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COMMON COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING JULY 1 ,1911.
PRESENT--Herman Bergholt z,Mayor
Alderman-Gill, Sammons, Lowe,Causer, Casterline,
My er s,Atkinsonfline s,Rogal sky,Hoffman
Attorney--Treman
" iles,H.V. ,
A.D- .z t..nent House Mayor Bergholtz called the Special
Request meeting to order and explained that the purpose ;
of calling the Aldermen together at this time
was to receive a report of the Planning Com-
mission and decide the request of. Mr. Miles for
permission to change his property at ,#201
• Highland Avenue in an "A" residence district,
• into an Apartment House. The Mayor added
• that the Planning Com:iission, turned the proposi-
tion down. He also explained that the matter
• was now before the Council for final consid.era-
I' tion and Public Hearing, as advertised, and
suggested that those in favor of the request
be heard first.
Attorney Peer spoke for the petitioner
confining his remarks to refuting arguments
advanced by the opponents at the Planning Com-
mission meeting. In conclusion he submitted a
petition or resolution signed by six property
owners near the property in question,requesting
that the entire block bounded by heights Court,
Wyckoff and Highland Avenues be changed from an
"A" to a "B" residence district.
Mr. Fred Rogalsky on behalf of the Housing
• Coff_^ittee of the Chamber of Commerce recommended
that the request be granted; and also recon fended
• that the Council consider this problem as
affecting the entire City pointing out that this '
condition has arisen and would continue to arise ;
in various other Sections about the City.
Mr. Parson also spoke in favor of the
request and recommended that not only this
property, but the entire Heights be made a "B"
residence district.
Dr.Kerr opned the discussion opposing the
request and entered formal protest on behalf
of the Cornell Heights Association.
Profesor Bretz also spoke in opposition,
making various objections and stating that his
main point was that to grant this request would
result in a break-down of public opinion and
confidence in the Zone Ordinance.
Professor Switzer, representing the
• Bryant Park Association also opposed the request,
pointing out that while this individual case did
not directly concern the people in Bryant Park,
nevertheless they felt grave concern over the
indirect result of approving the request because
such action, they felt would jeopardize the
whole Zone Ordinance.
Alderman Rogalsky stated that as one of
the representatives of the people in the district
concerned, he felt duty bound to .vote as a
majority of his constituents felt. He said he
was convinced from the action of the Cornell
Heights Association and other indications that
the majorl.ty of the people on the Heights were
opposed to the request, and he,therefore moved,
that the sentiment expressed by the Cornell
Heights Association be sustained and the
request denied. There was no second to this
motion.
The Cleric asked if he might be permitted
to read the Minutes of the Planning Co;n&nission I'
7—" 3-31-
with refQrence to their action on this niatt e T, s t=),t i n;3
uiiat.ho felt it his c:ut:Y, as Secretary of the PlFLni,ing
Corii-,-,-Lsr�ion to officinally re-r)ort their action in full
as a matter of record.
The -'Ii2yates were then read showing the Com-
mission to be m-inimouoly to the request under
either of the t-;,o Sections specified.
It was then moved by Alder Tian Hoffman, seconded by
Alderman Gill and carried that the Council 6o into
Executive Session to furtl�e-- consider the 2_qo,tter.
Alder-nian Lowe stated that he t,
thought the Planmnin�-
g
Cori.Us.-;ion, or at leo-,t three membeTs, were really in
favor of rzantinL: t'-is iegl-iest , but rat'ller favored
changdins-, e block instead of +Uliis individual
-property. He sutg—ested that- the Council ch-.nc-e the Zone
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of the entire block as xequeste(' b, in the
;_ y !�'x. Peer
petition or resolution just presentz:d.
as -,another =--Ltt
Attorney Tre-lt;ian held t'h-l't this vial
t'-r"u- 7-jul'o 11, ve to be 'act;---.11. ,r,,on separately;
T(Dciuest br-11ire tuh(.- Co1,,jr,:1- pe- �4 e
� -I - -h
I t7 ion to ---n
e 11 e-T b
01 n s a t P"2 10 1 .'-T- --lin - Avenue,
4. � J
or !a ch,-�.,:. o-- Zo..e . tl-!,-�U datter of
ch,anCin.--,, the block, woui,- 111;.�.!-,--, + �!, 'yeti-
t1le dec..41.(�ed by -the
Council at a Public
L)
back to the be-f- r them the
00111:11cil tl- -J- tlney covur6 not vote blacause the Vr
-,o:,o V i CLe S tl-,v•i,
2�e 4 C t the
can over ril -e t';-,- s r e-f ul s F..-
1 and aD-,-iove bv a
he-
vote only irlx c-ace thew is not presented an
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o-io L;I n petition ssiL-nee b-.i,, , the ot%-Yicrs of or 0 ve- of
's be
t1le JF,-ont-c,-Le Within 300 `cet 0' t''e CL xti�ict to
ELI 1.0 e a�e 6.. It ..us felt tul-1-at petition presentecti
by Profes or 3)i--etz mat- have :-iiet tl,ie-se reqi.,,irements.
A eneral discussion then ensued as to ,ac
1 e C,a I si de of the 1,1 o I e a f`air- so a e Al c-e r man di.s 1.3 v J n
tile of trie Or diiv ,nce and su,�yestinrU-
that t!L--e -:hole Zone 0:-cdn,--aice b . asca: C.ed or -chan_,ec.
so th--,t t-I.Le Alder.-.,ian could. act alone as they be-ot.
After fur t;hux discussior, it 't-vas movea by
Hines: seconded by Alderman C�uselr:
Pw:SQLVEI): ti-,at t;lle equest of ?riles ac- re,-
rejected by tlic PIP.-n-ninc-':, Coi-i: 'ds, ion and as advertic-e�6,
fora pu]&Dlie
1-it anc -no, tef-- 'U he Coy l
e , be laid
on the table until the next r.,ieeting, so as to give the
proponents time to investigate the validity of tlhe
I
petition that was presented which alleged that over 'L
0-,.'--
of the ozrners, as providec.. by the op )ose%C�,
ar
id .1'ui2ther,
FLESOLVED: that ti