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<br />.I <br /> <br />2: <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />APRIL 13. 1954 <br /> <br />Hanager Eathewson and City Attorney Stone a draft of a proposed refvse <br /> <br />ordi..'1aC":ce, dosigned to cD.rry out the Health Department's recollli!lendations, <br /> <br />for examination and recomnendations. <br /> <br />In response to its recent re(~uest, Co-encl]. received from the Pl8.1illing <br /> <br />Comlm.ssion the follmdng rocolT'Jnendc.tions, ul1ich the C01.!l1cil referred to <br /> <br />.--- <br /> <br />City Attorne;:r Stone, with re[:c:ro to the B,:;ard of Zonblg Appeals' recent <br /> <br />suggestions concerning modification of local zoniLg ordinmce res!"\J.lating rear <br /> <br />;Te.rd requirements for churches: <br /> <br />~~ <br />it <br />I <br /> <br />"In vie\-! of the lirdted authority of the Board of Zon:ir:.g Appeo.ls <br />in har'tdling a erso involving the gnl1tinc; of o. vo.rianco \-lith respect <br />to the reduction of re,~r yard req,t::,ircrnents of est3.blished Churches <br />and Sunday Schools, it is the recor1nendotion of the COT:unission thnt <br />the B03.rd of Zoning Appeals be Given the authority to gre.nt o. voriance <br />red1.'cini~ the reor yard req1.1irement~) for Clmrche ~ G.nd Sunde.y School s <br />alread;;r established, depending on t~o facts of the cE.se, but ill no <br />caiJe redrcinE'. sr-dd requirements lOlTer thOJl five foet. <br /> <br />"vIe realize ttat estc.blished churches hove particlllar problems with <br />respect to the present rOQr yard reql:irements for the followinG reaSOl'lS: <br /> <br />"The lots on which Churches are prec:;ently built origin[llly were laid <br />out to accommodate d\JelJ5nes. <br /> <br />"Churches generally he.ve e. tenc;ency to grow Cine. reou:T.....e a certEdn <br />amount of space fer expallsion. The hir:h cc;pits.l investment in such <br />sinGle purpose bDiJdines suggests t~Kt variances s>C1.~ld be grented <br />in proper cases in the general inter,;c~t of the Conmnmity. <br /> <br />"It is tr.te fecljng of the Planning Cmu>'ission th~t Churches need not <br />be considered in the same category as dHelJ.ings because of different <br />occupancy uses." <br /> <br />An agreement, as approved by City Attorney Stone, Hhereb;y a rosident of Svlanson <br /> <br />Stroet would be permi tted to use vacant prcperty O\med by the City for a septic <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />tank drainage field, WIS epproved for City 1,:anacoI' Eatb 01.1 son , s signatvre. <br /> <br />Two po\.fer line ease:r:mnt ag::ceements, also c3.pproved by City Attorney Stone--ene <br /> <br />with the Carolina & Northwestern Reih18.;y Conpany rOG8.rdiI'f, power l~_ne crossing <br /> <br />.--.......- ......-....----..-r--. <br />