BOOK 19_1942-09-08 to 1945-05-07

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d 't Councilman Armstrong asked if the city had the right to acquire property which 1 • was outside the city limits. City Attorney McCarthy replied that it did, that the Charter gives that authority by the vote of the people. 11 i - ,j Councilman McNulty was of the opinion that it was a good idea to place the +' issue before the people. Councilman Fletcher concurred in Councilman McNulty's remarks stating that, in his opinion, Redwood City was on the threshold of a I' big boom and that now was the time to act to bring industries into Redwood City. i ' Mr. Ferris Miles, President of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke before the Council A ® stating that the Chamber of Commerce has long been in favor of such a move. He said several industrial concerns had inquired about property in Redwood CIV in the past few years and then gone some place else because property owners raised the price of the property. He said the Chamber of Commerce would do all it could to place a clear picture of the bond issue and this issue before' - I the voters. Ii The motion before the Council passed with Councilman Armstrong voting in the negative. Mr. Lars 0. Anderson appeared before the Council requesting a permit to operate a bar and restaurant on the premises formerly known as Calls Place. He stated he was renting the property with an option to buy and that the former owner would have nothing to do with the business. j Mrs.. Annie Ferraro, 703 Woodside Road, appeared before the Council protesting the issuance of the permit. She stated there had been considerable trouble 'j with t1w former owner and that the property owners did not want the same thing !!� to happen again. Approximately twenty—four protestants•arose signifying their protest against the issuance of the permit. i( Councilman Anderson asked the protestants if they were protesting because of ! iI the way the business had been run before or. if' they were protesting because they aid not want any business there. 'yl +; One of the.protestants stated that in the deeds to property in that district it stipulates that bars would not be allowed in that district, and that the property coviners would protest any business which would sell liquor. Mayor Hilton asked the City Attorney if such a stipulation in a deed was binding It upon the Council, to which Mr. McCarthy replied that he did not believe the Council was required to take cognizance of covenants in deeds. •The property i owners have the redress of filing a complaint in court. He stated the council i had not authority to enforce convenants in deeds, that being a matter for the court,to decide. He stated the Council can go on record only as to whether t'1 or not a license is permitted in Redwood City. �I Councilman Armstrong asked if the Council did not have the right to refuse a r ' restaurant permit. City Attorney McCarthy was of the opinion that it did not 'EI have, stating that anyone can operate a restaurant. He said the only reason restaurant permits were brought before the Council was because of the fact that liquor licenses were very often applied for and the Council had the right to protest to the Board of Equalization the issuance of a liquor license: i it