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ZONING DIRECTOR DEWEY WALKER CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS <br />RELEASE OF EASEMENT REQUESTED BY .JOHN T. WELTON IN OSLO PARK SUBDIVISION. <br />HE NOTED THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER RELEASES MADE IN THIS SAME AREA. <br />DISCUSSION AROSE ABOUT ACCESS FOR UTILITIES, AND MR. WALKER <br />STATED THAT IN THIS BLOCK, AS IN MOST BLOCKS IN THE AREA, THE UTILITIES <br />COME IN FROM THE NORTH AND RUN DOWN THE CENTER;'HOWEVER, PEOPLE ARE <br />BEING SERVICED WITH UTILITIES FROM EVERY DIRECTION IN THIS AREA. HE <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE ALREADY IS A BUILDING ON THIS PROPERTY, <br />AND THE EDGE OF IT IS ON THE EASEMENT. HE NOTED THAT APPARENTLY THE <br />PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION TOLD MR. WELTON THEY WANTED HIM TO SAVE <br />SOME TREES, AND THE PEOPLE ERECTING THE BUILDING TOOK THIS LITERALLY <br />AND MOVED THE BUILDING OVER 9' IN ORDER TO SAVE THE TREES. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO <br />APPROVAL GIVEN FOR TAKING PART OF AN EASEMENT AND USING IT FOR ANYTHING <br />UNTIL THAT EASEMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED BY THE COUNTY, <br />MR. WALKER EXPLAINED THAT THE PLAT SHOWED THE BUILDING BEING <br />9' FROM THE EASEMENT. THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT INDICATE <br />TO MR. WELTON THAT HE SHOULD MOVE OVER 9' ONTO.THE EASEMENT, JUST THAT <br />HE SHOULD SAVE AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE, AND THIS WAS THE RESULT, HE <br />NOTED WE CAN ALWAYS INSTRUCT THEM TO MOVE IT BACK. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING ANOTHER <br />EASEMENT, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE EASEMENT MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED <br />IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THE UTILITIES COULD COME IN FROM THE SIDE.. <br />' CHAIRMAN WODTKE BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEM OF WATER LINES, BECAUSE <br />THIS IS PART OF THE WATER TAXING DISTRICT. IT WAS NOTED WE HAVE RELEASED <br />QUITE A FEW SIDE LOT LINE EASEMENTS IN THIS AREA, BUT MAINLY HAVE HELD <br />ONTO THE REAR LOT LINE EASEMENTS. <br />THE BOARD DISCUSSED VARIOUS WAYS TO PREVENT THE SITUATION OF <br />HAVING A BUILDING MOVED ONTO AN EASEMENT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. <br />`t MR. WALKER NOTED THAT MR. WELTON RELIED ON HIS BUILDERS, AND <br />THEY SLIPPED UP. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT PEOPLE DO MAKE MISTAKES, AND <br />HE DID NOT FEEL WE SHOULD MAKE THE MAN MOVE THE BUILDING, BUT JUST MAKE E <br />SURE THAT THIS CANNOT REOCCUR. <br />i• <br />21 <br />NOV 151978 3 <br />