner as required by Ordinance Code and that the City Council thereafter at the Meeting held on January 12, 1952, fixed January 23, 1952, and the Council Chamber in the City Hall of the Bt�T of Burlingame as the time and place when a public hearing would be heard before the City Council; and directed the City Clerk to give the notice required by the code. That on January 23, 1952, that at the time and place fixed for the public hearing of the petition before the City Council and where no persons present who opposed the granting of the application or opposed the recommendation of the Planning Commission of the City, but on the other nand, there were persons present who urged the City Council to grant the application upon the ground that the planned use of the property would be of great convenience to the residents of the City living in the Broadway area, and good reason appearing therefor. A resolution was introduced and unanimously adopted by the Council present, ordering that the petition be granted upon the condition that the proposed building to be constructed upon the property shall conform to the set back requirements and upon the following condition that whenever the property is abandoned as a use for an United States Postoffice, that the permission to use the premises for any other purpose shall cease and terminate and that the property shall then revert to its original zone, Dated: January2o , 1952 Dan H. Love, Jrt Counciiman Simonds absent