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S~ic~ 1629, Minutes Page 4 Oc~r~er 17, 1994 Mr. Scholar clarified that the Plan Co~ic~ thou~t the original request would broaden too much the definitic~ of ~ahat my be permit~a in a "PA" Dis- trict, and felt it w~s the res[x~miblity of other bodies to find solutions to Mayor Majerus said there has beem difficulty in the past where too broad an i~retatic~ of an ordinance was ellowed. She w~s more cryforcible with setting a public hearing to c~lsinl~ draft ame~am~fcs that will permit the She thought it would be a mistake to vote at this time. Respor~ing to Mr. Cotton, Mr. Ollendorff said be believes the present ordi- nanoe's vagueness points to a ~ to clarify it throu~ an amendment. Mr. Wagner moved that a public hearing c~ the [~u~ceed modified amenam~nt be held at 7:30 p.m. ~1 NovemS~er 7, 1994. Mr. Ariains se~ the ~otic~, whi(~h carried unaD~mcusly. Superintendent of Schools Lynn Beckwith, Jr., asked that tba legal cpinic~ furnished by the School District be reviewed by the City's legal counsel re- garding whether a political subdivisic~ such as the School District is gov- erned by City zcr~g ordirklnces_~_, and also furn~-~h tba correct interpretation of whether or not a text ~ndment is ~. PLAN - FARLY E C~]~r~, 737 K~NGSIAND Ihe City Manager ~reo~-~.,~e~a approval of a revised site plan for c~%~cruction of an early learning center on p~',,~erty now used for sd~ool bus parking and cation, leaving c~lly the garage facility at the northwest corner. ~he site will also have a play~ in the northeast portion and parking, mainly in the Kingsland frDntage. ~le transition area at the r~er yard adjacent to the residential area appears to meet all City ordinance requ/~,~nts and features a 15 foot landscaped transition yard with a ma~c~Ey wall. If Council waives 18% of tba required lot size, the site plan meets mim~mm zoning rec~ents and may be approved. Conditi~ls should incl,~ su~mdssion of detailed land- scaping plans and further ccelsia~ation of improving or replacin~ the exist- ing fenoe. ~he only ~ae/ntng questionable aspect of the plan is the c~dn- practical difficulties of relocating this facility outweigh the desirability of avoiding the miwad use of this p~uperty, and Mr. Ollendorff felt it would ha r~mable to grant a degree of deference to the Board in this matter. Ma. Sue Winter, 746 Harvard, said the new building will be a huge improve~_nt over the current school bus parking lot. She wisb~]d to be certain that the eight-foot mascrh~y wall runs the length of the proJerry, the dlain link fence