BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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25 0 Communication was received from Mr. and Pars. Clifton Riley expressing anpxeci- ation for expression of sympathy from the Council at the loss of their son. Communication was ordered filed. Communication was received from the Redwood City Planning Commission recommending favorable consideration by the Council of two applications for rezoning, one I i by Vincent Guida, agent for John McCarthy, and one by C. G. and L. Alspaugh. The first application discdssvdgwad that of C. G. and L. Alspaugh which was for permission to rezone Lots 1, 2, 9, and 10, Block 6, Hancock Addition to light industry, the location of said lots being at the northeast corner of i. Pine and Lathrop Streets. The Planning Commission approved the application with the exception that the frontage on Lathrop Street with a depth of 20 feet be continued as business property. The following stipulations were provided: that the laundry be placed Y • in the rear of the 20 foot depth on Lathrop Street and the service entrance to the laundry be on Pine Street; that a sketch of the face of the building be sumitted to the Planning Commission if the Council approves the rezoning and; that the applicant furnish a bond in the amount of 45000 to assure com- pliance with the rezoning for laundry purposes, tle bond to be in effect until the building is complete and put to use as a laundry. Councilman Armstrong expressed the opinion that if the application were ' granted it would amount to spot zoning to which he was opposed. The question was asked as to what constituted a light industry and, after City Attorney McCarthy advised that it was impossible to give a comprehensive definition of light industry and that the zoning ordinance provides that the owner must,en- gage in the light industry for which he has been given a permit, Councilman Armstrong stated that he had no quarrel with laundries or with the appearance of those now located in the business district but he did believe a light in- dustry should be located in a district zoned for light industrial purposes and that he was opposed to rezoning business property for the purpose of light in- dustry for th6• advantage of one property owner. Councilman Britschgi entered the meeting. M • City Attorney McCarthy upheld the Planning Commission's action stating that the industrial area as now zoned was suitable for some industries while there were service industries such as shoe repairing and laundries which might ~- be classified as light industrial and appropriate to allow in the business dis- trict. He said that notices had been sent to adjoining property owners within; 275 feet of the property involved and that only one protest had been received which had been withdrawn after the protestant had viewed the plans. He further stated that the Planning Commission was in the preliminary stages of working on plans for rezoning property along the railroad tracks to allow for light indus- ties, stating that such industries are anxious to locate near a business dis-