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11-28-1939 Public Hearing PUBLIC MEETING Nov. 28, 1939. A Public Meeting was held in the Community House on November 28, 19399 at 7:30 P. M. Present were Mayor Kitson, Councilmen Stanley Milledge and W. Meade Stockdell, the Village Attorney and the Village Clerk. Mayor Kitson opened the meeting by advising those present that this meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the proposed zoning ordinance with the property owners and secure their opinions on same before it was presented to the Council for its adoption. Mayor Kitson asked the Clerk to read the first part of this proposed zoning ordinance and to go over each zone carefully and have Mr. Nice point out on the map the different zones and explain them. Considerable discussion was had concerning various items contained in the proposed Zoning Ordinance and the comments, objections and views expressed by those present are attached to and made a part of these minutes. c As Mage ManaAer and GIerk APPROVF BY THE CO IL: Mayor 4 ! PUBLIC MEETING Nov. 28, 1939 A Public Meeting was held in the Community House on November 28th, 1939, aL 7: 30 P. M. Present were Mayor Kitson, Councilmen Stanley Xilledge and W. Meade Stockdell , the Village Attorney and the Village Clerk. Mayor Kitson opened the meeting by advising those present that this meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the proposed zoning ordinance with the property owners and secure their opinions on same before it was presented to the Council for its adoption. Mayor Kitson asked the Clerk to read thb first part of this proposed zoning ordinance and to go over each zone carefully and have Mr. Nice point out on the map the different zones and explain them. expressed by The'following are comments, objections and vieve j\ those present: Col. Musgrave wanted the area East of the Boulevard between 93rd and 95th Sts. raised from the proposed 20,000 cu. ft. to 25,000 cu. ft. He ought this should be the same as on 96th Street. He said Mr. Beery and r Mr. Bozarth, owners of this property, were in favor of higher restrictions also. Mrs. Bert §nifJfin, who owns lots 7, 20, 21 & 22, Block 2, Golden Gate Park Addition wants this area raised as high as possible. She said they had paid $3000.00 per lot for this property. F Henry 0. Vander Lyn, 534 N.E. 94th Street, objected to the proposed lower restrictions in the viicinity of his home, and the drop to 1' ,500 cu. (ft. in the property below his house. 2 Mr. Thorpe objected to the drop from 23000 cu. ft on Grand Concourse between 8th and 7th Avenues to 15000 cu. ft. the block east of N.E. Ito Ave. an He thought^8000 cu. ft. drop across the street from his property was too much. Mr. Ring thought the 15000 cu. ft. houses around the railroad were too ow and didn' t think the railroad should affect this property so much as ' �he had lived in this vicinity for 9 years and the trains did not bother him. -4�0 2. 1go Mr. Ring brought out that no taxes could be derived from a house containing only 15,000 cu. ft. of 13,500 cu. ft. Mr. L. C . Childress, 9105 N.E. 5th Ave. , said the restriction nomas too low across the street from his home. He asked why they did not make this break on 90th street instead of 91st street, that there are three nice homes fronting on 91st street and on the other side of 91st Street the restriction is only 13,500 cu . ft. Mrs. Sniff-en asked "why not divide at the alley line as was done on 96th St?" i Z Mr. Mitchel, 1000 N.E. 95th Street, wanted 95th Street East of the Boulevard raised to a higher restriction than 20, 000 cu. ft. ti Mr. Vetter, 800 N.E. 96th Street, thought restrictions around his home should be higher. He said that 96th Street and 8th Avenue was Just as important as the Grand Concourse and when other houses had 30,000 cu. ft in them in this location, why should this territory be zoned for 15,000cu. ft. ? Air Mrs. Stuhrman objected to proposed apartment house area. Miss McKeown, 9760 N.E. 5th Ave. Road, said the reason they moved to the Village was because it was advertized that there were to be no apartment houses in the Village. Mr. Knowles, 150 N.E . 95th St. , asked for a reason for the proposed apartment house district. ti a�0 Miss Coons said she paid $p4000.00 for a 50 ft. to nd could not build on it now. The clerk asked her if she had applied at the Village office for a permit and she answered that she had not. ,j;� Mr. Godard, 145 N.E. 94th Street, objected to the proposed apartment house district. 1%. Mr. H. M. Thomas asked for a rising vote on the proposed apartment district matter. Mr. Paul Mack, 286 N .E . 99th Street, objected to the proposed apartment use district. He said that the majority of the people didn' t know until the day of this meeting about this proposed apartment house district. He brought 3. out that that apartment houses bring in riff-raff. He said "No one here wants apartment houses so why should we have them! " t Mrs. Edith Callaghan, 262 N.E. 97th Street, objected strenously to the proposed apartment district. She said she did not want the kind of people living around here who lives in apartment houses. 41►11, Mrs. Rollins, 260 N.E. 99th Street, asked if the property owners had requested the zoning restrictions to be changed. Mr. Charles Yuille, 117 N .E . 95th Street, said he would rather have an apartment house by him�a, commercial building. (j/& Mrs. Callaghan said that she seconded Mr. H. M. Thomas' motion for a rising vote and was the first to stand, then others who objected to the proposed apartment house district stood. (It appeared that everyone present stood up. ) Mr. 0. J. Halt-North, 278 N.E. 97th Street, objected to apartment houses and called the people' s attention to the apartments over the commercial building at 97th and N.E. 2nd Ave, with trucks and cars parked in the back of �- � - tj Mr. Champion, 185 N.E. 100th Street, said when he moved here a year and a half ago that he was advised that 99th Street was the limit to the Business district, and with this in mind he put his money into his property. He objected strenously to the proposed apartment district. 1 ��fW Mr. Shaw, 73 N .E. 99th Street, objected to the proposed apartment hoase district. 1 Mr. Reakirt, 10117 N.E. 2nd Avenue, objected to the proposed apartment house district. He brought out that apartment renters are not as desirable as home owners. WMiss Pratt Spears, 287 N.E. 96th Street, said she knew nothing about this proposed apartment house district until the day of this meeting and she objected to,,//'�it. ry \ Mrs. Reakirt objected to the business district progressing. She brought t that Little River is so close that a larger business district is not needed in the Village. She asked why the zoning could not be set now definitely and not have •..w , , 4. this coming up before the people again and having them afraid that it would be changed.all the time. Lir. Shaw said he had tried to buy some business propery on 96th and 2nd Ave. and the Real Estate men told him it was not for sale. He wanted to know if this business section was tied up by some big owner who was going to make a Real Estate game out of it. *'*- Mr. Reakert asked what businesses were permited and what businesses were prohibited under this proposed zoning ordinances. The Clerk read the zoning ordinance covering the business that were permitted and those that were prohibited. 64 , Mrs. McCaffrey, 395 N .E. 92nd Street, asked if this proposed zoning ordinance was lowering the building in the 4illage and was it bringing in business.