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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1957.01.07a7 CALL TO ORDER A regular meetlng ofgiven date. Meetlng Chalr. Burllng ame - Callfornia January 7, l-957 the Burllngane Clty Councll was held on the abovecalled to order at 8:OO P.M. Mayor Rooth ln the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At rond fr.orn Mayor Rooth all ln the Counell Chamber arose and gave the Pledgo of Alleglanee to the F1ag. ROLL CALL Pne sent : Counellmen Bjrrd-Johnson-![organ-Rooth-Tlrayer Absent: Counci,lmen - f,oao NEWSPAPER ARTICI,ES Iil RE UERGER OF CITIES Mayon Rooth made referenee to recont artlclos appearlng ln the varlous newspapers concerning the merger of San Mateo, Burl-inqame and anotherclty and stated that it uas not hls lntention, and he belleved not the lntsntlon of the Counci.1, to enter such an entorpriss nor to appolnt a cormnlttee to investigate that posslbl1lty. Councllman Thayer concumed wlth the statement of the Chalr. MINUTES PREVIoUS MEETING (December 17 , t956) The mLnutes of the prevlous meetlng of Docember 17, L956, as submittedto nembers of the Councll wer.6 unanimously approved and adoptod onmotlon of Councllman Morga.D and seconded by Councllman Johnson. HEARING - ERNEST AND NAOM]M. CNAVALIIO REQUEST FOR VARIANCE ON SET.BACKS The Ghalr announce d that thls ras the tlme and place scheduled for apubllc hearing on an appeal from Ernest and Naoml ltt. Craialho to glve consideratlon to their request for a varlanco on set-backs to permLt theconstruction of e flve-unlt apartment house on El C arulno Reel and Salchez Avenue. Reference raa mede by the Chaln to a communlcatlon from the P1anning Com- missLon, dated Novemb eT 27, l.956, 7n which that body advlsed that sub- s6quent. to a publlc hearlng, It ras tho oplnloa of the maJorlty that aflve-unlt epartment was too much bulldlng for the lald and the varianceappllcatlon was thereafter denled by a vote of flve to tno. A communlcation from the Burllngame Feder,atlon of Clvlc Improverrcnt C1ubs, Incorporated, dated. January 3, 1957 t enterlng its opposltlon to the ap-p1lcatlon for the variance, was recelved and placed on fl1e. The Chalr lnvlted Mr. Cr.avalho, the appllcant, to speak and at hl-s re-quest a letter dated November 10, 1956, from ttre petltloners was road.Itrat conmrnlcatlon requested that a varlance be grantod on set-backs as suggested by Co1. trlorberg of the Plennlng CommlssLon; 1,.e., 20 feet onEl Camlno Rea1, 1! feet on Sanch.ez Avenus, I feet on the east slde of the 1ot and 10 feet at th6 rear of the 1ot, whlch, in the opLnlon of theappllcants, uould provlde adoquate space for: tho erection of a five-unl-t apartment. I'hrough the Chah, inqulrles were dlrecteil by Mr. Cravalho to tho CltyAttorney and to the Plannlng Consultant and by these querles the Councll was lnforured thet lt ls common practlce to establlsh a 15-foot front set- back on corner 1ot proportles and that the 20-foot set-b&ck on EI Carolno Rea1. as prevlously establlshed at the request of the State Divislon of Hlghrrays for possible flrture wldenlng. Questloned by the Chaj-r as to whethor a hardshlp woul-d be created by llmltlng the constructlon of the proposed buildlng to that of a duplex, Mr. Crevelho replled affinnetlveLy; statlng that because of the expense lnvolved In mrltlple zoning l-t was h1s lntentlon to fu11y utl11ze theproperty by constructlng a fl-ve-unlt, tro story apartnrent. 88 At the request of Councilman Thayer, a plot plan of the proposed apart- ment lras submlttecl by Mr. Cravalho and rhl-le exprosslng approval to the construction of apartment s wlthLn the partlcular area, It was the opln- 1on of Councllman Thayer thet s more detalled plan should be mad.e avalI- ahIe. Councllman Morgan, in conmentlng on the r.evlsed set-backs proposed by Comrlssloner [orberg, questloned the Clty Attorney rhether the CouncLl may, lf the vanlance rer6 approved on the basls as suggested by Co'rnls- sloner. Norber:g, add a further stlpulatlon by ltnltlng the erectlon ofa bulldlng to a four-unl t rather than a flvo-unl-t apartnrent. The Clty Attorney replled afffu:matlvely and advlsed that lt ras hLs lnpressionthat the varlstce wouLd have been approved by the Plarurtng Co nrlsslonprovlded the proposed number of apartmsnts were reducad. Mayor. Roothstatod that ln his oplnlon the numb er of apartrent s should be reducedto four, thereby rend erlng It possible to enlarge the units, propor- t l onat e1y. Questloned by the Chalr, the petltion6ra expr6ssed theb approval to reducl-ng the number of uni ts to four. In reply to the Chalrf s request for an oplnlon, the Plannlng Consultant and the Plannlng Conmisslon Secretary each expressed th6 opinlon thet the orlglnal proposal to erect a five-unl,t apartment was rtovercroydlngr the 1ot. l,Ir. Jacob Krawltz, 1[28 Sanchez Avenue, owner of the property eastorlyof the subJect property, exprensed opposltlon basod on hls opl,nlon that a fLve-unlt apartment would create an addltlonal tnefflc hazard wlthin Lhat pertLculan area and that he would prefer to see the constructlonof a duplex unlt. Councl Lman Byrd stated that the Councll l-s lntorested ln the utllLza-tlon of propertJr for tax end other reasons and the constr.uctlon of a duplex would not comply wlth the Lntent to erect a stnucture ln an area zoned for multlple usege. Counclhnan Byrd contlnued by statlng that he wol1d consent to such reasonable restrlctLons as to the numbe r of apart-nents, a lo-foot set-back at the rear. of the property, 20-foot set-back on EI Camlno Real, 1! feet on Sanchez Avenue and I feet on tho easterlyslde of the 1ot. In r6ply to Councl lman Byrdts statement c onc erraing set-backs, Mn. Krawltz requested that a 5-foot set-back adJacent to hls property rather than a 3-foot set-back be consldered. Followlng a further dlscusslon on the proposed set-backs, Cor:nc11man Morgan moved that the varlance be granted to the appllcants wlth the fo11owlng set-backs: A 2O-foot set-back on E1 C amlno Reel; set-back on Sanchez Avenue; a 1O-foot set-back at the rearproperty end a 5-foot set-back on the easterly slde of thethat no more than a f olr-unlt apartmont be erected. a oflot 15-foot the ; 8nd The motlon uas second.od by C611ag11man Jobnson and follorring a roll caII vote, the motlon was unanlmously carrled. COMMUN]CATIONS 1. IWO-H0UR PARKING LIMIT PROPoSED FCR PARK ROAD BEII^IEB{ BAYSWATER AND PENINSULAR AVMIUES. A connnrnlc atl on dated January l+, 7957, wes received from the Ctty Manager, reconmendlng that parking on Park Road between Bayswater and Penlnsular Avenues, be llmlted to two hour3s i thi s was concurred. ln on motlon of Councllman Mongan and the Clty Attornqy instmcted to prepare an ordlnance effectlng the change; seconded by uouncl lman Thayer and unanlmously carrLe d. 2. CITY ENGINEER AUTHORIZED TO SERVE ON ENGINEERING AD]ISORY COMMITTEE A recorrnendatlon from the Clty Manager, ln a letter dated January l.r-, 1957, t}rat the Clty Engi:re er be authorLzed to partlclpate on an D.lgln- eerlng Advisory Comnlttee to the San Mateo County Advlsory Plannlng Councll, lras concurred. ln on motlon of Councllman Morgan, secondsd by Councllman Johnson and unallmously carrled. 89 3.BACTERIOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF BAY SHORE UATERS A communlcatlon dated January 3, l-957 from the wlth a communlcation from the Health Dlvision concernlng a bacteriologleal survey report of celveil, acknowledged and placed on fl1e. of Ba Ity Manager togetherthe County of San l"late o,y Shore Waters, rrere re- t.MILITARY LEAVE GRANTED TO EOSM,IAN DAVID KUENZLI A communLcation dated January 3, L957, frothat e Mi1l-tary Leave of Absence from EJ the Ctty Manager, re c ornmend- anuary 19 through Februar5r l,to permlt hlm to report for Navy at San Dlego, Callfor- an Thayer, seconded by Coun- ing t957, be granted to ffoseman Davld Kuenz1ir' actLve training duty wlth the Unlted Statesnia, was concurred in on motlon of Councilm cl- lman Morgan and unanlmously caruied. 5. RECO],IMENDATIoN To PURCHASE SV.IEEPER NEXT FISCAL PERIOD A e orununic atl on dated January l+, 1957, was recelved from the City Man-ager, recommendlng that the Clty plan to alloeate the necessary monlesfor the purehase of a second sweeper at the tlme of prep arl- ng the 1957- 1958 bualget. The corumrnlc ation was placed on fi1e. 6. APPRoVAL oF TENTATIVE MAP SUBDIES]ON OF LANDS oF GLE}I O. SMALLco}ts A commrnlcatlon dated December 28, 1956, was read from tho Plannlng Com-misslon, advislng that by a unanlmous vote, the membors recommended that a tentatlve rnap of a proposed subdlvision of the lands of Glen O. Small- comb, consistlng of 4.13 aeres MoL, lylng betueen the O1d Bayshore Eigh- lray and the San Franclsco Bay, be approved, with the stipulatlon that the street-tree pl.antlng meet tlre requlrernent s of the Park Corunl-ss1on. Councllrnan Byrd moved that the Council concur rith the reeonmendation of'the Planning Coramissi.on, seconded by Councilnan Jotrnson and unan- lmously carrle d. 7. RECOMMM'IDATION THAT qTTY PURCHASE I,AND ADJACITIT TO CTTY DUMP A letter dated Decembor 26, 1956, was received from the Park Comm1sslon, recommendlng that the City glvo consideratlon to the purchaso of approx-imately 1J acres of le:rtd adJecent to the 0ity Dump owned. by the Burlin- game Shore Land Company. Tho communlcatlon was received for fiflng lri threlated correspond.ence. 8. PROP0SAL To INSTALL PARK-TYPE BENCHES W]TTITN THE CITY A communlc ation dated. January 2, 1957, from the Fena Translt Advertls- lng, 283 Lorton Avenuo, offerlng to lnstafl park-type benches throughoutthe Clty rlth advertisenents dlsplayed thereon, was recelved and a pub- 1ic hearing there&fter schoduled for January 2l-, 7957, the next regular meetlng of the Clty Council. o YQ]INqIIIT BROS:, ]Nq., BEqUEqT FOR PMMIT TO CCNSTRUCT DB]VEWAYS A comrnrnication dated January l+, a957, was read from Younger Bros.,Inc., requesting permlsslon to l-nsta1I two forty-foot drlveways at theslte of the new PurLty Stor:e, 1B5O MagnolLa Avenue, Burllngamo, to per- m1t a more adequate maneuverablllty of delivery trucks. In response to Council inqulry, the Clty Attorney advlsed thet an Ordin- ance before the Councll for consLderation on this date provides for the Lssuance of such perml-ts a.s requested by the above. The communicatlon fr:om Younger Bros., fnc., ras fl1ed. Councilman Byrd thereafter introduced for first readi ORDINANCE No. 6 IIAN ORDI}IANCE ADDING SECTIONS 1 BO 80 .1 o.2 u0.1 t_l_ A D TION OI'A PUBLIC ST ET:RO TO THE ORDfNANCE CODE OF THE CI OF R G THAT A PER}4IT BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO ALTER-I RD FOR fSS NCE OF PERMITS: FIXING TIIE AUTHORfTT OF TITE C]TY ENGINEER OVER OPERAT]ONS L'ITEIN ITS EW D REPEALING SECTION 1 RESOLUTI ONS 1 rnd OF SAID ORDINANCE CODE. None. go IJNFINISHED BUSINESS The Ctty Manager roported briefly on the follorlng: 1. Street Llghttng Improvement rlthln the BroednaJr Dlstrlct at a stand-stllI due to the lack of the requlred slgnatures to proceed wlth the lm- provement. 2. Proposed unLform ordlnance re: Hand1,lng of foods, to be dLscussedat the next neetlng of the Publlc Health and Safety Comnlssion at vhlchtlrre lnterested persons are lnvLted to attend. 3. Replacoment of fence along CallfonnLa Drive r,ould approxlmats the sum of $21000.00 and no actLon ls requLred of the Council at thl-s tlme. On the latter subJect, Park Conmlssloner Amstrup 1n attond.ance, suggsst- ed that conslderatlon be given to planting trees on the east slde of CaI-lfornla Drlve and. In rosponse, the Chalr suggested that it be dLscuss- ed at the next meetlng of the Park Conrnlsslon. NEW BUS]NESS Tree P1antlnL Pregrern ire.peEe4. Councllman Morgan recommendod that the Park Coramls slon 1nl-tiate a c aar- palgn whereby each cltlzen mey contrlbute ten cents to asslst Ln atree plantlng progrem wi ttrln the Clty of Burllngane. CI,AIMS A clalm presented. by Mrs. Ce1la F. Schmitz, 1208 Sanchez Avenue, for darhages as a resuft of a fafl upon the sldewalks of the Clty, was re- Jected and referred to the Cityt s lnsurance carrier, on rnotion of Coun-cllnan Morgan, seconded by Oouncl lman Johnson and unanimously carrled. A claln for costs to clear sewer fac111tles, presented. by Mrs. 1. T. Boop, 1!00 Herman Avenue, rras reJected and referred. to the Cltytg fn- suranco carrler on motlon of Councl lman Johnson, ssconded by Councll- man Byrd and unanimously carrled. ADJOURNMM{T There belng no further busl-ness before the Councll for lts conslder-atlon, the meetlng was regularly adJourned at 9:15 p.m.. Respectfully subnit ted EERBERT K. I'IHITECity Clerk APPROVED: CHA }lI. R0018 MAYOR